Greater Boston mobilizes for Washington George Washington Memorial drive
More than 200 business and professional leaders in Greater Boston organize to raise 50000 dollars as Boston’s share toward a national civic building in Washington DC to memorialize George Washington. George B. Gallup chairs the campaign as committees name leaders. Forty thousand letters go out tonight urging support.
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Greater Boston
Washington, D. C
George Washington
Kingsley Trail
Ford
George B. Gallup
Boston
Greater
Retirement Bill Favored By Senate Committee
A Senate civil service committee recommended a retirement bill setting an eight percent salary dues cap, retirement at 70 on half pay, and government subsidies for the first fifty years until the fund becomes self-sustaining. The $600 annual limit applies to beneficiaries.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Freezone Promises Quick Corn and Callus Relief
An advertisement promotes Freezone a Cincinnati discovered liquid for corns and calluses. The copy claims a few drops relieve soreness shrink the corn or callus and allow removal without pain. Small bottles are available at drug stores for a few cents.
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Cincinnati
Elopement of Thurston Remington and Garrison Couples Reported
The elopement of Miss Helen Thurston Remington of Dorchester and Wendell Holmes Garrison of Newtonville, grandson of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, was disclosed yesterday as friends received marriage announcements.
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Helen Thurston Remington
Dorchester
Wendell Holmes Garrison
Newtonville
William Lloyd Garrison
Champlain Studio
Remington Daughter Weds in New York on Lincoln Birthday
A telegram to Mrs. Pardon Sheldon Remington of 21 Paisley Park Dorchester reports her daughter’s wedding. The couple were in New York last night and Mrs. Remington awaits details. Miss Remington age 29, Providence graduate.
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Pardon Sheldon Remington
Paisley Park
Dorchester
New York
Engagement Ties Newtonville Couple to Remington-Ford Ties
Mr. Garrison aged 22, son of Francis J. Garrison, connected with the Ford plant in Boston, is handling his father's estate after his death. He has been engaged to Miss Remington of the Remington-Urquhart Press and they will reside at 61 Paige Road Newtonville.
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Remington-Urquhart Press
Boston
Garrison
Ford Motor Company
Francis J. Garrison
Remington
Paige Road
Newtonville
American steamer Alaskan reaches La Pallice after wartime voyage
The American steamer Alaskan under Captain F.E. I. Smith sailed from port in January bound for France with heavy ammunition and 1600 army horses under 60 American tenders. She arrived safely at La Pallice in the Bay of Biscay last Saturday.
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FE. I. Smith
France
I.a Pallice
Bay of Biscay
Fire Brill Leads 160 to Safety in Brockton
In Brockton on February 13 at 1 35 PM a basement fire at the old Keith School forced 160 pupils and six teachers to evacuate in orderly ranks. All unharmed, the building burned to the ground within half an hour, with losses estimated at 7000 dollars.
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Brockton
Keith
Fire destroys old school as plans for brick rebuild proceed
Miss Angie B Ellis discovers an overheated furnace fire in the basement and rings the fire drill bell. Teachers guide pupils to safety with no panic as smoke fills stairs and yard. Clothing is lost by children. mothers and neighbors bring replacements. The old school burns to the ground. authorities say a brick structure will replace it.
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Angie B. Ellis
Elsie Lawson
Sarah K. (Hipman
Anna Smith
Alluring Spring Styles Described by Maude Hall
Maude Hall highlights new spring styles in a descriptive feature illustrated in color in the Sun day Post. The piece emphasizes fresh silhouettes and vivid palettes for the season.
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Maude Hall
Treasury deficit forecast and bond plan revisions
The Senate finance committee reports a deficit of 333.4 million dollars for the next fiscal year and proposes amending the administration revenue bill to authorize bonds of 195.256 million and indebtedness certificates of 500.080 million. Expenditures for 1918 are set at 1.4 billion, with a 433.4 million funding gap to be covered by bonds and taxes. Proposals include 162.418 million for Mexican situation expenses, 21.838 million for the Alaskan railway, 11 million for an armor plate plant, 226 million excess profits tax, and 22 million inheritance tax. The total from bonds and taxes would exceed needs by about 9.856 million. The conference adjourned to continue today.
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Washington
Congress
House
Conference on Ship Strike Talks End in Conference
President Calvin Austin of the Eastern Steamship Corporation met with a committee of striking Tiire men, Oilers and Water Tenders' Union members, and Marine Cooks and Stewards' Union to discuss the ongoing fleet labor action.
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Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Tiiremen, Oilers and Water Tenders’ Union
Grim first hand war portrait by William G Shepherd
A vivid fragment from William G Shepherd’s Sunday Post Magazine presents a stark, personal view of war’s unseen costs. It centers on a restrained, somber portrayal of civilians and frontline experiences beyond official atrocity reports.
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William G. Shepherd
Next Sunday Post
Lunch for Sir Herbert Ames at Union Club and Symphony Hall
Sir Herbert Ames of Canada, Amherst class of 1885, will host a luncheon today at the Union Club in Chestnut Hill, with many British relief workers invited. This evening he will lecture at Symphony Hall on The British Navy to aid the British Imperial relief fund, followed by Captain Tan Hay Beith describing trench warfare reflections and Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham presiding.
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Sir Herbert Ames
Canada
Amherst
James Colt
Chestnut Hill
Union Club
Sir Herbert
Symphony Hall
Imperial Relief Fund
Tan Hay” Beith
Argyl and Southern Highlanders Regiment
Paul Revere Frothingham
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