Columbus Day Ceremony by Sons of Sicilian Vespers
The Sons of Sicilian Vespers Society will place wreaths at both Washingtons Monument in the Public Garden and the Columbus monument before Holy Cross Cathedral. The parade starts at 1 15 from Russell Hall Washington Street to the Cathedral and Public Garden. Governor McCall and Chevalier Gustavo De Rosa sponsor flags at a 4 o'clock ceremony at Ruggles Hall Roxbury with a benediction by Rev. Garrett J Barry and Rev Richard I Powers. A banquet for the Governor follows at Ruggles Hall between 6 and 8.
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Sons of Sicilian Vespers Society
M. S. and
Washington
Columbus Monument
Holy Cross Cathedral
Washington Street
Columbus
Russell Hall
Puliie Garden
Ruggles Hall
Angeles Streets
Roxbury
McCall
Gustavo de Rosa
Boston
A. G. Tommasello
Society
Garrett J. Barry
St. Philips’ Church
Ganda
Banquet Ball Receipts Benefit Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
Half of the proceeds from the banquet and ball will be donated to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association, supporting its relief and welfare work through the event.
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The
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
Massachusetts Game Commission Announces Strict Enforcement
A vigorous campaign will enforce the 1916 game laws prohibiting shooting game from automobiles and stalking deer. The laws take effect when the hunting season opens this fall and wardens are told to watch for offenders. Violations include using artificial light or any vehicle to take or kill game birds or quadrupeds.
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Massachusetts Tish and Game Commission
Child Dies in Arms of Mother on Train
Three month old Elinor A. Apgar daughter of Mrs Rita B Apgar of Hyannis fell deathly ill on a train to Boston. An ambulance met the party at South station but the infant was dead on arrival at City Hospital. An autopsy was planned as the cause of death remains undetermined.
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Elinor A. Apgar
Rita B. Apgar
Hyannis
Middleboro
Boston
South Station
Leary
Free Prescription Promises Eye Comfort for Trouble Sufferers
Philadelphia readers urged to try a simple eye remedy, Bon-Opto, with 45 grains in 14 glass water bathed thrice daily. Praised by doctors and users as clearing haze, reducing inflammation, and allowing some to discard glasses after weeks.
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Philadelphia
Lewis
Meats and Flour Remain High Despite Strike Averted
Prices for meats and flour stay elevated after the railroad strike was averted. Wheat speculation keeps flour high while potatoes drop this week and some green vegetables ease. New cranberries arrive and sugar falls 75 cents per hundredweight.
Boston Market Prices Signal Food Variety Amid Fog
Boston markets reported plentiful fish with no mackerel as fog kept boats out. New delicas appeared such as caraway seed cheese and Montreal melon, with prices for eggs butter hams bacon and meats listed. fruits like grapes apples peaches and melons varied, while sugar and flour prices showed shifts.
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Boston
Montreal
Vermont Creamery
Western Creamery
Somerville Puts New Gasoline Engine In Service
Somerville's new auto gasoline pumping engine was placed in commission yesterday at the fire station on New Cross street and Broadway. It replaces two pieces of apparatus and five horses and will be manned by Engine 2's crew under Captain Henry A. Turner.
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Somerville
New Cross Street
Broadway
Henry A. Turner
Funeral of Mrs Nolan Held This Morning
The funeral of Catherine Nolan mother of Captain M J Nolan of Engine 1 Boston fire department and long time South Boston resident will be held today from her home 15 East Sixth street with a high mass of requiem at Gate of Heaven Church.
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Catherine Nolan
M. J. Nolan
Engine 1
Boston Fire Department
Boston
East Sixth Street
Gate of Heaven
Mrs Jack Not Miss Canfield In Georgia Rumor
In Rangehel y Ga ke on Sept 7 residents learned that Mrs George R Jack of Brooklyn had claimed to be Dorothy Canfield author of Bent Twig. The real Canfield was reported to be in France with husband Redwood Fisher all summer, ending the impersonation.
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Rangeheley Gake
George R. Jack
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mingo Lake Society
Dorothy Canfiell
Jack
Dorothy Canfield
France
Explorer Not With His Party
Only Captain H C Pickles and the George B Cluett crew return from the 1915 relief voyage to the MacMillan Arctic expedition. MacMillan and Dr FE O Hovey stay in northern Greenland while Crocker Land reports and a Dan mark relief voyage bring new gear. Three MacMillan members have already arrived in the United States.
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Macmillan
Battle Harbor
Labrador
H. C. Pickles
George B. Cluett
Donald B. MacMillan
George B R Cluett Enters Battle Harbor During Crocker Land Quest
The exploring ship George BR. Cluett of the Crocker Land expedition led by Donald B. McMillan arrived at Battle Harbor today marking a milestone in the Arctic voyage.
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Battle Harbor
Labrador
George BR. Cluett
Crocker Land Expedition
Donald B. McMillan
Explorer MacMillan Sails for Crocker Land Search in 1913
Arctic explorer Donald B MacMillan left New York on July 2 1913 to seek Crocker Land aided by American Museum of Natural History American Geographical Society and University of Illinois under a Crocker Land committee. Ensign Fitzhugh Green S N engineer and physicist W Elmer Ekblaw geologist and botanist Maurice Tanquary ecologist Dr Harrison J Hunt surgeon Jerome Lee Allen wireless joined the party. After basing at Etah in spring 1914 they traveled 130 miles across polar ice toward Crocker Land, but found no land as Peary had suggested and Green narrowly survived an avalanche before they turned back.
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MacMillan
Crocker Land
Finlay Land
George B. Cluett
Grenfell Association
Crockerland Committee
St. John's
Newfoundland
Etah
Greenland
EF. O. Hovey
American Museum of Natural History
North Star Bay
Parker Snow Bay
Dteamship
Denmark
Crockerland
Sydney
St. John’s
United States
Maurice C. Tanquary
Jerome Lee Allen
Ensign Green
Donald B. MacMillan
New York
Crockery Land
American Geograpical Society
University of Illinois
Crocker Land’ Committee
Ensign Fitzhugh Green
S. N
W. Elmer Ekblaw
Maurice ©. Tanquary
Harrison J. Hunt
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Peary
Lee
Stabbed Over Sausage Strike Near Richmond Street
Carlo Crocetti, 28, was stabbed with a butcher knife during a dispute over a sausage strike at Richmond and Toul ton streets. He was taken to Relief Hospital. John W. Ohrenberger, 39, of the North End, employed by Fred W. Baldwin at 6 Fulton Place, was arrested at Hanover Street station. Ohrenberger allegedly attacked after meeting Crocetti who also works at the strike site. Crocetti faces several days in hospital. the arrest followed a quick officer response by Sergeant Donovan and Patrolman Cogan.
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Carlo Crocetti
Richmond
Toulton
Relief Hospital
Hanover Street
John W. Ohrenberger
North End
Fred W. Baldwin
Fulton Place
Crocetti
Donovan
Cogan
Ohrenberger
Girl Drowns Bathing at Garfield Lake
Dorothy Langhaar aged 18 daughter of H L Langhaar of New York drowned while bathing with her mother near their Garfield Lake summer home. She slipped from a ledge into water too deep for her.
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Monterey
Dorothy Langhaar
H. Ll. Langhaar
New York
Garfield Lake
Head Dress Ball Nets Big Sum for Sufferers
The Head Dress Ball at Ocean Side Hotel Magnolia on September 1 under the Woman's American Supply League and Militia of Mercy raised more than 8750 to aid children stricken by infantile paralysis.
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Oceanside Hotel
Magnolia
Woman's American Supply League
Militia of Mercy
Driver narrowly escapes as wagon struck in Harvard Square
N. J. Devlin, a Chase's Express Company driver, was nearly injured when his wagon was struck in Harvard Square Brookline last evening. The wagon fell between the shafts as the horse spooked and began to run, but Patrolman John Donavan and passerby John Noonan halted the horse and prevented more serious harm.
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N. J. Devlin
Chase's Express Company
Harvard Square
Brookline
John Donavan
John Noonan
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