Trinity Church Women Break Sales Records
The Ladies Missionary Society of Trinity Church held its first annual sale at the Parish House to benefit the Trinity Church Home for the Aged. Officers directed the event as shoppers bought articles long before closing, with proceeds expected to surpass the prior year’s $2000. Soldiers and general buyers lined up for war cake and bread made without white flour.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of
Trinity Church
Society
Trinity Church Home
Epworth League Anniversary Observed in New England Conference
The Epworth League of the New England Conference was celebrated at First Methodist Church Temple Street as the conference opens its 122nd annual session. Rev Millard L Robinson of New York spoke in place of the absent Rev Charles E Guthrie. Gov McCall will give the welcome, and all meetings are open to the public with Dr Blake and Bishop Matthew Simpson Hughes noted for presiding and addresses through Monday night.
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Epworth League
New England
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist
Temple Street
Millard L. Robinson
New York City
Charles E. Guthrie
Chicago
H. K. Leach
Conference Epworth League
H. S. Bailey
William M. Gilbert
First Methodist Episcopal C Church
McCall
Gilbert
Blake
Board of Sunday Schools
Louis O. Hartman
the Orient
Matthew Simpson Hughes
Portland
Ore
Harvard Plans for Varsity Golf Team formation
Harvard golfers meet at the athletic association this week to discuss forming a varsity team contingent on finding enough experts in college this spring. A call has been issued for players capable of a good game and freshmen will be invited to organize a team of their own.
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Harvard
The
Athletic Association
Mass. urged to skip wheat for allies famine relief
Mrs. Malcolm Donald, food conservation chairwoman of the Counc il of National Defence, urged Massachusetts and New England to refrain from wheat products to aid allies facing starvation before the next harvest. She touted substitutes and noted 40 million in England France and Italy have sacrificed production through war.
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Malcolm Donald
Women
Council of National Defence
Massachusetts
New England
England
France
Italy
Man Pays For Rug He Stole In Civil War
Attleboro residents in France will receive smokes thanks to a letter from an anonymous donor. The note said a rug was picked up from a delivery wagon years ago and the writer, now repentant, enclosed $1.50 to cover the rug’s value. Furniture store owner George A. Sweeney turned the money over to a fund buying tobacco for soldiers.
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Attleboro
France
George A. Sweeney
Harvard Varsity Beats Freshmen in Opening Game
Harvard moved to Soldiers Field for the first varsity game of the season and defeated the freshmen 11 to 4 in nine innings. O Keeffe pitched effectively and the varsity batting and fielding showed marked improvement over prior performances.
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Harvard
Soldiers Field
O'Keeffe
Women Work on Farms: British Experience Cited
Miss Helen Fraser outlines that women can perform roughly three quarters of big farm tasks. She notes British women excel in dairy and stock care, with 258,000 workers today. Emphasizes training, gradual exposure, and a minimum wage of about five dollars for eight hours plus room and board.
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Helen Fraser
Treasury Department
Huntington Hall
Great Britain
Miss Fraser
National Civic Federation
New England
England
Fraser
New England Nurses Train at Camp Devens
Twelve New England nurses left Boston yesterday for Camp Devens to train for service with Base Hospital Unit No. 7. They were selected from New England hospitals as part of the group of 100 nurses chosen to go to France with the unit after completing final army nurse training.
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New England
Boston
Camp Devens
France
Smileage Fund Gifts For Camp Devens Reported
The Y M C A Knights of Columbus and the Jewish Board for Welfare Work reported to the Military Entertainment Council that their Smileage Fund books total $1110, with $370 per group donated by Greater Boston contributors. Each secretary manages $870 worth for soldiers under their care at Camp Devens.
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Knights of Columbus
Jewish Board For Welfare Work
Military Entertainment Council
Greater Boston
Smileage Fund
Camp Devens
Thomas C. Moore
K. of C
Max M. Fritz
A. E., Hoffmire
A. E. Hoffmire
The
Thomas, Moore
Great Profits in Fish Trade at J A Rich Company
The J A Rich Company, a major fish firm merged into Bay State Fishing, testified before the legislative fish investigating committee that in 4.5 years it paid 45 percent in dividends on preferred stock and 940 percent on common stock. In the year ending December 29 1916 it paid 200 percent on common stock, suggesting substantial profitability in the fish business.
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J. A. Rich Company
Fish Pier
Bay State Fishing Company
Legislative Fish Investigating Committee
Mrs Folsom Escapes from State Hospital in New Hampshire
Mrs Mary H Folsom formerly of Dover and Newmarket who escaped from the State Hospital yesterday had not been captured by late today. She killed her husband Henry H Folsom, then chairman of the Somerville Mass school committee, on a ride from Exeter to Newmarket where she was living.
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Concord
N. H
Mary H. Folsom
Dover
Newmarket
State Hospital
Remarkable Jamaica Plain Hens Soar With Big Eggs
At 77 Sheridan Street Jamaica Plain J Henry Nolan 16 keeps 30 hens that yield about 28 eggs daily. The star hen Alcibiades aged nearly two is said to lay an egg each day three times the size of a man’s watch, drawing neighborhood chatter. Helen Nolan, Henry’s sister, takes pride in the prolific flock.
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Sheridan Street
Jamaica Plain
J. Henry Nolan
Alcibiades
Henry Nolan
Helen Nolan
Italian Steamer Alessandra Sunk by U Boat Off Madeira
Italian steamship Alessandra of 2482 tons gross was sunk by a German submarine off Madeira. The crew was landed at Funchal last Saturday. Alessandra had been reported leaving Gibraltar for New York.
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New York
Madeira
Funchal
Gibraltar
Factories in Germany shrink under wartime pressure
A Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung report says 1700 spinning mills reduced to 70 still active, 1400 boot and shoe plants merged into 300, oil industry 720 works cut to 15 active, and silk spindles down from 45 000 to 2 500. Tageblatt notes this marks vast factory closures.
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Amsterdam
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Tageblatt
Germany
Regent of Harvard Quits for War Work
Edward Dr. Brandegee of Brookline, regent of Harvard University, will leave his post in Cambridge to join a government bureau in Washington. He has overseen Harvard proctors and student conduct. His successor has not yet been named.
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Edward Dr. Brandegee
Brookline
Harvard University
Cambridge
Washington
Brandegee
Harvard
Shipyard managers rebuked over March output lag
Washington April 2 American shipbuilders were called upon to night to explain why their output for March fell behind schedule. Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board and General Manager Pier of the Emergency Fleet Corporation telegraphed the managements of all the yards in the United States saying they were keenly disappointed in the tonnage delivered and placing responsibility on the men in control of building operations.
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Washington
Hurley
Shipping Board
Pier
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States
Shipbuilders blamed as April prospects questioned
The telegram urged strong management leadership and full use of resources as Americans demand ships not excuses. Officials were asked if the fault lay with the Emergency Fleet Corporation and whether managers were running full shifts. It cited a March estimate of 197,075 tons versus 166,700 tons delivered.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Cardinal OConnell to Attend Hierarchy Meeting
Cardinal OConnell will spend the next fortnight in Washington. He started for the national capital yesterday morning to repair to attend the annual meeting of the American hierarchy this week. Next week will see the annual meeting of the trustees of the Catholic University at Washington.
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Cardinal
O’connell
Washington
National Capital
Catholic University At
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