Soldier back wife is gone from New Bedford
New Bedford police seek help from New England departments to locate Mrs. George W. Larochelle who vanished while traveling from Berlin, New Hampshire, to her husband in New Bedford. Larochelle, drafted in 1917 and wounded at Verdun, returned home to find the house empty and no word from his wife who had been ill and left on New Year’s Day.
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New Bedford
New England
George W. Larochelle
Berlin
N. If
Hathaway Avenue
Larochelle
Verdun Front
Johnson Fails to Get Senate Vote on Russia Troop Withdrawal
Washington Feb 6 Senator Johnson of California fails to win Senate consideration of his resolution calling for immediate withdrawal of American troops from Russia. Senator King of Utah, a Democrat, refused unanimous consent.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Senate
Russia
King
Utah
Liberty School Opens in Revere Beach District
Revere prepares to open its new Liberty School within weeks for beach district children. The brick terra cotta building with 16 rooms is among the state’s finest educational structures and features large stone Liberty Bell carvings at each end. Former Mayor Alfred S. Hall led the building committee with contractor Daniel G. McDonald, as the name reflects wartime Liberty Loan significance.
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Revere
New Liberty School
Beach
Alfred S. Hall
Daniel G. McDonald
Boston
Liberty School
Rhine
Market prices rise and fall in regional bean and meat sales
The market reports price shifts for beans, salt pork, lamb, eggs, and butter. New York State pea beans are 11 cents and California pea beans 12 cents per pound with five pound lots at 50 and 55 cents. Pork, lamb, eggs, and butter show wholesale and retail changes across districts.
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New York State
California
Vincent Club to stage Easter show by Red Wig author
The Vincent Club organized by Boston society girls plans an Easter time presentation of Red Wig written by Mrs. Joseph Russell. Miss Elizabeth Bennett serves as club president and Mrs. Russell directs the production, with ties to former Boston figure Jacqueline Kelly.
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Joseph Russell
Vincent Club
Bachrach
Boston Society
Elizabeth Bennett
Russell
Jacqueline Kelly
Boston
Young Aviator Loses His Silver Wing
Joseph D. Gavin of South Boston, recently discharged after earning a commission in the air service, lost his silver wing emblem mounted on black velvet near Adams Square. The token has no value but personal significance. truthfully, it should be returned to Patrolman Daniel J. Gavin at the Hanover Street police station, father of the aviator.
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Joseph D. Gavin
South Boston
Sam
Adams Square
Gavin
Uncle Sam
Daniel J. Gavin
Hanover Street
Two Namesakes Receive $1000 Each by Will
The will of Eugens W. Paige of Pittsfield distributes his estate generously among relatives, friends and servants. It leaves $1000 each to two young men named Eugene Paige Frizzell of Arlington Heights and Eugene Paige Lehnan of Minneapolis, with specific sums for servers based on years of service.
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Pittsfield
Eugens W. Paige
United States
Eugene Paige Frizzell
Arlington Heights
Eugene Paige Lehnan
Minneapolis
Teaching Merchant Mariners to Swim
The United States Shipping Board Recruiting Service adds swimming lessons to its regular apprentice instruction. It will insist that Merchant Mariners of the future be as at home in water as on deck. Many seamen lack swimming ability. random comparisons show about two percent fewer water self care among maritime workers.
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United States Shipping Board
Randorm
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