Soldiers and Sailors' Employment Bureau Moves in Boston
The Soldiers and Sailors' Employment Bureau will relocate to the Food Administration building rear of the current hut on Boston Common. A 42 by 22 foot Hodgson portable building is added behind the Food Administration structure. In 32 days since opening 2424 men registered, 2418 referred, 1039 reported positions. last eight days 624 registered, 712 referred, 534 secured. Bureau says those seeking work would have registered.
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Soldiers and Sailors’ Employment Bureau
Boston Common
Food Administration
Hodgson
Boston
Bureau
High Street Blaze Causes Seven Thousand Dollar Loss
Fire of unknown origin swept the fourth floor at 60 66 High street housing the American Toilet Goods Company. Surrounding firms Rand Manufacturing G Worcester U S Rubber McBeth Brass and others suffered fire water and smoke damage for an approximate total loss of 7000 dollars.
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High Street
American Toilet Goods Company
Rand Manufacturing Company
G. H. Worcester Company
U. S. Rubber Company
McBeth Brass Company
Woman Claims Simple Home Remedy Darkens Gray Hair
Mrs. E. H. Boots of Buchanan County Iowa endorses a home mixture to darken gray hair. She says mix water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine, apply every other day, and the result is soft glossy hair without coloring the scalp, making a person look 10 to 20 years younger.
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E. H. Boots
Buchanan County
Haverhill plans cider clubs to dodge dry laws
In Haverhill the liquor question eclipses European affairs and labor woes as residents discuss circumventing the dry law. Cider clubs form with strict constitutions prohibiting charges for cider and a sliding scale where heavy drinkers pay more, aided by bartender-led investigations.
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Haverhill
Membership demand Drives Up Fees and Apple Purchases
Capacity is underestimated and next year’s member ship fee will rise sharply. Organizers report a flood of applications and plan to buy all local cider apples to meet demand.
Beth Israel Hospital fund reaches nearing goal in five days
Boston campaign for a 150000 building fund reports 113000 raised with 87000 still needed as volunteers plan mass meetings across the city. The drive highlights many contributors from poor households and calls on Jewish wage earners to support the effort while auxiliaries visit homes.
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Beth Israel Hospital
Greater
Boston
Alleged Thief Battles Guards Then Is Captured in Newburyport
Arthur Forsey of Fall River battled four Atlantic shipyard guards in Portsmouth before being overpowered. He was arrested on a Boston and Maine train in Newburyport and brought to the police station. Forsey had been arraigned in Portsmouth on clothing theft charges and bailed $150 before fleeing. He was recognized by Guard Maurice Quinn on a Boston train, leading to the arrest.
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Newburyport
Atlantic
Portsmouth
Arthur Forsey
Fall River
Boston & Maine
Forsey
Maurice Quinn
Boston
Endorse Syrian Claims of France by 1500 Syrians in Boston
About 1500 Syrians gathered at Phoenix Hall in Boston under the Mt. Lebanon Club to back France as Syria's guardian. Speakers, including E I Shannon of Boston College, praised France’s role since crusade times and urged unity under a French protectorate. Other presenters were Charles Coury and Thomas Korem, with James La Mere presiding.
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France
Phoenix Hall
Washington Street
Mt. Lebanon
Holy Land
Syria
Charles Coury
Brockton
Thomas Korem
Lawrence
James la Mere
New York
Baron As to Moon Dwellers A Satirical Travelogue
A fantastical diary describes Lunarian beings with bizarre traits and customs. The narrator claims travel veracity while detailing moon creatures who eat once a month, transform into air when old, and manipulate bodies by head or eye, alongside peculiar eye fashions and grape hail.
Baron’s narratives teased in Daily and Sunday Post
Readers are urged to follow the Baron’s surprising stories as the Daily and Sunday Post continue serialization day by day until the full tale is completed.
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Daily
Sunday Post
Has Home For His Mother Found After Long Search
Benjamin Gilmore of 1 Fremont Place Charlestown has not seen his mother for 22 years since she was abandoned by her husband in 1898. She was placed in a sanatorium and the children were adopted into various New England homes. Benjamin, the eldest, has worked at the navy yard for two years.
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Benjamin Gilmore
Fremont Place
Charlestown
New England
Benjamin
Navy Yard
Police Department
Haverhill
Lowell
Providence
Fall River
Women Have Hold Lincoln Mass Meeting Thrift Poster
More than 100 members of the New America Club in Tremont Temple heard Channing H. Cox and Spencer S. Wood extol Lincoln. A film of his life followed as diverse nationalities filed past with flags. Store windows in New England will showcase a Washington Lincoln Franklin thrift tribute.
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New America Club
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Tremont Temple
Abraham Lincoln
Channing H. Cox
Spencer S. Wood
First Naval District
War Service Unit of the Union
Lincoln
Cox
America
Frank L. Locke
The
Union
New England
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Savings Committee
First Federal District
F. L. Higginson
Iranklin
Deborah
Thrift
Franklin
Washington
Greater
Boston
Massachusetts
Mercy Brings 128 Navy Men To Newport Hospital
The navy hospital ship Mercy arrived at Newport Rhode Island transferring 128 blue jackets and three marines to Newport Naval Hospital from Brooklyn Naval Hospital. The Mercy then continued from New York to Brest and will carry more wounded soldiers on its return voyage.
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Newport, R. I
United States Navy
Mercy
Newport Naval Hospital
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
New York
Brest
Colonel Patton of Tanks Cited in War Department List
Colonel George S. Patton of the Tank Corps and based in Boston was the sole New England name on the War Department army charters list. He earned praise for directing an advance near Cheppy France on September 26, rallying infantry behind tanks under heavy fire, and continuing command after being wounded.
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George S. Patton
Clover Building
Milk Street
Boston
Tank Corps
New England
War Department
Cheppy
France
Aire
Hair Petrole Promises Life To Damaged Post Influenza Hair
Barbers report hair dry and lifeless after influenza and warn of possible baldness next year. Noonan's Hair Petrole, a petroleum based treatment without odor, claims to revitalize scalp and hair in one application. Sold by barbers, hairdressers, druggists, 1.00 per bottle. 15 cent per treatment. T Noonan & Sons Co. 88 Portland St.
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Noonan
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R.h.white Co
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Normandy
Lorraine
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Jasgry
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Omega
Mass Meeting Thrift
Newport
Col. Patton
Standard Oil CO. OF
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