Coming Home From Europe Arrives In Boston Next Week
A record crowd of Americana returning from Europe is due in Boston next Wednesday as the Canari liner Laconia sails in. An advance passenger list shows 67 saloon and 511 second class travelers, mostly physicians, clergymen, jurists and teachers, including Judge Frederick Lawton, Judge Robert Grant, Judge Marcus Morton, Professor William Watson, Dr J L Watson, Dr Arthur H Stoddard, Miss Amy Lowell, Professor J F Paige, the Rt Rev Thomas F Hickey, Professor Hardin Craig, Rev Thomas Bond, Dr John F Buckley and Rev Waldo Burnett.
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Frederick Lawton
Robert Grant
Marcus Morton
William Watson
J. L. Watson
Arthur H. Stoddard
Amy Lowell
J. F. Paige
Boston Playground Demonstration Draws Thousands on Common
Thousands witnessed the city playground demonstration under the Boston school committee on Boston Common. Seventeen playgrounds were represented and at least 900 children participated, with Miss Julia A. Murphy directing and about 50 teachers assisting.
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Boston Common
Boston School Committee
Julia A. Murphy
Josephine M’laughlin
Columbus Avenue
Dazzling School Dances Open Brilliant Program
Children showed careful training executing intricate folk dances with grace and precision. Highlights included the grand march and flag salute with national anthem, and popular dances like Greensleeves and Ostende with large group formations. Events also featured a stride hall race for boys, a bean bag relay for girls, and dodge ball, club snatch, and jump the shot games.
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Dunkirk
Ostende
Playground teachers praised by Corcoran at ceremony
Children carried American flags as guests including Dr. Franklin B. Dyer superintendent of schools, Dr. Harrington director of school hygiene, Nathaniel Young director of athletics, and Michael Corcoran with Miss Frances Curtis of the school committee. Corcoran commended the teachers and predicted bright prospects for the program.
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Franklin B. Dyer
Thomas F. Harrington
Nathaniel Young
Michael Corcoran
Frances Curtis
McSweeney Expected to Resign as Hospital Board Chair
Edward F. McSweeney plans to resign from the board of the consumptives hospital where he has chaired for years. The move follows his appointment as chairman of the port directors, a role requiring full-time commitment per state law. Attorney General Boynton provided an advisory opinion on the law. The port post is unpaid, and fellow director Joseph A. Conry, Russian consul general, is not affected as he does not perform day-to-day duties.
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Edward F. Mce Sweeney
Board of Consumptives’ Hospital Trustees
McSweeney
Boynton
Joseph A. Conry
Conry
Actor George Le Guere Wins Ocean Passage to Plymouth Theatre
George Le Guere, the juvenile star of Along Came Ruth, joined the Plymouth Theatre company after secretly sailing from Genoa as a ship steward aboard an Italian liner. He evaded crowds in Bavaria at war's start, forged a string quartet with stewards, and used a staged swap to secure his Italian passage, paying the voyage with the captain's consent.
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Europe
Genoa
Ruth
Plymouth Theatre
George le Guere
Plymouth
Boston
le Guere
Bavaria
Italy
Germany Allows Coal Export After Long Accumulation
A Copenhagen despatch to the Chronicle reports Germany now permits coal exports, ending a long accumulation. The change comes as Germany adjusts its wartime trade policy, with effects expected on European energy markets and shipping.
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London
Germany
Chronicle
Copenhagen
Wilson seeks 100 million in new taxes for emergency needs
President Wilson told Congress the war in Europe creates a treasury shortfall and urges an emergency internal revenue bill to raise 100,000,000. He favors quickly yielding taxes such as gasoline, tickets, beer, wines, tobacco, chewing gum, and soft drinks. House leaders will study options and court quick passage to stabilize finances rather than bond issues.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Europe
House
Clark
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
Treasury Department
Kern
Clarke
Galliger
Fitzgerald
Mann
Treasury
Court OKs Lower Sale Price for Warren Street Railway
Frank Paul as master reports the Warren Brookfield and Spencer Street Railway properties should sell for 75000, down from 150000. Three failed public bids prompted the reduction with a master recommending postponing the sale to January and a 20000 loan on six percent certificates to operate the road.
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Supreme Court
Frank Paul
Warren, Brookfield & Spencer Street Railway Company
Thomas T. Robinson
Braley
Woman dies from lightning fright in Rhode Island
In Warwick Rhode Island on September 4 Mrs. Henry McKay of Cole's Station died after a lightning bolt near her home triggered a fatal heart attack. The incident followed a near strike that frightened her and caused the fatal reaction.
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Warwick
R. I
Henry McKay
Cole's Station
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