Yankee Division Men Describe Prison Camp Brutalities in Paris
Sergeant Major Thomas A. Wilkinson of Lynn and Corporal Edward Cahill of Brookline testify before a congressional inquiry about abuses in AEF prison camps in France. Wilkinson witnessed beatings and cramped conditions at the Hotel St Anne and Schelles camp, detailing the brutal treatment and a harsh guard regime by Marines.
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New England
France
Paris
Congressional Committee
Smith
Thomas A. Wilkinson
McCarthy
General Edwards
Clarendon Avenue
Lynn
Edward Cahill
101St Infantry
Brooklint
Cahill
Wilkinson
Bowie
101St
Sehelles
Oth
Hotel St. Anne
Marine Guardhouse
Post
Chatteau-Thierry
Joseph McInerney
Sandy’ Chapman
Knights of Columbus War Workers
Marine M. P.’s
St. Anne
101St Engineers
Stop Hay Fever Now Ascatco Ad Claims Rapid Relief
An advertisement promotes Ascatco as a quick remedy for hay fever and related symptoms. It touts sixteen years of proven benefit for hay fever asthma and bronchitis and offers a free sample from Ascatco Laboratory in New York. Product is sold in Boston and by local druggists.
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Ascatco
Ascatco Laboratory
West 47Th St
New York
Boston
Liggett’s-Riker-Jaynes
Hair Care Tips From A 1900s Adventure
Soap should be used carefully to avoid drying the scalp and hair. Mal sified cocoanut oil shampoo is recommended as pure and greaseless and cleanses both hair and scalp with a rich lather, leaving hair silky and manageable. It is cheap and widely available at pharmacies for family use.
Providence Receivers Seek Court Power to Run Trolley Lines
The Rhode Island Company receivers appeared before Judge Blodgett in Superior Court to obtain an order to operate the trolley lines they control. They also asked that Judge Doran's decree permitting arbitration be vacated, claiming all efforts to reach an agreement with striking employees have failed.
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Providence
Rhode Island
E. W. Blodgett
Court weighs union offer as Rhode Island Car Company faces hearing
Judge Blodgett orders Frederick L. Frost to notify all parties to appear at 10 tomorrow. Receivers meet Carmen's Union leaders who proposed 5712 cents an hour via referendum. If the arbitration decree is vacated receivers may hire nonunion workers. Police prepare to protect operating cars with mounted patrols and full force at stations while union sympathy grows for a general strike across industries.
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Blodgett
Frederick L. Frost
Carmen’s Union
John O. Ames
Rathbone Gardner
Rhodesland Company
Walter A. Presbrey
Police Commission
New Bedford Grants $16,000 to Near East Relief
The Massachusetts Committee for Relief in the Near East reports New Bedford has added 16000 to the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. The full city quota of 46000 is reached in the national drive for 30000000. A 4000 check is the first payment. Previous gifts totaled 18000 in 1918 and 12000 in 1919. New Bedford is among the first Massachusetts communities to hit its quota.
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Massachusetts Committee For Relief In
New Bedford
Peck Stow Wilcox plant ends strike with wage rise
Southington workers at the Peck Stow Wilcox plant returned to work after accepting a 15 percent wage increase and a nine hour day. The strike began on July 16.
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Southington
Conn
Peck, Stow & Wilcox
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
An advertisement features Mary Cauiture praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her six year battle with female weakness and painful periods. It claims the remedy led to a healthy baby and urges other women to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Mary Cauiture
South Main St
Sterkimer
N. Y
Lydia FE. Pinkham
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E. T. Slattery
Tremont Street
Boston Common
Provins
Ceylon
Campbell's Soup
Rumford’s Rownee
Coffee Thire'co
John Alden
Coffee Perfection
Maine
Warners
Swerewrewwrs Grrr
Shane
Washington ‘St
West Street
Bromfield Street
Pe Neginter
States Food Administration
Union St. Ate
Tremont St
Scotiay Sq
Nour Carer
Washington
Adirondacks
Ty Clear
SON Nut Py
Beech-Nut Packing CO
Canajoharie
Main St
Cambridge
Brookline
Lynn Young Man
Cunningham
Chapman
McIinernay
Schelles
Navy
Army
Joseph MacConnell
St. Mihiel
Near East
Dept. B
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Gilchrist
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