Stokes Defends Working Class as Debs Indicted
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes of New York, out on bail after a 10 year sentence under the espionage act, told Boston Common crowds that 90 percent of Americans support the working class and oppose profiteers. She linked her conviction to a German letter to a U.S. Senator and praised Eugene Debs amid charges against the Socialist leader.
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Rose Pastor Stokes
New York
United States
Stokes
Joan of Arc
Socialist Party In America
Working Women of the World
Eugene Debs
France Looks Like America As War News Reaches Somerville
Private Roy F. Goggin of Somerville writes from France where he serves with the 102d Machine Gun Battalion. He says France is beginning to resemble America with American trains flat cars and new military buildings and notes the French soldiers are acting like U S troops in the trenches with a longing to return home and use the old gun again.
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France
America
Roy F. Goggin
Willow Street
Somerville
Young Goggin
Medford
Cambridge
Arlington
Boston
Charlestown
Berry Sees Allied Retreat End in Europe Address
George L. Berry of San Francisco, president of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union, told a crowd at Faneuil Hall that allied troops had made their last retreat after conferences in allied countries in Europe.
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George L. Berry
San Francisco
International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
Europe
Faneuil Hall
Labor Leader Berry Calls for Relentless War Mobilization
In a Boston address Berry, head of a major American Federation of Labor affiliate, vows continued offensive and pursuit against Germany. He cites meetings with Pershing, Foch, Haig, and leaders like Lloyd George and Clemenceau. He urges workers to keep industry moving until all peaceful options are exhausted.
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Europe
Berlin
Berry
General Pershing
American Labor Mission
Foch
Pershing
Haig
Poincate
King George
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Boston
American Federation of Labor
Suffragist Mrs Fitzgerald Objects To War Office Motive
Mrs. Brewer fools Mrs. Susan W Fitzgerald a suffragist who rejects the claim that women seek office mainly to free men for war work.
Boston suffragist splits with New York candidate over war work claim
Mrs. Susan W. FitzGerald objects to Mrs. Mary Grey Brewer’s view that women in politics can free men for war work. FitzGerald calls such talk publicity stunts and farcical, arguing that honest lawmakers are needed now more than ever.
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Susan W. FitzGerald
Boston
Mary Grey Brewer
New York
FitzGerald
Car Plunges Down Bank Injuring Couple in Salem
Mr and Mrs Joseph Parker of Roxbury are on the danger list at Salem Hospital after their car skidded near Dry Bridge. The vehicle jumped the railing and plunged 15 feet down an embankment, overturning on the bank.
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Salem
Joseph Parker
Intervale Street
Roxbury
Salem Hospital
Dry Bridge
CARENS GOES TO DEVENS
Thomas H Cavens of 28 Trowbridge Arlington a former Boston newspaper man and Washington correspondent for a Boston daily has reported at Camp Devens Ayer for service as a division headquarters field clerk He was sent direct from Washington to the camp He is an expert stenographer and typist.
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Thomas H. Cavens
Trowbridge Street
Arlington
Boston
Washington
Camp Devens
Ayer
Crippled Soldiers Ten Commandments By Red Cross Expert
F R Bigler of the American Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men in New York issues ten commandments for those returning home with injuries. The guidance, printed in the New York Herald, reflects his philosophy after 33 years with one arm and one leg.
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F. R. Bigler
American Red Cross Institute For
New York
New York Herald
Ten Prose Passages On Cripples And Work Ethic
A series of imperishable lines extol the disabled worker as an asset rather than a burden. It urges perseverance, production over complaint, and self belief, noting many cripples succeed, while urging not to quit and to project value to employers.
Gaston Opens Democratic Governor Campaign HQ
Campaign headquarters for Colonel William A. Gaston for governor open at 35 Congress Street in Boston. Herbert A. Kenny leads the site and will collect supporter names as Gaston plans statewide Democratic conferences. He has limited time for campaigning due to war duties.
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William A. Gaston
Congress Street
Herbert A. Kenny
Boston
Kenny
Gaston
Soldiers Guests in Summer Shore Homes
Sixty five young men in the U S Army and Navy visited the Jewish Welfare Board Hospitality House and were hosted yesterday by Boston Jewish families at two summer homes along the north and south shores. Thirty toured Clifton the home of Mrs Leon Strauss entertained by Mrs Louis Baer and others. The remaining boys went to Pemberton as guests of a group of Boston women and men including Mrs S Gutman and A Klopet among others.
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United States Army and Navy
Jewish Welfare Board
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston
Clifton
Leon Strauss
Louis Baer
Harry Liebman
Rosenthal
Oscar Elias
Atlanta
New Pastime for Fishermen in Massachusetts
A new angling trend emerges as landlocked smelt fishing rises at Lake Onoto. State fish and game commissioner George H. Graham reports six inch specimens taken with a small hook fine line and one ounce sinker using garden worms as bait. The bite is light demanding quick hooks. Some anglers prefer landlocked smelt to trout.
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Massachusetts
Lake Onoto
George H. Graham
Billy Sunday Tabernacle Build Faces Material Delays
In Providence Rhode Island on August 11 priority for materials for the Billy Sunday tabernacle will not be granted unless abundant supply exists. The pending issue could delay the new edifice as about $30 000 has already been subscribed and the site sits on land owned by brewer Hanley.
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Providence
R. I
Hanley
Rabbi Simon to Speak in Boston Tonight on The New American Physique
Rabbi Abram Simon of Washington DC, a leading rabbi, will address audiences at Boston Jewish welfare posts this evening. He travels the East on a tour of training camps under the Jewish Welfare Board and the army and navy. The talk topic is The New American Physique.
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Abram Simon
Washington, D. C
Boston
Simon
Jewish Welfare Board
United States Army
City faces record overtime spending in six months
The Finance Commission reports Mayor Peters’s first six months in office may push city overtime expenditures toward a new high. It notes an estimated $65,000 in overtime for the year, potentially the largest since 1912 when the city was warned it was breaking the law.
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Finance Commission
Peters
Fitzgerald
Commission Urges Mayor to End Excess Overtime Practice
The commission calls on the Mayor to intervene immediately and halt overtime in the departments. It recommends stern action to stop the extensive overtime paid to employees across city offices.
Help Uncle Sam Relieve Freight Congestion
A wartime advertisement urges taxpayers to fund a six ton truck for $2000 to aid manufacturers and merchants in moving goods on schedule. Contact Mr. King at 1106 Commonwealth Ave Boston or phone Brookline 7208 to participate.
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Uncle Sam
Mr. King
Commonwealth Av
Boston
Brookline
National Security League Seeks War Prosecution Answers
The National Security League campaign committee sent questionnaires to all congressional candidates asking for views on vigorous prosecution of the war. Results will be broadcast to voters to support its chart of current members' war records.
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New York
National Security League
Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
League
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