Boston Banks Questioned Over Milk Aid to German Babies
Dr Edmund von Mach told the Board of Bank Incorporation that some Boston banks are unneutral for refusing to handle funds from the Citizens' Committee sending milk to babies in Germany Austria Hungary and Poland during a charter hearing for the Industrial Trust Company of Boston.
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Edmund von Mach
Board of Bank Incorporation
Industrial Trust Company of Boston
Boston
Citizens’ Committee
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Poland
Petition for Woburn Trust Company Faces Deliberation
Citizens oppose a class bank while noting repeated oversubscriptions for capital stock and a $150 share price. Dr. Von Mach cites repeated refusals by Boston banks to handle funds and wartime transfer hassles to Germany Austria and Jerusalem. Representative Kennard supports expanding banking facilities in Woburn and projects $300,000 in new deposits. The board took petitions under advisement.
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von Mach
Citizens’ Committee
Boston Trust Company
Funeral for U S customs officer Neilon Friday
Funeral services for Frederick A. Neilon a 21 year U S customs officer will be held Friday morning at St Catherine's Church He died yesterday at his home 14 Cambria street Somerville Neilon earned a Congressional medal in 1874 for gallant conduct while with Troop A Sixth United States Cavalry member 1872 to 1875.
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Frederick A. Neilon
United States
Cambria Street
Somerville
St. Catherine’s Church
Neilon
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Grosvenor of Amherst Heads Phi Beta Kappa
Professor Edwin Augustus Grosvenor of Amherst Mass was elected president of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity at the national council session in Philadelphia. Edward Birge of Madison Wis was named vice president Rev Oscar Voorhees of New York sec retary and David Layton also of New York was chosen treasurer.
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Philadelphia
Edwin Augustus Grosvenor
Amherst
Mass
Phi Beta Kappa
National Council
Edward Ashael Birge
Madison
Wis
Oscar M. Voorhees
New York
David Layton
Dyspepsia of Women and Lydia E Pinkham product endorsement
An advertisement argues a form of female dyspepsia resists ordinary remedies and claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieves it. It cites Mrs. Nellie Williams of New Albany Indiana who reports improved digestion, strength, and health after using the medicine and endorses it as best for women's stomach troubles.
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Mrs. Williams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Williams
West 3d Street
New Albany
Ind
Quarantine Hits Pulitzer Family in Maine High
At Bar Harbor Maine Joseph Pulitzer Jr and household went under quarantine after Ralph Pulitzer Jr age 10 was diagnosed with infantile paralysis. The boy came from a camp in another state. The Press Publishing Company president’s son and the Arthur Train family were also quarantined.
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Bar Harbor
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Pulitzer
Ralph Pulitzer, Jr
Ralph
Press Publishing Company
New York
Arthur Train
Woman Jumped Into Charles River Near Bleachery Station
Mrs. Mary O'Brien of 270 River Street Waltham leapt from the footbridge into the Charles River near the Bleachery railroad station. Edward Hurley and several boys searched the water with Hurley recovering the body on his fourth attempt. A new biography of Billy Sunday is advertised in this issue.
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Mary O’brien
River Street
Waltham
Charles River
Edward Hurley
Woman Steers Sinking Schooner Into Portland
Mrs Frank Thurston guided the two mast schooner Herman F Kimball toward Portland as captain and crew bailed out water after the vessel sprang a leak off Boon Island. The ship loaded with phosphate was bound from Boston to Searsport and was towed in. The article also notes an upcoming Sunday Post feature on Billy Sunday with Rodeheaver hymns.
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Portland
Frank Thurston
Herman F. Kimball
Searsport
Boston
Boon Island
Doctor Held In Girl Death
Dr. Michael Colville Kennedy a 61 year old physician of 514 Massachusetts Avenue South End was arrested on charges of performing an illegal operation on 20 year old Matilda Burton of 10 Hallam Street Dorchester. Burton died at City Hospital after naming the doctor in an ante mortem statement.
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Michael Colville Kennedy
Massachusetts Avenue
South End
Matilda Burton
Hallam Street
Dorchester
Miss Burton
City Hospital
Connecticut Banker Dies on Auto Trip
Willis H. Wilcox, president of Greenwich Savings Bank, Greenwich, died of heart failure while traveling by auto through North Haven on a trip to the White Mountains. He was about 70 years old.
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New Haven
Conn
Willis H. Wilcox
Greenwich Savings Bank of
Greenwich
North Haven
White Mountains
Peary Advocates Aerial Patrol at New England Water Works Meet
In Portland Maine Rear Admiral Robert E Peary urged a national preparedness plan at the 85th annual New England Water Works Association convention. He called for a robust aerial coast patrol along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts a fleet of 16 high speed battle cruisers split between coasts and universal military training.
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Portland
New England Water Works Association
Robert E. Peary
Peary
Atlantic
Pacific
New Authoritative Biography of Billy Sunday Debuts
The Sunday Post announces the forthcoming biography of Billy Sunday, signaling a comprehensive new portrait by a respected historian. The feature promises access to private letters, church records, and Sunday’s public ministry, tracing his influence on American religious life.
America Sans: A New Word for All Americas
The text introduces the coinage America sans to describe all races and peoples across the Americas while reserving the term American for the United States. It notes edits by statesmen, authors, and editors across the Americas to adopt this distinction.
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North
South America
Atlantic
United States
Thompson to Fight Extradition in Murder Case
George E. Thompson the alleged desperado arrested here as a fugitive from New Jersey where he faces a murder charge will fight extradition. He has retained William C. Matthews a former Harvard football player to defend him.
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George E. Thompson
New Jersey
William C. Matthews
Harvard
87 Per Cent Dividend In Lafayette Bank
Depositors and creditors of the Lafayette Savings Bank will receive a 87 percent dividend. Chief Justice Rusg yesterday authorized Bank Commissioner Thorndike to make the payment. The bank was restrained on Jan 1 1915 from continuing business with assets of 9215.45 and liabilities of 11152.48.
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Lafayette Savings Bank
Rusg
Thorndike
Calais Youth Drowns in St Croix River
Calais Me Sept 13 Frank Young 17 was seized by cramps while swimming in the St Croix River and drowned a companion who tried to help narrowly escaped the same fate.
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Calais
Frank Young
St. Croix
Get It Corn Cure Claims Amazing Corn Removal
An ad touts GETSIT as a modern corn remover that frees a corn instantly by finger action. The claim emphasizes miraculous ease and reliability, promising immediate relief.
GetS-IT corn remedy praised as painless fast relief
A promotional piece touts GetS-IT for corns and calluses claiming rapid drying and painless treatment. It describes simple usage under stockings and shoes with immediate loosening of the corn and Wart, and notes the product’s popularity, price 25 cents per bottle, from E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
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