Harvard opens 1919 class with record first day takings
Harvard University sees 4700 students register on opening day as bursar receipts top 400000 dollars. Freshmen account for about 750. Quentin Roosevelt arrives as part of the 1919 entering class with his brother Archibald at Gore Hall.
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Harvard University
Harvard
Corps of Cashiers
Harvard Yard
Memorial Hall
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin
Cambridge
Oyster Bay
L. I
Archibald
Gore Hall
Charles River Boulevard
Sargol Promises Gain in Flesh and Strength
Advertisement touts Sargol as a fat producing assimilative formula. Claims six strength giving elements repair digestion and strengthen nerves, with money back if not effective. Promoted by druggists like Riker Daynes Drug Stores and others as harmless and inexpensive.
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Rikerdaynes Drug Stores
Nnle
National Air Song 3000 Miles Across the Nation
America and The Star Spangled Banner were sung nationwide last night. Five thousand Bostonians joined the New England Telephone Glee Club and orchestra as the national anthem traveled 5600 miles via wire to 2000 listeners at the San Francisco Exposition.
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America
United States
Telephone workers celebrate unity with nationwide sing along
In Mechanics Hall two thousand six hundred receivers carried The Star Spangled Banner as 4000 telephony staff across Atlantic and Pacific cities exchanged greetings. Thomas Feeney led preparations for a mass party with 2500 receivers and 55 workers wiring the hall while a 35 member orchestra and 200 volunteers joined a San Francisco event at the telephone building during the exposition.
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Mechanics’ Building
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Spaulding
United States
Thomas J. Feeney
The
Telephone Company
Mechanics’ Hall
Feeney
C Company
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Naturalization Ceremony Grants 75 New Citizens
Court Judge Morton administered the oath of allegiance to about 75 aliens, closing naturalization until after the election. They are now eligible to be registered as voters.
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Morton
Many Saved From Death During Gale On New England Coast
A September gale battered the New England coast leaving dozens rescued from peril. Mrs Josiah C Fuller of Atlantic drowned near Peddocks Island while her husband failed to save her. Fort Andrews soldiers recovered the body at dawn. Five men and a baby were saved from Little Calf by Guardian after signaling with a beacon fire. Dozens of vessels and boats were driven ashore or damaged and harbor traffic slowed. Weather eased by night with forecasts for fair conditions and cooler temperatures.
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New England
Boston
Peddocks Island
Josiah C. Fuller
Botolph Street
Atlantic
W. A. Ward Company
Atlantic Avenue
West Head
Middle Head
Mr. Fuller
Hough
Mrs. Fuller
Guardian
Little Calf
Island storm survivors and yacht club crews affected
Many men sheltered in cottages while others slept on sand and overturned rowboats after a storm hit the island. Breakers Yacht Club from East Boston faced a similar ordeal as their boat’s rudder failed after dark. Duncan Hunter suffered major losses as over 65 life preservers washed away from his power boat during a nighttime launch attempt. The party of seven was ferried to the Warren bridge by Sergeant Curtis aboard the Watchman.
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Halifax
Vineyard Sounds
Boston
Highland Light
Boston Weather Bureau
Apple Island
Breakers Yacht Club
Duncan Hunter
Warren Bridge
Charlestown
Curtis
Six People Missing After Yacht Departure From South Boston
A party of six disappeared after sailing a 40 foot two masted yawl named Ida Boston from South Boston on Saturday afternoon during a gale. Friends fear they may have been lost at sea while returning from a cruise yesterday. Coast guard and local authorities launched a search though weather hindered progress. The vessel was last sighted off Cape Cod before radio contact was lost.
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South Boston
Ida Boston
Missing Dorchester Bay party feared lost in Sunday gale
A group including Joseph P. Cateault his wife and two sons and Mr and Mrs A M Johnson left Dorchester Bay on Saturday for a pleasure trip with a fishing stop off Hingham. They had not returned by yesterday and friends and police report no information amid a fierce Sunday gale.
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Joseph P. Cateault
Woodlawn Street
Forest Hills
George
Charles
A. M. Johnson
Boylston Street
Cateault
Baumgartner and Miss Blackham Wed in Philadelphia
Lefty Baumgartner, pitcher with the Philadelphia Nationals, and Miss Bernice E Blackham of Philadelphia were married in Philadelphia last Wednesday. They plan to live in Chicago after the world series. Baumgartner is 21, his bride 18.
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Chicago
Lefty’ Baumgartner
Philadelphia Nationals
Bernice E. Blackham
Philadelphia
Baumgartner
Registration to Set Records at BU Law and Business
Boston University law and business students race to top enrollment. Law registration runs through today with lectures starting tomorrow while business administration enrolls through Saturday with classes beginning next Monday. Last year law enrolled 381 and business 378, both likely to exceed 400 this year. Elijah W. Sells of New York speaks at 3 1 2 o clock tomorrow in Jacob Sleeper Hall on Accounting as a Profession with the Association of CPAs as guests.
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School of Law
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Elijah W. Sells
New York
Jacob Sleeper
Association of Certified Public Accountants
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Widener Memorial Library
Charles River
Harvard Union
LeBaron R. Briggs
Byron
Hurlburt
George A. Gordon
Henry A. Yeomans
Fatima
Dork Y Indivi
Patimasidt
I A & ‘Igarette
Harbor Islands
James P. Soper
School Street
Chelsea
Ralph
Thomas Devereaux
Shirley Street
Roxbury
Charles Eliot
Brooks Street
Carlton G. Dolloff
Perry
Betsy Ross
Wals
Castle Island
William Nagle
Joe Ross
Coast Guard
Gresham
Two Brothers
George Dwyer
Lynn
U.S
Preston
President’s Roads
Deer Island
Charles Fogg
B. U
Fron
Offars
United Shirt & Collar CO
Troy.n.y
Ldi Sie
NISHE
Lord
Beaconsfield
Rocker
Kene
Axe 3 Bone
Utr Kean
Ahr
Piene
Vanderbilt
Summerfield
Washington St
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