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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
4
The document lists individuals with addresses who have passed physical tests or been exempted by draft boards. Notable names include Burke John J Cambridge Brattle St and Hassioun George 63 Harvard St among many others across Cambridge and nearby streets, detailing exemptions or acceptances.
A long OCR scroll lists numerous individuals and addresses in Boston division 6, noting statuses such as alien dependents and government workers. Many names appear with street addresses across West Springfield to Dorchester, Tremont, and related squares, with totals cited for multiple groups.
An index lists numerous names and addresses across Roxbury division including Accepted Legal cases with many dependents and aliens documented. Notable entries include Jacob Goldberg 116 Howland st and Bernard Albert 167 Homestead st with extensive household notes. various industries, naval service and Russian English aliens appear among dependents. totals show multiple households at 22 entries and many addresses.
A long roster lists numerous residents of Division 23 West Roxbury with street addresses across Hinsdale road Rutledge street and nearby avenues. The compilation includes many individuals with notes on dependents and aged parents, some entries marked alien or mariner, reflecting a detailed resident registry.
Exempted claims allowed listing residents including Hyman Bornstein 531 Eighth Street Breen John J 608 East Sixth Street Cannif John A 619 East Fourth Street Kavalenskas John 37 Telegraph Street Brodeur Louis P 3 Jay Street Haverty Martin T 475 East Eighth Street Starck Vincent A 281 Bowen Street Molderec Oscar 480 East Sixth Street.
A compiled roster lists residents with street addresses across Dudley Albany Sts including Colle William Nolan Thomas Donnelly McMenimon James A Grant John F. Jr Cashman John J McLoughlin James I Gately James J Rohen James A Murray William F St John Charles Kennedy John C Allen Milton Garvey Edward Hart Edward I Roland Edward Mcloughlin T A Peterson Henry G Bonarrigeo Nunzio Farrington Michael J Myers Charles C MacClellan Harold P Nolan James P Kerrigan Joseph Burns Edward C Brigham Woodburr P Dacer Michael J Conroy John C.
A fragmentary list names residents including Harry Levine at 173 Howard Ave, John C. McDonald at 148 State St, Harold J Punean at 101 Sawyer Ave, Dudley Clapp at 52 Hartford St, Frederick V Wark at 248 Beale St Wollaston, Carl F Stengel at 16 Bill St, and Harry N Sandell at 150 Savin Hill Ave.
A compiled list presents residents including Palmer Ralph A at 29A Oakdale Street, Taylor Samuel of 3270 Washington Street, Kussmaul Rudolph J at 62 Montebellord, Finneran Joseph F 163 Boylston Street, Johnson John at 22 Cheshire Street, McCall Thomas F 25 St Joseph Street, Cummins William E Centre Street, Bonney Joseph W 84 Wenbam Street, Carrier Louis 17 Weld Hill Street, Burke John F 97 Call Street, Total-10 Henry Cole at 60 Child Street with dependents, McGrimley George W 20 Weld Hill Street, de Davis William F 86 Robinwood Avenue, de Harrington James 29 Child Street with dependents, Rogers William B 3415 Washington Street, de Sehira John C 202 Lamartine Street with dependents, Total-6.
A roster of individuals and street addresses shows Otto Schmidt at 26 Wensley street Fitch Joseph J. at 84 Conant street Sullivan John L. at 10 Kenney street Samuel Mister at 41 Pilgrim road Luigi Ranzieno at 1888 Huntington avenue Patrick Mullaney at 139 St Alphonsus street Thomas Goodwin at 125 Parker street Charles F. Doherty at 106 Minden street Walter V. Trombley at 125 Parker Hill avenue Edward A. Neville at 70 Calumet street William J. Dolan at 73 Longwood avenue
A compiled list of residents with full names and street addresses including Dinan Cornelius 30 Winter street MeIntee Francis B 167 Charles street Quinn John J 998 Cambridge street OConnor David J 502 Cambridge street Mulligan Malachy 225 Elm street Erickson William 26 York street Urban Joseph 11 Sixth street Broomberg Joseph M 299 Elm street Doherty George A 102 Thorndike street Brown Frank H 838 Columbia street Almeda Joaquin 219 Third street Dennehy E William 401 Columbia street Donohue Martin 414 Columbia street Teralla Nicola 10 Porter street Weber Joseph A 26 Seventh street Wiench Peter 6 Linehan court Nodzonis John 107 Gore street Maher Edward J 24 Marney street Collins John J 63 Sixth street Wisberg Joseph 205 Elm street Boyle Joseph J 408 Columbia street Joyce Peter H 105 Hampshire street Long Joseph 6 Jefferson street Jankun Stanley 7 Eighth street
Division 3 Cambridge listing shows residents Baldesmond C at 112 Trowbridge Beucaire Alfred J at 1307 Cambridge, and Percy A Bennett at 1826 Broadway.
A compiled roster lists names such as George Edward Mariner Jett Howard Stowell John C Maguire and others with street addresses including Inman Putnam Cambridge Harvard and Essex avenues, detailing residents at multiple local addresses. The group includes Clifford Sheldon Read Samuel F Pope Aiken Shumaker Dennis L Munsell Bailey Enos Pennington and Patten among many others.
A certified list of 67 men in Division 25 Brighton ready for service was sent to the district board. The board granted 43 exemptions for dependents and held up 20 cases for further information. Nine exemption petitions were refused as the men were deemed indispensable to their families. names include Richard H. Dasler, Leo F. Roche, Jacob Hoffman, Solomon C. Iredell, Nelson J. Allaben, Richard T. Richie, John F. Houseman, Loret L. Ventre, and Howard K. Wheeler.
Ernest C. Larrabee of 38 Howle Street Melrose Highlands says he was rejected twice for enlistment but passed the physical by the Melrose city draft board. He wants to enlist as a volunteer rather than be drafted and questions why he may not be allowed to enlist.
A belt friction incident at Tiebert Bishop’s factory at 157 West Sixth Street South Boston yesterday afternoon sparked a threatening blaze in the manufacturing district. The auto matic sprinklers activated after the fire started, and more than 200 workers remained at their posts to aid firefighters in extinguishing the flames.
Carlton Fairbanks 21 of Somerville Massachusetts was found on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Bridesburg Philadelphia with a severed left leg and multiple injuries. He speaks only his name and investigators note prior arm loss. His companion “Toke” Sullivan is missing with plans to travel to California before turning back.
The Fifth Regiment, ordered to camp at Quincy, has had the order rescinded by the Department of the Northeast. Instead they will move from their armories to Charlotte, North Carolina for camp. War department aims to boost Fifth’s personnel, potentially adding about ten hundred men from 2002 to 3002. The Marine Corps begins a 10 day vacation. entry is limited to exceptional physical condition. Armies seek skilled tradesmen and workers.
Aaron Shpeegelman, 27, an Internationalist and nonbeliever in war, refused military medical examination and was arrested by Deputy Marshal Scully at Division 6. He offered no resistance and declared he would not go to war. Shpeegelman, who has a wife and one child in Russia, was moved to the East Cambridge jail and remains unable to post bail.
Ambrose U Buckley of 84 High Street Canton asks the Post to correct a listing in Division No 35. He states he claimed exemption on the grounds of being an employee in United States service rather than dependents.
In the House of Commons it was announced that 9748 lives were lost aboard British merchant vessels from the war’s start to June 30, 1917. Of the dead, 3828 were passengers while the rest were officers or seamen.
Popular Bostonian endorses Plant Juice herbal stomach remedy claiming it cures dyspepsia and indigestion by cleansing poisons from blood and restoring liver and kidney function. A Boston machinist and union founder testifies to seven years of indigestion relief after using Plant Juice, with the drug department of Houghton & Dutton Co. offering daily demonstrations.
Advertisement claims a water and delatone paste removes hair from the skin without pain. Apply to hairy surface for 2 to 3 minutes, rub off, wash, and hair will vanish. Warns to ensure the product is real delatone and not a fake.
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