Mrs Francis McNeil Bacon To Speak On Devastated France
Mrs Francis McNeil Bacon of New York city who recently returned from France will speak at a meeting of the American Committee for Devastated France at 415 Boylston Street tomorrow at 4 o clock. She will discuss conditions in France and urge urgent funds for rehabilitation.
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Francis McNeil Bacon
New York City
France
American Committee For Devastated
Boylston Street
Bacon
Rance
Mrs Wilson praises K of C work for soldiers in France
Mrs Woodrow Wilson applauds Knights of Columbus for aiding sick and wounded American soldiers in France. Edward Reed of Longmont Colo reports from Base Hospital No. 57 in Paris that Knights’ secretaries distribute comforts and provide service equal to that given to front-line troops.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Knights of Columbus
France
Edward Reed
Longmont
Colo
Base Hospital No. 57
Paris
War Work Council
New Haven Workers Protest Lay Offs
More than 100 maintenance workers on the New Haven system were laid off sparking protests as remaining staff fear further reductions. A local union committee traveled to Washington to present grievances to Grand President A. E. Barker.
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Maintenance of Way Employees’ Union
New Haven
Washington
A. E. Barker
Wounded Vet Pleads Guilty to Bigamy in Lynn Court
Robert P. Seeley a returned wounded soldier and member of the 191st Infantry pleaded guilty in the Lynn District Court to bigamy. Judge O'Brien fined him 25 dollars and sentenced him to 18 months. Seeley had married Lillian Buckley of Chelsea on April 17 1911 and Mary Hakey of Lynn on August 20 1917 while in camp at Framingham.
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Robert P. Seeley
191St Infantry
Lynn
O’brien
Seeley
Lillian Buckley
Chelsea
Cherry Street
Mary Hakey
Framingham
Coffee Prices Rise Again After June Freeze
Coffee advanced two cents a pound to consumers yesterday, marking another price increase. A sales manager from a major coffee importing firm cites the June freeze in coffee-growing regions and expanded markets after the armistice as key factors driving costs.
Coffee price outlook and dairy market update
The new crop will be short and demand high with coffee likely 35 to 45 cents a pound for six months. Onions rose with first shipment abroad. Egg and butter markets remain firm with little consumer change. selected eggs 65 cents and 58 cents for fresh Westerns, tub butter 58 to 60 cents, with possible consumer price bumps ahead.
Start Drive for Y W C A to Raise 114000 in Seven Days
More than 200 women began a seven day drive to raise 114000 for YWCA work. First day contributions reached between 7000 and 8000 with numerous donors listed including Costello Converse Lee Robey and Hammond. The drive aims to aid working women and girls amid postwar economic strain and demobilization.
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Angew If
Patera
S. Parkmin Blake
Marion
Aske
Roto Ans DO Wes
Amines Wrorbor
Cherles M. Hammond
Tod
George A. Gordon
Elizabeta Burrage
William Appleton
Former Springfield Mayor Frank E. Stacy Dies at 47
Springfield Feb 17 Former Mayor Frank E Stacy died today after a week long illness of pneumonia He retired from office Jan 1 after serving four years in Springfield authorities report He was 47 years old
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Springfield
Frank E. Stacy
Little Grandmother of the Revolution recounts Russian fate
Mme Catherine Breshkovskaya, famed as the Little Grandmother, spoke at Miss Alice Stone Blackwell's Dorchester home. She described Tsarist autocracy, her exile and imprisonment, and claimed Bolshevism was fostered by Germany as Russia signed Brest-Litovsk. She warned Germany and Japan threaten Russia's future amid the Paris peace scene.
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Russia
Mme
Catherine Breshkovskaya
South Station
Siberia
Madam Breshkovskaya
Germany
Brest- Litovsk
Trotsky and Lenine
Paris
Japan
Babushka” Breshkovskaya
Boston
Alice Stone Blackwell
Portuguese Revolt Suppressed by Lisbon Regime
The Portuguese revolutionary movement is declared crushed by the Lisbon government. Cziron, monarchist leader, and several cabinet members are jailed while heavy fighting casualties are reported. Wire and rail communications reopen between Lisbon and Oporto as the state talks continue.
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Washington
Portugal
Lisbon
State Department
Oporto
Cziron
Relu Cigarettes marketed as a proven blend with Relu Bird ads
The Reed Tobacco Co announces Relu Cigarettes as a well blended brand backed by tobacco expertise. It highlights nationwide testing and growing sales over three years, with a money back guarantee and production under Reed and Larus & Co. management in Richmond Virginia.
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Reed Tobacco Co
Larus & Bro. Co
United States
Larus
Reed Tobacco .Co
Richmond
War Crosses to N E Men for Distinguished Service
Four New England servicemen earned the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in France during September and October of last year. Lt Preston D. Fogg led a withdrawal after an attack near Champigneulle despite wounds. Pvt Chauncey J. Griswold established and manned a frontline dressing station under shell and gas fire. Sgt James B. Lawless bayoneted two enemy guns during a raid near Thiaucourt. Lt Donald McIntyre aided a wounded comrade through heavy shelling and returned him to safety.
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Champigneulle
Grandpre
France
Preston D. Fogg
309Th Infantry
Hobson Street
Brighton
Chauncey J. Griswold
312Th Infantry
Cottage Street
Dorchester
James B. Lawless
310Th Infantry
Newport
R. I
Thiaucourt
Donald McIntyre
Manchester
Funeral of the Rev John P Sheehan Today
A steady procession visited St Marys Church in Brookline to pay respects to Rev John P Sheehan assistant pastor who died Saturday after a brief illness. A high mass of requiem will be celebrated at 10 this morning with Father Michael T McManus as celebrant.
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St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption
Brookline
John P. Sheehan
Michael T. McManus
Michael Derby
St. Peter
Navy officer convalesces after pneumonia in Brest
Vice Admiral Henry T. Wilson, previously ill with pneumonia at Brest, is now convalescent. The Navy Department was informed he would return to the United States soon aboard the battleship New Mexico.
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Relu Bird
New England
Relu
Washington
Henry T. Wilson
Brest
Navy Department
United States
New Mexico
Landlords Clash With Movers Over Dead Beats Law
Furniture movers faced legislative committee on legal affairs as advocates push measures to require furnishing information on where goods of dead beats and bad payers are moved. Critics labeled such tenants as dead beats and fly by nights, arguing for tougher tracking by movers.
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Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
Lawmakers Hear Debate Over Credit Abuses And Fly By Nights
Representative Greenwood described a wary landlord scene with a tenant moveout after 30 days taking 99 dollars in fixtures. Massachusetts officials and retailers pressed for measures while opposition warned of burdens and constitutional issues.
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Lockhart
Beacon Street
Tremont Street
Cis
Mrs. Wilson
K. Ofc
America
Mackinaws
Bloomer
Women’s Union Suits
Forest Mills
Keet
Kitchen
Marquisette
Patent Colt
Houghton & Dutton
Breshkovskaya
N. E
Admiral Wilson
Greenwood
Everett
Alongo F. Yent
Massachusetts Home Furnishing Association
John R. Nelson
Quincy
Christian Nelson
Worcester
Patrick J. Lane
Mastery Furniture Movers’ Association of Massachusetts
Missouri
Blasco Ibanez
E. P. Dutton & CO
Sth Ave
N.Y
Bellans
Whiting Paper Company
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