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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
5
The New England division of the American Red Cross urged nurses to volunteer for war work and warned the government may soon draft nurses to meet the needed numbers.
The Revere City Council will hear whether to investigate the police department after graft charges were presented in a petition signed by 79 citizens. The committee on public safety will report at the next council meeting on August 26.
A Roosevelt Conservation Commission report warns one in seven homes in the United States has a sick bed and claims modern hygiene could keep half of these beds empty. The Sylpho Nathol disinfectant is promoted as stronger than the public health standard and used by New England hospitals and New York institutions.
Frederick W. Mansfield Release accuses Richard H. Long of labor law violations and poor factory conditions in Massachusetts. Documents cite overtime for women, night work without permits, and deplorable sanitation, urging voters to oppose Long in the September primary.
Richard H. Long warned at rallies in Lynn West Lynn and Danvers that railroads and other public services seized for war would be rolled back into private ownership. He framed the choice in politics as between conservative property rights and progressive democracy, accusing profiteers of aiming to seize waterpower, railways, and utilities after the war.
Holyoke, Aug. 13. Two drownings occurred in the Connecticut River today. Edward Shea, 13, sank while swimming, and George Litchfield drowned while crossing the river in a canoe with a companion.
Litchfield and Orville McGuiggan were returning to camp with supplies when their boat was overturned by the wash from a passing motorboat. Both men escaped unharmed but were left shaken by the incident.
Lieutenant William E. Taylor of the Royal Canadian Flying Corps, formerly a New Haven resident, was reported killed or captured May 31 after engaging enemy aircraft over the German line. No word has reached his family since that mission. He was unmarried, son of Joseph Taylor, who moved from New Haven to Los Angeles.
Maurice I P Shaw secretary treasurer of the New England Fish Exchange cites the fish trust Bay State Fishing Company refusing to follow exchange rules and fishermen demanding excessive profits. He notes U boat raids as a current contributing factor to high fish prices.
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