Ford Motor Co sued for 1.5 million in New York contract dispute
Thomas D. Green, proprietor of the Hotel Woodward and president of the Hotel Association of New York, sues Ford Motor Company in federal court seeking 1.5 million after Ford allegedly entered a 1916 agreement to build a 15 story annex to the Woodward site on Broadway and Fifty fifth street. The plan included a showroom on the first three floors and a 21 year lease. Ford later withdrew, halting work and removing carpets and fixtures.
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New York
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Thomas D. Green
Woodward
Hotel Association of New York
Green
Holm, Whitlock & Scarff
Broadway
Fifty-fifth Street
Ford Company
Seek Relatives of James F. Clark in Philadelphia
Boston police asked by Captain James Tate of the Philadelphia force to locate relatives of James F. Clark who was killed in an accident in Philadelphia Saturday night. Clark, about 34, was thought to live at 98 Brookline Street, South End. Inquiries at 98 East and West Brookline Street have not established his identity locally.
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Boston
James Tate
Philadelphia
James F. Clark
Quaker City
Clark
Brookline Street
South End
East
West Brookline Street
Medford Gil Becomes Bride of Lieutenant Ferguson
Miss Bertha Stuart MacLeod of Medford Hillside wed Lt. Thomas C. Ferguson U S A of North Adams in Trinity Church at noon. The Rev. Charles E. Freeman officiated. They depart for Des Moines where Ferguson will teach in the draft army. The bride has Medford High and Sargent School training and has worked in playgrounds and physical education. Ferguson is a University of South Dakota alumnus who taught mathematics and physical education in South Dakota before enlistment.
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Thomas C. Ferguson
North Adams
Bertha Stuart MacLeod
Kenneth E. MacLeod
Greenleaf Avenue
Medford Hillside
Trinity Church
Charles E. Freeman
New Lenox
Des Moines
Ferguson
Medford High School
Sargent
Boston
Somerville
Bloomingdale
N. Y
University of South Dakota
Watertown
S. D
Yankton
Ss. D
MacLeod
Bertham MacLeod
Medford
Harvard Cadets Return to Ditch Training at Fresh Pond
Reserve officers at Harvard begin a heavy schedule of trench work this week at the Fresh Pond ditch network. French officers lead the fighting phase and no detail is omitted, reflecting a thorough training program.
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Harvard
Harvard officers study trench warfare under French instructors
Harvard cadets receive advanced trench warfare training from French instructors after a week of lectures and combat exercises. The program includes reconstructing a blown trench at Fresh Pond, six lectures, and two days of drills. Cadets adopt khaki shirt collars to show rank without coats as the camp nears its end.
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France
Harvard
Fresh Pond
First Massachusetts Engineers
Greater
Boston
Has 15 Sons for Army Ready to Go Himself
CRYSTAL SPRINGS Miss Aug 26 John Taylor a 60 year old farmer near Crystal Springs declares I have not one but 15 sons to give to the army and navy and will willingly do so He is father of 22 children Every one of his sons is willing to go to the front and he will go himself if needed He says he has not lost his sight when it comes to shooting
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Crystal Springs
Miss
Army
Navy
John Taylor
Rhode Island Artillery Joins Boxford Camp Parade
Eight companies of Rhode Island artillery passed through Boston en route to Boxford to join the One Hundred and Third Battalion of Field Artillery. Captain Henry Connors and Lt. William H. Powers led the detachment as troopers bought candy and waved goodbye on the North Station platform.
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Rhiode Island
Boston
North Station
Henry Connors
William H. Powers
Boxford
One Hundred and Third Battalion
Field Artillery
Hollis Theatre Opens With Here Comes the Bride
The Hollis Street Theatre debuts the new dramatic season tonight with the curtain rising on Here Comes the Bride. The venue is prepared for audience attendance and the opening show's reception.
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Hollis Theatre
Hollis Street
Monkeys Deployed to Rid Colony of Snakes
In Newcastle Pennsylvania on August 26 a group of monkeys was placed at a wild site near Neshannock Falls to chase out black snakes for a summer colony. Monkeys are expected to clear the area of snakes as bunga lows will be erected there.
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Newcastle
Penn
Neshannock Falls
Irish Turk Won't Fight
A Turkish M Murphy seeks exemption from military service claiming birth in Constantinople 26 years ago and loyalty to Mehmed V. He lives at 1388 West Sixty third Street New York and has resided here long without citizenship papers. District secretary William Ives Washburn filed the claim noting the man is a friend of the Kaiser.
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New York
St. Petrick
Mahomet
Murphy
George
West Sixty-third Street
Constantinople
Mehmed V
William Ives Washburn
District Board
Funeral services for former policeman Thompson
Funeral services were read at the Methodist Church in Melrose for Christopher Thompson a Melrose police veteran of over 20 years who died last Friday. He was buried in Wyoming cemetery. Attending were Melrose Lodge of Odd Fellows Veteran Firemen's Association and Melrose police with two pallbearers from each group.
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Methodist Church
Melrose
Christopher Thompson
Germans Lied at Verdun On the French Front
Aug 26. German bombardment around Verdun yesterday failed to mount an infantry assault. No German forces now remain south of Forges Brook. The French four days of fighting captured positions won after months of hard combat and heavy losses for the German crown prince’s forces.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Forges Brook
German Retreat Denied by Aug 17 Order on Dead Man Hill
Prisoner found document from General von Dietrich dated August 17 challenges German claim of voluntary evacuation. It notes a looming assault, urges division to rely on its own strength, and cites Hill 304 as key to the western front. French aviators praised for aiding the attack and guiding artillery.
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Dead Man Hill
von Dietrich
Hill 304
Portuguese On French Front Repel German Raids
London reports the British retook a trench northeast of Gillemont farm from the morning capture, repelling a German counter attack. Portuguese troops also repulsed a raiding party southeast of Laventeé as artillery intensified east of Ypres and Lomsaertzyde.
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London
Gillemont Farm
War Office
Laventee
Ypres
Lomsaertsyde
Say River Demands One Life a Year
Tucson dispatch notes Steamboat Springs legends about the Yampa River claiming a yearly victim. Two drownings in the recent freshet are blamed on the old belief that the river’s spirit demands a human life each year, a view the Ute legend supposedly supported.
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Tucson
Ariz
Steamboat Springs
Col
Enlistment Mischance Ends With Wives Ok
Fresno carpenter W S Desmond, above draft age, offered to match pennies with his wife over enlistment. They flipped heads to stay home tails to go to the front. Desmond enlisted in field artillery after the coin toss. His wife called him a good sport.
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Fresno
Cal
W. S. Desmond
Huntington Lake
Fresno County
Desmond
New Recipe for Long Life in Seattle
Thomas Wardall of Seattle, born in 1815, lives healthily and actively at age 110. He credits his longevity to avoiding evil thoughts, mastering his own mind, calling on angels for happiness, and loving all, with a calm disposition observed by his family.
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Seattle
Thomas Wardall
Wardall
Pay Increases Recommended for Boston Navy Yard Workers
The wage board chaired by Naval Constructor William J. Baxter has proposed broad pay raises for nearly all trades at the Boston navy yard. The recommendations, posted onsite, will go to Washington for approval and would raise salaries above those of skilled private-yard workers.
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Boston Navy Yard
Wage Board
Naval
William J. Baxter
Washington
Fire From Overheated Stove Rips South Boston Tenement
A blaze in South Boston at 65 Middle Street started by an overheated stove caused a $1000 loss. Firefighters battled for nearly an hour, confining flames to the second and third floors and spreading through walls to the roof of the Anthony Conroy tenement. The owner is John Howard.
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Andrew Square
Boston
Middle Street
Anthony Conroy
John Howard
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