Navy plans two long distance seaplane flights
The Navy announced two long distance seaplane flights planned for early next year. One route targets Brazil and the other the Philippines, aiming to set new records with entirely new aircraft. The Philippine leg would cover about 7000 miles, the longest in aviation history.
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Washington
Navy
Brazil
Philippines
San Diego
Cal
Hawaii
Guam
Naval Aviation
Hong Kong
China
Hampton Roads
Rio Janeiro
Guantanamo
Cuba
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Trinidad
Navy Department
Rockefeller Gift Promises $20 Million for Medical Education
New York September 26 The General Education Board announced a $20 million gift from John D Rockefeller to improve medical education in the United States The income will be used presently and the principal distributed within fifty years to advance medical schooling nationwide.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
United States
General Education Board
Sculptor Leach to Teach at Boston University
Louis Lawrence Leach, Massachusetts Normal Art School graduate and pupil of Cyrus M. Dallin, is named instructor in modeling in the art and architecture department at Boston University. He maintains a Taunton studio and specializes in portrait bas-relief, with notable works including bronze memorial reliefs for Bishop William McVicker in Providence and Barrington, Vermont, and portrait reliefs of Governor Curtis Guild, Joseph Choate, and Samuel Clemens.
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Louis Lawrence Leach
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Cyrus M. Dallin
Boston University
Leach
Taunton
William McVicker
Providence
Barrington
Curtis Guild
Joseph Choate
Samuel Clemens
Bravery Citation Awarded to Abe Oppenheim for Son
Abe Oppenheim of 76 Quint Avenue Allston received a bravery citation yesterday honoring his son Sergeant Aaron J. Oppenheim who died from wounds suffered in the action for which he was cited.
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Abe Oppenheim
Quint Avenue
Allston
Aaron J. Oppenheim
Big Day at Uncle Sam's Army Retail Store
Uncle Sam's Cash and Carry store ran like a high class department store as 300 civil service workers processed hundreds of small purchases on Raisin Day. Colonel Glasgow reported $9666.21 in sales from many buyers, with only one repeater and three pickpockets caught. crowds waited outside after 3 PM while supplies, including ginger and vanilla extract, flour, canned goods, and roast beef, sold out quickly and will be replenished.
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Uncle Sam
Civil Service
Glasgow
South Boston
Broadway
Belmont Man Named Receiver of Nelson Co
F Alexander Chandler of Belmont was appointed receiver of Nelson Blower & Furnace Company of South Boston by Judge Bingham in Federal Court. He posts bonds of 50000 and continues the business. The firm, employing hundreds, expanded during the war with mounts for Browning machine guns, which were curtailed after armistice, leading to financial difficulties.
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F. Alexander Chandler
Belmont
Nelson Blower & Furnace Company
South Boston
Bingham
Fourteen Portuguese Grocers Plead Not Guilty in Short Weight Case
NEW BEDFORD September 26 Fourteen Portuguese grocers charged with dealing out short weights to customers pleaded not guilty in court. Their cases were continued to October 8. Defendants include Antone Alves Manuel Sylvia Thomas P Sousa Augusta Sousa William Santos Joseph A Gonvalves Manuel Dias Frank Coehle Manuel Cardoso Ignatio Cardos John Cambra Alexander Alves and G H Cabral.
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New Bedford
Antone Alves
Manuel Sylvia
Thomas P. Sousa
Augusta Sousa
William Santos
Joseph A. Gonvalves
Manuel Dias
Frank Coehle
Manuel Cardoso
Ignatio Cardos
John Cambra
Alexander Alves
G. H. Cabral
Steel to be sold here by War Department sale
About 11,000,000 pounds of finished and unfinished steel will be offered for sale by the War Department through district ordnance offices at Boston and Philadelphia from October 1 to 9. The lot includes steel armor plate and unfinished trench helmets.
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Washington
War Department
District Ordnance
Boston
Philadelphia
Trawlers Go to New York From Boston Fleet Diversion Reported
A segment of Boston's fishing fleet, long a major producer of fresh fish on the Atlantic seaboard, has been diverted to New York. More boats are planned to be removed from the Hub to bolster New York operations.
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Boston
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Bay State Fishing Company shifts trawlers to New York
The Bay State Fishing Company admitted its steam trawlers Fannie Belle Atwood and Waltham are unloading catches in New York instead of Boston, with Ocean also at the fishing banks slated to unload there. Officials note plans to locate parts of the fleet on the Atlantic seaboard while acknowledging large New York buyers. The company cites New York's 10 million residents and expanding market reach into Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and the Southern and Midwestern states as motivation. Local fish interests claim insufficient state railroad support has hurt Boston shipments and argue facilities should have grown to sustain Boston’s industry.
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Bay State Fishing Company
Fannie Belle Atwood
Waltham
New York
Boston
Atlantic Seaboard
P. R. Duffy
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ralph Waldo Emerson Born In Summer Street Parsonage
In 1803 the First Church in Boston established its Summer Street parsonage to escape city noise. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born there on May 25 1803, son of Rev William Emerson and later faced poverty as the family struggled after his father’s death. James Elliot Cabot’s biography recounts their hardships and the origin of the Boston Athenaeum.
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Summer Street
William Emerson
Boston
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Emerson
Kingston Street
Goddard
Chauncy Place
Drake Kays
Wm. Emerson
Concord
Hawthorne
Emerson
Harvard
Boston Athenaeum
Athenaeum Library
Ralph Waldo
Ralph
Edward
James Elliot Cabot
Spite Fence Photo Campaign Proposal by Boston Post
The Boston Post urges readers to send photos of local spite fences from New England towns offering five dollars per accepted image and an extra five dollars for a brief article explaining the fence. The aim is to reduce the number of spite fences by highlighting the stories behind them.
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New England
The
Boston Post
Post
Sugar control resolution backed by Chicago meeting
The United States Sugar Manufacturers Association adopted a resolution urging continuation of the Sugar Equalization Board with power to purchase the 1920 Cuban sugar crop. It calls for domestic protection and price fixing, noting wartime control stabilized industry, curbed prices, and saved consumers millions, warning abandonment could create chaos and uneven distribution.
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Chicago
United States Sugar Equalization Board
United States Sugar Manufacturers’ Association
Wilson's Reply Refuses to Give Fiume to Italy
Rome reports President Wilson reiterates that Fiume should remain internationalized rather than annexed by Italy. The plan shifts toward a buffer state between Italy and Yugoslavia, with no guaranteed plebiscite after 15 years and acceptance of a border correction in Istria in Italy's favor.
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Wilson
Fiume
Italy
Rome
Paris
Jugo-Slavia
Istria
Memorial Service for Weymouth Dead
More than 700 ex service men with Weymouth American Legion and residents plan memorial services for local boys who died in the war. The event Sunday afternoon will be at the Clapp Memorial Association Grounds in East Weymouth with Chaplains Rollins and O'Connor of the 101st Infantry as principal speakers.
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Weymouth
American Legion
Clapp Memorial Association
East Weymouth
Rollins
O'Connor
101St Infantry
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