NO RAZOR IN HER STOCKING
Miss Laura A. Burrell of New York, former Brookline maid, denies in Norfolk Superior Court at Dedham that she carried a razor in her stocking while employed by Mrs. Laura A. Fowle. The $10,000 suit claims slander and malicious prosecution after a larceny acquittal, with Burrell testifying she was discharged after refusing extra family washing duties.
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Laura A. Burrell
New York
Laura A. Fowle
Brookline
Norfolk
Dedham
Owl
Hammon
Miss Burrell
Retired Rector Robert Murray Dies at Waltham
The Rev. Robert Murray, formerly of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island dioceses, died yesterday in Waltham. He was 1 years old and had retired in 1894 after a long clerical career. he never married.
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Robert Murray
Waltham
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Socialist party backs Bolshevik peace terms to Wilson
The national executive committee of the Socialist party issued a peace programme urging President Wilson and Congress to back Bolshevik peace proposals. It calls Washington to join discussions with central powers and Bolsheviks and to urge entente allies to participate. It urges recognition of Petrograd's de facto government and favors conference to resolve conflict.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Wilson
Congress
Washington
United States
Petrograd
Mexican Officers Shot After Rio Grande Crossing
Eagle Pass Texas February 5. Lieutenant A Coste was shot and killed after refusing to halt. Major Manuel Ruiz, a Mexican army officer, was captured by U S troops near Hopedale while attempting to cross the Rio Grande in violation of international law. Ruiz was handed to the Mexican commander at Piedras Negras for investigation.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Liieutenant
A. Coste
Manuel Ruix
Hopedale
Rio Grande
Ruiz
Piedras Negras
Soldier's harrowing charge from trench to No Man's Land
An American youth recounts enlisting with the British in World War I after the Lusitania sinking, his frontline entry in France, a grim bomb attack, massive wounds to the face and shoulder, and a brutal struggle in No Man's Land before fainting.
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United States
England
France
No Man’s Land
Tommy
Fritz
Jersey City
Smoke fund grows for cigars sent to Massachusetts unit in France
The Cigar Makers Union aims to raise 10000 for tobacco and cigarettes for Massachusetts troops in France. Secretary Henry Abrahams says all money funds tobacco purchases and expressage to France. cigars will be shipped to colonels every four days to mitigate submarine risks.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
Bay State
France
Washington
Henry Abrahams
Union
Massachusetts
Badges Planned for Exempted Draft Draftees Senate
Washington February fifth the administration bill authorizing the secretary of war to provide distinctive badges to men of draft age who have been exempted or rejected passed the Senate today.
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Washington
Administration
Secretary of War
Senate
Orrine drink habit cure advertised for husband or son
Warning about Orrine to break a drink habit in husbands sons or fathers. Claims quick results with guarantee and refund. Sold as Orrine No. 1 secret treatment and Orrine No. 2 voluntary treatment at $1 per box, via Liggett stores and Washington DC firm.
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Orrine
Letter by Mrs Wilson and Dr Shaw to allied women
An open letter issued from Washington on February 5 urges allied women to join in defending democratic values and moral health. Mrs Wilson and Dr Anna Howard Shaw call for unity to protect the next generation and sustain virtue, home life, and governance during and after the war. Dr Shaw also sent the letter to the Queen of Italy after prior publication to Belgium.
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Washington
Wilson
Anna Howard Shaw
Council of National Defence
Dr. Shaw
Italy
Belgium
Cold Weather Impacts British Canadian Recruiting Mission
Cold weather at 44 Bromfield Street reduced enlistment with nine applicants and six accepted for British and Canadian forces. Many British subjects planned to return to enlist later.
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Bromfield Street
Boston Women Organize Major Drive for Jewish War Sufferers
More than 200 Boston women will serve as colonels captains and privates in a campaign to raise 333 383 for Jewish war relief and welfare in the United States and Europe A tea at the Elysium Club led to final planning and daily reports from Feb 11 to 24 with Jesses Koshland as chair and Louis Kirstein Albert Kafferburgh Morris Waldman and others as speakers
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Boston
United States Army
Navy
Jesse Koshland
Elysium Club
Huntington Avenue
Hessie S. Abrahams
A. W. Keffenburgh
Louis Baer
M. Levin
Felix Vorenberg
Edward Goldberg
Lina Frankelstein
Misa Jeanette Altman
Charlotte Todes
G. E. Becker
A. Burroughs
Julius Hiseman
C. J. Maffenburgh
Goldinger
S. Godsman
Conference on Supplying Men for Shipyards
A 1 p.m. conference at City Hall will seek labor cooperation in providing workers for war shipyard work and other government projects. Representatives from organized labor the Boston Committee on Public Safety and the War Emergency Commission will attend. Edward I. McGrady and P. Harry Jennings of the Central Labor Union will lead that group with delegates from the Boston A F of L and Allied Building Trades councils.
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City Hall
Organized Labor
Boston Committee On Public Safety
War Emergency Commission
Edward I. McGrady
P. Harry Jennings
Central Labor Union
Boston A. Fl
Allied Building Trades Councils
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C. S
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Oregon
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Back Bay
C.C. Bowles & CO
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Jordan Marsh Furniture Annex
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Mrs. Wilson
Allied Sisters
America
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Mrs. Koshland
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Victor
Saenger Voice Culture
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. J
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M'Gormack
Sir
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Gluck
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Calvé
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Deluca
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