British R R S Are Tied Up
London February 6 The railway strike situation is tangled as engineers and firemen are split between two unions the Associated Society of Engineers and Firemen and the larger National Union of Railwaymen NU R they remain at work while NU R members operate long distance trains halting at stations to ease suburban blockages The strike delays demobilization as soldiers cannot reach demobilization centres.
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London
Associated Society of Engineers and Firemen
National Union of Railwaymen
Willing to Care for War Dog Mascots by City Expert
John G. Benson advisory animal expert for the city at Franklin Park Zoo and Norumbega Park manager offers to house and care for war mascots. He asks soldiers or sailors with unwanted animal mascots to contact him for a lifelong good home.
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John G. Benson
Franklin Park Zoo
Norumbega Park
Auburndale
Fost
Mr. Benson
Clifton B. Carberry
The
Post
Sunday Post
Austrian Churches Pillaged by Mobs in Linz District
Disorders continue in Linz district upper Austria with major damage to the town. Churches have been pillaged by mobs in search of food, causing extensive losses measured in millions of kroner according to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from London dated February 6.
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London
Linz
Upper Austria
Thirty Two U of M Men Die in War Announcement
Crono Maine February 6. Thirty two University of Maine men died in the war eleven were wounded and four have received the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action according to an announcement by President Robert J Aley. Thirty nine of these were residents of Maine.
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Crono
University of Maine
Robert J. Aley
Maine
Tax Increase Criticized in Boston City Notice
John J. Martin of Exchange Trust Company told the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange that loud public rhetoric about boosting taxes is empty unless the city mails official notices of yearly tax increases.
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Boston
John J. Martin
The
Exchange Trust Company
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Boston Debt and Growth Debate Over City Monuments
Mr. Martin argues against praising Boston's debt reduction while an eager city government builds monuments funded by taxes. He notes many speeches offered cures, some worked, but stresses the hidden cost to thousands of poor residents and homeowners who bear tax burdens for these heroics.
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Boston
Mr. Martin
Fruit-a-tives Headache Relief Advertisement
A testimonial advert promotes Fruit-a-tives as relief for violent headaches from 112 Coburg Street St. John. Mrs Alexander Shaw credits the medicine for cure and notes prices 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. Sold by all dealers or by Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Coburg St. St. John
Alexander Shaw
Fruit-A-Tives, Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Boston Taxpayers Press for Tax Reform and Spending Cuts
The author argues that the poor pay taxes while the rich dodge them and that Boston faces high and rising tax rates. He cites hundreds of thousands owed to the city, warns that higher taxes chase away industry, and urges economy in state and city government as the best revenue source besides real estate taxes.
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Boston
United States
Massachusetts
Wellesley Graduate Engaged to Naval Officer
Arlington girl and Wellesley graduate Miss Marion S Hill announces her engagement to Ensign Vernon Gregory Sloan of Littleton U S N Sloan a Technology graduate class of 1912 has his home in Littleton
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Arlington
Vernon G. Sloan
Littleton
Marion S. Hill
W. L. Hill
Massachusetts Avenue
Ensign Vernon Gregory Sloan
Ensign Sloan
Technology
Greatest French Ace Soars in Post Sunday Feature
Anecdotes recount the legendary French aviator known for daring flights over his homeland. The Sunday Post profile highlights his fearless maneuvers, hero status, and impact on national morale during early aviation days.
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France
Apext
Catholic Church Notes Feature Boston Catholic Events
Bishop Muldoon of Rockford will speak at a League of Catholic Women meeting at Notre Dame Academy Fenway. Paulist Father John Burke to speak. Valentine dance Feb 15 funds Notre Dame nuns Belgium. Also 40 hours devotion start Feb 14 at St Adalbert's Hyde Park and Our Lady of Grace Chelsea. Lecture on Shrines in the Eternal City next Monday at Medford Women’s Club. Reunion of St Philip’s South End Monday. Guild of St Radegonde to meet Feb 10 at Boston College High School Hall with address by Rev Charles Lyons.
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Rockford, Ill
League of Catholic Women
Notre Dame Academy
Fenway
Muldoon
National War Work Council
Falher John Burke
Notre Dame
Belgium
Roxbury Notre Dame Academy
Catholic Union Hall
Frances M. Donaghue
Joseph F. Maloney
Kathleen C. Daley
Marie M. Maloney
St. Adalbert’s Church
Hyde Park
Our Lady of Grace Church
Chelsea
Francis J. Spellman
Archdiocese
Medford
Guild of St. Radegonde
Catholic Women
Boston College High School
Charles W. Lyons
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Funeral for Professor Pickering at Appleton Chapel
Prominent educators acted as pallbearers at the funeral of Professor Sordward C. Pickering director of the Harvard Observatory who died of pneumonia. Services at Appleton Chapel Harvard Yard were led by Rev Joel H Metcalf with music by A T Davidson. Burial was at Mt Auburn in the family lot.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Charles W. Eliot
Henry P. Walcott
Cambridge
Charles P. Bowdidge
Brookline
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
C. R. Cross
Eirnest W. Brown
Yale
Solon I. Batley
Elihu Thomson
Lynn
Otto Klotz
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Mt. Auburn
2000 Names on Phone Protest
The Boston protest committee mailed a petition to the Postmaster General Burleson requesting a hearing on rescinding new telephone rates. About 2000 signers from leading Boston business interests joined the effort and the letter was sent registered with special delivery.
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Boston
Burleson
Washington
William Hi. O’brien
Telephone and Telegraph Department
Public Service Commission
Commission
Worcester
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Providence
Hartford
New Labor Trouble on Trawler Fleet
Boston’s fish supply faces further strain as captains and mates in the Bay State Fishing Company and others plan walkouts. Estimated loss to trade runs to one million pounds weekly. Masters seek higher catch percentage from 2 to 4 percent, mates seek 3 percent while maintaining base wages.
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Boston
Bay State Fishing Company
Boston Association No. 6
American Association of Masters
Physically fit at any age warns against kidney strain
An advertisement urges men to protect internal organs focusing on kidney health. It warns that uric acid crystals can cause pain backache and potential Bright's disease. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules from Holland with a money back guarantee and urges genuine sealed boxes.
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Holland
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