Belgian Atrocities Told By War Witness At Cambridge
Madame Dupreaz, an eye witness to Belgian suffering, spoke at Broadway Baptist Church in Cambridge recounting German soldiers breaking into homes, burning houses, and forcing residents to shelter troops. She described refugees walking for miles, civilians burned out, and women taken to Germany with some only returning after the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Dupreaz
Broadway Baptist
Cambridge
Belgium
Roosevelt Memorial Services Held in Philadelphia
Philadelphia joins the nation in paying tribute to Theodore Roosevelt with memorial services in churches and public meetings. Governor Sproul and notable speakers James M. Beck Gifford Pinchot and George Wharton Pepper addressed a mass meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Opera House
Sproul
James M. Beck
Gifford Pinchot
George Wharton Pepper
J. J. Curran
Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
The Kid Guynemer Air Hero Serial Published
They recall the famed air ace known as The Kid, age 21, praised as France’s air hero. The Sunday Post serializes Guynemer’s bold exploits for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Guynemer
Sunday Post
Face Sensitive? Resinol Promises Clear Complexion
An advertisement extols Resinol to individuals troubled by pimples and facial eruptions. It claims the ointment soothes rough red skin, reduces itching and burning, and helps regain a former schoolgirl complexion with nightly use.
Lynnfield Opens First Deluxe Bus Line in Bay State
The town woke to street car shutdown and replied by launching what is described as the first successful community deluxe bus line in the Bay State. Local residents praise the move as a bold, practical solution to a transportation gap created by the service suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnfield
Bay State
Lynnfield Community Bus Proves Popular With Stockholders
In South Lynnfield a community bus line operates as a cooperative with 107 of 129 original residents owning shares at 5 dollars each. The system, run by Frank L. Cass, cut fares to 20 cents cash to Lynn and Peabody, offers 25 minute trips, serves errands, and plans to expand from two to four buses.
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Lynnfield
South
Frank L. Cass
Mr. Cass
Cass
Post
Lynn
Salem
Peabody
Wakefield
Carless
Bus
Lynn and
Jones
Uynn
Lynnfield Debuts Massachusetts Community Bus Line
Lynnfield offers free bus rides to soldiers and sailors in uniform. About 12 trips daily connect Lynnfield with Peabody and Lynn. Buses cost 22000 each with drivers paid ten dollars weekly. Executives include Cass president Maynard clerk Elder and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnfield
I. C. Bailey
H. O. Swain
H Maynard
Frank L. Cass
Peter J. Walsh
A. P. Mansfield
Josiah Poeter
H. W. Pelton
W. C. Hunt
E. M. Elder
D. E. Pillsbury
Fred M. Page
Peabody
Lynn
Massachusetts
Frank l L. Cass
H. E. Maynard
I. ©. Bailey
Three Die on Rijndam Voyage Home from France
The Rijndam arrived in Newport News with troops, nurses, and civilians from overseas. Three privates died of influenza during the voyage from St Nazaire, January 26. Named deaths include Joseph Thompson of Henderson Virginia George S Rogers of Chicago and Nicholas Minnell of New York City. Most troops hail from Virginia and Georgia with one full casual company from Colorado aboard.
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Newport News
Rijndam
St. Nazaire
Joseph Thompson
Henderson
George S*. Rogers
Chicago
Nicholas Minnell
New York City
Virginia
Georgia
Colorado
William Gets an Answer in Beal Spudd Dialogues
In the Boston Post Sunday Magazine William loses another argument in Spudd Dialogues by George Brinton Beal as the comic sequence continues in the next issue titled William Gets an Answer.
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William
Spudd
George Brinton Beal
Boston Post
Strike Ends in Dusseldorf Spartacans Concede
A Dusseldorf strike by official and professional classes ends after the Spartacans concede most demands. Bourgeois hostages are released, and the city’s public services banks and schools were affected as theaters and restaurants closed. The move is described as a unique protest against Spartacan terrorism.
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Cologne
Dusseldorf
Spartacans
Berlin
Flu Wipes Out Crees Population in Manitoba District
Reports from Cross Lake, 80 miles north of Winnipeg, say influenza has nearly wiped out the Crees in that district. No physicians are nearby to treat the sick. Revered S. B. Gordon, a 50 year missionary to the Crees, also died of the disease.
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Winnipeg
Tech
Cross Lake
S. B. Gordon
Manitoba
Names in Today's Casualties From War Department List
Casualties from the War Department show 91 fatalities 40 from disease and 31 killed in action among 920 names. The list includes Corp. John Joseph Conley Lowell and many others across Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire Maine Vermont and Lowell Cambridge Somerville Hartford Worcester Bridgeport and more.
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War Department
Corp
John Joseph Conley
South Boston
Edward E. Flanagan
Walnut St
Lowell
Joseph M. Gleeson
Trenton St
East
Boston
Bertie Moseley
Main St
Hartford
Conn
John O'Rourke
Everett St
Anthony F. Pauline
Willow St
Cambridge
Benjamin T. Beale
Paris St
Arthur P. Burgess
South St
Bristol
Edward Fitzpatrick
Harrison St
Somerville
Joseph Landry
Tunnel
St. Athol
St. Alfred
Abbott St
South Lawrence
John Joseph Manning
River St
South Acton
New Englanders on the mortally wounded list
The honor roll lists 64 names with a day‑to‑day drop of 50. Lieutenant Sidney A. Beardsley of Guilford Connecticut is listed among those who died of disease. Lieutenant William D. Manson of Somerville heads the severely wounded. Killed in action and wounded are detailed with counts for died of disease, severely wounded, wounded, and slightly wounded.
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New
Acheenes
New England Boys On Casualty List Official
A war casualty list reports Sgt Morton H Stiles Morrisville VT Died of wounds Pt Herbert G Honn Readsboro VT Died of wounds Pt Euphilio Cerrone 19 George St Revere MA Died of disease Lt Sidney A Beardsley 28 High St Guilford CT Lt William D Manson 10 Mossland St Somerville MA Sgt Albert B Gerard 41 Woburn St Reading MA Sgt Thomas McElhone 199 Broadway Chicopee Falls MA.
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Morton H. Stiles
Morrisville
Herbert G. Honn
Readsboro
Sidney A. Beardsley
High St
Guilford, Conn
Albert B. Gerard
Woburn St
Reading
William D. Manson
Mossland St
Somerville
Thomas McElhone
Broadway
Chicopee Falls
List of residents with contact addresses across several states
A roster of individuals with specified street addresses in Taunton East Greenwich Torrington Nor walk Stamford Stamford Newburyport and other areas. Names include Eugene Malo Martin Egan Michael Eglisko John Green Peter Elmore Gresley Edward Hussey Steve Roblonski Walter Preston Edward Roebuck Fred Sorrell Fred Naylor Charles Rogers Joseph Stearns Daniel Taylor and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. Malo
Washington St
Taunton
Martin Egan
Main St
East Greenwich
Michael Eglisko
Culvert St
Torrington
Conn
John Green
East St. Amberst
Peter Elmore Gresley
Hall’st
North Adams
Edward H. Hussey
Elgave
Norwalk
Steve Roblonski
Hazerville
Con
Marshfield St
Newburyport
Daniel J. Taylor
Common St
West Quincy
Sympathy Meeting Appeals for Lawrence Strike
About 700 workers from a dozen Boston unions and seven nationalities protested the seating of Hub police in Lawrence at a Grand Opera House sympathy meeting. Samuel Bramhall warned this morning was critical for the strike and urged joining the Lawrence workers. A collection was taken to support the strikers during the crucial period.
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Boston
Lawrence
Grand Opera House
Samuel Bramhall
Central Labor Union
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Rand & Byam, Inc
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Housatonic Ave
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Wendell P. Crawford
Belle Isle Ave
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Bell St
Manchester
Isadore Lefebvre
Neuland Ave
Woonsocket
R. I
Thomas F. Furrey
Grafton St
Worcester
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Traverse St
Hubert F
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I St
Walter A. Doyle
Linden St
Fall River
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Salem St
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Crescent St
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George A. Paro
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Cambridge St
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Pratt St
Winsted
William J. Yorke
Oak St
Waterbury
John Benicewicz
Lemartin St
Worgester
Carroll Ashley Hastings
No. State St
Concord
N. H
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Waverly Pil
Chelsea
N. E
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George St., Revere
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