Mother’s Picture Destroyed by US Guards at Paris Hotel
Private Francis A. Collins of the Fifth Division recounts that the marine guards at the Hotel St. Anne in Paris tore up his mother’s photograph in a wanton act. He notes similar brutality alleged by members of the 26th Division and writes to the Post detailing the incident.
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Francis A. Collins
Hotel St. Anne
Paris
St Anne
Collins
Thomas A. Wilkinson
Lynn
France
Fifth
Soldier's account of brutalities at guardhouses abroad
Collins recounts brutality by Marines in a Paris guardhouse, describing beatings, forced standing for hours, torture-like exercises, and thefts. He cites a bloodied sergeant dragged by the heels, a gun misfired under threat, and two colored men used for brutal scrubbing. He served in the Fifth Division at St Mihiel and the Argonne, living in Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argonne
Fay Street
Lowell
Milk Producers Indicted in Valentine Antitrust Case
Indictments against seven members of the Ohio Milk Producers Association were returned by the county grand jury in Cleveland. All are charged with violating the Valentine antitrust law.
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Cleveland
Aug
Ohio Milk Producers’ Association
Weston Allen for Attorney General Endorsed by Bar Leaders
A strong letter from eastern Massachusetts lawyers endorses J Weston Allen of Newton for Attorney General. It notes his Yale and Harvard Law School training and 23 years of practice, cites transport taxation and education work, and urges adding signatures from bar members to form a broad backing list.
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Weston Allen
Massachusetts
J. Weston Allen
Newton
Attwill
Commonwealth
Alfred Hemenway
Samuel L. Powers
Melvin
Adams
William ®. Sears
John. Hall
Walter B. Grant
Alexander Lincoln
Henry Ware
Edwin A. Bayley
George A. Sawyer
Roger Ernst
Philip Nichols
Guy H. Holliday
Arthur P. Hardy
Robert W. Frost
Suffolk Bar
William M. Crapp
Allen W. Milliken
Walter B. Brownell
Otis
Cook
John B. Lowney
Bristol
Charles M. Thayer
Rufus B. Dodge
Willis E. Sibley
George A. Caskill
Chandler Bullock
John W. Mawbey
James A. Stiles
Hamilton Mayo
Charles F. Baker
John M. Corcoran
Worcester
Mr. Allen
Yale
Harvard Law School
John D. Long
Attorney-General’s Department
Herbert Parker
James A. Lowell
Walter F. Frederick
John E. Hannigan
John Noble
Frederick
Hall
William G. Rowe
Driscoll Enters Suffolk County District Attorney Race
Charles Driscoll of Brighton filed nomination papers for Suffolk County district attorney. Also submitting were incumbent Pelletier Daniel J. Kiley and Joseph Lundy. Democratic contenders George F. Monahan Frederick S. Deitrick seek governor while Clarence W. Rowley and Robert J. Foutomley pursue attorney general for Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
Charles Dl. Driscoll
Brighton
Municipal Election Department
Pelletier
Daniel J. Kiley
Joseph Lundy
George F. Monahan
Frederick S. Deitrick
Clarence W. Rowley
Robert J. Foutomley
Grain Corporation shifts flour sales to wholesalers in regionwide routes
The Grain Corporation plans to divert flour purchases and sell to wholesalers and jobbers in 140 pound jute sacks at ten dollars twenty five delivered in carload lots east of the Illinois Indiana line and east of the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. West of that line deliveries are ten dollars, not including Pacific coast territory. Buyers must guarantee not to sell beyond seventy five cents markup to wholesalers. retailers must not exceed an extra dollar and twenty five cents above the wholesalers’ price in original packages, with broken package price not over seven cents per pound. Further details available at United States Grain Corporation, 42 Broadway, New York City.
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Grain Corporation
Illinois and
Indiana Line
Mississippi River
Cairo
Gulf
Pacific Coast Territory
United States Grain Corporation
Broadway
New York City
Whist Parties to Aid Victory Fund
A series of whist events is planned this fall to benefit the Irish Victory Fund. John H. H. McNamee of the Prudential Trust Company reports the drive and the latest totals include $1220.40 from St. Paul’s parish, Cambridge, plus numerous smaller local gifts totaling $1239.40 from Cambridge collections and other contributors across Boston area neighborhoods.
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Irish Victory Fund
John H. H. McNamee
Prudential, Trust “Company
Summer Street
John A. Anderson
Westville Street
Dorchester
St. Paul's Parish
Cambridge
Cherrys Court
Stephen J. Pitapatrick
South Boston
Westville &J
Patrick Curtis
Compton St
Nora Griffin
Library St
Chelsea
Mary &. Coyne
Poplar St
Connolly
Custer St
East
Boston
Diskin
Green
Thomas Diskin
Boice
John A. McInnes
Mass. Ave
Mrs. Jank York
Mt. Auburn St
Elizabeth McAuliffe
Ash St
Mra. J. J. Ferguson
Tow. St
Nora Murphy
Francis Ave
Eliza J. Watson
Bow St
Mary Maguire
Collins
H. Quills
Sullivan
Mt. Auburn T
P. Sullivan
Mark [Priper
Eliot St
Margaret Splaine
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Revere Ct
Mary Dempsey
Rever St
Josie Daley
Winthrop St
Margaret Donogiue
Mahoney
Margaret Ryan
Nora Sullivan
J. McCarthy
Winthrop
Dunn
Dunster St
Alice Holland
Mary Brannan
Eliot At
Hildred
Wolfson
Nan Sullivan
Julia Curran
Charles River Rd
John Kelley
Mt. Asburn St
David D. Burns
Michael J. Houlihan
John M. Curran
The
Mikes Dollard
Gerry St
John J. O'Neill
Morris P. Tooby
P. Carroll
Charles Ver Rd
Dinsmore
Mary Mclaughlin
Chapin
J. W. Boyle
Thomas McLaughlin
S. Chesta
K. F. Sullivan
Hodsdon
Ash
Ted
Pat. Burns
Patrick Burns
Plympton St
Ben Doyle
Copperthwaite St
Jeremiah Noonan
Copperthwaite Et
B. Murphy
John Murphy
Opperthwaite
Cail St
Florence’ Scully
Putnam. St
M. Donahwe
Campbell
View of Young's Hotel From Newspaper Row Amid Demolition
Pedestrians gain a rare glimpse of Young's Hotel from Newspaper Row as a Washington Street office building is demolished to make way for a new structure. Opened November 6 1860, Young's Hotel was Boston's historic lodging with 75 rooms and initial operator Taft.
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Young's Hotel
Washington Street
Young’s Hotel
Young’s
Boston
Taft
Military airs program for evening concert on the Common
The week’s final weekday concert honors American soldiers with a mix of popular and military airs. Stetson Humphrey leads camp songs. noon and evening programs feature the Boston Band conducted by Emil Mollenhauer with marches, waltzes, overtures, and selections from Carmen, Mime, Butterfly, and The Prince of Pilsen, plus choruses and solos.
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Stetson Humphrey
California
Boston Band
Emil Motlnphaver
Marah
An‘ Pean
Raired
Emil Mollenhauer
Marechal Joffre
Teres
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Opiate
Cavalry
Precn Ins
Buppe Ara Wen
cDowell
Allah
Yonadwick
Union
Robert li
Jack o'Lantern
Cargil
Eennes Meacham
Seness Williams
No Man
War Department seeks semi automatic military rifle designs
Washington Aug 8 Inventors were asked by the War Department to submit designs for a semi automatic rifle to replace current weapons. Designs must meet specifications by ordnance experts. The present rifle is bolt action and hand operated to ready the next shot. Officials say a workable semi automatic would greatly boost infantry fire rate and accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
War Department
Vote Against League Resolutions Adopted by Irish Freedom Branch
Resolutions protesting acceptance of the League of Nations were unanimously adopted by the Michael Davitt Branch Friends of Irish Freedom. The entire membership signed the document and sent it to Senators Lodge and Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Michael Davitt
Friends of Irish Freedom
Senators Lodge
Walsh
Merwin and Humphrey Lead Strong Novel Review Year
A literary column surveys Merwin's The Passionate Pilgrim and The Homestead by Zephine Humphrey, noting Henry Calverley’s dramatic arc and Barbara Marshall’s Vermont saga. It also reviews Saul, The Groper, The Taker, In Secret, The Trail of the Beast, Silver and Gold, The Man Who Discovered Himself, Rezanov, Forty of Thieves, Rebecca's Promise, Blue Bonnet of the Seven Stars, and other titles with emphasis on character growth, realism, and period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Merwin
Passionate Pilgrim
Bobbs, Merrill
Henry Calverley
Henry
Chicago
Mr. Merwin
O. Henry
the Homestead
Dutton
Zephine Humphrey
New England
Merwin
Vermont
Marshall
Barbara Marshall
Barbara
William
Daniel
Lela Hart Richards
Blue Bonnet
Texas
Boston
Investigation of Rent Profiteering Begins in Portland
District Attorney John F. A. Merrill opened an inquiry into alleged rent profiteering after tenants of a Park Avenue apartment house filed a complaint. The move follows orders from Attorney General Palmer to pursue cases contributing to high living costs.
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Portland, Mo
John F. A. Merrill
Park Avenue
Palmer
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