Second Cone Shop Burns In Chelsea Blaze
State police probed yesterday the origin of a three story brick cone factory fire at 166 Elm Street Chelsea. Firemen battled flames after a 6 pm call and prompted a second alarm with nearby towns aiding. Owner Philip Broomfield and occupant Samuel Werliney faced an estimated loss of 35000 dollars.
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Elm Street
Chelsea
John S. O'Neill
Hmudson
Revere and
Everett
Williams Street
Philip Broomfield
Franklin Avenue
Samuel Werliney
Regains Health After Years Of Stomach Trouble
A testimonial from Mrs. Margaret Gallagher of North Adams mass credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength after five years of stomach distress nerve trouble and insomnia The ad notes the remedy is sold by druggists or by mail and offers free booklets building up the blood and what to eat and how to eat
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Margaret Gallagher
Nelson Street
North Adams
Mass
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Shaw- Walker
Mrs Dooley Endorses Lydia Pinkham Remedy for Working Women
Milwaukee woman Mrs Dooley of 1135 23th Street reports relief from fatigue and pelvic pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other working girls to try the root and herb remedy, noting it has helped thousands nationwide and is repeatedly advertised by letters from women.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
H. Dooley
23Th Street
Dooley
Lydia
Narratives From New England Division WWI Stories
The Post begins a serialized series of actual World War I personal experiences by members of New England's division. These ongoing narratives will run daily in the Daily and Sunday Post, sharing firsthand accounts.
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Post
New England
Daily
Sunday Post
Runners for the 104th Infantry Volunteer Tale
A Friday in April describes volunteers from the Allston armory joining the 104th Infantry as runners, stretcher bearers, and ammo carriers. The narrative follows training, dispatch to the front near Leideprey, and combats with German shock troops, with later installments promised.
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104Th
Fatherland
Y. D’s
Allston
Commonwealth Ave
Tom Daley
Barry St
Dorchester
Bertram Ashby
Cambridge
Frank Haley
Medfield
Simmons Workers Tell of War Efforts at Conference
Simmons College Alumnae Conference closed with an afternoon session featuring faculty war experiences and a college supper at South Trail. President Henry Lefavour presided while Dean Sarah Louise Arnold spoke on the Hoover commission. Alexander Mark and Charles Underwood shared war stories, letters from alumnae overseas were read, and a $100 alumnae building fund contribution was announced.
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Simmons College
South Trail
Henry Lefavour
Sarah Louise Arnold
Hoover Commission
Alexander Mark
Charles Underwood
Italy
Dean Arnold
Brazilian Admiral Visits Battlefields In France
Admiral Frontin of Brazil, leading a squadron in French waters, returned from tours of Rheims and Verdun battlefields. French minister of marine Gorges Leygue hosted a banquet with the Brazilian minister and several high ranking French naval officers attending.
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Paris
Frontin
Rheims
Verdun
Gorges Leygue
Charlestown Baby Named After Wilson
Charlestown’s three month old baby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Hayes of Tremont Street, Charlestown, is named after Woodrow Wilson. The child, born in Boston near the Bunker Hill Monument, weighs over ten pounds more than average and is five inches longer than typical three month olds. His mother says he has heard of the President’s Boston visit and that he smiles and chuckles, even laughing real laughter at two months.
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Woodrow Wilson
Boston
Daniel F. Hayes
Tremont Street
Charlestown
Sam’s
Bunker Hill Monument
Bunker Hill
Woodrow Wilson Hayes
Uncle Sam
Church Home Society To Review Its Work
The Church Home Society reports notable social service achievements in the recent months. A Friday meeting at Copley Plaza will be presided by Dean Rousmaniere with Charles Mason, the society treasurer, presenting a review of the work.
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Church Home Society
Dean Rousmaniere
Copley Plaza
Charles Mason
Peace work plans outlined by council of national defense
Washington Feb 23 The council of national defense lays out peacetime aims using wartime machinery. Extension of reconstruction research, skeleton peace-time mobilization, highway traffic relief of rail congestion, Gomper labor work, 184000 units in demobilization and reconstruction, and creation of non partisan community councils under state control. The council aided the US employment service by forming about 1900 employment bureaus for veterans and war workers.
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Washington
Council of National Defence
House Appropriations Committee
Clarkson
Council
Highways Transport Committee
Labor Committee
Samuel Gomipers
United States Employment Service
Federal Job Bureau seen as essential by employers and workers
Federal Director Linus K. Sawyer of the United States Employment Service reports a flood of letters from grateful employers and employees in the state. Telegraphed praise from corporation heads and labor leaders urges Congress to continue the service.
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Trans
Ns of
Linus K. Sawyer
United States Employment Service
Washington
Congress
Labor Dept Policy Aims Federal State Joint Employment Service
Secretary Wilson outlines a plan to maintain and expand a federal state joint employment service to aid wage earners including veterans. The policy supports a federal system with state management under federal supervision to ensure nationwide uniform standards and prevent unrest during demobilization. Agreements with some states are already under consideration.
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Department of Labor
U. S. Employment Service
Wilson
Edward Keating
Colorado
Sawyer
Employment Service
Secretary of Labor
United States
Federal government to maintain offices in every state
The passage calls for the federal government to keep its own offices across states for now until each state can bear its share and assume management under federal supervision. It outlines a transitional plan to ensure continuity of federal functions during state readiness.
Lowell Workers Protest to Mayor
The Lowell general committee of textile workers representing Polish speaking employees protests Mayor Perry D. Thompson and the Hark Commission for denying a permit for a mass meeting on South Common. They say the ban on free speech violates the U.S. Constitution while seeking a 44 hour week and a 25 percent wage rise, and urge an immediate reply.
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Thompson
Man in Maine Credits Elixir With Health Recovery
Belfast resident Trenry O. Hanley praises Dr. True's Elixir as life saving in a letter. The ad-like piece touts the medicine as a family laxative and worm expeller, lists worm symptoms, and urges readers to obtain Dr True's Elixir through J F True & Co. Auburn.
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Trenry O. Hanley
Cross St
Belfast
Maine
Dr. True
Aldresa der
J. F. True & Co
Auburn
State
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Woodford St
Haley
104Th Infantry
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Bill Gagnebin
Lawrence Wogan
Brookline
Orice
Felix Oliver
Wakefield
Frank Desmond
Randolph
L Company
Foster Trainer
K Company
Dana Severns
Roslindale
Eddie Fitzpatrick
Buck’’ Murdock
Freddie Wright
Woburn
104Th Massachusetts Infantry
Hindenburg
Leideprey
102D Infantry
BAYER
Simmons
National Defence Council
Sec
Gude
Pepto Mangan
M. J. Breitenbach Company, Manufacturing Chemists
New York
Lowell
Haw-Walker
Fort Hill
F. 1. Brown
Federal Street
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