Build Now Campaign Spurs Somerville Construction Boom
Somerville's business leaders push a Build Now drive as 27 houses are under construction by the Somerville Home Building Association. President Ray R. Rideout says the movement boosts confidence, promises six to eight weeks for visible effects, and supports job creation with cheaper lumber and material costs. He notes a $40 000 Broadway theatre project near Franklin Street and urges property owners to rebuild or repair during the slowdown.
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Somerville Home Building Association
Ray R. Rideout
Association
Post
Somerville
Broadway
Franklin Street
Rideout
Canadian Engineer Enters Build Now Campaign
Ewart Gladstone Home of St John New Brunswick a H G M Cape Company engineer is the first Build Now activist heard from north of the border. He has spent over a week in New England meeting engineers and contractors and spoke with a Build Now reporter at Adams House. He expressed enthusiastic questions about the campaign during the interview.
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Ewart Gladstone
H. G. M. Cape Company
St. John, N. B
New England
Adams House
Build Now
Diabetes remedy promise in Mexico herb ad
An advertisement claims a wild Mexican herb cures diabetes by lowering sugar and improving vigor. It offers a 50 cent package for 10 cents with a free diabetic diet booklet, mailed by Ames Chemical Co. at Box 275B Whitney Point NY. The product allegedly comes with a satisfaction guarantee.
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Logeorng
Mexico
Ames Chemical CO
Whitney Point
N. Y
Riker- Jaynes
Build Now plan sparks optimism among Canadian builders
A reader from Canada commends the Boston Post for its Build Now articles. He notes interest among Canadian cement suppliers, mentions a local price disparity with Boston at $1.55 per barrel F O B and reports some as low as $1.48 with bag rebates. He recalls paying $1.77 per barrel there and highlights war related shifts, praising bank men and engineers quoted by the Post.
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Boston Post
Canada
Boston
Post
Chance to Buy Home Monthly Payments Offer
A reader responds to the Build Now column stating they accepted a land corporation offer of a new four room bungalow with two lots for 700 dollars, payable in 10 dollars monthly with no interest, aiming to own a home through monthly payments.
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Esterday
Land Corporation
Community support urged for Build Now program
A letter to the Post thanks the paper for fairness and urges continued support of Build Now to help more small families enjoy country living and give real estate developers a chance to build homes, creating work and better times.
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Post
Rohweder
Build Now slogan fosters confidence in business growth
The loose-wiles Biscuit Company circular urges salesmen to adopt Build Now as a broad prosperity slogan. It defines Build Now as building not just houses but confidence and permanent good business, urging bold action despite uncertainty and predicting brighter times ahead.
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Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Build Now Movement Gains Momentum in New England
A new Build Now movement promotes rapid construction across New England. Sponsors claim prior building slowdowns have ended, citing healthy finances, abundant bank credit, and optimistic trade outlook benefiting communities and hardware dealers.
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New England Hardware News
New England
Governor approves all appointments including Magrath reappointment
Governor Walsh's reappointment of Medical Examiner George B. Magrath of Suffolk county won unanimous approval from the Governor's Council after a year delay. The Executive Council also approved last week's Governor appointments and sent notices naming Mack to the State Parole Board and trustees and public administrators for Worcester State Hospital and Westfield. Additional reappointments include Michael Kennedy trial justice Middlesex county Frederick C. Bailey pilot commissioner part of Boston and Hollis L. Cameron master in chancery.
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Walsh
George B. Magrath
Suffolk County
Executive Council
John H. Mack
North Adams
State Parole Board
Mack
Donald Gordon
Boston
Worcester State Hospital
Florence W. Burke
Westfield
Michael Kennedy
Natick
Middlesex County
Frederick C. Bailey
Kingston
Hollis L. Cameron
Beverly
Diplomats warn Britain and Germany over neutral flag ruses
The United States issued notes to Great Britain and Germany warning that attacking neutral ships under a U S flag or using a neutral flag to evade capture could draw grave consequences. The messages discuss legal ambiguity with submarines and request details on how Germany would enforce its war proclamation while stressing the need to protect neutral voyages.
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Stars and Stripes
Great Britain
United States
Lusitania
Foreign Office
Germany
Great Battle in the Galician Mountains Near Tukholka Pass
One of the war’s great battles raged in Galicia near the Tukholka Pass as Russian, Austro German forces clashed in knee deep snow. Petrograd says German and Austrian assaults were heavy but no decisive victory yet, with massive losses on both sides and brutal hand to hand fighting on mountain slopes. East Prussia sees renewed fighting as German forces push near Insterberg and Konigsberg while Russians counterattack in Lasdehnen and Tilsit areas. A Paris article reports on a pre Marne peace proposal and the Allies’ no separate peace stance ending with continued fighting in northern France and Belgium.
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London
Galicia
Tukholka Pass
Hungary
Petrograd
Belgium
Warsaw
War Office
East Prussia
Insterberg
Konigsberg
Berlin
German War Office
Gurzelle
Johannesberg
Mazurian Lake
Lasdehnen
Tilsit
Sierpec
Rypin
Lasdenhinen
Ragoupenen
Arisbiala
Paris
Democrate de Delemont
Marne
France
Germany
Briey
Nancy
Lorraine
Madagascar
Morocco
Joffre
Poincare
Adolphe Messiny
National Defence
the Marne
Joseph Caillaux
Alsace
Discovered Cure for Asthma by Local Chemist
Mr. D. J. Lane of 68 Lane Bldg., St. Marys Kas offers a home remedy for asthma postpaid for one dollar. He tested it on long term sufferers who reportedly were cured. Lane invites stamp offers to cover postage and packing with payment due if it fails. recipients must report results within ten days.
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D. J. Lane
Lane
St. Marys
Kas
Russian statement on Eastern Front actions and gains
The dispatch from Petersburg reports ongoing fighting in East Prussia around Lasdehnen Ragoupenen and Arisbiala with no major changes on the Vistula fronts. It notes Russian advances in the Carpathians near Dukla Lupkow and Uzsok, including capture of 23 officers 1500 soldiers several machine guns and one mortar.
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Petrograd
East Prussia
Lasdehnen
Ragoupenen
Arisbiala
Vistula
Carpathians
Dukla
Lupkow
Uzsok
French War Office Report On Feb 9 10 Mines And Attacks
The war office states that during the night of February 9 10 three sets of mines were exploded at La Boisselle and the trenches captured after repelling a bayonet counter attack. Artillery and bomb exchanges occurred in Argonne near Bolante and Bagatelle. German assault on Marie Therese fortification failed. Allied posts repelled at La Lisiere in Lorraine and Manonville pursuit of Germans by Hussars. In Vosges La Fontenelle attack checked.
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M. Caillaux
Brazil
France
Belgium
Lorraine
Mononviller
la Boisselle
Paris
War Office
Argonne
Bolante
Bagatelle
Vosges
la Fontenelle
Ban de Sapt
Austrian government statement on Poland and Carpathians
The official Vienna release via London reports the general situation in Poland and West Galicia unchanged. Fighting in the Carpathians continues and Bukowina up to Sneczawa has been cleared of the enemy.
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Vienna
London
Poland
West Galicia
Carpathians
Bukowina
Sneczawa
Werner Horn Confirmed Former German Army Officer
New York February 10 reports Werner Horn is identified as a former German army officer. Personal effects were seized by lawyer Daniel T. O'Connell in Horns former room at the Arietta Hotel Staten Island after hotel staff permitted the examination amid prior dispute over his military connection.
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New York
Werner Horn
Horn
Daniel T. O'Connell
Ftoston
Arietta
Staten Island
Horn case unfolds with political extradition claim
Mr. O Connell cites papers and trunk to argue Horn, a former officer, acted for political reasons and cannot be extradited. Defence gains shape with German sympathizers expected to help, with Boston lawyers joined by Maine, New York, and Washington attorneys skilled in international law.
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O'Connell
Horn
Boston
Maine
New York
Washington
Britain votes 3,000,000 men for army estimates
The House of Commons passed the army estimates for 3,000,000 men excluding India after two days of war debate. A token vote approved officers and men pay, giving the government a blank check. Harold Tennant said a mobile force under General Sir Tan Hamilton could be deployed if England was raided.
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London
House of Commons
India
Harold J. Tennant
Pariamentary
England
Tan Hamilton
German war summary from Berlin dispatch
Army headquarters reports minor successes in the Argonne and Vosges and Ban de Sapt area with no major western front reports. Isolated fights on the East Prussian frontier grew at some points but proceed normally. In Poland the Vistula front remains unchanged.
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Berlin
London
Argonne
Vosges
Ban-de-Sapt
Hirzbach
Vistula
Boer Rebel Lieutenant Colonel Maritz Reported Executed
Pretoria reports claim Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Maritz, leader of the rebel Boer movement, was executed by Germans for treachery. No official confirmation yet.
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Pretoria
S. G. Maritz
South Africa
Maritz
Neutral flag flown on Orduna in Irish Sea incident
Officials of the Cunard Line admitted that the steamer Orduna flew a neutral flag for a time while clearing the Irish coast after arriving from Liverpool. Passengers on the British liner had alleged she flew the Stars and Stripes for about 24 hours on January 31 as she passed through the Irish Sea.
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New York
Cur Ae ~Eaniship Company
Orduna
Liverpool
Irish Sea
Flag signaling on vessel Orduna under review
Passengers claim the American flag was showing aft to indicate nationality while the Cunard line issued a cautious denial. The official note says Orduna flew the English flag at the stern and the U S flag at the fore as customary, then lowered all flags after leaving Bar\nWight and flew a neutral flag while clearing the Irish coast. Captain Taylor would not comment under orders from the British admiralty.
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United States
Browning
New Jersey
Charles 5. Braddock, Jr
Thomas M. Taylor
Cunard Line
Internal Bath Ad Promotes Health From Waste Claim
An advertisement touts the J. B. L. Cascade internal bath device to prevent constipation and claim improved health. It cites a New York Times case of tubercular joint disease relieved after extensive intestinal waste removal and states 300000+ users. The Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in New England stock the device and offer Tyrrell’s treatise on efficiency.
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New York Times
Riker-Jaynes
New England
Tyrrell
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