Cambridge Leads in McCall Shield of Honor Race
Cambridge proclaimed itself in the McCall Shield of Honor competition yesterday as City Clerk Edward J. Brandon filed figures showing at least 3000 residents of the University City serving in the U S army and navy. The 1910 census count makes up about 2.8 percent of Cambridge’s population, yet Mayor Edward W. Quinn and Clerk Brandon dub the city a leader in patriotic activity among New England towns.
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Cambridge Men in Allied Service Driven for Shield Honor
Cambridge city figures show thousands in the United States army and navy as part of a Shield of Honor contest. Clerks canvass parish cards while towns like Derby and Bridgton report hundreds in service. The campaign urges accurate entries before the Saturday deadline.
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Brilliant opening of Opera Week at Boston House
Opera week begins with Meyerbeer’s Le Prophete at the Boston Opera House. Met star cast led by Enrico Caruso and Marguerite Matzenauer delights a diverse audience, drawing numerous curtain calls and an impressive ice ballet encore. Matzenauer’s performance dominates, with Caruso dignified and expressive throughout.
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Safety Board Gets $22,000 for War Gardens Plan
The Boston City Council approved a 22000 appropriation for the Public Safety Committee. Victor A Heath outlined war garden plans with an estimated 16448 expense this year. Gardens will levy a 10 per plot assessment, paid in three installments, reducing city net cost to about 6000. Of the 22000, 2000 is allocated to the Boston Society of Architects for housing shipworkers in metropolitan Boston.
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Building Restrictions Amid War Efficiency Drive
Government war efficiency committee Walter Gaston warns that towns and cities nationwide received a War Industries Board resolution nearly prohibiting new building not essential to the war effort. The communication, signed by Gaston, explains that construction must support victory needs and expedite resource use.
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War Industries Board limits nonessential wartime projects
The War Industries Board declares new industrial ventures not essential to the war effort will be discouraged. Public building plans and local improvements that do not contribute to war aims will face withholding of priority assistance, with wide publicity to inform stakeholders of resulting delays and risks.
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Liberty bonds and freedom reform rally slogan
A dated-sounding patriotic line urges buying Liberty bonds to sustain freedom by breaking autocratic bonds. It frames liberty as a product secured through financial support, linking national independence to bond purchases. The message emphasizes action today and loyalty to democratic ideals.
Gompers Set to Speak in Boston May 2 With Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor will address the Boston City Club at 1 PM on May 2. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will speak at Mechanics Building at 8 PM the same day. Both events are arranged to avoid conflict.
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Miss Margaret Hart to Wed Soldier William Cawthorne
Orient Heights young woman Miss Margaret Hart, daughter of Police Inspector and Mrs Hart, will marry Private William Cawthorne of Winthrop. The engagement was announced at a dinner last night at the Lenox, with Cawthorne stationed at Camp Wadsworth Spar tansburg South Carolina as a mounted orderly to the camp commander.
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City Council Endorses Boston Teacher Salary Act
The City Council unanimously accepted a legislative act raising salaries for Boston school teachers. The act becomes effective after the Mayor and the school committee formally accept it.
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Drink Hot Water Before Breakfast
Wake up with a coated tongue or headaches and you may be surprised. Tomorrow morning drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach, liver, kidneys, and intestines of waste, acids, and toxins. People with headaches, backache, bilious attacks, or constipation are urged to start this daily morning bath, using limestone phosphate from a drug store. it is said to produce enthusiasm and regular use.
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