Daughters of 1812 reelect national president in Washington
United States Daughters of 1812 unanimously re elected Mrs Robert Hall Wiles of Chicago as national president for two years at the final session in Washington. Other officers whose terms expired were re elected. A resolution urging universal military service was adopted by a rising vote and sent to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Daughters of 1812
Robert Hall Wiles
Chicago
Congress
Month in jail for careless autoist
Nathan Thumin was sentenced to one month in Charles Street jail and reprimanded for careless driving after his car crashed into Mrs. Nellie Southwick of Melrose. Mounted Officer Kelly testified that two women were slightly injured and that Thumin was travelling about 30 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Thumin
Nellie Southwick
Melrose
Charles Street
Kelly
Central Court
Thumin
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Clear Skin
An advertisement claims pimples vanish with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets a gentler calomel substitute that cleanses blood bowels and liver. The vegetable remedy reputedly causes no sickness and can be taken one or two nightly for a week priced at 10c and 25c per box with all druggists carrying it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
Citizenship to All Soldiers Enlistment and Pay Rise Proposed
Washington April 2 Congressman Gallivan introduced two war time measures. One grants full citizenship to alien nationals who filed first papers and served honorably in U S forces. The other provides a flat 20 percent salary increase for all military and naval personnel during the German war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gallivan
House of Representatives
United States
Germany
Bishop Presented with Purse of 125000 Dollars
The Right Rev Charles Edward McDonnell Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn and Long Island was presented with a purse of $125,000 by parishioners and priests of the diocese in honor of the 25th anniversary of his episcopacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Edward McDonnell
Brooklyn
Long Island
Navy Reserve Class 4 Enrolment Halt Expanded
The mosquito fleet known as Class 4 of the Naval Reserve has enrollment stopped at Boston and Portsmouth. Maine may extend enrollment briefly since its quota is not yet secured. Roll will open only in exceptional cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve
Boston
Portsmouth
Maine
Interest in Home Gardening Meeting at Highland School
A PTA hosted session to arouse interest in home gardening will be at Highland School in Revere tonight at 7 50. Principal speaker Josiah Shurtleff, a school committee member, will address attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland School
Revere
Parent Teachers’ Association
Josiah 3B. Shurtleff
Episcopalians Tighten War Time Prohibition Stance
The Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts met in Huntington Hall for its annual convention and urged national prohibition and wartime efficiency measures. It called for total abstinence during the war and opposed seating women delegates at Episcopal conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Huntington Hall
Lawrence
Trinity Church
Mann
Miss Rankin
Montana
Women delegates lose seats at Episcopal convention
At Trinity Church the convention debated admitting women to seats. Clergy favored women delegates while the lay roll call defeated the amendment, denying women representation. A later motion to refer the issue to a committee was rejected, leaving the matter unresolved for the next annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Miss Rankin
Philo W. Sprague
Charlestown
City Hallers urged to boost effort and cut leisure
Mayor Curley told municipal workers they must increase energy and drop lax methods this year. He ordered strict adherence to business rules across all departments and banned going to ball games on warm afternoons. Flo announced the plan at a conference with department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Flo
Catholic Church Notes Roslindale Plans Ather Cummins Day
Sunday April 29 will be Ather Cummins Day in Roslindale marking the dedication of the new parochial school of St. Francis Xavier built for Sacred Heart parish. Spanish War Veterans of Greater Boston will donate a silk American flag at 3 p.m. The Sisters of Notre Dame Academy Roxbury gave a recital to their music pupils. Women of St Cecilia Back Bay plan a whist party to raise funds for knitting and sewing for soldiers. Cambridge St Mary's Women’s Association hosts a May party May 1 at St Mary’s Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins
Roslindale
St. Francis Xavier
Father Cummins
Parish of the Sacred Heart
Montauk Point
Greater Boston
Sisters of Notre Dame Academy
Roxbury
Academy
St. Cecilia's Parish
Back Bay
St. Cecilia's Guild Hall
Helvidere Street
St. Mary's
Wome's Association of
Cambridge
St. Mary's Hall
Mayor Curley Takes Plow to Aid Food Effort
Mayor Curley of the city began cultivating a half acre beside his Jamaica Parkway home, planting corn and learning plow work to relieve food shortages. He plans to finish the garden himself and gift it to an orphanage once prepared and planted, urging state residents to join in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Jamaica Parkway
Post
City Hall Girl Enlists as Yeoman
Miss Marion T Mactachern of 15 Dorset Street Dorchester resigns as a stenographer in the City Hall assessing department to become a yeoman at the Charlestown navy yard She is twenty and will enter United States service this morning She is the second City Hall girl to enlist as a yeoman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion T. Mactlachern
Dorset Street
Dorchester
City Hall
Charlestown Navy Yard
Mactachern
United States Service
Tarnowski to sail on Ryndam from New York
Count Adar Tarnowski von Tarnow, sent as Austrian ambassador in January, awaits voyage home aboard the Ryndam. A party of 175 to 200 consular staff and associates will accompany him, with safe transport arranged through Britain and allies via the American State Department. The ship may stop at Halifax for checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ryndam
Adar Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Austria
Count Tarnowski
China
Cuba
Great Britain
American State Department
Halifax
von Bernstorff
Adamson’s Balsam Advertises Cough Cure
One day is long enough to be troubled with a cough. Adamson's Balsam cures. advt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adamson
Britain Warns of Severe Shipping Depletion and Privations
Lord Devonport, the British food controller, warned the public that the nation's shipping was being depleted daily in large volume and that severe privations threatened before the next harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Devonport
Lord Devonport Warns on Voluntary Rationing Shortfall
In the House of Lords Lord Devonport warned that voluntary food restraint is failing as shipping is depleted. He urged self denial to avoid severe privation before next harvest and announced plans to establish immediate rationing machinery for bread sugar and other foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Devonport
House of Lords
Lord Lamington
Charlestown Navy Yard Hiring 100 Laborers Daily
The Charlestown navy yard announces hiring 100 laborers daily. The yard employs about 4500 men now, a 50 percent rise since the German trouble began, though skilled mechanics are still in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard
Germany
Found Dead in Quincy Shanty
Walter Brown aged 46 living alone on Palmer Street in Quincy was found dead on the floor last night by neighbor James A. Lord who notified police and the medical examiner. Death attributed to internal hemorrhages and natural causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brown
Palmer Street
Quincy
James A. Lord
Annual Reunion at St. Joseph’s Parish in Back Bay
Parishioners of St. Joseph's Catholic Church West End hold their annual reunion and dance at Convention Hall Garricon and St Botolph streets Back Bay Rev Joseph F Coppinger former curate will preside and award prizes A concert by local talent with guests Laverne abs haley Pesce J McCormack Rev Walter J Roche and Rev Joseph J Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
West End
Convention Hall
Garricon
St. Botolph Streets
Back Bay
Joseph F. Coppinger
St. Joseph's Church
Hes. Laverne Abs
Haléy
Ieee
Pesce J. McCormack
Walter J. Roche
Joseph J. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society For Universal Service
Akron
Ohio
Army
Navy
Navy Reserve
Elliott
Mentor
Banquet
G. O. Blake
Green River
Toy Bt
Glenlivet
Lords of England
California
Union St
Canal St
Ginter Co
C. B. Brown Co, Inc
Washington St
Washington Fa
Summer St
Jan Stores Seiling
Tremont St. eStellay Sa
Bromfield St
Tremont St
Episcopalians
Catholic Church Notes
Pan
Tarnowski
Comptometer
Felt & Tarrant Mfg. CO
N. Paulina Street
Devonshire St. Providence
Industrial Trust
Worcester
Slater
Springfield
Main St
Canal
Great Comfort
Panama
Canal Zone
Aspenwall
Tobago Island
Burroughs
Sulloway
Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Sherman SE. Burroughs
Cyrus A. Sulloway
Hawaii
Edison
Boylston Street
Ahoston
Daily Post
Boston Post
Mail
the Daily Post Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Dent
Bestes
Siass
ST. Joseph’s Parish
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!