Boston Welcomes Unharmed 55th Artillery Soldiers Home
Train arrives at South station with uninjured 55th C A C troops from Roxbury Chelsea East Boston Cambridge and Roslindale. Families cheer as bands march to headquarters. Soldiers cite harsh Brest conditions and recall acts of bravery amid the war's endgame.
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South Station
Berlin
Navy Yard Band
Committee For Returning
Roxbury
Chelsea
Boston
Cambridge
Roslindale
Hun
Alexander
55Th C. A. C
Brest
France
Vesle
United States
Frederick G. Benson
Howestreet
Lewiston
Irving F. Doyle
Walden Avenue
Thomas P. Athridge
Elmwood Street
Clarence W. Coulp
Boston Artillery
Clyde Park
Clarence C. Burgess
Malden
Charles J. McGlew
Stoughton
Roland S. Greenedge
Michael Donnelly
The Disappearance of Guynemer The Great Ace of Aces
The famous S rench pilot Guynemer vanished during the war after downing 52 Hum planes. He flew away and never returned, with neither body nor aircraft found. Read the full, fascinating story in next Sundays Post.
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Guynemer
S’rench
National Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens in Washington
Washington February 5 Remarks at the opening session urged eradicating competitive warfare between water and rail transport and developing inland waterways and harbors for national prosperity. Secretaries Baker and Daniels predicted industrial expansion and discounted Bolshevik fears, stressing job creation for returning soldiers and the duty of chambers of commerce and industry to aid them.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Baker
Daniels
America
Chambers of Commerce
Chambers of Industry
Two Drugs Sought for Restricted List in Suffolk County
Assistant District Attorney A C Webber urged adding paregoric and comphorated tincture of opium to the restricted narcotics list. He cited sales in pint and quart lots since 1917 and noted 60 percent of past dope users are now in prison with many others having fled the state.
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A. C. Webber
Legislative Committee On Health
Suffolk County District Attorney’s
Boston
Sinn Feiners Soon to Be Liberated in Dublin
Dublin reports the lord mayor said the lord lieutenant and chief secretary plan early release of imprisoned Sinn Feiners. The Dublin Evening Mail says Professor Edward DeValera and two others may have escaped Lincoln Prison and be headed to the Paris peace conference.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Ireland
Dublin Evening Mail
Edward DeValera
Lincoln
Offence to Strike Against Electricity Supply
London Feb 5 An Order in Council under the Defence of the Realm act makes it a summary offence for any government municipal or company employee in charge of electricity to break contracts or strike. Penalty six months imprisonment or a 2500 dollar fine or both. It is also an offence to persuade others to break such contracts.
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London
Power House
Ti Fi of the Toy Shop presented by Roslindale youths
The Roslindale Community Club staged Ti Fi of the Toy Shop at the Unitarian Parish Hall for post war welfare funds. Bonnie, the Toy Maker's daughter, meets the sandman and dreams a magical tale where dolls come alive.
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Roslindale
Bonnie
Sandman
Harrington Adams
British Army Mechanics Demand Demobilization
More than 4000 mechanics of the Royal Army Service Corps refused to go on duty in depots near London demanding demobilization and end of service duties.
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London
Royal Army Service Corps
Urge War Memorial Gym for Harvard
Harvard plans a memorial for heroes who died in the war. The Harvard pictorial journal urges a memorial gymnasium as the most useful tribute, naming Roosevelt Prince Coolidge Putnam and Meeker among those honored.
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Harvard
Roosevelt
Prince
Coolidge
Putnam
Meeker
the Illustrated
Harvard Pictorial Journal
War Impact On American Commodities Elevates Prices
The European conflict drove sharp and repeated price increases for most American produced goods, lifting market costs across sectors as trade and supply shifted under wartime pressures.
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America
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