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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1917

Page

2

Wages Attachments Reported in Ames Debt Case

Morris Pike of Roxbury a clothing dealer at 44 Washington Street was arrested by Inspector McCarthy on a warrant for illegally attaching the wages of Thomas O’Hagan an Ames bull employee. The case arises under revised labor laws and concerns a debt for clothing contracted before marriage claimed not to be the husband’s responsibility.

Morris Pike Roxbury Washington Street Inspector McCarthy Thomas O'Hagan Ames Bull O'Hagan

Man sentenced for non support in domestic relations court

Simon Yanolis received a year on non support and related charges after pleading that his wife would not migrate from Poland with him eight years ago. He said he then lived with another woman and her child, arguing his wife later came with the children and he returned to his second partner.

Simon Yanolis Poland

Lynn Woman Seeks Death After Job Search

Ida McMillen aged 27 of Lynn Massachusetts swallowed carbolic acid in Bridgeport Connecticut seeking work. She had played piano in Lynn stores and theaters and recently moved to Bridgeport for an unfulfilled job attempt. Her divorce from Timothy Bellas occurred two years ago and her father Frederick McMillen is in France.

Bridgeport Conn Ida McMillen Ashland Street Lynn Mass Bridgeport Hospital John Cole Timothy Bellas Frederick McMillen France

Becomes Citizen to Use Hospital

Robert Rubin applied for his first papers in the Superior Court clerk’s office. He arrived in a chair due to paralysis and has lived in Boston since 188, seeking citizenship to be eligible for treatment at the Robert Brigham Hospital.

Robert Rubin United States Clerk Campbell Superior Court Rubin Boston Robert Bent Brigham Hospital

Exams for 60 Harvard Men

More than 60 members of the Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps were given special examinations yesterday for admission to the second series of Government training camps to start on August 27. They arrived from Barre and were taken to Fort Banks for testing under Major Howell of the regular army staff.

Harvard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Barre Bowes’ Wharf Fort Banks Howell

83 Year Old Man Builds Patriot Garden In Milton Corner

Angus Crawford aged 83 transforms a damp 100 by 50 foot vacant lot at River and Washington in Milton into a thriving garden. A 20 foot flag sails above a corn field with beans potatoes tomatoes and more. He is often with Edwin Crawford his three year old foster son. The plot also hosts poppies nasturtiums candytuft and four small flags.

Angus Crawford River Washington Streets Milton Edwin Crawford Sweet Asylum

We Are Coming Poem from Crawford on Freedom Call

The verse declares a rallying call to aid allies in World War I. It mentions the Sons of France, Lions, Bears, Tagle, and the Stars and Stripes. The speaker pledges to fight for liberty from Boston to the Belgian Rhine and to free nations from shore to shore.

France Friends of Freedom Boston Belgian Rhine Iberty

Quincy Point mother jailed for beating three year old son

Mrs Dorothy Lewis of Quincy Point was found guilty of brutally beating her three year old son. Judge Albert E Avery suspended a one month House of Correction sentence until November 380 for good behavior. Neighbors said the mother had a fiery temper and abused the child with a stick. The stepfather William K Lewis and Dr Willis Middleton testified to the injuries.

Dorothy Lewis Quincy Point Quincy Court Albert E. Avery House of Correction

War Industries Board Meets Wilson on Allied War Supply Access

The War Industries Board held its first conference with President Wilson and outlined plans to extend the same purchase advantages to U S allies as to the United States. The board will meet again to refine plans while facing protests from producers over pricing and supply issues.

Washington New War Industries Board Wilson United States

Pappas Pleads Guilty to Draft Registration Charge

Springfield report states John Pappas pleaded guilty to failure to register for the draft before a United States commissioner and was held for sentence in Federal District Court in Boston. He claimed he did not know the law requirements.

Springfield John Pappas United States Toway Federal District Court Boston Pappas

May Move Guardsmen to Regular Army Service

The transfer of National Guard units into regular army service is now a completed fact and will likely transform the existing State Guard into a new militia bearing the names of the former regiments.

National Guard State Guard

State Guard Considers Uniform Card Update

Opinion voiced at State Guard offices favors a plan to boost interest and dignity, with new uniforms gaining War Department approval. No formal decision yet. Governor McCall sought War Department guidance and secured approval for the current uniform with a blue brassard and white triangular shield marked S G.

State Guard Aid Baker Ames McCall War Department

Union Strike Hits Two A B Jewelry Factories at Battleboro

Union members in two jewelry plants in Battleboro walked out today seeking recognition of their new organization formed two months ago and already counting about 3500 workers. Other local factories may join the walkout.

Attleboro

Cuticura Heals Ringworm Says Boston Woman

Miss Julia Giovino of East Boston recalls a ringworm outbreak on her face and itching that stopped after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes improvements from a free sample and subsequent purchases. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap at 25 cents and Ointment at 25 and 50 cents with a free sample offer.

Julia Giovino Meridian Street Boston Mass Cuticura Dept. H

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