Red Cross Stamps On Sale In Brookline and Boston Offices
Postmaster grants Brookline Anti Tuberculosis Society permission to sell Red Cross stamps in Brookline and Boulevard post offices through Christmas. Mattapan Women's Club licensed to sell stamps at Mattapan office. Stamps also available in Boston office corridors.
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Murray
Brookline Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Red Cross
Brookline
Boulevard
Mattapan
Mattapan Women's Club
Boston
Scott's Emulsion Ad Targeting Older Adults Strengthens Body
Advertisement promotes cod liver oil Scott's Emulsion for people over fifty to renew blood flow boost organ strength and ease winter ailments. It claims glycerine soothes the respiratory tract hypo phosphites support nerves and notes no alcohol or harmful drugs from Scott Bowne Bloomfield NJ.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Red Cross praised by Wilson and Taft at annual meeting
President Wilson and former President Taft shared a platform at the American Red Cross annual meeting. Wilson presided, introduced Dr. Richard Strong, and announced a reorganization creating director-general posts for military and civilian relief. Ernest P. Bicknell and Major-General Arthur Murray gained top roles in the new structure.
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Washington
Wilson
Taft
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Richard Strong
Serbia
Wap
Ernest P. Bicknell
Arthur Murray
Central Committee
Military Relief
Society
Wilson lauds Red Cross work in European war effort
President Wilson praised the humanitarian efforts of the American Red Cross in Europe during the war, hailing its relief work as a crucial aid to civilians and soldiers alike.
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Wilson
American Red Cross
Belgian Refugees Land in New York
Two hundred Belgian refugees including women and children arrive in New York on the Nieuw Amsterdam under Rev John de Nille and head to Chicago to reunite with families separated since the war began. A second group of about 100 Belgians also arrives to join relatives or settle.
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New York
John de Nille
Nieuw Amsterdam
Chicago
A Ridiculous Affair
Will Payne presents a witty, observational sketch of social foibles and misread signals in a light hearted Sunday magazine piece. The narrator guides readers through a comic mishap that spirals with irony and sharp one liners.
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Will Payne
Sunday Post
War Bride Expected as Edwards Recovers From War Injuries
Lewis St John Edwards 27 of Charlestown a professional bicycle rider and former dispatch bearer in France works on a home for a war bride due in January. He was blown from his armored motorcycle four times near Ypres breaking both legs arms ribs and collarbones.
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Lewis St. John Edwards
Elm Street
Charlestown
France
Edwards
Ypres
Statue of Sacred Heart Dedicated at St Catherine’s Charlestown
In a ceremony before thousands parishioners the Sacred Heart statue was blessed and installed at St Catherine’s Church Charlestown by Holy Name Society members in memory of the late Father John M Noonan. Father Thomas L Griffin blessed it after a sermon on the Archconfraternity of Prayer and Penance. Over 500 Holy Name Society members attended the event and welcomed new members. Father Noonan’s four years in the parish earned him lasting affection among the youth and wider community.
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Thomas L. Griffin
Father Noonan
Concord School Board Forms Fire Safety Committee
The Concord School Board appointed a committee to study building safety from fire and recommend changes. The panel may spend funds as needed and includes Miss Ellen T. Emerson, George G. Russell, and Thomas F. Shaughnessy.
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Concord School Board
Ellen T. Emerson
George G. Russell
Thomas F. Shaughnessy
Money Lenders' Licenses Revoked in City Probe
Mayor Curley via Assistant Corporation Counsel George A. Flynn seeks revocation of licenses for two loan men tied to city employees. The lenders named are J. M. Strauss of 7 Water Street and Louis I. Levi of Fidelity Investment Company, also operating on Water Street.
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Curley
George A. Flynn
J. M. Strauss
Water Street
Louis I. Levi
Fidelity Investment Company
Soldier Weds Nurse After War Wounds in Wales
Edwards reached a military hospital in Cardiff near death but slowly recovered with help from volunteer nurse Miss Mabel Hopkins of Llandaff. He proposed when convalescent, they married just before his departure home. He walks with a cane but says it was worth it and would go back tomorrow if not invalided.
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Edwards
Cardiff
Wales
Mabel Hopkins
Llandaff
Charlestown
Fishermen report mixed haul and port news at harbor
The beam trawler Breaker delivered 14 000 pounds of haddock 12 000 pounds of scrod 400 pounds of cod 100 pounds of pollock and 50 pounds of halibut with Margaret Dillon selling her catch after arriving Tuesday. The Sachem arrived from Liverpool enduring gales and delays while Nellie Grant was lost near Boca Grande. The Reliance brought wheat and barley from Swansea and neutralities patrols by USS Henley watch harbor activity at Grand Junction docks.
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Margaret Dillon
Furness-Warren Line
Sachem
Robert Ritchie
Liverpool
Hoosac
Atlantic
English Channel
Nellie Grant
Mobile
Ala
W. F. Roberts
Boca Grande
Reliance
Harrison
Swansea
Wales
Polruan
Jeffrey
Queenstown
Henley
Grand Junction Docks
Boston
Shipping News: Coast Guard and Steamers Depart Coastwise
The Gresham Camden and a fleet of steamers including Gloucester Hatch Baltimore Newport News Nor folk and many others sailed and departed for destinations such as Norfolk Bay Port Newport News and New York. Vessels listed include Mesna Hochelaga Chippewa Hershaw Lynn A J Sterling H H Kitchener and Mercedese among others with several tugs and barges in convoy.
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United States Coastguard
Gresham
Camden
Gloucester
Hatch
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Grecian
Page
Philadelphia
Dorothy
Farnsworth
Boca Grande
Fla
Suffolk
Harding
Bay Port
Maker
Herman Winter
Decker
New York
Dingley
Linscott
Portland
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Morris & Cliff
McFadden
Rockport
Moss
Mesna
Rotterdam
Fayal
Hochelaga
Sydney Co. B
Highland Prince
Chippewa, Co
H. F. Dimock
J. H. Devereux
Hershaw
Nichols
Mass
R. G. Co. No
P. O'Riorden
Seituate
Lynn
A. J. Sterling
Wolfville
H. H. Kitchener
Bridgewater
N. S
Leonard C
Parrsboro
M. S. Kenney
Clarks Harbor
Mercedese
Clementsport
Percy
British war ship near Tampa Bay guards Egmont Key
A British cruiser arrived at the entrance of Tampa Bay and lay off Egmont Key tonight. Reports say the Austrian steamer Borneo in port since the war began plans a dash for New Orleans to seek entry.
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Tampa
Fla
Sydney
Tampa Bay
Egmont Key
Borneo
New Orleans
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BS Jee
Snyder's Tomato
M. O'Keeffe
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Shipping News
N. 8
Abbie Bowker
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Nelson Y. McFarland
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M. Snow
Herman F. Kimball
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London
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Smith Patterson
Diamond Merchants & Jewelers
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