Schwab Willing to Quit Steel for Fleet Corp Post
Charles M. Schwab told the Shipping Board he is ready to resign from Bethlehem Steel if needed to become director-general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Board officials say such sacrifice unlikely, noting he would not handle contracts and most U S yards are already at capacity through 1920. Schwab’s Bethlehem yards mainly service navy work.
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Washington
Charles M. Schwab
The
Shipping Board
Bethlehem Steel
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mr. Schwab
United States
Navy
Reception to 11 Clergymen at Morgan Memorial
The Morgan Memorial and Church of All Nations welcomed 11 clergy and their wives to a reception at Morgan Memorial auditorium on Shawmut Avenue. Attendees included hundreds from the neighborhood. speeches praised the work and future plans of the institution as lunch followed. The current pastoral staff listed includes Dr. Edgar J. Helms and 10 others.
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Morgan Memorial
Church of All Nations
Shawmut Avenue
F. H. Slack
Fred ©. Moore
Edgar J. Helms
Helms
Willard I. Shattuck
C. W. Holden
Dillon Bronson
Harry O. Martin
Wellington C. Pixler
Arthur C. Young
G. R. Moody
Alfred Noon
A. M. Smith
R. B. Duarte
House limits claim agent profits in war insurance cases
Washington April 17 The House passed a bill to curb profiteering by claim agents handling dependents war insurance settlements. The measure bars agents from other fees and sets a maximum fee of 3 dollars for preparing necessary applications and papers.
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Washington
House
Not Neutral? Buy a Bond in Wartime US
A call to show allegiance in wartime rhetoric urges every man to prove loyalty by purchasing government bonds. The exhortation frames neutrality as unpatriotic and ties financial support to national duty during the country’s conflict.
Belgian refugee family loses all clothes in laundry prank
Pasquale Carnewal three years old wears half a bed sheet while studying French as his mother recalls how three strangers posing as laundry workers stole their wet wash from 155 Huntington avenue in Boston. The Carnewals fled Belgium four years ago, once wealthy lace makers, now surviving in Waltham.
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Pasquale Carnewal
Achilles
Jeanne Carnewal
Pasquale
America
Boston
Back Bay
Brookline
Huntington Avenue
Belgium
Carneval
Jean Carnewal
Marks Angell to Get Money for Lead Pipe Bill
A dispute over a 5900 bill for a lead pipe delivered to the municipal water department was resolved with Mayor Peters approving the claim after Finance Commission and City Auditor Mitchell conference. The law department had ruled Angell’s claim valid, despite the mayor’s initial opposition.
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Peters
Marks Angell
Municipal Water Department
Angell
Finance Commission
Mitchell
City Law Department
O. K
Cap t. Walter Lovell Weds in Paris
Concord reports Captain Walter Lovell son of Mrs. Wallace D Lovell married last Monday to Helene Du Bouchet daughter of Dr. Du Bouchet of Philadelphia and Paris. The ceremony took place at the American Church in Rue de Berri Paris. Lovell served with the American army ambulance corps and drove an ambulance during the war. His bride a Paris University graduate earned a law degree at 21.
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Concord
Walter Lovell
Wallace D. Lovell
Wood Street
Helene du Bouchet
du Bouchet
Philadelphia
Paris
Rue de Berri
Lovell
Foreign Ambulance Corps
Paris University
Patriot Bond Swing: Government Promotes Freedom Drive
The government urges citizens to support the freedom push by purchasing bonds. Officials praise the public’s commitment to rule by the people and nationalstead progress. The campaign emphasizes civic duty and financial backing for future stability.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Spring Medicine Ad
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe spring medicine and standard blood purifier. It claims effectiveness for scrofula eczema humors catarrh rheumatism loss of appetite fatigue and general debility across all ages and seasons. It emphasizes easy digestion and building red blood for health.
Eaton Master of Art of Kissing in Will Contest
Testimony in Judge Braley’s Supreme Court hearing details Earl Eaton’s lavish purchases for wife Ella Eaton including a necklace valued at $30,000 to $40,000. Deposed witnesses describe the couple’s devotion, public affection, and Eaton’s PRIDE in her dress as the trial nears its resumed session.
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Charles S. Eaton
Ella F. Bartlett Eaton
Fannie Adele Watson
Pasadena
Mrs. Eaton
Blanche B. Macecaferri
Los Angeles
Eatons
Europe
Florence
London
Paris
Eaton
Floor Collapse Injures Six in Haverhill Factory
In Haverhill on April 17 a second floor at 150 Washington Street collapsed under heavy machinery and leather, burying three workers and trapping three more on the floor below. All six escaped with serious but non fatal injuries. Damaged machinery and building pegged at about 2000 dollars. The building belonged to Dr. George B. Whitney and housed Racine Heel & Scrap Leather on the second floor and B Demarkis Company on the first. The failure blamed on structural weakness and excess weight.
Exodus of Greeks to Caucasus expands exodus
Washington April 17 emigration of Greeks from the Black Sea to the Caucasus is described as a general exodus. A Greek diplomatic dispatch reports savagery by Turkish soldiers and population driving residents to flee their country.
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Washington
Black Sea
Caucasus
Greece
Wealthy Mayo held on $100,000 breach suit
Virginius St. Julian Mayo, a former New Haven manufacturer, was arrested in New York on default of a $100,000 breach of promise judgment. The case uncovers a long sequence of marriages and a widow’s death, with Mayo held on $200,000 bail and ordered not to leave Kings County.
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New York
Lois Waterbury
Florence Weeks
Scranton
Wilhelmina Meyer
Miss Cook
Florence Weeks Mayo
Mayo
New Haven
Kings County
Bond Drive Rallying Citizens to Fund National Efforts
A call to action urges every citizen to become a private in the financial army by purchasing bonds. The message emphasizes broad participation to support national needs and wartime or economic efforts. It frames bond ownership as a patriotic duty and collective security measure.
Calls for probe into Middlesex & Boston fare hike
Town Counsel Naphen of Natick urged the Public Service Commission to investigate the railway's financial condition before allowed fare increases from 6 and 7 cents to 7 and 8 cents per ride. A large turnout opposed the raise, with residents from Newton Hopkinton Natick Needham Lexington and other served communities present.
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Naphen of
Natick
Public Service Commission
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company
Newton
Hopkinton
Needham
Lexington
Drops of Freezone Ends Corn Pain Instantly
A simple application of Freezone on a corn stops the pain immediately and allows it to be lifted away with the fingers. The tiny bottle, costing a few cents, claims to remove hard corns soft corns and between toe corns along with calluses without soreness or irritation. The ad touts Freezone as a famous Cincinnati invention.
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Cincinnati
Sloan's Liniment Ad Claims Rapid Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as the world’s leading selling liniment due to its remedial properties for external pains and bruises. It promises penetration without rubbing, no skin stain, and quick relief for lumbago sciatica neuralgia rheumatic twinges joint stiffness and muscle soreness, with bottles at 25 50 and 1.00 sold by Amy druggist.
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Sloan
Amy Druggist
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Temple PI
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Leonard A. Cates, Mer
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Morgan
Waltham
Victor Carneval
Bull Durham
the American Tobacco Company
Pease
Miss Watson
Marblehead
Mr. Eaton
Thayer
Shirley Vance Martin
Harry D. Lombard
Cairo
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lombard
Wiaton
Cooper Union
Cooper
Middlesex
Connor
Patriots
Brookside
Henfield
New Post
Warner
Standard
Campbell’s
Maine
John T
Radway
Baranofan
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