Labor Lauds Gaston Work as War Effort Aide
Colonel William A. Gaston Democratic candidate for Governor received praise from Martin T. Joyce secretary of the State Branch AF of L for resigning as director of the U S Employment Service and Public Service Reserve. The note commends his fairness and shipyard settlement results.
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William A. Gaston
Martin T. Joyce
American Federation of Labor
Gaston
U. S. Employment Service
Public Service Reserve
Joyce
W. E. Hall
Labor Board
Department of Labor
Public Service
Reserve
Labor Employment Bureau
Mrs Rockefeller Helps Build Ship In Portland Factory
Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr and Mrs Henry P Davison drove a bolt into the beam trawler Albatross frame at the Portland Shipbuilding Company with 92 degree heat. They toured the plant with National Woman's War Work Council members in session here.
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Portland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Henry P Davison
New York
South Portland
Portland Shipbuilding Company
National Woman's War Work Council
Pulitzer Jr Enlists in Naval Aviation Ground Service
St Louis editor Joseph Pulitzer Jr of the St Louis Post Dispatch has enrolled in the naval aviation corps ground service after being rejected from the flying service for poor vision. He will report to the Great Lakes training station around September 1.
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ST. Louis
Washington
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Naval Aviation Corps
Flo
Great Lakes
Discovery of Asthma and Hay Fever Cure Promised
Chemist D. J. Lane of 532 Lane Building Saint Marys Kansas announces a simple home remedy for asthma and hay fever. He offers a $1 postpaid bottle to test and asks recipients to report effects within ten days. no money required.
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Kansas
D. J. Lane
Lane Bldg
St. Mary's
Lane
Whiskey Gift to Crew from U-Boat Captain After Sinking
Thomas Stamp and Andrew St Croix described the Katie Palmer crew receiving a bottle of whiskey from the German submarine captain who sank the fishing schooner. The captain spared the men, offered a drink, and wished them safe voyage home after a 165 mile trip in a dory.
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Katie Palmer
Boston
Thomas Stamp
Andrew St. Croix
Post
Stamp
Teuton
Tipperary
St. Croix
Edward Russell
John Pierce
Cambridge Street
Dorchester
Nantucket
Thomas J. Stamp
Jealousy Ended in Double Tragedy at North Conway
The murder of a well to do farmer in New Hampshire is tied to jealousy over Miss Nazel Elliott. George Shannon died by suicide after the crime. Grenier, the alleged lover, was found dead in a burning home with the house looted. Investigators flag jealousy and money as motives. Shannon aided in rescue efforts before his death. The Grenier home was reduced to ruins on a hill above New Durham Ridge.
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Carroll County
Walter D. H. Hill
F. W. Hodgdon
Mountain View
Post
George Shannon
North Conway
Shannon
Grenier
Nazel Elliott
Miss Elliott
New
Durham Line
Elliott
Hill
Charles Chase
Fred Berry
Grénier
Henry Grenier
New Durham
New Durham Ridge
Lloyd George Sends Greetings to Haig
Premier Lloyd George, on behalf of the British nation, sent warm congratulations to Sir Douglas Haig and his officers and troops for the Allied victory in the third battle of the Somme. The Imperial War Cabinet expressed heartfelt thanks for the gallant conduct of British forces.
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London
David Lloyd George
Tiela
Douglas Haig
Iardy
Imperial War Cabinet
Somme
Commissioners to Lay Out Centre Street West Roxbury
The Board of Street Commissioners voted to lay out Centre street West Roxbury and Spring streets after a 20 years struggle by residents. Work may not start this year but will advance to first class condition in the not distant future.
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Board of Street Commissioners
Centre Street
West Roxbury
Spring Streets
Malden Announces Record Tax Rate at $24.40
Malden assessors declared the current year tax rate will be 24.40, the highest in the city’s history, up from 23.30 last year. The announcement highlights a yearly increase and the record rate for Malden.
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Malden
Fare schedule approved by the Attleboro railway commission
The Public Service Commission approved the fare plan filed by the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co of Attleboro. Fares rise by 5 to ki per cent, driven mainly by shortened fare sections or zones.
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Public Service Commission
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company
Attleboro
W B Cowan Dead Standard Oil Indiana President
W B Cowan president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana died at his Wheaton Illinois home after illness during the hot spell He was 60 years old and had been ill recently according to word received here.
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Aurora
W. B. Cowan
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Wheaton
Williams Treatment advertised for kidney and rheumatic relief
An urgent wartime style advertisement promises relief from kidney and bladder pain, uric acid related rheumatism, and chronic aches. It offers a free Tic bottle trial from The Williams Treatment Company with a small postage payment, restricts one bottle per address, and directs readers to mail in the notice.
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Williams
Dr. D. A. Williams Company
Dept. L
P. O
East Hampton
Conn
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Manchester
Sivwuo
Hamre
Ivory
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China
Strap
Houghton & Dutton CO
Essex Mills
Grafonoa
Hamburgs
Sanford
Axminster Rugs
Axminster
Fourtil Flook
O'Keeffe
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Rightens
Food Administration
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Mrs. Rockefeller
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Alton
Hazel
Postman
Lloyd George
Haig
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