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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
3
Dartmouth College began its term in Hanover New Hampshire with enrollment expected around 900, down from about 1500 last year. The drop largely affects the upper three classes, which show a 40 percent decrease, while the entering class totals nearly 400 compared with 463 a year prior.
Read about mischievous boy days in Booth Tarkington's My Boy Friends a collection of tales from Penrod author noted for its humor and reflection. October issue presents colorful accounts of boyhood evildoings and the origin of Penrod lore.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss women and others with phrases about increasing strength and iron. The fragment is nonspecific, lacks clear events or identities, and cannot be tied to a coherent news item or date.
More than 6000 men from Massachusetts join Camp Devens today as the first forty percent of the draft quota departs with 6031 men in various districts. Special troop trains leave Boston and Ayer stations while farewell parades, receptions, and gifts mark the departure across cities including Lowell Lawrence Haverhill Lexingon Quincy Watertown and Beverly.
The Netherlands says it did not seek recall amid neutrality protests and defends Minister Van Rappard as acting properly. Reports from Rome cite alleged Austro-Hungarian torture of Italian prisoners, including use as shooting targets and poisoning. A Hungarian lieutenant Farks is reportedly captured in Italian custody. A Melbourne dispatch notes the Port Kembla sunk near Cape Farewell carried no passengers but a valuable cargo.
John Hays Hammond Jr a noted wireless expert was examined by the local exemption board and passed his physical He filed for industrial exemption with the War Department Hammond remains at work on wireless experiments for the government and the board is expected to grant exemption Based on the report 58 men were examined 33 passed 25 rejected and all but 14 claimed exemption
The article warns soaps and shampoos harshly alkali content dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. It favors plain malsified cocoanut oil as a milder cleansing option, noting two teaspoonfuls cleanse the hair when mixed with water and rinsed well, leaving hair soft and glossy.
Several thousand residents of Newmarket and nearby towns gave a farewell reception to six recruits departing for Ayer camp. After a parade, M. T. Kennedy, town board chairman, presented each recruit with a $10 gold piece.
Ten thousand people packed Everett square to honor Everett's quota of 61 drafted men leaving for Camp Devens. Prominent speakers included Everett G A R veterans and a German native who served in the Civil War and accompanied Perry on his voyage to Japan. the veteran was Sergeant Henry Schrow, eight years old.
Carl W. Smith a young Boston salesman was arrested yesterday charged with using the mails to defraud Maud H. Ronan formerly of Allston now in Newcastle New Brunswick. Smith allegedly found a letter from an admirer in Allentown Pennsylvania and demanded 25 before surrendering it to Miss Ronan after she answered a finding ad. A hearing is set for October 6 as he awaits recognition.
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