City to Seek Eye Glass Aid for Needy Pupils
A proposal will be presented to the school committee within a week or 19 days by a panel of oculists to authorize funds for eyeglasses for public school children who cannot afford them. Dr. Margaret E. Carley urged immediate support, noting about 20 percent of pupils have defective vision and face academic hardship without glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Carley
Thomas J. Kenny
Myles Standish
F. Nf. Proctor
George S. Derby
James BE
Pneumonia Tops Acute Diseases in Massachusetts Workers
Dr. Herbert D. Lang reports from the 1905 Massachusetts census analysis that pneumonia led acute diseases among workers. Of 170 acute disease cases, 363 were pneumonia, followed by appendicitis 290 and scarlet fever 266, with the five illnesses making up nearly two-fifths of all cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Herbert D. Lang
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor
All Hallows Eve Horoscope For The 804th Day
The outlook urges following light and postponing risky deals while urging confidence in clearly defined ventures. It predicts illness for a powerful ruler, political disclosures in the US, value shifts, and warns of trouble for those born today including a rash boy and a happily marrying girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgo
United States
Bazaar Opens at 2 P.M. by Greater Boston Churches
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the biennial bazaar of the Unitarian Y. P. R. U. opens in Boston. The Mystery booth managed by the All Souls' Fraternity of Roxbury is expected to attract interest after yesterday's work preparing the booths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Y. P. R. U
All Souls’ Fraternity of
Roxbury
Negro pastor resigns over church governance claim
The Rev. T. Peter Stanford resigns from the African Baptist Church on Columbus avenue stating that in negro churches the individual minister lacks opportunity and that a vote of the congregation determines policy, leaving the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Peter Stanford
African Baptist Church
Columbus Avenue
Will diverts millions from colleges to hospital fund
Estate of George C. Taylor, valued around 20 million, leaves 2 million to Betsy Head and 500000 for Lena Head Bodley for life, with 100000 shares to Yale Harvard Williams Princeton Hobart after Lena's death. Lena's marriage to coachman Frederick Bodley alters the planned gifts, as Bodley receives nothing and the will's terms may instead favor Moses Taylor Hospital Scranton with about 500000 plus 250000.
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Riverhead
Lena Head Bodley
George C. Taylor
Yale
Harvard
Williams
Princeton
Hobart
Moses Taylor Hospital
Scranton
Taylor
Islip
Betsy Head
Lena
Europe
Uncle Sam in Girls Spat At Fort Revere Hull
Deputy Marshal James Ruhl arrested Mrs Johanna Webber wife of Anton e Webber commissary sergeant of the Eighty third Artillery Fort Revere Hull on complaint by attorney William B Hayes that Mrs Webber assaulted his daughter Katherine on Oct 22 on the reservation. She pleaded not guilty and was released on personal recognizance until next Friday for a hearing.
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Fort Revere
Hull
United States
James Ruhl
Johanna Webber
Antone Webber
Eighty-third Artillery
William B. Hayes
Thanksgiving Day Designated by Governor with Council
Governor Guild, with the advice and consent of the executive council, designated November 28 as Thanksgiving Day. The proclamation bears the secretary of state’s signature and fixes the date.
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Governor Guild
Executive Council
Secretary of State
Tech Professor Appointed to International Chemistry Commission
Professor Henry F. Talbot of Tech is named to the International Commission on Chemical Analysis and will lecture six times at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in February and March on electrolytic dissociation theory and its analytical uses. Professor W H Walker is elected vice president of the New England section of the Society of Chemical Industry. Professor Gill joins the oils analysis committee.
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Henry F. Talbot
Tech
International Commission On Chemical Analysis
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
W. H. Walker H
Newgland
Society of Chemical Industry
Gill
Escape on bicycle from Lyman School prompts hunt
Arthur Tripp, 17, escaped from the Lyman School by riding a bicycle kept in a shed near the institution in Westboro. An attendant chased escaping boys, but Tripp has not been located by Worcester police.
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Worcester
Arthur Tripp
Lyman School
Westboro
Boston YWCA to Host Nov 7 Fair at Hotel Vendome
To raise funds for their new extension at Berkeley and Gray streets the Boston Young Women's Christian Association plans a fair at the Hotel Vendome on November 7. Mrs. Arabella Howe, association president, will supervise social features while Mrs. James H. Lake of Brookline, head of the board of managers, will oversee and supervise the sale.
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Berkeley
Gray Streets
Boston Young Women’s Christian Association
Hotel Vendome
Arabella Howe
James H. Lake
Brookline
Methodist Social Union Cuts Membership Fee
At its regular monthly meeting the Methodist Social Union discussed rates for dinner and membership. The membership fee was reduced from $5 to $1.50, in response to a historically low attendance at meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Social Union
Tremont Street Methodist Church Opens Vesper Worship
A vesper worship series begins next Sunday at Tremont Street Methodist Church to accommodate worshippers unable to attend morning or evening services. Wilbur Hascall is named musical director for the new services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street Methodist Church
Wilbur Hascall
Dr Horr Sets Monday Ford Hall Lecture on English Baptists
Dr. Horr will deliver the third lecture at 3 o clock Monday afternoon in Ford Hall. The talk is titled The English Baptists and will cover their history and beliefs.
Lectures by Rev Van Pelt on German Theology
The Rev. John R. Van Pelt of Lewisburg Pennsylvania will give a series of lectures at the theological chapel 72 Mt Vernon street on Recent Tendencies in German Theology. The talks begin the afternoon of December 5.
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John R. van Pelt
Lewisburg
Penn
Theological Chapel
Mt. Vernon Street
Social Teachings of Christ lectures begin Wednesdays
The Rev. John H. Denison of Central Congregational Church gives a series on Social Teachings of Christ. Lectures are delivered each Wednesday at 12 30 o clock at the College of Liberal Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Denison
Central Congregational Church
Christ
College of Liberal Arts
Fat Folks At Big Food Fair Draw Crowds And Size Stunts
About 6000 attendees at the fat folks festival weighed in at Re vere Hall with the fattest man at 346 pounds and the heaviest woman at 289. Weighing was supervised by W. K. Harris to ensure accuracy while various clubs displayed items. Irish day decorates the fair with Mayor Fitzgerald slated to speak, Lowell day will follow, and the Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers Association with David Gerow will attend the Providence-bound event.
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Revere Hall
W. K. Harris
H. B. Fletcher
Arts and Crafts Society of
Melrose
Wilson
Homecraft Shops of
Watertown Society
Fitzgerald
Lowell
David Gerow
Providence
Pidgin Named Literary Curator for Mayhew Publishing
Charles Felton Pidgin, former chief of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor, has been engaged by Mayhew Publishing Company of Roxbury as its literary curator. The company announced the appointment yesterday. Pidgin, author of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Blennerhasset, is well known to readers and regarded among modern writers.
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Charles Felton Pidgin
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Mayhew Publishing Company
Roxbury
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Blennerhasset
Pidgin
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Greater Boston
Uncle Sam
Washington and
Winter Sts
Dela
Filene’s
Percale House
Batiste
Panama
International Commission
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