Boston Lawyer Hero of Smyrna Silent Rescue
Major Claffin Davis, a modest Boston lawyer, is praised as the day’s silent hero. He feeds and comforts survivors and urges Turks French and Italians to remove bodies from a vast funeral pyre to curb pestilence. The American consulate, a four story quay building, remains one of the few intact structures as Greeks Armenians and Jews press the doors.
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Smyrna
Associated Press
Claffin Davis
Boston
United States
Continental Boylston St Store Adverts for Hart Schaffner gear
The Continental Boylston Street Store solicits continued patronage from old customers and proclaims itself the headquarters for Hart Schaffner and Marx guaranteed clothes with the best stock in Boston.
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the Continental Boylston St
Boston
Hart Schaffner & Marx Guaranteed Clothes
Young Society Gil Enters Prize String At Brockton Fair
Miss Becky Lanier a famed 117 year old New York society figure enters a string of her hunters at the Brockton Fair horse show opening Oct 8. The event draws top stables from California to Canada competing for 30000 in prizes with notable entrants from Wanamakers Philadelphia du Ponts Rockefeller Lehman Matthus sen and more bringing premier horses including Sinbad and Field Marshal.
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Becky Lanier
Brockton Fair
California
Canada
Wanamakers
Philadelphia
du Ponts
Delaware
Owenoke Farm
William Rockefeller
O. W. Lehman
Chicago
F. W. Matthissen
Sinbad
F. W. Matthussen
Field Marshal
England
America
New York
Baby carriage not a vehicle in Dorchester dispute win
The Boston Street Commission and City Rent and Housing Commission sided with tenant Dr. Bessie Sharengan in a case over keeping a baby carriage off the front of 576 Blue Hill Avenue. The landlady’s complaint about blocking traffic was dismissed and the tenant may park the perambulator as she wishes.
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Boston Street Commission
Betw
Dorchester
Herbert E. Ellis
City Rent and Housing Commission
Bessie Sharengan
Blue Hill Avenue
John H. Dunn
Street Commission
Prize Awarded for Spruce Bud Worm Research in Canada
The judges awarded $2000 to O. Schierbeck for a practical suppression method of spruce bud worm and related pests. The remaining $3000 was shared by Swaine, Craighead, and Tothill of the Forest Insect Branch for their collective contributions, with Barnjum commending the team and noting broad free distribution of the findings.
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Gilbert
Howe
Piche
Wilson
O. Schierbeck
Price Bros. & Co., Limited
Quebec
Swaine
Craighead
Tothill
Entomological Department
Canada
Barnjum
Pure Linen Fancy Check Glass Towel Imported Goods
A brief item lists linen towels described as pure linen fancy check glass towel imported goods sold by the yard.
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Boston ‘Lawyer
Carroll Sullivan
Gil
Boston Wholesale Millinery Co
Temple Place Elevator Service
OsTaich
Blake Bldg
Cor
Wesh
Eene
Cca
Fea
Ome
Union
Madras
Berot
Goodyear
J & Hutchins
Endicott Johnson
Ular
Plentymore Bradford
Stevens Union
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