Fire on Copeland Place Fires Burn Hay Stack and Trees
Firefighters battled multiple blazes today. The worst fire, sparked by a bonfire on plowed ground at the Copeland place on North road, destroyed a 75 ton hay stack and damaged young fruit trees. A second fire on the Copeland place started by a Boston and Maine locomotive and a third near Ryan's camps on Davis road threatened several camps.
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Copeland Place
North Road
Boston & Maine
Ryan
Davis Road
Senate OKs Boston and Maine railroad reorganization bill
Concord April 17 The New Hampshire Senate votes 19 to 3 to approve a bill reorganizing the Boston and Maine railroad along directors suggested lines. The House approved the measure last week without roll call.
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Senate
Boston & Maine Railroad
House
Death of Stephen Grinnell Litchfield Express official
Stephen Grinnell age 68 a member of Litchfield Express Company with offices in Cohasset and Boston was found dead in bed yesterday afternoon by his landlady at 6 Smith Place Cohasset. Medical Examiner O K Howe ruled heart disease as the cause. Mr Grinnell was single.
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Stephen Grinnell
Litchfield Express Company
Cohasset
Boston
Smith Place
O. K. Howe
Mr. Grinnell
Brush Fires Burn 225 Acres in Lexington
Three men were burned and a fireman injured as four brush fires in Lexington scorched about 225 acres of brush and woodland. Corporal Leon C. Staten and Albin Johnson suffered facial burns, James A. Douglass had scorched arms, and Aubrey B. McLallan lost a gash on his ear while battling a fire on Concord Hill where 100 acres burned.
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Lexington
Leon C. Staten
Boston
Lighth Regiment
Albin Johnson
Cambridge
James A. Douglass
Aubrey B. McLallan
Combination B
Concord Hill
Army recruitment meets daily targets amid varied enlistments
War Department released figures showing 117,000 recruits over five days from April 11 to 15, averaging 14,340 daily. Navy enlistments on Saturday and Monday total 1,635, lifting combatant strength to 71,696 with a possible authorization to raise the cap to 150,000.
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Regular Army
War Department
Navy
Limited Cambridge Britannica Sets Urgently Offered by Clarke Co
W B Clarke Co markets the Cambridge and Handy Volume Britannica editions on India paper, urging quick action as the last Cambridge and Handy volumes near sale closure. They promote bindings, prices, and an order form, noting limited remaining stock and global sellout.
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India
Cambridge University
Cambridge
America
Morocco
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Old Time Minstrelsy in Jordan Hall Tonight
The Shepard Musical Association presents two performances at Jordan Hall Huntington Avenue featuring 90 trained voices under David J. O Connor. End men include M M Guiney W Sharfies D McLaughlin George Bean John Maloy M DeArato with 16 tambour girls as side support in a lively minstrel program.
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Jordan Hall
Huntington Avenue
Boston
David J. O’connor
M. M. Guiney
W. Sharfies
D. McLaughlin
George Bean
John Maloy
M. DeArato
Shepard Musical Association
Restaurant owner fined for unpaid wages in Municipal Court
Mrs Ellen Nee a restaurant proprietor was fined fifty dollars in Municipal Court yesterday for failing to pay wages to an employee. She spoke to the court and to Attorney Edward Wallace of the State Board of Labor and Industries prompting Judge Dowd to threaten a fifteen day jail term for contempt.
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Ellen Nee
Edward Wallace
State Board of Labor and Industries
Roxbury Boys Campaign Near Goal With Record Donations
The Roxbury Boys' Club drive raised 3707.50 yesterday from 38 teams, bringing the total to 18,707.50 toward 75,000 target in ten days. Victor A. Heath expects two gifts of 6,000 each to finalize conditions. Captain Ernest Barker's team led yesterday with 1,620 including a 1,500 check from L. B. Abbott. The flying squad gathered 277. over 300 people attended the meeting.
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Roxbury Boys’ Club
Victor A. Heath
Ernest Barker
L. B. Abbott
Flying Squad
George H. Corey
Soft coal miners win 20 percent pay rise in joint action
A joint conference of bituminous miners and operators adopted a sub committee recommendation boosting wages by about 20 percent for 225000 workers in Ohio western Pennsylvania Illinois and Indiana. The measure could lift production costs by 20 cents per ton and add 35 million dollars annually. John P White UMWA president praised the deal as a model of cooperative labor relations. A new committee will aid national defense efforts to keep coal production steady.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
White
Council of National Defence
Teeth End Baby Days at Evans Memorial Talk
Dr. Orville R. Chadwell urged early tooth development and close care for infants at Evans Memorial last night. He criticized mothers who return to work soon after birth and suggested pensions to cover partial bottle feeding, warning even certified milk can carry disease.
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Orville R. Chadwell
Evans Memorial
Chadwell
President Wilson to Plant White House Garden
Washington April 17 The White House moves to promote food production by planting a garden on a half acre of vacant downtown land with Secretary Tumulty approving. Department of Agriculture will help select seeds and ground will be broken Thursday or Friday with President Wilson likely taking part.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Tumulty
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
CREW COMES FOR APPAM
A detachment of British officers and an English crew arrived in New York today aboard an American ship to take over and man the steamship Appam, a former German prize brought to Hampton Roads. Also arriving were crew from the Lincolnshire and Crispin, torpedoed ships sunk March 2 off the British coast near Birkenhead light.
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United States Supreme Court
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Crispin
Birkenhead
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