Gift of $1000 Triggers World War I Prisoner Fates
Harold Denham sent $1000 to his sister Mrs. E R Osten just before World War I. The gift led to both spouses being imprisoned in Germany as suspected English spies. They endured four years apart in separate camps, surviving until relatives helped reunion in Fredericton. They plan to visit Portland and then Boston to see Harold Donham.
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America
Germany
Osten
Herr von der Osten
Toronto
62D Fusiliers
St. John
King’s County
New Brunswick
Holland
England
Adie Gives $1000 for Devastated France
Andrew Adie president of United States Worsted Company and chairman of the American committee for devastated France sent a $1000 check to Allan Forbes treasurer of the war relief fund. He leads the drive among manufacturers and business men and has already secured thousands. Other subscriptions include $200 from Robert Saltonstall and $600 from an unnamed Boston lawyer plus five $100 gifts.
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Andrew Adie
United States
American Committee
France
Allan Forbes
Adie
Mr. Adie
Robert Saltonstall
State Street
Boston
Cure a Cold in One Day With Laxative BromoQuin
Ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quin in tablet form priced at 30 cents. The product claims to stop cough and headache and cure the cold. Each box bears E W Groves signature.
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E. W. Grove
Mary Garden Gown Displayed in Boston
Hickson Studio presents the Mary Garden "Victory" gown in Boston displays after the armistice. Crooks returns from overseas with Parisian models as Agnes Grace models the low cut lama cloth dress with Latin finishings and ramestone decorations.
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Boston
Mary Garden
Agnes Grace
Hickson’s
Paris
Jenny Rush
Philip S. Crooks
Hickson Studio
William Gets an Answer in Spudd Dialogues
In the Boston Post Sunday Magazine George Brinton Beal presents William losing another argument in the Spudd Dialogues. The piece titled William Gets an Answer appears in the magazine's next issue, continuing the dialogue with William on display in print.
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William
Spudd
George Brinton Beal
Boston Post
Bigamy case ends in six months in Worcester
In Worcester on February 13 Elmer L Flagg 52 formerly of New Britain Conn was charged with bigamy. Judge Samuel Utley sentenced him to six months in the house of correction after Mrs Emma Flagg the first wife and the deserted spouse traced him to his new marriage to Mary J Healey 28 days earlier on January 16.
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Elmer L. Flagg
New Britain
Emma Flage
Flagg
Mary J. Healey
Chandler Street
Utley
Magg
Discrimination Charges in New York Seed Market
Federal inquiry into milk and seed policies hears testimony from Raymond Smith alleging discrimination against dairy farmers. The witness references wartime wheat shortages, flour mills, and claims of wheat bread contributing to Belgian famine, tying it to broader supply misuse.
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New York
Dairy Farmers of
George Chapman
American Seed Manufacturers’ Association
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Department of Farm Seeds
Raymond Smith
Federal Trade Commission
McAdoo
America
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Belgium
Coat theft at Newton Classical High School prompts arrest
Lucy McLellan, 18, was charged with attempted larceny after being seen taking a fur coat from the Newton Classical High School coat room. She claimed the coat was hers and later admitted she took it to look like other girls while supporting her mother with mill work. Inspector Richard Goode, Principal Enoch Adams, and Edith Arnold testified.
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Newton Classical High School
Lucy McLellan
Richard Goode
Enoch Adams
Carpenters Fail to Agree on Wage Scale
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and the Building Trades Employers Association failed to agree on a wage scale at a New York conference. Carpenters will resume the strike Monday after negotiations paused. The AFL Building Trades executive council will meet in New York to decide on sympathy strikes for the crafts involved.
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New York
Brotherhod of Carpenters
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Carpenters
Executive Council
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Building Trades Department of the
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Springfield Suitor Dies From Wound After Shooting
George Papadakis a 19 year old, who on Tuesday shot his former sweetheart Na y Pratt aged 17 and Victor Lagury, died in a hospital from a abdominal wound. Pratt is in critical condition with a back head wound. Lagury is recovering.
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Springfield
George Papadakis
Labor Executives Open Conference at Parker House
A two days conference of the executive board of the Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and delegates of the American Institute of Architects opened at the Parker House. The opening session focused on plans to eliminate jurisdictional strikes in building operations nationwide with optimism for a solution before adjournment.
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Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
American Institute of Architects
Parker House
Durable Nedlin Soles Endorsement Drives Sales
The ad praises Nedlin Soles by G P Jones of Omaha and notes over 10,000,000 pairs have been fitted in America. It highlights long wear comfort waterproofness and economy, with Goodyear producing Nedlin Soles and Wingfoot Heels in Akron Ohio for re-soleing shoes.
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G. P. Jones
Omaha
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
U.S. Pat
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