Opening of Schools Postponed Across Greater Boston
Fresh outbreak of infantile paralysis forces Boston area officials to delay school openings. Many districts push back first day by a week or more with health officials reporting a drop in Boston cases but warnings of possible new outbreaks. Arlington Milton Medford Watertown enact varied closures and precautions.
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Greater
Boston
David D. Scannell
Shea
Scannell
Arlington
Milton Academy
Medford
Watertown
Monsignor Splaine
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
Mayor Curley Bars Under Sixteen from Boston Amusements
Boston citywide order bans admission of children under 16 to public places of amusement to curb infantile paralysis. The measure follows bans in Hyde Park and East Boston where the epidemic is spreading, as kids flock to venues in other parts of the city.
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Bos
Boston
Curley
Hyde Park
East
Labor Vote Wins for Mansfield in Democratic Primary
Final returns show Frederick W. Mansfield defeating General Charles H. Cole by 9874 votes for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Ex-Governor Walsh and Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald urged unity. internal party strife and lack of organization were blamed for weak primary performance. Boston Mayor Curley touted neutrality while backing Mansfield, with several endorsed candidates defeated.
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Frederick W. Mansfield
Charles H. Cole
Mansfield
Walsh
Fitzgerald
United States Senate
General Cole
O’leary
Boston
Curley
Mansfield Wins Governor Nomination Backed by Labor
Soreness over results aside, Mansfield secured the party nomination with strong backing from organized labor. Analysts note labor's influence in industrial centers and that his ties to civic groups aided his win, though its weight may be overstated. The race now centers on Hughes\' national push on the Adamson bill.
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Mansfield
Labor
Organized Labor
Hughes
Mrs Rooney Wed to Waltham City Official Flynn
Miss Mary Josephine Rooney daughter of William F Rooney and John J Flynn city solicitor of Waltham were married yesterday morning at St Marys Church by Father Timothy Brosnan.
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Mary Josephine Rooney
William F. Rooney
Waltham
John J. Flynn
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy Brosnahan
Guardsmen Are Happy Once More
Ed Dunn reports that War Department orders to send home 10,000 guardsmen from the border transformed the Bay State citizen soldiers in camps near El Paso Texas from gloom to cheer and renewed hope. Weather is fair with a high of 80.
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EL Paso
Tex
Washington
Funston
War Department
Bay State
Mass soldiers adjust mood as border hike plans shift to Rio Grande
The Massachusetts guard men, bitter at a new War Department order, prepare for a 130 mile hike to Fort Selden near Las Cruces. Rhode Island troops may detain to await two North Carolina units before heading home. Bay State artillery presses for target range practice before discharge.
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Border Service
War Department
Massachusetts
Bay State
Rio Grande
Fort Selden
Las Cruz
Mex
C and M
Sherburne
Bay State Artillery
Washington
Set Fire Crib Caused by Poll Tax Ties to Death
Springfield September 27 payment of a poll tax bill indirectly led to the death of Thomas Pepe four months old. Felix eight and Teresa four set fire to the crib while the mother visited the tax collector's office. John Sears and Fred Hawkins burned helping to rescue the child. The other two children were found unconscious and rushed to Hampden Hospital in serious condition.
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Springfield
Thomas
Michael Pepe
Wilcox Street
City Hall
Felix
Teresa
John Sears
Fred Hawkins
Springfield Street Department
Sears
Hawkins
Hampden Hospital
Famous German Aviator Wintgens Killed in Air Combat
Berlin reports Lieutenant Wintgens, Germanys famed fighter pilot after Boelke, was killed in an aerial engagement with allied aviators. He was buried at the crash site per his wish. He reportedly shot down an Entente airplane on the Somme front.
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Berlin
London
Wintgens
Boelke
Germany
Somme
Reward Placed for Murderer of Brookline Merchant
Five thousand dollars is offered for the arrest and indictment of the killer of Gaspare DiCola, a Brookline fruit merchant shot last week. Attorney Stephen A Malato, representing Joseph DiCola of Italy, announced the reward after a conference in Tremont building. Police focus on locating Bova, the divorced husband of DiCola’s wife, believed to be in New England and able to shed light on the case. Mrs DiCola will not contest the will leaving $100 monthly to her.
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Gaspare DiCola
Brookline
Stephen A. Malato
Chicago
Joseph DiCola
Italy
Bailen & Severoni
Tremont
New England
Bova
DiCola
Crew Abandons Schooner Airs Off Newfoundland
Five crew members of the schooner Airs report abandoning their vessel ten miles off Cape La Hune Newfoundland after it sprang a leak. Bound from Gaspe Quebec to St Pierre with lumber and shingles the ship was not insured per the captain.
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ST. Pierre
Magdalene Islands
Airs
Gaspe
Quebec
Cape la Hune
Newfoundland
Macdonald Macdonald Nuptials in South Boston
Miss Geneva Macdonald daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Macdonald of 552 East Fifth Street South Boston married Leander A Macdonald of South Boston yesterday in Gate of Heaven Church The bride a Boston City Hospital graduate nurse class of 1912 The groom a teacher and coach at Centre School Peabody
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Geneva Macdonald
Hugh Macdonald
East Fifth Street
South Boston
New Gate of Heaven
Leander A. Macdonald
Boston City Hospital
Centre School
Peabody
Father John's Medicine praised by Lock Haven mother
Mrs Anna Sellers of Lock Haven praises Father John's Medicine as a safe non opium tonic that saved her ill child and keeps her family healthy. She claims thousands of mothers use it at home for strength and resistance to disease. Begin taking it today. Get what you call for.
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Lock Haven
Father John
Anna Sellers
Grant St
Harvard Creates First Transportation Chair
Harvard Graduate School of Business appoints Dr. William James Cunningham as professor in transportation. The endowment totals $250,000 with $125,000 from James J. Hill's associates and admirers and $125,000 donated by Mr Hill himself.
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America
Harvard
William James Cunningham
Harvard Graduate School of Business
James J. Hill
Harvard Creates James J. Hill Chair of Transportation
Harvard business school will offer transportation courses beginning in the second half of the February term. Professor Cunningham will hold the new James J. Hill professorship funded by a quarter‑million dollar endowment from donors including J. Pierpont Morgan and Robert T. Lincoln. The chair, one of Harvard’s most endowed, may expand with more professorships as needs grow.
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Business School of
Harvard
Cunningham
J. Pierpont Morgan
George F. Baker
Robert Bacon
Howard Elliott
Arthur Curtiss James
Thomas W. Lamont
Robert T. Lincoln
James J. Hill
Northwest
Harvard University
Young couple defy protests to plan interfaith marriage
In Brockton Miss Mildred Dyer a 19 year old Christian and John Barger 23 a Hebrew plan to wed after Jewish holidays. Friends and relatives oppose the match and pressure Barger to leave town. Dyer has faced troubling experiences from those upset by the courtship.
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Brockton
Mildred Dyer
Winthrop Street
John Barger
Hunt Street
Barger
Young couple foiled in attempted abduction plot
On the night of June 9 1915 a young woman was restrained and pressured by unidentified assailants who sought to compel her to abandon plans to marry Barger. Mrs John Barger appeals to police for help as the couple announce an imminent marriage after the Jewish holidays.
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Barger
John Barger
Harvard appoints forty staff and resignations at meeting
The Harvard corporation reported forty appointments and thirteen resignations at its meeting yesterday. Key moves include new assistant professors at Harvard Dental School and reappointed committee members for athletic sports. Departures include the resignation of Dean Byron S. Hurlbut and Professor Ernest Bernbaum.
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Harvard Corporation
George B. Magrath
Loroi G. Grandon
Francis G. Brigham
Frederic C. Cobb
Charles L. Scudder
Edwin C. Blaisdell
Martin Bb. Dill
Forrest G. Eddy
Percy W. Bridgman
Harvard Dental School
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