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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
6
Censor Proposal on Food Policy Advances to Wilson
Representative Lever of South Carolina, chairman of the House agriculture panel, urged President Wilson to grant autocratic power to a government branch to address the food problem. The proposal highlights wartime control and centralized authority for food administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Representative Lever
South Carolina
House Committee On Agriculture
Lever Warns of Drastic Steps to Meet World Food Shortage
Mr. Lever warned that bold action is needed to feed Americans and aid entente nations amid a world food shortage. He urged considering drafting farm workers, awaiting Congress and the president's stance. The National Agricultural Society backed plans for a federal bureau to control food production and prices and discussed halting grain use in distilleries to boost supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lever
America
Lever
National Agricultural Society
Five Bodies Recovered After Coal Creek Mine Disaster
Fernie B C April 11 Five bodies were recovered today from mine No 8 at Coal Creek where 34 miners were entombed last week after a blast Four had been recovered the first day after the disaster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernie
B. C
Coal Creek
Alien enemy arrest: Lang offered to blow up Lowell factory
Charles Lang a New Bedford weaver once tied to a loom was arrested as an alien enemy. He allegedly offered to dynamite a munitions plant for 50 dollars at the United States Cartridge Company in Lowell. Lang currently jailed in East Cambridge on 10000 bail, claiming innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lang
New Bedford
United States
Mitchell
Department of Justice
Lang
United States Cartridge Company
Lowell
East Cambridge
Canal Street
Morton
United States District Court
Germany
Navy Yard
Orient
Waltham
Metz
Bohemian Club
Wa terville banker Everett R. Drummond dies at 83
Waterville Me April 11 Everett R Drummond treasurer of Waterville Savings Bank since 1874 and a leading Methodist layman died today aged 83 He is survived by a son and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Everett R. Drummond
Waterville Savings Bank
Freezone corn remedy hailed from Cincinnati
The article credits Edward Wesley Co of Cincinnati with discovering Freezone, a new drug sold in tiny bottles for a few cents. A few drops applied to a corn or callus instantly relieves soreness and loosens the skin so the corn or callus can be lifted away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Armor Plant Site Chosen for Defense Factories
Washington April 11 The armor plate and projectile factories funded by Congress totaling 12 700 000 will be built in Charleston West Virginia The selection follows a navy board report praising safety and access to materials Secretary Daniels announced immediate construction and the board report after inspecting 29 cities out of more than 100 offered sites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Charleston
W. Va
Navy
Daniels
Watertown Girl Joins Navy At Charlestown Yard
Miss Maud C Farrell of Franklin Street Watertown has joined the yeomen at the Charlestown navy yard assigned to Captain A H Robertson chief of staff. She reported in uniform with a petty officer insignia on her right sleeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud C. Farrell
Franklin Street
Watertown
Charlestown Navy Yard
Will Tell Seamen Where Mines Are
Frederick P. Leay the British consul general at Boston says he will provide American sea captains sailing abroad with all information his government has on routes to points, mine locations, submarine details, and related data. Captains must identify themselves to Mr Leay to receive the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Leay
Boston
Mr. Leay
Veteran Captain Pike Joins Coast Patrol
Captain Samuel F. Pike, long a commander in the Eastern Steamship fleet, has joined the Naval Reserve and was sworn in as a lieutenant commander to serve with the coast patrol. He left Boston for Lubec Maine to take the oath and his commission will enable him to command a submarine chaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Coast Patrol
Samuel F. Pike
Eastern
Naval Reserve
Boston
Lubec
Harvard Law Students Ordered To Stay In School
President Lowell and Dean Roscoe Pound urged Harvard Law School students to finish their training this year before entering army or naval service. A mass meeting with about 800 members heard a War Department official say it would be wasteful to assign Harvard Law students to the ranks now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Law
Law School
Lowell
Roscoe Pound
Harvard
Dean Pound
War Department
Harvard Law School
Advice to President Lowell on military service and study
A senior warns the president against reckless action during war. He urges completing law school first, then plan a careful approach to volunteering. He notes graduates are valuable, kills are unlikely but possible, and cites a government plan to raise 50,000 volunteers by August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Turkey
Flag Raisings Mark Boston Patriotism Across Several Firms
Hundreds of Boston workers joined flag ceremonies at Dover Street yards of the New York New Haven Hartford line Readville and Cambridgeport Cambridge government and Eighth Regiment participants attended. Leaders included Mayor Curley Senator Morris and Union Wreight officials as crowds celebrated national loyalty with speeches and large banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dover Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Curley
Edward G. Morris
Clayton N. Woodward
New Haven
F. S. Hobbs
George A. Moriarty
Frank P. Paten
John G. Higgins
J. H. Daley
T. J. Morrissey
Bridge and Building Department of
the Road
Readville
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company
Cambridgeport
Cambridge
Eighth Regiment
George Coleman Company
High Street
Melrose
City Hall
Atlantic Avenue
Union Wreight Company
John Gilman
Joseph Feopponette
East Boston Flag to Rise at City Event
An immense American flag with 500 miniature flags inside will be raised this evening at the Iowa Social Club located at Meridian and Saratoga streets East Boston. Speakers include Mayor Curley former Governor Bates former Senator Edward E R Bagley Captain Burroughs U S N District Attorney Pelletier and former Representative Edward J Kelly. The Municipal band will play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Social Club
Meridian
Saratoga Streets
Boston
Curley
Bates
Edward E. R. Bagley
Burroughs
Pelletier
Edward J. Kelly
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pepticon Pills Advertise Treatment
An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla with sarsaparilla and tonics for blood purification and stomach support, paired with Pepticon Pills containing pepsin and iron plus tonics. The claim is the two medicines together provide fourfold benefits and should be purchased from a druggist for best treatment results.
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Fifth Av
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Congressman Lever
E. R. Drummond
Edward Wesley Co
West Virginia
U. S
Navy “Yeowoman
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Grafonolas
McArthur
Ubat
Pepto Mangan
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Ervin la Monque
By Fannie Hurst
Fannie Hurst
Langtry
Jack London
John Galsworthy
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Arthur Somers Roche
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Samuel Merwin
Amelie Rives
Herbert Kaufman
Arthur B. Reeve
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Cosmopolitan West
Cosmopolitan
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