Finance Commission Reports Land Assessment Errors in Boston
The Finance Commission led by John R. Murphy reports 170235 square feet excess in land assessments across 23 plots since 1897. It urges Mayor Peters to convene a conference of assessing and street departments and to assign the survey division to yearly resurvey a defined Boston district between Causeway and Arlington streets.
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Finance Commission
John R. Murphy
Peters
Boston
Causeway
Lowell, Charles
Beacon
Arlington Streets
Arlington Street
Columbus Avenue
Boylston
Essex Streets
Atlantic Avenue
German Aliens Face Final Registry Compliance
Beginning today, German aliens who failed to register or obtain affidavits must report to police and federal authorities. The grace period ended yesterday as 21 aliens were listed across 19 Boston stations, bringing totals to 1128 with police aiming for 1200 registrations.
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Wilson
Boston
No Halting for Italy Says Premier
Rome reports Premier Orlando telling Parliament that the war situation improves with U S aid replacing Russia and that continuation of the war is now a necessity for Italy. He reviewed the Versailles conference and urged continued effort despite recent setbacks.
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Italy
Rome
America
Orlando
United States
Russia
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Relief for Constipation
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present a calomel substitute for constipation relief. The doctors claim the sugar coated olive colored tablets stimulate the bowels and liver without forcing abnormal action. They promise quick, sure results from one or two tablets at bedtime, available 10c and 25c per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Calomel
J. Edwards
Fitzgerald Urges Fast Shipbuilding to Win War
Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald urged all citizens to awaken to the need to build ships faster than Germany can sink them. He spoke at the New England Clothiers' Association first annual meeting held last night at the City Club.
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John F. Fitzgerald
New England Clothiers’ Association
City Club
Boston Work To Enroll 8000 Mechanics For War Shipbuilding
Former Mayor voices urgency as Boston faces slow enlistment for 8000 mechanics needed to build ships for General Pershing. First day drew 1200, second day under 1000, third day under 500. Alexander Whiteside seeks cooperation from major employers to boost enrollments.
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General Pershing
France
Boston
Committee On Public Safety
City Hall
Uncle Sam
Alexander Whiteside
United States Public Service Reserve
Quincy Shipyard Workers Demand Federal Inquiry
The Quincy Shipbuilding Council condemns delays in Fore River ship construction and blames anti labor charges. They seek a Washington funded official investigation into working conditions housing transportation and fines while pledging cooperation with the government and urging remedies to unrest.
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Fore River
Quincy Shipbuilding Council
Washington
Quincy
Girl plots to set Hun lover free in Utah jail plot
Miss Augusta Deckman, fiancee of Ernest Leybold, interned enemy, was arrested at Fort Douglas for espionage and mail rifling. A note to Leybold triggered arrests of Rev B Henry Leemann. bail set at 2000 each. Authorities report tunnels found at the war prison as the plot to free Seybold and other aliens unraveled. Deckman admitted seeking Rev Leesmann to smuggle the note after camp privileges were denied.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Augusta Minnie Deckman
Ernest A. Leybold
War
Fort Douglas
Leybold
B. Henry Leemann
Ogden
Seybold
Alvo von Alvensleben
British Columbia
Miss Deckman
von Alvensleben
William Schloeterberg
Leesmann
Schleswig-Holstein
Denmark
Loving Cup for Moorfield Storey in Boston Douglass Day
In Faneuil Hall tonight Moorfield Storey, a champion of colored rights, will receive a silver loving cup from New England’s colored citizens. Lieutenant Governor Coolidge will deliver the state’s greetings and Boston Mayor Peters the city’s felicitations. The event is under the Boston Literary and Historical Association executive committee.
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Faneuil Hall
Moorfield Storey
New England
Coolidge
Boston
Peters
Boston Literary and Historical Association
Douglass
Salvation Army Drive Hits $15,000 In Boston
Metropolitan Boston corps report indicates $15,000 was raised in 86 hours for wartime extension work. The drive is part of a New England effort aiming for $290,000 and a nationwide goal of $1,000,000.
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Boston
Salvation Army
Boston Corps
New England
Miss Lucy Brown Appointed Second Assistant Registrar
Miss Lucy Brown was named second assistant registrar of probate today by Judges Dow and White and began her duties immediately. She has 26 years of service with the probate office and is the daughter of the late Augustus and Helen Brown of Northey Street in Salem.
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Salem, Tech
Lucy
Brown
Dow and White
Augustus and
Helen Brown
Northey Street
Milton Nominates Town Selectmen At Caucus
At Milton Town Hall last evening the candidates James Russell Maurice A Duffy and Jacob A Turner were nominated for Selectmen Ex Selectman Turner scored an upset victory over James F Mitchell the current board chair in a surprising result for the race
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Milton Town Hall
James §. Russell
Maurice A. Duffy
Jacob A. Turner
Turner
James F. Mitchell
Massing of Forces Continues Behind Battle Line
Under favorable weather terrain in France and Belgium dries, Teutonic allies pour thousands of troops to positions behind the front. No sign the enemy is ready to launch his long advertised offensive.
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France
Belgium
Front War News Reveals Heavy Front Action and Allied Resolve
Reports from the western front describe continued bombardments and patrols with no decisive infantry offensive yet. Entente forces strengthen positions as German reinforcements arrive while British and French authorities predict strong resistance if an attack occurs. American sharpshooters pressure German trenches as airship patrols gather intelligence. Meanwhile Austrians and Germans loot, mistreat civilians, and transport spoils behind the lines.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Sette Communi
Quiet Day in U S Sector Amid Mud and Rain
The U S sector reports a quiet day with minimal artillery due to rain and low visibility. No American casualties in 24 hours. several deaths and injuries among soldiers are listed, including Private Bert Howard and Sergeant Kent S. Ritchie, with multiple wounded officers and soldiers noted.
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Associated Press
Bert Howard
Clare
Mich
Kent S. Ritchie
Indianapolis
John H. MacVeagh
Field Artillery
Bernardsville
N. J
John J. McGuire
Infantry
New York City
Samuel B. Roper
Passaic
Schuyler M. League of
Digestive Remedies Advocate Salts For Stomach Troubles
A medical authority claims stomach acidity causes indigestion not lack of digestive juices. He prescribes four ounces of Jad Salts with water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity, reduce gas, and stimulate liver and kidneys for better digestion. The study notes Jad Salts is inexpensive and made from grape and lemon acids with lithia and sodium phosphate.
Pacifist Resolution Defeated in British Commons
In London on February 13 the Commons rejected an amendment by Richard Holt calling regret that Versailles decisions make military effort the sole immediate government task. The vote was 159 to 20, with pacifists forming the minority. Andrew Bonar Law defended policy noting 1917 measures adding 820,645 army recruits and 731,000 men plus 804,000 women at home.
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London
Richard Holt
Supreme War Council
Versailles
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
National Service Department
England Maintains Food Output During War Efforts
The chancellor stated 1917 cereal output reached 850000 tons with an extra 3000000 tons of potatoes. England did not reduce food production, and English acres under plow grew by 1 million. England and Scotland Ireland expanded cultivated land, wheat stocks rose by about 8.4 million bushels year over year, and Britain built 1,163,474 tons of shipping in 1917 with 170,000 tons from abroad.
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England
Chancellor
Scotland
Ireland
Great Britain
America
Cambridge flier awarded War Cross
The article details Army aviators Hitchcock and Wellman earning the War Cross for valor. It recounts aerial duels over German planes, crashes, and close calls near Lens and enemy trenches. Both pilots, with less than six months on the front, returned with bullet-riddled machines and continued flights.
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Hitchcock
Wellman
Tlitchcock
Lens
Wilson
Congress
Schoolboy Athlete William Wellman Starred In Multiple Sports
William A Wellman from Cambridge at 21 years old is celebrated for football, hockey, basketball, and baseball in school days. He joined the Norton Harjes Ambulance Unit to France last spring and entered the French aviation department with Lafayette Escadrille, rated corporal. His brother Arthur O. Wellman serves in the US Aviation Department.
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William A. Wellman
France
Arthur G. Wellman
Riverbank Court Hotel
Cambridge
Newton High School
Wellman
Norton Harjes
United States
Aviation Department
Lafayette Escadrille
Arthur O. Wellman
United States Aviation Department
William Wellman
Boston
Brookline
New England
French Officer Flamand Visits State House
Brigadier Charles J. Flamand, son of the French consul in Boston, officer in the 8th Regiment of the 20th Army Corps, visited the Senate and House of Representatives. He addressed both bodies and received much applause.
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Charles J. Flamand
Boston
20Th Army Corps of
France
Senate
House of Representatives
Review of Army at Camp Devens Monday
The parade will be the first division parade in full war strength in New England history. Twenty six thousand officers and men with ammunition wagons horses mules and motor vehicles will form a 24 mile long line and take about seven hours to pass any point. Brigadier General MacDonald and Major Lauber inspect the cantonment with General Hodges returning from Europe. Curley of Dorchester faces general court martial for desertion after 47 days away. decision pending.
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New England
Division
Hodges
Europe
John J. Curley
Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester
301St Infantry
Courtmartial
Curley
Camp Greene Abandonment Delayed by Baker Inquiry
Washington reports orders to abandon Camp Greene Charlotte as a permanent training post were paused by Secretary Baker after North Carolina lawmakers and Charlotte representatives urged review. Baker said drainage issues had improved with weather and no abandonment steps would occur until he conducts a personal investigation.
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Washington
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Baker
North Carolina
Congress
Ambassador Visits Some Tuscania Survivors
Walter Hines Page American ambassador visited a military camp in London where Tuscania survivors are lodged. He spoke with officers and soldiers and expressed satisfaction that no shaken nerves were evident among them after their experiences.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Pershing Praises British Rescue Aid for Tuscania Survivors
General Pershing commends the British war office for efficient cooperation in rescuing Tuscania survivors. He also credits the Y M C A and the Red Cross for valuable assistance in the effort, in a cablegram received at the War Department.
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Washington
British
War Office
Pershing
War Department
Red Cross
Public Library Trustees Issue Annual Report
The trustees led by William F. Kenney present the annual report to Mayor Peters. Excerpts urge keeping libraries open except in emergencies and note that earlier factory and shop closings can boost reading time and public acquaintance with the library.
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Public Library
Peters
William F. Kenney
Samuel Carr
Alexander Mann
Daniel H. Coakley
Arthur T. Connolly
Library salary schedule and expansion plan for 1918
The 1918 salary schedule, effective Feb 1, totals 407 524 for all library salaries with 570 096 for all purposes. A $16 554 boost funds service expansion and $24 855 covers increases for low waged staff. Trustees seek a Ben ton bequest income and appoint a two member commission to study the library system with Ed win N. Anderson and Arthur F. E. Bostwick named.
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Benton
United States
Edwin N. Anderson
Public Library
New York City
Arthur FE. Bostwick
Public Library of
Wilson Praised by Manchester Guardian
The Manchester Guardian hails President Wilson as head and shoulders above others, praising his steadfast focus on why America joined the war. It contrasts his Congress address with Versailles council reports and notes his repeated efforts to fix lapses in allied diplomacy with admirable effect.
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London
Wilson
Manchester Guardian
America
Congress
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Robertson May Take Now Post In Royal Influence
London February 13 The Central News reports that General Sir William Robertson chief of the imperial staff has not been dismissed or resigned but may leave his post soon to assume a position of high influence if he desires.
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London
The
Central News
William R. Robertson
Imperial Staff
Army Headquarters
Lord Cecil Plans League of Nations Strategy
Lord Robert Cecil told the House of Commons that Britain is giving serious attention to a League of Nations. He added that he personally prepared a scheme for the proposed body.
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Lord Cecil
London
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
League of Nations
U Boat Sinks Spanish Steamer Near Canaries
The Spanish steamer Ceferino was sunk by a submarine near Ferro Island in the Canaries. All crew members were saved and towed to La Estaca port by the submarine.
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Madrid
Ceferino
Ferro Island
Canary Group
la Estaca
Canaries
NAACP Telegram Demands Wilson Speech Over Fray At Fort Springs
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sent a telegram to President Wilson urging him to denounce the torture and burning of a Black man, Jim McIlherson, at Fort Springs Tennessee. The telegram was signed by executive secretary John R. Shilladay.
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New York
Ich
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilson
Jim Mcllherson
Frtit Springs
Tenn
John R. Shilladay
MISS BLACKWELL TALKS ON RUSSIA OF 1898
Alice Stone Blackwell spoke at the War Service Shop in Boston about her reminiscences of Mme. Breskofsky called the grandmother of the Russian revolution and life in Russia 28 years prior. Mrs. Frederick P. Bagley described Boston efforts to Americanize foreign women.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Mme. Breskofsky
Russia
War Service Shop
Boylston Street
Frederick P. Bagley
Boston
Freezone corn remover offer claims painless relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless way to remove hard and soft corns and calluses. It promises instant pain relief with a no hurt application, urging readers to buy from their druggist and try the Cincinnati genius discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Indigestion remedy touts Bisulated Magnesia
An old advisory explains gas and acid indigestion as dangerous and urges using Bisulated Magnesia after meals. It claims the powder neutralizes excess stomach acid, relieves gas and bloat, and is sold at Liggett's Tuker-Jaynes Drug Stores and other druggists.
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Liggett'a Tuker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules advertised for kidney relief
An advertisement claims daily meals produce uric acid harming kidneys and bladder and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the remedy. It asserts prompt relief for kidney and bladder diseases, urges immediate health action, and guarantees money back if not satisfied.
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Haarlem
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