Prison camp brutality exposed by Post Reporter
The account details brutal beatings at a prison camp in Paris with marines using clubs and showers to punish prisoners. Corporals Moran and Fredericks, along with others, are named in multiple assaults including an attempted water immersion and repeated blows.
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Flintom
St. Anne Hotel
Corporal Fredericks
Private Moran
Moran
Fredericks
Thierry
la Ferte
Cahill
30Th Marines
St. Anne Fredericks
Edward A. Quinn
List Regiment
Quinn
Seven Die In Scenic Railway Fire Tragedy
Flames fueled by a westerly wind consumed the mill and a railway section over it at the scenic park seven miles from the city. A car with merrymakers leaped into the blaze while rescuers pulled out several survivors. seven bodies were found charred in the ruins as Sousa's band played on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sousa
Exhausted Chinese laundry proprietor found in Somerville
Young Whey, owner of a Cross street Chinese laundry in East Somerville, was hospitalized after collapsing from prolonged aimless walking and food deprivation. Neighbors noted his nightly wandering with comments of heading “to Heaven.”
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Young Whey
Cross Street
East Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Ad Ends Marketing Claim
Advertisement states Horsford's Acid Phosphate added to any drink makes it more satisfying and wholesome, presented as a stimulant. The copy emphasizes enhanced effects and general well being without detailing specific benefits.
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Horsford
Attorney General asks retailers to curb profiteering
The Attorney General outlines an extra legal plan to target profiteering by retailers and hoarding under wartime food laws. He asks state food administrators to form fair price committees including retailers, producers, labor, housewives, and the public, to report cost prices and fair margins and to publish fair price lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Bureau of Investigation
Stone Laid for New Chateau Thierry Bridge
Major General Robert L. Howze laid the first stone for a new Marne River bridge in Chateau Thierry funded by the American Society for the Relief of Devastated France. The old bridge was destroyed by the American Third Division on the night of May 31 to June 1, 1918 to halt a German advance toward Paris. The ceremony marked a notable event.
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Chateau Thierry
France
Associated Press
Robert L. Howze
Marne
American Society For the Relief
Paris
Hives Blamed on Prohibition in Congress
Washington August 10. A House member jokes that hive outbreaks among lawmakers stem from prohibition era crowds. He laments citrus lemonade causing hives while recalling pre prohibition days and quips about needing back scratchers if Congress stays all summer.
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Washington
Congress
Ouimet Ill Briefly Forcibly Sidetracked At New London
Francis Ouimet, listed to play in a golf foursome at New London, Conn, was taken ill with tonsillitis and remained under a physician’s care tonight after playing this morning to tie the course record of 6. Joss Guilford and Vincent Hilton defeated Grant Rice and T C Colbett 4 and 3. Ouimet is entered in the national amateur tournament at Oakmont starting next Saturday and hopes to compete.
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New London
Conn
Francis Ouimet
Brady
Fotheringham
Joss Guilford
Vincent Hilton
Grant Rice
T. C. Colbett
Ouimet
Oakmont
Sunday golf stopped by state police
State police halted Sunday golf at all clubs amid broad complaints. Chief Plunkett says the action enforces the law as rigorously as amateur baseball, and clubs will be notified to discontinue Sunday golf until a legal status is defined. Further reports were to be collected by officers at the State House.
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Chief Plunkett
State House
Senate
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
State Department
Fall
Brandegee and Smith
Arizona
United States
Mexico
Ellis Parker Butler Famous Humor Writer
Ellis Parker Butler, famed for Pigs Is Pigs, is highlighted for his humor in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine story He Called Her on the Telephone, showcasing his entertaining fiction prowess.
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Ellis Parker Butler
Boston Sunday Post
Four Year Old Gil Has Beautiful Arms
Four year old Chelsea girl Zita Ellen Sawyer wins a baby beauty prize and is noted for graceful dancing. She studies with Miss Helena Kipwell and is praised for expressive arms and hands. Parents are Mr and Mrs Harry C Sawyer of 81 Shurtleff street Boston park contest winner at 22 months old.
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Zita Ellen Sawyer
Chelsea
Tures
Helena Kipwell
Harry C. Sawyer
Shurtleff Street
Boston Park
Congress to Tackle H. C. L. Plans Today
Congress faces rapid action on food relief measures urged by the President. Representative Mann threatens a vacation while Mondell and allies push a wartime drive to curb profiteers and hoarders. The plan includes boosting DOJ agents to raid food control violators and prosecute hoarding in big cities.
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Mann
Budent
Congress
Department of Justice
Department
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress Moves to Extend Food Control and Price Measures
Congress plans to extend operating powers for the Lever food control, seek permanent government oversight of food supplies, restrict exports, set fixed flour prices, and release large food stocks. Bills target gambling in food markets, publication of distribution figures, and stricter storage labeling.
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Congress
America First
War Department
Post Office Relocation and New Silk Umbrella Offer
Our Post Office moves to the Street Floor Main thoroughfare for easier access. Silk Umbrellas with white Bakalite ring handles are attractively priced for the store opening, with Georgettes shown on the Street Floor for new blouses and smocks. Jomarco products enter Laundrydom for better fabric care without rubbing or boiling, prepared for Jordan Marsh Company.
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Jomarco
Jamarco
Jordan Marsh Company
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Thomas Wilkinson
Lynn
Edward L. Logan
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Cambridge, Mass
Ehase
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House Interstate Commerce Committee
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