Smoke Screens Authorized for U S Merchant Ships
A new Department of Commerce circular announces plans to supply smoke making devices and phosphorus for merchant ships entering the war zone. Navy will issue drop boxes. private firms to build stationary smoke funnels. pamphlets issued on use. Aim is to reduce submarine attacks and protect American shipping.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Redfield
Naval Consulting Board
Department
Will Command Depot Brigade
General E Leroy Sweetser of the Second Brigade M N G departs to command the Depot Brigade of the Twenty sixth Division formed from New England National Guard units. He says he relinquishes command of the best National Guard brigade in the country and aims to build the new depot brigade into the United States Army's best.
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E. Leroy Sweetser
New England National Guard
United States Army
New England
Elks Day at Camp McGuinness Boston Lodge Event
A large Boston Lodge of Elks delegation will go to Camp McGuinness Framingham tomorrow afternoon for Boston Lodge of Elks Day led by Colonel L Logan and Ninth Regiment. Dr Joseph Santosuosso urges members to attend and witness a complete demonstration of the latest war manuvres.
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Boston Lodge of Elks
Camp McGuinness
Framingham
L. Logan
Ninth Regiment
Joseph Santosuosso
Boston Lodge
London Bride Weds in St Pauls Cathedral Then Severs Ties
William D. Ryan of London and Miss Laura E. Roper of Portland were married at St Pauls Cathedral. They honeymooned at Adams House in the Hub before Ryan joined the British Royal Flying Corps and departed for Newcastle to spend the summer apart as his wife goes to stay with friends there.
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William D. Ryan
London
England
Laura E. Roper
Portland
Ore
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Adams House
Ryan
British
Royal Flying Corps
Newcastle
N. H
Romance of Ryan and His Wife Tells of Warship Life
The story centers on Ryan a 24 year old British officer and his 22 year old wife. He served on transports munitions ships and mine sweepers in the North Sea and later trained as an aviator witnessing German air raids. He praises U S Navy destroyers guarding ships in European waters and recounts escape from submarine attacks.
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Ryan
Boston
Portland
Ore
Oregon Agricultural College
England
New York
North Sea
London
United States Navy
Naval Reserve Opens to Aliens as Cooks and Attendants
Friendly aliens may join the naval reserve as cooks and mess attendants after Washington granted permission. Draft-age men must show their first papers and present a certificate that they have not been called in the first draft.
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Naval Reserve
Washington
Dr. Washburn resigns from Rutland sanitarium post
Dr. Elliott Washburn, superintendent of the Rutland sanitarium, resigns to become superintendent of municipal hospitals in Kansas City. He has led the Rutland facility for four years and a successor will be named by the hospital trustees soon.
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Elliott Washburn
Rutland Sanitarium
Kansas City
Washburn
Bankrupt Stock Sale Opens Saturday at Graves Hardware
Receivers sell off bankrupt stock with a start date set for Saturday the 18th. Graves Hardware Company in Freer Taet TM w Swe advertises the liquidation event.
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Graves Hardware CO
Killed by His Own Army Gun
Funeral services for Captain Morton E. Cobb of the Quartermasters' Reserve attached to the Department of the Northeast will be held at 3 15 p m tomorrow at his home 170 Lake Avenue Newton Centre. He died after an accidental discharge of a revolver shown to a friend at his home following a dinner party. The bullet struck his abdomen and he died at Newton Hospital a few hours later.
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Morton E. Cobb
Quartermasters’ Reserve
Department of the Northeast
Lake Avenue
Newton Centre
Captain Cobb
Fights to Save Aviation Camp at Squantum
Governor McCall urged Secretary Daniels to reconsider abandoning the aviation training camp at Squantum after Washington ordered work stoppage. Massachusetts has already spent about $40,000, and the state fights to preserve the camp amid plans for its early discontinuation.
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Squantum
McCall
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Washington
Edwards Proud of His Command in Massachusetts Troops
Major General Edwards announced Massachusetts will furnish a highly trained efficient Twenty sixth Division for France. He praised the former National Guard, praising officers who will train troops and naming his new staff. Army recruiting remains brisk with 7,000 volunteers awaiting deployment and selective enlistments by the Marine Corps and Navy.
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Massachusetts
Edwards
Bay State
France
National Guard
Boston
New England
Rainbow
G. S. Shelton
Washington
George S. Simonds
Alfred A. Maydock
Joseph W. Beecham
J. B. Hobbs
Joseph L. Bevins
Tremont Row
Washington Street
Marine Corps
Navy
Mayor Curley visits Ayer Camp Camp Devens guests 4000 workers
Mayor and Mrs Curley of Boston visited Camp Devens to inspect the commissary and hear an Americanism speech. The event was hosted by the Baldwin commissary social committee with a luncheon at the Baldwin Pavilion.
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Baldwin Pavilion
Curley
KILLED BY AUTO OF GUARDSMAN AYER
At Camp Devens on Shirley road Lieutenant George L. Prescott of I Company Sixth Regiment struck a motorcycle ridden by Fred Fay of Lancaster, killing Fay who died this afternoon. Witnesses said Prescott’s car sped beyond the speed limit and Fay was not at fault. Prescott claimed Fay’s location was unclear.
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Ayer
Fred Fay
Lancaster
George L. Prescott
I Company
Sixth Regiment
Fay
Shirley Road
Camp Devens
Prescott
Revere Sets 1917 Tax Rate at $2 Per Thousand
Revere assessors yesterday set the 1917 tax rate at $2. The real estate valuation stands at $22,758,200 and personal estate at $1,515,850, totaling $24,274,060. Real estate valuation rose by $683,600 from last year while personal property shows a $170,140 loss due to the income tax. net taxable property gains $512,400.
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Revere
Navy Reservist Drowns Bathing at Bumkin Island
Adelbert T. Bicknell of Everett, a member of the naval reserve, drowned yesterday while bathing at Bumkin Island. Divers were unable to locate his body.
Divers search for naval reserve member missing after drown off Bumkin Island
Adelburt H. Bicknell, 19, of Everett, a naval reserve diver, drowned Thursday afternoon while swimming with fellow reserves off Bumkin Island. Despite a full day of searching, divers failed to locate his body. Bicknell lived at 38 Chatham Road and had served in the reserves since April 26. He reportedly overtaxed his heart during a final dive after a pier boatswain warned against it. he did not surface.
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Adelburt H. Bicknell
Naval Reserve
Bumkin Island
Bicknell
Chatham Road
Everett
Food Canning Surges 300 Percent Across States
Washington reports a record year in food conservation with three hundred percent more canned and dried foods put up in 33 states during the year than in 1916. Unofficial data from the remaining states show similar gains as women triple home canning output.
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Washington
Union
Department of Agriculture
Reverend Father George Directs 100th Retreat
The Laymen's Retreat Guild at Blessea Gabriel Monastery Brighton celebrated the 100th retreat directed by Rev Father George C P. Major Patrick J. O Keefe presided as president. Parishioners participated in the retreat movement’s event honoring the clergyman’s zealous work.
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Patrick J. O'Keefe
Blessea Gabriel
Brighton
Father George
C. P
Golf at Lexington Club Best Ball Foursome Play
A best ball foursome with one third combined handicap competes this afternoon at the Lexington Golf Club in Nort Lexington. The event showcases local players and teams in a relaxed format on the club’s greens.
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Lexington Golf Club
Nort Lexington
Rides Out Storm Off the South Shoals Lightship
Chief William H. O'Brien of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission recounts surviving an 80 mile per hour hurricane off Provincetown while aboard the Gloucester schooner Killarney. He describes mountainous seas, water spouts, and the crew battling to secure 100 barrels of mackerel as the storm passed.
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William H. O’brien
Telephone and Telegraph Department
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Boston
South Shoals
Provincetown
Mr. O’brien
Killarney
Gloucester
Martin Welch
Welch
Tom Smith
Chimney Collapse Hurts Children In East Boston
Three children swung from a ham mock tied to a chimney on Meridian Street when bricks fell from the crumbling structure. Mary McManus, 9, fractured spine and is dying at City Hospital. Bridget McManus, 14, and Claire Kilmartin, 12, sustained cuts and bruises.
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Meridian Street
Boston
Mary McManus
City Hospital
Bridget McManus
Claire Kilmartin
Judge and Foster Exempted by Board
Joe Judge and Eddie Foster top Washington American League infielders were exempted from national army service today due to dependent families. The board cited the need to support their dependents as the reason for the exemption.
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Judge
Foster
Washington
Joe Judge
Eddie Foster
Washington American
National Army
Veterans Pour Into Boston for Grand Army Encampment
The 10 000 veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic arrive in Boston for their national encampment with officials from Buffalo Pittsburg Pittsburg and Mansfield leading the delegation. Headquarters set at Hotel Vendome Westminster Victoria Bruns wick Bellevue and other hotels.
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Boston
Hotel Vendome
W. J. Patterson
Pittsburg
H. H. Bergough
Grand Army of the Republic
Vendome
Army
Hotel Westminster
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Hotel Victoria
Daughters of Veterans
Hotel Brunswick
Sons of Veterans
Hotel Bellevue
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
G. A. R. Finance Committee
United States
Greater
McCall
State House
Commonwealth
Grand Army
Father John's Medicine Ad Promises Child Health Benefit
An advertisement urges mothers to use Father John’s Medicine to restore flesh and strength in undernourished children. It claims the tonic is pure wholesome nourishment, builds tissue, and suits the whole family without alcohol or dangerous drugs.
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Father John
Regin
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