Boston Honors Generals With Lockets And Tankard Gifts
Mayor James M. Curley presents a gold locket to Brigadier General E Leroy Sweetser and a silver mounted tankard to Captain Charles T Cahill. The items bear the initials E L S and C T C and reflect thanks from the people of Boston to U S Army officers serving at a major southern depot brigade. The gifts are prepared for shipment to Charlotte North Carolina where the officers are quartered.
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Charlotte
N. C
General Sweetser
Curley
E. Leroy Sweetser
U.S. A
Boston
James M. Curley
Charles T. Cahill
Campaign Ends in Cambridge Mayor race tight
Ed ward W. Quinn the water works superintendent and opponent of Mayor Rockwood held rallies across Cambridge as the campaign closed. Both sides claimed victory at the polls with last minute circulars distributed citywide by the Rockwood committee and Quinn circulating the fourth edition of The Truth.
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Cambridge
Edward W. Quinn
Rockwood
Rockwood Campaign Committee
Quinn
Truth
Boston Old and New Shown in Fine Etchings
At Doll and Richards gallery 71 Newbury Street yesterday opened the Sears Gallagher etchings exhibit featuring views of Boston Old and New and several views of the yards at Harvard.
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Boston
Yards
Harvard
Doll and Richards Gallery
Newbury Street
Sears Gallagher
Doll & Richards
Sears .Gallagher
Faneuil Hall
Custom’ House
New
Quincy Market
Custom House
Trinity Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
Old House
Paul Revere
Old North Square
Louisburg Square
Congressional Library
Washington
Juglaris
Laurens
Constant
Paris
Art Institute
Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts
Chicago Society of Fitchers
Brooklyn
Cured Without Surgery Rose Washington Tells Of Osmo-Chemic Treatment
Mrs Rose Washington of 82 Otis Street Cambridge reports avoiding surgery for polyps and tumors of the nose after an Osmo-Chemic physician prescribed treatment. She cites Snow Pencil and X Ray methods as the cure and mentions a public exhibition of etchings by Sears Gallagher in Boston and Washington with related artwork and gallery affiliations.
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Rose Washington
Otis St
EB. Cambridge
May Close All Shops for Two Weeks in 1917 18
Pittsburg December report says a proposal from large manufacturers urges nationwide shutdown of all manufacturing plants from noon December 22 1917 to January 7 1918. Pittsburg district risks and committee will review the plan. The aims include easing railroad congestion reducing embargoes and restoring smoother winter shipping and business conditions.
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Pittsburg
Ferdinand King
New York
Sounde
French importer predicts spring victory and end of war
James Mattron an English importer who has lived in France for 25 years arrived in Boston from Rouen. He expresses confidence that the spring drive will lead to a complete victory over the Hun and hopes for the war’s end by next summer.
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America
James Mattron
Boston
Rouen
France
Mattron
Arrival of American Troops Reassures Occupied France
An émigré from Lille recalls his family’s 1914 expulsion by German forces and describes a joyous reception for American troops in France. He notes optimism across Paris and says civilians have limited access to the battle front, but French happiness grows as the United States joins the war effort.
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Lille
France
Paris
United States
America
Holiday happenings at Jordan Marsh and wartime booth drive
The article highlights Jordan Marsh events for children including Florence Close Gale storytelling in the Children's Story Corner on the third floor, a new Hairdressing Shop for kids, and a silk yard sale in the silk section. It also promotes a three day Massachusetts relief drive at a special booth near Avon and Washington Street and details a Food Conservation Booth plus a Surgical Dressings booth with instructions for home sewing and hospital comforts.
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Florence
Gale
Massachusetts Committee For the Relief of
Avon
Washington Street
New England Surgical Dressings Committee
Civic Federation
Protest Theft of Bank Money by Bolsheviki
Petrograd dispatch reports the State Bank issued a proclamation surrendering keys to Bolshevik representatives who demanded up to 25,000,000 rubles for their nominees. The bank notes it had closed under the new regime and asserts funds were never advanced to the imperial family without authority.
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Petrograd
State Bank
Bolsheviki
Would Make Congress Pay the Income Tax
Washington December 3 Congress would pay the income tax under a proposed repeal of the war revenue act exemption for members' salaries. Representative Mott introduced bills to remove the tax exemption and subject congressional pay to the income tax.
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Congress
Washington
Representatives Mott
Yale Naval Unit Receives $10000 Gift From Whitney
Payne Whitney of New York City sent a ten thousand dollar check toward Yale naval training unit expenses as part of a twenty five thousand dollar fundraising goal. Whitney, Yale graduate of 1298, is noted in university headquarters announcements. The unit, led by Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, includes 248 undergraduates under the guidance of Professor Mather A. Abbott and Admiral Chester in charge.
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Inew Haven
Payne Whitney
New York City
Yale Naval Training Unit
Whitney
Yale
Colby M. Chester
Mather A. Abbott
Admiral Chester
British Capture Guns and Prisoners
London December 3. Today's official report notes successful minor encounters during operations. British forces captured several guns and prisoners in ongoing combat actions.
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London
Night in Bourlon yields 12 German MGs and prisoners
Report from the Bourlon area notes London troops captured 12 German machine guns and a number of prisoners after artillery exchanges on the southern battle front. Other lines say there was no further report of significant activity beyond ongoing artillery action.
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Bourlon
London
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Eckman
Eckman’Laboratory
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Yale Naval Unit
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