Red Cross Seeks 400000 for Memorial Building
Edward P. Bicknell and Miss Mabel Boardman urged Senate Finance subcommittee to grant 400000 for a Red Cross headquarters building to memorialize Civil War Northern and Southern women. They noted 310000000 in relief work over seven and a half years and a proposed 700000 construction cost with pledges for the remaining 300000.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Edward P. Bicknell
Red Cross
Senate Finance Committee
Mabel T. Boardman
National Relief Committee
George W. Davis
Army
Burton
Col Ellis Spears to Speak at Waterways Convention Dinner
Colonel John Millis of the United States corps of engineers, newly succeeding Colonel Abbott, accepts invitation from the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange to attend and speak at the dinner at Young's Hotel on the evening of October 6, in connection with the Massachusetts Waterways Convention.
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John Millis
United States Corps of Engineers
Abbott
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Young’s Hotel
Rear Admiral John R Eastman Dies in New Hampshire
Franklin New Hampshire September 26 Rear Admiral John Robie Eastman A 58 N retired well known astronomer died at a private hospital aged 77 Born in Andover he was Dartmouth alumnus long on the Naval Observatory staff He served as Dartmouth trustee Proctor Academy board president town representative in the state legislature on the State Board of Equalization author of astronomical works led eclipse and planetary observations He headed expeditions and served as secretary of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America He is survived by his wife.
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Franklin
N. H
John Robie Eastman
Eastman
Andover
Dartmouth College
Naval Observatory
Washington
Proctor Academy
John D's son in law ends airship program
Harold F. McCormick shuts his Cicero airship station after two years of aero plane testing. Equipment usable for hydro aircraft ships to Lake Forest estate while remaining gear is sold, signaling the end of his bid for a safer, more efficient aerial machine.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Cicero
McCormick
Lake Forest
Rantoul Details Alleged Diet and Care Violations in Divorce
In a substitute petition filed in Middlesex Superior Court East Cambridge Lois Burnett Rantoul granddaughter of James Russell Lowell accuses Edward K. Rantoul of disobeying health orders and court decrees by improper care of their children and by feeding them unsuitable foods. She alleges he bathed them in bad weather caused illnesses harassed the nurse and discharged her without consent and asks the court to enforce the separation decree. No hearing date is set.
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Lois Burnett Rantoul
James Russell Lowell
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Edward K. Rantoul
Hall
McLaughlin
Mabel
Miss Richardson
Lincoln Memorial to build superstructure with Yula marble
The Lincoln Memorial Commission recommends Secretary Garrison award the superstructure contract for the Lincoln memorial in Washington to a local firm for 1,687,800 dollars. The main material will be Yula marble from Colorado and bids will be sought for the foundation.
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Lincoln Memorial
Yala
Washington
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Garrison
Colorado
Clergy reshuffles and mission meetings in New England
The Rev. Loren A. Clevenger resigns after nine years at Spring Hill Baptist Somerville with resignation to take effect by Dec 31. Cambridge M C A to host Oct 1 winter season reception led by ex-Councilman Tweedle. Wood Memorial's Rev Brokenshire to resign. Tremont Temple's Dr Robert B MacArthur to speak at Garrison memorial tablet dedication marking the 20th anniversary of Swansea church founding Mass. Rev Dr C P Gifford to speak at Bible Teachers Training School in Manhattan on Adoniram Judson. Interdenominational institute for women missionaries held at Ford Hall with sessions at 10:30 am and 2 pm. speakers include Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery and Mrs Henry W Peabody.
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Loren A. Clevenger
Spring Hill Baptist Church
Somerville
Cambridge
Tweedle
C. P. Gifford
First Baptist Church
Brookline
Bible Teachers’ Training School
Lexington Avenue
Forty-ninth Street
Borough of Manhattan
New York
Adoniram Judson
Institute For Women’s Foreign Missionary Societies
Ford Hall
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Henry W. Peabody
H. Daniels
Tubercular Pupils Barred From Public Schools
Washington reports the district health department with Board of Education approval recommends removal of pupils with communicable tuberculosis from public schools. Open air schools for tubercular students are likely to be created.
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Washington
District Health Department
Board of Education
Removal of Executors in Woodridge Estate Hearing
Judge James H. Flint will hold a special Probate Court session in Dedham to hear evidence on the petition to remove executors and trustees of the estate of William Butler Woodridge founder of the Columbian Life Insurance Company. The case, brought by widow Hazel Pratt Woodbridge and her two sons, requests removal amid claims of estate insolvency and mismanagement. Additional hearings are scheduled for Oct 23 and Oct 27 due to the volume of evidence.
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James H. Flint
Norfolk County
Dedham
William Butler Woodridge
Columbian Life Insurance Company
Franklin W. Ganse
Newton
Percy Parker
Lowell
James H
Hazel Pratt Woodbridge Wlanders
Flint
Wilson declines to pardon conspirators in Seattle case
President Wilson today declined to act on pardon applications for John H. Bullock and C. B. Houston convicted in Seattle on November 20, 1912, for conspiracy to defraud the government through bid collusion on coal. He followed Attorney General McReynolds in refusing to interfere while appeals are pending.
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Washington
Wilson
John H. Bullock
C. B. Houston
Seattle
McReynolds
Bryan Speaks at Harvard Lectures by Noted Leaders Planned
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan will lecture at Harvard within two months on The Making of a Man. Harvard Union directors also arrange talks by other notable figures including Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, with Roosevelt set to speak soon and Churchill a prospective speaker.
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William Jennings Bryan
Harvard
Harvard Union
Bryan
The
Theodore Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Chinese Form Laundry Union Forms in South Boston
A unique Chinese laundry workers union is forming in South Boston not allied with the AFL or IWW. The group, made up of peninsula district laundermen, cites a rate war that halved washing costs for collars cuffs and shirts. They say they will stop undercutting each other and will adopt uniform regional pricing.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
Peninsular District
South
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