Charlestown Matriarch Dies. Rites Set at 9 Oclock
Mrs. Fitzgerald nearly 80, lifelong Charlestown resident, died at her daughter’s summer home in Kenberma Tuesday night. A member of St Frances de Sales parish, she widow of John Fitzgerald. Survived by four daughters Mrs P D Daley Mrs Mary F Gilloghly Mrs James E Mulledy and Miss Agnes Fitzgerald and three sons George E Henry A and James A Fitzgerald.
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Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Alliston Street
Charlestown
Tomorow
St. Francis de Sales Church
Kenberma
Frances de Sales Parish
John Fitzgerald
P. D. Daley
Mary F. Gilloghly
James E. Mulledy
Agnes Fitzgerald
George E
Henry A
James A. Fitzgerald
Certified Milk Price Favor Adopted by Union Delegates
The convention of the Certified Milk Producers' Association of America adopted a resolution favoring an advance to 25 cents a quart nationwide for certified milk. It also backed annual tubercular testing of cows. Mrs Medill McCormick of Chicago was named chair of a committee to enlist Federation of Women's Clubs of America members in support of certified milk.
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Briarcliff Manor
Certified Milk Producers’ Association of America
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Federation of Women’s Clubs of America
Defiant anti-draft man jailed for draft refusal
Aaron Spiegelmann a self described Socialist and internationalist faced a tougher bail and jail after defying draft rules. United States Commissioner Hayes raised bail from 1000 to 000 and ordered commitment to East Cambridge jail following grand jury detention after Spiegelmann refused a physical exam for the army draft. Spiegelmann resides at 41 Oswego Street South End.
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Aaron Spiegelmann
United States
Hayes
East Cambridge
United States Grand Jury
Spiegelmann
Oswego Street
South End
Williams Treatment Promises Relief From Uric Acid Ailments
Advertisement offers a free 50 cent bottle of The Williams Treatment to prove it cures kidney and bladder ailments rheumatism and other pains due to excess uric acid. Read by sending name and address to Dr D A Williams Company Dept 85 H New P O Building East Hampton Conn for a parcel post bottle with no obligation.
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Williams
Dr. D. A. Williams Company
Dept
P. O
East Hampton
Conn
Boston Boy Back From The Front
Lieutenant Ben E. Leprohon of the 22d Battalion Canadian expeditionary force is a former Boston boy and is said to have been the first High School of Commerce graduate in the trenches in France. He was wounded twice and spent eight weeks in a London hospital before returning to Boston as the guest of Maurice J. Lacey head of English at the High School of Commerce.
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Ben E. Leprohon
22D Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Boston
High School of Commerce
France
London
Maurice J. Lacey
Leprohon
Prince School
Canada
Royal Military School
Halifax
England
Somme
Leprohon's wartime career from Canada to France
Leprohon, 23, born and educated in Canada, served as lieutenant and captain with Canadian battalions. He fought in the Somme and Vimy Ridge, was wounded twice, and survived a trench shell burial that injured his spine. He praised British hospitals in London after transfer for treatment.
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Vimy Ridge
London
Returning from furlough and wartime injuries in France
The speaker describes a two months furlough in America and plans to return to France on August 23. He notes a prior weight of 162 pounds before being wounded, but now weighs 138 pounds after significant blood loss, yet says he is feeling all right.
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America
France
Bowles and Snow Named Special Aides to Fleet Corp
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles retired and Chief Constructor Elliott Snow were named today special assistants to Rear Admiral Capps, general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Bowles to direct acceleration of shipbuilding in American yards taken by the fleet last week. Snow to serve as his aide.
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Washington
Francis T. Bowles
Elliott Snow
Navy
Capps
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Admiral Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Snow
Philadelphia
Fleet Corporation
Patrolman Pleads Guilty in Father Murder Case
James Golden, a Bristol patrolman, pleaded guilty in district court to murdering his father Nicholas J. Golden, a real estate dealer. A hearing was scheduled for next Monday after the shooting at the Golden home following an argument in which Golden said his father struck him with a hammer.
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Bristol, R. I
James Golden
Nicholas J. Golden
Golden
Senate Slow on War Tax Bill Delays Debate
Washington August 15 Senate consideration of a 2.006 billion war tax bill lagged as committee amendments faced speeches and Shipping Board issues. Leaders expect finance committee revision of the House bill to resume and pass late next week. Senators Bankhead Gerry and Weeks urged changes, Weeks opposing second class mail hikes and a tax on publishers.
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Washington
Senate
Shipping Board
Finance Committee
Bankhead
Gerry
END TRAINING AT CAMBRIDGE Harvard cadets graduate in review at Stadium
The Harvard training corps of about 1000 men completed intensive training at Cambridge last night. Some move to second officers camps while others return to civilian life. A stadium review and commencement exercises in Sanders Theatre awarded diplomas to over 900 cadets.
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Harvard Training Corps
Cambridge
Harvard
Sanders Theatre
Union Freight R R Reports A Deficit
The Union Freight railroad Boston's only interchange freight line reports to the Public Service Commission a deficit of 14183 for the quarter ending June 30, vs a profit of 3145 the prior year. Higher operating expenses by about 20000 and a minor rise in operating revenue explain the loss.
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Union Freight Railroad
Boston
Public Service Commission
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