Sinn Fein Gain from Leslie Irish Conversion
Shane Leslie renounces past ties and endorses Sinn Fein as the path for Ireland. He argues Britain delayed a settlement, praises Cardinal O Connell and President Wilson while criticizing the British and American stance, and calls for a Christian democratic Sinn Fein with broad support from Ireland and America.
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Sinn Fein
Cardinal O'Connell
Wilson
Balfour
Leslie
Ireland
England
Mr. Leslie
Gladstone
Paris
America
Women Made Strong by Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs C Westmoreland of Harrison New York testifies that after a difficult first birth she used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and found childbirth easier with subsequent pregnancies. She reports lasting health benefits while nursing and urges others with displacements irregularities and nervou s symptoms to seek the remedy.
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Lydia LE. Pinkham
Get Your Digestion in Shape
Advice on improving digestion to prevent illnesses and maintain health. Emphasizes keeping stomach liver and bowels in order through timely use of health practices.
Mayor Opposed to Expanding City Council to Sixteen
Mayor Peters said he is unalterably opposed to a bill to raise the City Council from nine to 16 members. He will not fight the measure personally or via municipal representatives. If passed, he favors a referendum provision, though supporters oppose it, noting the charter plan was adopted without referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Bayonet Fight Sparked Escape in Russian Soldier’s Tale
Botchkareva, confronted by a towering German soldier, plunged with a bayonet and escaped just in time. Described as her first bayonet fight, this scene is from My Life, with another instalment to appear in next week's Boston Sunday Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botchkareva
Boston Sunday Post
City Garden Plots Ready for Victory Gardens
Under park and recreation direction, over 2 acres of city land are set aside for Victory gardens with 15 acres on River street Mattapan five acres at Forest Hills Cemetery and five at Franklin Park. The first 250 applicants receive plots with ground prepared. Instructors provided by the city will supervise cultivation. no seed or cultivation help this year. Last year 120 acres were gardened, but this year plots are cut by more than half. Franklin Field facilities are being rebuilt and half the space is given to the school department for children’s gardens. Ground will be ready for planting when weather permits.
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Park and Recreation
Victory Gardens
River Street
Mattapan
Forest Hills
Franklin Park
Franklin Field
King Albert Pleads for Brussels as League Seat
King Albert of the Belgians arrives in Paris and seeks to establish Brussels as the seat of the League of Nations. The move is reported by Intransigeant with the royal appeal made today.
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Albert
Brussels
Paris
League of Nations
Riot at Frankfort on the Main Police Station
London reports serious rioting at Frankfort on the Main where crowds attacked the police station released prisoners and set fire to the building before order was restored. Central News dispatch from Amsterdam notes the incident occurred yesterday with significant disruption and damage.
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London
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Amsterdam
Worcester Balloon Club to Lead Worcester Airplane Squadron
A Worcester group of balloonists plans to convert to aviation, forming a city airplane club to support municipal displays and promote flying. Major Thomas C. Mc Cauley plans a cross country round trip mapping aerial routes, while an air ferry proposal between Palm Beach and the Bahama Islands contemplates 12 passengers per flight in under an hour.
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New England
Commonwealth
Balloon Club
Worcester
Montreal
Maine
Mr. Flagg
Boston
Masonic Fraternity
Thomas C. McCauley
Fort Worth
Texas
Souther Field
Savannah
Americus
Forth Worth
San Diego
California
McCauley
Florida
Palm Beach
Bahama Islands
English Territory
United States
Florida Toast Coast Hotel
New Bedford Plans Welcoming Flight for 26th Division Return
The city aims to have an airplane participate in the welcome for returning 26th division soldiers. The Chamber of Commerce and civic groups request the War Department send a flying machine for the event.
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New Bedford
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Global air travel grows with new passenger feats
Fifty passengers have been carried in heavier-than-air machines both here and abroad. The British are assembling a huge triplane to carry 100 persons for 1200 miles non stop at over 50 miles an hour. The Air Pilots Club of Massachusetts will meet at the Boston City Club next Sunday. The pilot uses an air speed indicator to register speed through the air and, with wind data, can determine ground speed and plot a course and travel time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Pilots’ Club of Massachusetts
Boston City Club
Teatile Workers Insist On Demands
Biddeford Me April 1 The local textile union voted unanimously not to return to work until a 48 hour week is granted. The action followed a conference with Agent J Morrill of the Pepperell Company who said mills cannot grant the 48 hour week now but would consider it if workers return and conditions permit.
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Biddeford
J. Morrill
Pepperell Company
Morrill
German Armistice Commission Hears Food Export Questions
The German Armistice Commission met in PERLIN to discuss final export questions tied to food imports. President Mathias Erzberger presided as they reviewed allied notes on embargo lists partial blacklist limits and exports of wood sugar paper and coal.
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Perlin
Associated Press
German Armistice Commission
Mathias Erzberger
Police promotions moved to competitive basis
Promotions to the grade below captain in the police department will be entirely on a competitive basis, eliminating the element of selection. The change follows an agreement between the Civil Service Commission and Police Commissioner Curtis issued last night.
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Civil Service Commission
Curtis
Open Competitive Promotions Adopted By Department
The department shifts to open examination for promotions. Sergeants with at least five years in grade will compete for lieutenant positions except in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Sergeants promoted from patrolman require six years in grade. All applicants must pass a physical. Eligible lists last two years unless the Civil Service Commission orders a new exam after one year.
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Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Civil Service Commission
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Shane Leslie
Wirst
Ife
John Redmond
Redmond
Irish Volunteers
Motu Proprio
Redmonites
Plunkettites
Plunkett
Citiens
Ulster
Lloyd George
Belfast
Bolshevist
Sinn Feiner
Horace Plunkett
Westmoreland
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Ders
Frankfort-On-Main
Theodore EB
Hedlund
Police
Stewart
Stewarts
Stewart Automobile Corporation
Newbury St
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Telephone B. B
Proctor Fisher, Inc
Telephone B
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