Backyard Gardeners Urged To Grow Veggies In City
Boston citizens unsure how to turn seeds into squash corn potatoes cabbage and cucumbers were promised farming help. City park and recreation head John H Dillon will assign three agricultural experts to advise local gardeners and iron out doubts during consultations. Burton Weldon of Amherst College spoke on crop failure causes representing the State Committee on Public Safety.
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John H. Dillon
Park and Recreation Department
City Hall
Dillon
Bus
Burton C. Wh'elden
Amherst Agricultural College
State Committee On Public Safety
GOAT NEEDED FOR CALIBAN AT BOSTON BENEFIT MASQUE
Frederick Stanhope of Greater Boston Red Cross directs the outdoor benefit masque Caliban by the Yellow Sands. The recruitment committee struggles to secure a Billy goat essential for the Roman interlude pantomime as rehearsals near. The billy goat will portray the nether half of ilenus a Greek satyr in the Roman segment.
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Frederick Stanhope
Greater Boston
Red Cross
Caliban
Boston
Billy Goat
Ilenus
April 21 coastal fishing news and light warning notice
The report notes the Richard J Nunan sailing into South Boston with half mast flag in memory of Captain Richard J Nunan of Cane Porpoise Me at 78 as strike impact on receipts shows 44 vessels with 491100 pounds of mixed fish, markets price list and vessel entries. also corrects submarine net light signals near North Broad Channel noting red buoys and a white starboard light Fuse.
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Richard J.nunan
Boston
Richard J. Nunan
Cane Porpoise
Nunan
Cantein Nunun
Atlantic
Norial
Haddock
North Broad Channel
TH Landsman
National Control of Food Supply Sought
The Department of Agriculture seeks direct supervision of food production and distribution in the United States and requests a $25,000,000 appropriation to implement the plan.
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Ment of Agriculture
United States
Government seeks emergency power to fix food prices and control supply
The Council of National Defence would have authority to buy and sell foodstuffs, fix prices, and license or operate food production and farm inputs if publicly needed. A nationwide survey of stocks and distribution would precede any broad controls, with the Agricultural Department possible to take over industries if required.
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Senate
Agricultural Department
Houston
Department
Market News Service
Market Service Division
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Congress
House
Legislature Convenes Then Adjourns for Half-Week Vacation
Both House and Senate met yesterday but adjourned without business after prayers. No quorum was present. chambers opened only to cover the law before a mid year half week vacation was taken by the legislators.
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House
Senate
Five More Mules Die in Ninth Massachusetts Guard Incident
Five more mules of the Ninth Regiment Massachusetts National Guard died yesterday after ten others perished from suspected poisoned hay fed by German agents. Seven additional mules sickened and were hospitalized. Autopsy planned by Boston fire department veterinarian Dr. Keough. Guardsmen guarded the corral and stable locations as investigations proceed. Sydney Spivak sought service as regimental mascot after visiting East Armory.
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Ninth Regiment
Massachusetts National Guard
Shirley Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Keough
Boston
Worcester Street
Sydney Spivak
Roxbury
Devon Street
East Armory
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Paul Hines
Logan
Ninth
Cupid Busy As Wellesley Class Brides Head to Altar
Four Wellesley students have wed or plan to wed within days. Frances Shengood, vice president of the class of 1918, marries Harold McKinnon of Seattle today in Old South Church. Other brides include Gract Ewing who wed Lieutenant Barnett McComb U S N in Lunenburg, Dorothy Bacon who will marry Donald Pitkin at Scituate, and Ruth Ilfeld who will wed Eugene Act Harvard sixteen in Dayton.
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Daniel Cupid
Wellesley Institute of Learning
Frances R. Shengood
Old South Church
Harold McKinnon
Seattle
Wash
Miss Shongood
New York
Gract Ewing
Barnett McComb
Lunenburg
Eugene Act
Harvard
Dayton
Airplane Seen Over Brunswick Area By Three Witnesses
Franklin C. Webb reports that he and two others distinctly saw an airplane between Freeport and Brunswick while returning from Yarmouth by car. Bath residents had earlier seen a plane between Bath and Brunswick, marking multiple sightings in the region.
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Brunswick
Franklin C. Webb
Freeport
Yarmouth
Bath
Strike of Workers Cripples Berlin Plants
Strikes cripple Berlin plant operations causing economic strain and raising tensions among workers. The report notes dangerous unrest near the start of a broader revolutionary trend, with continued labor activity impacting production.
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Berlin
Berlin Strikes Paralyze Major Munitions Plants
Estimates vary on strike numbers but all large munitions plants in Greater Berlin are crippled. Berlin papers report the strike ongoing across the city. Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg declines to act as arbitrator after a deputation from the Berlin weapons and munitions works. Twenty thousand workers in four Greater Berlin factories press the walkout as German troops hold the western front.
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Berlin Vorwaerts
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Leutsche Waffen
Sterlin Lokal Angzeigner
Hugo Taase
New Independent Socialist Democratic Party
Von Hindenburg Calls Strikers to Support War Effort
A Berlin wireless message from Field Marshal von Hindenburg to General Groener urges German munitions workers to avoid strikes. He notes hard rationing but says meat and potatoes will help, and stresses uninterrupted war production and proper food distribution. He warns small strikes weaken defenses and must be avoided.
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London
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Reuter
Amsterdam
van Hindenburg
Gorener
Yale Students Eligible for National Training Camps
Captain Robert N. Danforth of the U S Army informed Yale undergraduates enrolled in the reserve officers training corps that they may apply to join the first division at national training camps. The eligibility limit noted 20 years and 9 months or older.
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New Haven
Robert N. Danforth
United States Army
Yale University
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Boston labor union to host meeting on bread bill graft
The Boston Central Labor Union orders a mass meeting next Tuesday night in Wells Memorial Hall to discuss alleged graft during the pure food bill hearing. Public presence urged for witnesses and concerned citizens to share their stories.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Washington Street
Stevedore Dies After 29 Foot Fall in Charlestown
Yrenk Murphy a 33 year old stevedore was killed instantly in Charlestown last night after a 29 foot fall into the hold of the steamer Wyoming belonging to the France-Canada line. He lived at 587 Falcon Street East Boston and was married.
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Yrenk Murphy
Charlestown
Wyoming
Murphy
Falcon ‘Street
Boston
Poor Woman Restitutes Cambridge Aid Overcharges
Mrs. Anna Dunleavy, 60, of 1304 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, pays back 1075.45 after being charged by the Overseers of the Poor for receiving 1084.10 from mother’s and outside aid while employed. The sum covers aid since 1911 plus sheriff fees, and she faced court May 7. She allegedly received city aid for nearly seven years.
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Anna Dunleavy
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Overseers of
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