Train Moonlights in Gloucester Grade Crossing Crash
At the Cleveland street crossing of the Boston and Maine near the Merchant Box and Cooperage Company Anthony Moses 10 and Richard Horn were injured when a locomotive struck a wagon driverless after three boys jumped clear. A horse pulling the wagon was killed in the crash.
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Gloucester
Anthony Moses
Thomas Moses
Willow Street
Richard Horn
Cleveland Street
Boston & Maine
Merchant Box and Cooperage Company
Moses Boy
Cape Ann Anchor Works workers strike at Gloucester
About 75 employees at Cape Ann Anchor Works walked out following a failed union meeting. They demand higher wages, reinstatement of the union president discharged on Saturday, and union recognition. Management would discuss only with individuals, though concessions on wages and reinstatement were reportedly possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Cape Ann
Six Indians Drafted in Selective Service Call
Louis Guisto relief first baseman for Cleveland received a Napa telegram announcing his draft number. He will face the Cleveland examining board tomorrow and will not seek exemption. Harris also drafted, Elmer Smith slated for examination, leaving Cleveland with six players taken in the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Louis Guisto
Napa
Cal
Harris
Elmer Smith
Organized to Defeat Drafi in East Allied Group
Division 13 of Roxbury investigates a New York headquarters group linked to German socialist circles. Members claimed conscientious objector status citing the organization’s stance against US military service following a wife’s exemption filing for her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Division 13
Roxbury
New York
United States
Fractured Shull On Way To Draft Exam
Thomas F. Shea of 690 East Fifth Street South Boston slipped while climbing stairs at the Municipal building on East Broadway. He struck his head, fractured his skull and was treated by Dr John E Mayers then sent to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal
East Broadway
Thomas F. Shea
East Fifth Street
Boston
John E. Mayers
City Hospital
Ben Ali Sets Open Pacing Record at Belmont
Belmont track hosted the Grand Circuit with North Spur Ben Ali and Bacelli winning straight heats. Ben Ali clocked a track record in the 2:04 open pacing second heat, after earlier wins in the day's trio of races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Belmont Track
North Spur
Ben Ali
Bacelli
Navy Yard Clerks Not Exempt From Draft Ruling
Secretary Daniels ruled that clerks stenographers and other Boston navy yard employees who can be replaced are not exempt from the draft. The decision affects about 250 workers at the Boston navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy Yard
Proves Boy Is Son A 10 Avoid Draft
Mrs. Jeanette Mills of 50 Springvale avenue presented proof to the exemption board that Douglas Clark was her son and sole support. After 22 years she kept his identity hidden from all, but the draft forced admission and Douglas learned the woman he loved as an aunt was his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Jeanette Mills
Springvale Avenue
Douglas Clark
Douglas
Woman Appeals Draft Board Over Son Claim
Mrs Mills says she passed her 5 foot 8 inch, 115 pound son as fit after deception to avoid losing his support. The Lynn mother sought to prove dependency and appealed after the board rejected her claim. Douglas Clark, born in New York, lives in Lynn with his mother and works as a Boston chemist. Attorneys Bailey and Dunbar will represent the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Clark
New York
Bronx
Long Island
Lynn
Boston
Springvale Avenue
John E. Bailey
Fiverett Dunbar
Pals Reunited After 61 Years From Civil War Bond
Silas H. Stone of Rossindale and Albert J. Dickinson of Benson Vermont met at Leon V. Stone's home in Boston after 61 years. Dickinson, a Civil War veteran with Company D 14th Vermont Infantry, and Stone, in Company H 4th Vermont Infantry, did not recognize each other at first but exchanged reminiscences and renewed friendship sparked by a family news feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossindale
Silas H. Stone
Albert J. Dickinson
Benson, Vt
Leon V. Stone
Boston
Selwyn Street
Stone
Mr. Dickinson
Dickinson
Fourteenth Vermont Infantry
John A. Logan
G. A. KL
Fourth Vermont Infantry
National Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Holds Tremont Temple Meet
The 1200 delegates opened their convention in Chipman Hall Tremont Temple with the national anthem. Sessions run today and tomorrow from 10 am to 6 pm with officer candidate selections today and votes tomorrow. Mae E Clothier of Rockford Illinois delivered the opening address and praised both her soldier father and husband with three sons serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary
Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
Mae E. Clothier
Rockford
Big Tug Emerson Reaches Port Disabled at Sea
The 16 man crew commanded by Captain W F Young reached Provincetown with coal and provisions nearly exhausted and boilers in a disabled condition after trouble off Cape Sable. The Emerson was to be repaired before its transfer to the French government for war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Emerson
Cape Sable
W. F. Young
New York
Atlantic
Crooks Try to Break Large Safe at Thor Motorcycle Offices
Crooks attempted to force open a large iron safe at the Thor Motorcycle Company offices on Columbus avenue using a crowbar. The break in was discovered yesterday after Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooks
Thor Motorcycle Company
Columbus Avenue
Provincetown Art Association Costume Ball Dazzles Town Hall
The Provincetown Art Association held its third annual costume ball in the Town Hall with a dazzling display. Attendees included many named costumes from Pierrot to Spanish Girl and a variety of period and artistic personas, marking a festive, high-spirited evening in Provincetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Provincetown Art Association
Town Hall
Art Association of Provincetown
Zarring
James E. Miller
A. W. Smith
Lynette Ballard
Atkins Nickerson
Mary Heaton O’brien
Lester G. Hornby
A. M. Wright
America
Leonard M. Wright
Louise Heustis
Margaret Pennell
J. H. Holden
Mary Horne Henderson
Helen Ware
Coryphee
Frederick Burt
William H. Young
Wendell Chase
Martha Crocker
Betty Chaffee
Ella B. Smith
Eleanor T. Hatch
Columbia
Miss Curtis
Red Cross
Miriam Curtis
Elsie Soule
Julia Santos
Viola Saffron
Evelyn le Blanc
Evelyn Saffron
John Skeele
A. W. Blondheim
Fred Crowley
Helen Bangs
Caroline Engles
Josephine Daigle
Clarence Curley
Angus MacIntyre
Harold Westcott
Oliver Chaffee
Isaiah Small
Jeanne Chaffee
Marjorie Perry
Mary Ferguson
Joseph Taylor Jackson
Madama de Pompadour
Gladys Thomas
Anne Woodside
Ida Campbell
Rose
McNichols
Helen Smith
Beatrice Baker
W. H. MacDonald
Clara Saunders
McClure Kelley
Pierrot
A. C. Patrick
M. J. Hooper
J.F. Moseley
Walter Cashman
F. M. Guthridge
Grand masquerade parade draws 500 at town hall event
More than 500 spectators filled the town hall galleries as a grand march showcased inventive costumes. Judges awarded prizes for artistry originality and grotesqueness while participants earned block prints and etchings from notable Provincetown artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Desch
William Guard
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Moncure Robinson
Sarah Monroe
Florence Waterbury
Morristown
N. J
Francis Bacon Jones
Josephine Young
William H. Young
The
Art Association
Columbia
Calls for heavy tax on wealth in war tax debate
Washington Aug 21 Senate debate on the 2 006 000 000 war tax bill intensified with talks of raising the levy on war profits and incomes. Senator LaFollette urged 0 percent on profits and incomes, arguing for conscripting wealth to fund the war, while Senator Weeks defended the bill as drafted and warned against harming business with steep upfront taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Weeks
Finance Committee
Borah
Senator LaFollette
Canada
I W W Strikes Linked to Past West Crisis
The article attributes current Western strikes to the same interests as the Lawrence riots years earlier. It states those agitators deserve no defense from capital and receive none from organized labor, according to the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Lawrence
Mass
SAVE DOCTORS FOR CIVILIANS
Secretary Baker requests exact figures from Surgeon General Gorgas on how the draft law affects reputable medical schools. The data will show each school's impact and inform possible relief measures to ease the nation’s difficult wartime medical staffing situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baker
Gorgas
S. S. Goldwater
Mitchel
Committee On National Defence
Plant Juice advertised as cure for long confinement
An advertisement extols Plant Juice as a herbal stomach remedy. It cites a Boston resident and New Hampton farmer A. J. MacKenzie who claims three bottles restored health after two years bed rest from digestive illness. The Plant Juice Man promotes the product at Houghton and Dutton Co. drug department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. MacKenzie
New Hampton
N. H
Boston
Houghton & Dutton Co
Delatone Paste Promises Hair Removal At Home
A home hair removal tip suggests mixing water with powder to create delatone paste. The paste is applied to the skin for about two minutes, rubbed off, and the area washed. The advice warns to use genuine delatone for best results.
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Anchor Makers
Strine
DRAFI
Fifth Ave
Fifth Avenue
Willys-Knight
Willys-Knight Motor
Connell & McKone Co
Commonwealth Ave
Brookline Ave
Manchester
Merrimack St. Worcester
Main St. Lynn
Cor, Exchange and
Spring Sts
Toledo
Hout
S. O. V. Auxiliary
Janice Meredith
George Senseney
Bessie Styron
Pallette Brush
Sade Styron
G. Sanderson
E. Fisk
Mottet
Melzar Chaffee
Mary Garden
George W. Stevens
Chance
Miss Hielen Dean
Elizabeth Houghton
Mabel Updegraff
Liberty
Mildred McMillen
Tfoward MecEntee
Jessie Burch
Esther Lombard
Alice King
S. C. Burton
J. E. Woodruff
Saskatchewan
Caroline Campbell
Abraham Miller
Frances Payne
Jack Rosenthal
H. R. Shaw
Joshua Payne
Katherine Silverman
Louise Grover
Josephine Grover
William Paxton
Kemp
Emeline Nickerson
Carol Campbell
Robinson Crusoe
Mr. Curtis
Nowel
Genevieve Gildersleeve
Oscar Giebrich
Miss Spurr
Sappho
Mary Mathison
William B. Mears
Miss Teed
A. C. Redfield
Mrs. Co. Teed
Elizabeth H. Pierce
Eva L. Atkinson
Miss Dunbar
Miss Greenwood
Gertrude Souther
Marion
Sutton Loyseth
Keith
Mary C. Nunes
Edna Dill
J. CC. Chamberlain
Bryson
Charles W. Hawthorne
of the Sea
United
Ipswich
Ebeoston
Houghton & Dutton Company
Tremont St
Butler’s, Inc
A. Jacobson
Cambridge St
L. Beck
Dover St
S. Shapiro
A Rosenthal
BP. Sullivan
Broadway
J. Goodman
Dorchester Ave
Dutton
Washington St
Timothy Smith Company
Chelsea
Miller & Splaine
Natick
W. F. Cleland
Florence
M. C. Shannon
Middleboro
F. N. Whitman
Fitchburg
Fitchburg Dry Goods Co
Holyoke
Ipswich Mills
New Hampshire
Columbus Ave
Cor
Dartmouth St
Back Bay Station
Keefe
Mgr
Gon
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