Curley Loses Mayoral Bid as Peters Claims Victory
At City Hall the mood shifted as election returns favored Andrew J. Peters over Mayor Curley. Curley issued a final, clean hands pledge and left for Jamaica Plain as Peters led by a large margin, with celebrations beginning and crowds reacting outside the building.
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Curley
Gallivan
Peters
Thomas J. Kenny
Andrew J. Peters
Leary
City Hall
Young’s Hotel
Annex
Court
Tremont
Post
Jamaica Plain
Goethals Recalled to Act as Quarter Master General
Washington reports Major General Goethals is recalled to active service and named acting quarter master general to replace Sharpe who is joining the War Department War Council. Brigadier Generals Barrette Wheeler and Crozier also receive acting duties in the new council shakeup. Senate delays Crozier's four year renewal after Christmas holidays.
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Washington
Goethals
Sharpe
Baker
War Department
New War Council
John B. Barrette
Coast Artillery
Weaver
Charles B. Wheeler
Ordnance
Crozier
Council
Senate
City Printing Plant Benefit Society Whist and Dance
The Sick Benefit Society of Boston Municipal Printing Plant held a whist and dancing party at O Connell Hall Roxbury to raise funds for its sick benefit fund. Whist runs 8:30 to 10:30 with prizes for winners and dancing 8 to 2 in the adjoining hall. Officers include Edward F. Ford Thomas N. Clifford and F H McManus with Alexander Aronson as committee chair and Peter Nelson as floor director.
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Sick Benefit Society
Municipal Printing Plant
City of
Boston
O’connell
Hibernian
Dudley Stret
Roxbury
Association
Edward F. Ford
Provincetown Unfurls 205 Star Service Flag
Provincetown marked a wartime show of civic pride as a 205 star service flag was raised at Town Hall. Town officials, citizens, and students contributed funds via a pageant The Spirit of the Pilgrims to purchase the banner amid ceremonies with band music speeches and cheers.
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Provincetown
United States
Monster Municipal Service
Provincetown Town Hall
Hawaiian Smith Hall orchestra to perform at Red Cross lunch
The Smith Hall orchestra, a Hawaiian quintet of college men, plays tomorrow from 4 to 6 PM at the Red Cross Lunch and Tea Room run by Boston society girls for the Boston Metropolitan Chapter. Wanamaker Christmas toys are on sale at the lunch room, with appearances again on Saturday.
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Smith Hall Orchestra
Red Cross
Boston Society
Boston
The
American Red Cross
Coal Shortage May Shut Factories Down
Worcester factories weigh one day a week closures due to coal shortage. If adopted, about 20 000 workers would be affected by the planned weekly shutdown in this industrial city.
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Worcester
Divorced Brookline Mother Must Live on 1200 a Year
Mrs Bonnie Belle Smith of Brookline must live on 1200 a year after Judge Fox cut her alimony from 2000 upon the petition of her former husband George D Smith filed recently. She testified she cannot support herself and their two children on less than 30 a week. They were married in Brookline in September 1908.
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Bonnie Belle Smith
Brookline
Jerusalem Unhurt Says Major Davis
Major Edward Davis, American military attaché in Athens, reported from Jerusalem with British troops that the city was undamaged and inhabitants received the army cordially.
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Jerusalem
Major Davis
Washington
Edward Davis
Athens
Greece
State Department
Davis
Woman in Suit Declared Not a Scientist in NY Case
Albert E. Gilmore, of the Christian Science Church committee for New York State, stated that Grace M. Trankla, who began suit yesterday against Clarence C. Burger to recover pay for service as a practitioner, was not a Christian Scientist.
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New York
Albert E. Gilmore
Committee On Publication of the
Christian Science Church
New York State
Grace M. Trankla
Clarence C. Burger
Bowdoin Square Theatre Holds Annual Souvenir Night
Bowdoin Square Theatre continues its yearly tradition with a souvenir night event. Management invites patrons to attend as part of the customary annual observance.
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Bowdoin Sq
Bowdoin Square
Theatre to distribute 2500 souvenir 1918 calendars
Theatre plans to hand out about 2500 souvenir calendars tonight on Wednesday. The calendars feature a unique design not seen in prior issues.
Married Women Chase After Boys Draw Fire From Editor
A Cambridge reader criticizes married women for pursuing young men, sharing letters and accusing them of lacking home ties and self respect. The writer argues women should model good wives and mothers and urges publication of the letters.
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The
Post
Sir
Boston
Ayd
Cambridge
Mass
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Belcher
Ing Sre
Washington Street
Jackson
Keith’s
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Cocker
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