Labor Leaders Oppose Prohibition Amendment
The Boston Central Labor Union voted against the proposed prohibition amendment to the federal Constitution at Wells Memorial Hall. They will send a circular to all state central unions declaring organized labor’s opposition and warning that no one may use the union’s name in prohibition advocacy.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Central Labor
Organized Labor
Boston
State unions urge ballot refer endum on prohibition
Delegates from local unions urge members to ask Senators and Representatives to place the prohibition question on November ballots. A resolution condemns influential lobbyists and urges General Court action, arguing the amendment overrides public will and misreads 1916 referendum results.
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General Court
Congress
Washington
Labor unions to protest Monday work shutdowns in Wells
Mass meeting led by the Carriage Wagon and Automobile Workers Union in Wells Memorial Hall to oppose Industry closing on Mondays. Leaders claim workers go unpaid for the day and wage levels lag behind other cities, causing hardship.
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Carriage, Wagon and Automobile Workers’ Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Frank Tully
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Charlestown Metal Trades
Washington Street
Boston
A. Taylor
T. W. Sullivan
Boston Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Boylston Place
Grand Lodge
Wilson
Aviation Corps
Navy
Army
Engineers’ Corps
Waterfront Calendar Notes Amid World War Dates
A coastal calendar dated February 4 1284th year of war lists day counts, seasonal markers, and astronomical notes. It records moon phases and planetary positions with morning and evening star references, alongside weather and tide hints.
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Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Light groundfish receipts at the Boston fish pier amid storm
A storm reduced fresh groundfish landings yesterday with a large fleet expected today if conditions improve. Four schooners and a steam trawler arrived, listing Gertrude DeCosta 26000 pounds Mary T. Santos 25000 pounds Flavilla harmonic missing 2000 pounds James M. Clark 2000 pounds and Breaker 200000 pounds. Ice hindered harbor work and limited towing while coal delivery was sparse with Bristol delivering 6500 tons to East Boston. Herbert Hewson joins Boston and Gloucester Steamship Company to oversee Gloucester fish receipts.
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Mary T. Santos
Flavilla
James M. Clark
Bristol
Boston
Norfolk
Herbert Hewson
New England
Boston & Gloucester Steamship Company
Gloucester
Krupp Group Seizes Control of Wolff Bureau
The Krupps have taken control of the Wolff Bureau, the semi official German news agency, and reportedly formed a subsidiary advertising firm to win major contracts for German interests. The Zurich despatch notes the move aims to consolidate influence in news and advertising sectors.
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London
Krupps
Wolff Bureau
Exchange
Zurich
Peace Talks Fail to Bridge German Austrian Demands
The supreme war council at Versailles reports no progress toward Entente terms after speeches by the German chancellor and Austro Hungarian foreign minister. It orders a继续vigorous prosecution of the war until a peace respecting freedom justice and international law is reached.
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London
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Versailles War Council calls for continued war effort
The official report to the Versailles War Council states no moderate terms were found in Von Hertling and Czernin. It orders vigorous prosecution of the war until enemy temper shifts, aiming for peace based on freedom justice and international law. The council, chaired by Georges Clemenceau, met last Tuesday to Saturday with key delegates Bliss, Lloyd George, Orlando, Sonnino, Pichon, Foch, Weygand and Wilson.
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von Hertling
Czernin
Fredom
Supreme War Council
Versailles
France
Georges Clemenceau
United States
Tasker H. Bliss
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Henry Hughes Wilson
Italy
Orlando
Sonnino
Cadorna
Pichon
Ferdinand Foch
Ministry of War
Maximo Weygand
Bulgarian Parliament Demands Clarity on War Aims
A Sofia dispatch reports protests in the Bulgarian parliament over silence on Bulgaria's war aims amid German and Austrian pronouncements. Prime Minister Radoslavoff blamed urgent business in Germany and Austria for the omission as opposition leaders call for formal approval of Bulgaria's aims by Berlin and Vienna.
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Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
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Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Austria
M. Malinoff
Democratic Party
Reichstag
M. Todoroff
Downed 14 Teuton Planes on Italian Front
On February 2 fourteens enemy aircraft and a captive balloon were brought down on the Italian front with heavy artillery along the Piave. British aviators also shot six more machines and set a captive balloon ablaze while Italian forces bombarded enemy crossings and plant sites on Asiago and Caldonazzo Monte Rovere.
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Caldonazzo
Monte Rovere
Finnish Troops Close In On Red Guards Near Ulenborg
News from Haparanda via Aftonbladet says General Mannerheim’s Finnish forces trap Red Guards at Ulenborg Gulf of Bothnia. A delegation seeking peace was rejected and its members arrested as bandits. Two hundred Reds moved from Torneo to reinforce Uleaborg but rail lines were torn up and troops advanced between Tornea and Kemi.
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Gulf of Bothnia
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Torneo
Uleaborg
Tornea
Kemi
List of Deaths and Funerals in Local Area
Obituary notices list dozens of deaths in February from Boston area hospitals and towns. Entries name the deceased, age, residence, date of death, funeral arrangements, mass times, and invited relatives, with specific church and street addresses and occasionally notes on flowers or cortege.
Russian officers escape lynch attempt from Kemi
A group of Russian officers fled from Kemi across the ice to Haparranda after villagers attempted to lynch them and set fire to their commander's house. The commander escaped.
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Ing Ulenborg
Kemi
Haparanda
French Repulse German Raids Across Front
Official bulletin reports active artillery fighting along the Aisne and Four-de-Paris regions. German raids on small French posts south of Lombaertryde and along the Meuse right bank were repulsed, with additional actions near Hill 34 Lorainé Bures and in Alsace near the Rhone Rhine canal.
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Four-de-Paris
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Meuse
Lorrainé
Bures
Alsace
Rhone-Rhine Canal
Overseas Foodstuffs Not for Holland Yet
The Hague reports that overseas importation of grain and cattle feed will resume only after a definite economic agreement with the Entente. Under the provisional U.S. arrangement Dutch ships in American ports may only undertake short voyages.
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Hague
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American
Death Notice for William H. H. Johnson of Worcester
America Lodge 191 announces the death of Brother William H. H. Johnson in his 80th year. Funeral services will be at Waterman Chapel 2328 Washington St Roxbury on Tuesday Feb 5 at 8 pm. LL. D. Minard N G and A Holmes Ree. Sec.
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Boston
Gustave Adolph
August
Hulda Borgstrom
Anderson
West Sixth St
Church of the Advent
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Mt. Vernon Sts
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Beachmont
Stella M
David J. Brennan
Annie
John Follin
Chelsea
Henry St
Our Lady of Lourdes
Buchanan
Somerville
Havilah Buchanan
Fairmount Ave
Canavan
Georgiana A
John Canavan
School St
Collins
Joseph W
Mary KE. Collins
East Broadway
Gate of Heaven
Corbett
Sidney Corbett
Chandler St
Tate
Oriental Lodge
St. Germain St
Costa
Eugene Costa
Lewis Jones & Son
la Grange St
Coveney
South Boston
James E
Annie L. Coveney
Callahan
South Boston Board of Trade
Automobile
Cressy
Forest Hills
Maybelle (Cave
Edwin M. Cressy
Hyde Park Ave
St. Thomas’ Church
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Crowley
Charlestown
Maragret
Thomas Crowley
Nee Cr
St. Peter's Church
Desmond
Watertown
Andrew
Thomas
Julia Desmond
Quinlan
Elliot St
St. Patrick’s Church
Mundt
William Donley
Frederick Mundt
Orange St
Donoley
Roxbury
Michael
Mary Dooley
Murphy
Day St
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Fickeisen
Roslindale
John Fickeisen
Denton Terrace
Fisher
Elmer F. Tisher
Thornton St
East Walpole
Mass
Frost
Dorchester
Olive J
Isaac Frost
East Somerville
BE. J. Bachelder
Evans St
Hourihan
James J
Jeremiah
Mary Hourihan
Lannin
Boston Fire Department
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Daniel Sullivan
Gore St
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Kenney
Lizzie K. Kenney
James FF. Kenney
Waterman Chanel
Washington St
New Hampshire
Leary
Orient Heights
Julia G
Jeremiah and
Hanorah Leary
Curtin
Gladstone St
St. Joseph’s Church
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Mary
Nee Driscoll
John Madore
Norfolk St
St. Matthew’s Church
Stanton St
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Mineola
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John J
Margaret L. Quinn
Cotter
Temple St
West Roxbury
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East Brookline St
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Hannah Reinstein
Solomon Reinstein
Pine St
Belmont
Cape Breton
Rogerson
Winchester
William Beeman Rogerson
Rundbberg
City Hospital
Herbert V. S
Victor
Hildur Rundberg
Schum
Dunn Terrace
Neponset
City Hospital Chapel
South Dept
Saxe
Brookline
Oscar J
Tillie C
Helen
Leonard Saxe
New York
Spillane
Timothy B. Spillane
Michael Foley
Circuit St
Boston Mailers’ Union No. 1
I. T. U. Sugrue
Catherine Sugrue
Thomas EF. Murphy
Cabot St
St. Francis de Sales
Sullivan
Abington
John L. Sullivan
Annie E. Lennon
Brook Ave
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Woodward Park St
Timothy J
Patrick J
Catherine Sullivan
Buckley
Trull St
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Worcester
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Dedham
Sarah F. Walker
Charles A. Walker
Dartmouth Ave
Newton
William G. Wedlock
Waterman Chapel
William H. H. Johnson
LL. D. Minard
N. G
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Death notice for Alexander Rose Sr. clan member
Clan Gordon No. 8 announces the death of Alexander Rose Sr. Funeral services are set for Monday February 4 at 2 PM at his residence 1 Paul Gore terrace. Members are urged to attend. James Mac Farlane Chief EBON C. Bamberry Secretary.
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Brookline
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James T. F
Katherine J. Mc Garry
Thorndike St
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Bridget Mc Grath
School St
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Moloney
Brighton
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Johanna A. Moloney
O'Leary
Neril Chambers
St. Columbkine’s
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Annie
John Murphy
Kittredge St
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Hyde Park
Augusta W
Charles G. Norling
Hyde Park Ave
O’brien
Boston
Susan
John O’brien
East Second St
Gate of Heaven Church
Clan Gordon
Alexander Rose
Paul Gore Terrace
James Macfarlane
Ebon C. Bamberry
Protecting Paris Art Treasures From Raids
Paris authorities moved to shield city art treasures from air raids on February 3. Sainte Chapelle stained glass was removed to vaults, Arc de Triomphe sculpture covered with sand bags, and Carpeaux decorations at the Opera with protective coverings.
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Sainte Chapelle
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Confessed Slayer Violently Insane in Pittsfield
Diego Agliatta a 22 year old New York man who confessed to killing two men surrendered to police in Pittsfield on Friday. He attacked officers in the station and was placed in a padded cell pending transfer to Northampton State Hospital. He had served 14 months of a five year manslaughter sentence at Elmira Reformatory and was on parole. He says he killed another man since his release.
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Diego Agliatta
New York
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N. Y
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