Shaw Cocktail Pitch Hits Campaign Crowd On Rainy Day
Prohibition candidate William Shaw spoke to over 400 on Charles Street Mall urging followers to drink his "Shaw" cocktail made with one egg malted milk ginger and soda water rather than visit saloons. He argued the liquor habit enslaves the afflicted and urged support for prohibition with emphasis on statewide mobilization before November 2. Dr Ira Landrith of Nashville spoke on why Dixie went dry.
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William Shaw
Charles Street
Shaw
United States Machinery Company
Ira Landrith
Nashville, Tenn
Dixie
Pledge Aid to Jews in War Zone Rally Draws Thousands
Thousands of Jews gathered at mass meetings across Boston to raise funds for European Jewish relief. About $5000 was collected and many pledges of 10 to 50 dollars monthly were promised for the war duration, as audiences heard of massacres and torture in Europe.
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Bostom
Europe
Boston Synagogues Launch War Relief Campaign
In Boston at the Ohel Jacob and Adath Jeshurun synagogues a large meeting organized a citywide fund drive for Jewish war relief in Europe. Committees will canvass every Jewish home, with Louis D. Brandeis leading the relief committee and Abraham Koshland treasurer. An executive board and permanent coordinating body were authorized.
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Adath Jeshurun
Blue Hill Avenue
Greater Boston
Europe
Nathan Pinanski
New England
American Jewish Relief Committee
Jewish Relief Committee
Louis D. Brandeis
Abraham Koshland
Sermon Advocates Keeping Money at Home and Peace
Dr. Madison C. Peters at Clarendon Street Baptist Church urges diverting funds from European aid to domestic industry. He calls for arms limitation by major powers and argues battleship costs neglect the unemployed amid widespread hunger.
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Europe
Madison C. Peters
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
America
Enrolment Reaches New High At Wellesley College
Wellesley College opens the year with a freshman class of 495 and total enrollment about 1520 the largest in its history. A cap and gown service is held at Houghton Chapel before classes. Freshmen curriculum shifts give three hours weekly in English and mathematics each. Freshman sports begin with three rowing crews and two hockey teams organized as a new addition.
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Wellesley College
Houghton Chapel
Police officers invited to pul motor lecture in Cambridge
Police officials of Boston and Cambridge have been invited to attend a lecture and demonstration of the pul motor by Ernest Barker at Franklin Council 8 Royal Arcanum. The meeting at 695 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge is open and will start at 8:30 this evening.
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Boston
Cambridge
Ernest Barker
Franklin Council
Royal Arcanum
Massachusetts Avenue
Campridge
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