Inmate Seeks $1200 for Alienation of Spouse
Worcester jury awards $1200 to an inmate of the house of correction for alienation of his wife's affection. In a separate suit, the defendant receives $20 for damages from the shooting. Matteo Santoro shot Francesco Potaro on Sept 2, 1916, in a dispute over Mrs Santoro. Potaro, now recovered, gets $300 for injuries.
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Worcester
House of Correction
Matteo Santoro
Francesco Potaro
Santoro
Potaro
Three Steamship Lines Unite in Boston Office
The Cunard Anchor and Anchor- Donaldson lines plan a joint Boston office in the Cunard building at 126 State Street. Charles C. Casey will head the passenger department for all three lines. The group already runs joint offices in Pittsburg Seattle Vancouver St Louis and San Francisco to expand U S connections and boost Boston’s port.
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New England
Cunard
Anchor
Anchor- Donaldson
State Street
Charles C. Casey
Anchor Line
Boston
Pittsburg
Seattle
Vancouver
St. Louis
San Francisco
America
California Syrup of Figs Heralded as Gentler Laxative
An old fashioned purge featuring calomel and castor oil is rejected in favor of California Syrup of Figs. The ad touts its gentle, positive action for stomachs, livers, and bowels across all ages, urging mothers to buy the product from the California Fig Syrup Company and beware counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Syrup Company
High Wind Sweeps New England Coast Inland
A high wind over 60 mph swept the New England coast yesterday, causing inland damage and disrupting shipping. Vessels sheltered in harbors, and ice floes along shorelines piled up damaging waterfront property.
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New England
Boston Storm Strikes City as Ice Floes and Winds Wreak Havoc
A fierce gale from midnight Monday to yesterday caused ice to flood streets, damage piers at the Cohasset Yacht Club and Tower's wharf, and blew down hundreds of poles chimneys and trees. Boston reported 48 mph winds for a five minute span at 3 50 am with heavy rainfall earlier.
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Tull
Cohasset Yacht Club
Tower's Wharf
Greater
Boston
Arlington Boy John Looney Missing in Town Hunt
Arlington police and fire crews, joined by residents, searched for 7-year-old John Looney of 1049 Massachusetts Avenue after he vanished yesterday afternoon. Last seen by his mother at about 4 pm, a large-scale search resumed today with residents. He is described as sandy haired with freckles and a stutter, wearing blue overalls, a gray coat, and a red and gray stocking cap.
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Arlington Police and Fire Departments
John Looney
John M. Looney
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Teacher Weds Aviation Ensign in New York Ceremony
Miss Pearl A. Griffith a Boston school teacher daughter of Mr and Mrs James P Griffith of Allston was married yesterday to Edwin F Kant former technology student and recently commissioned ensign in the naval aviation corps The couple wed in New York The bride a Washington Grammar and Brighton High School graduate taught in a private Boston school for two years Kant is son of Mr and Mrs William Kant of Allston
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Pearl A. Griffith
Boston
James P. Griffith
Hopedale Street
Allston
Edwin F. Kant
Naval Aviation Corps
New York
Washington Grammar
Brighton High School
Kant
William Kant
Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
Envoys Quit Petrograd Before German Advance Continued On First Page
German forces push forward as supplies accumulate around Pskov while Soviet troops bolster the area. Bolsheviks resist across fronts, with Narva garrison marching to Reval and Kolenkowitz seized in Volhynia as Petrograd urges defense and mass arming of the capital. American units northwest of Toul endure heavy artillery but respond with disciplined counterfire.
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Pskov
Narva
Reval
Petrograd
Volhynia
Kolenkowitz
Berlin
Ukraine
Russia
Toul
Call to Arms as Petrograd Faces Peril in Revolt
Russia calls on workers soldiers and peasants to defend Petrograd amid perceived German led advance and looming monarchy restore. Proclamation urges mass enlistment in Red battalions as dictator inquiry and armistice talk with Germany yields no reply. Berlin Sofia Constantinople cited.
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Petrograd
Russia
William
Red Petrograd
Red Battalions
Berlin
Dvinsk
Sofia
Constantinople
Krylenko
255 000 Children Enroll in Junior Red Cross in Boston
More than 255000 New England school children joined the Junior Red Cross with 19000 enrollments yesterday. Parochial schools in Boston under Rev. Augustine F. Hickey contributed 950, bringing over 60 percent of Boston's parochial students into Junior Red Cross work.
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New England
Red Cross
Boston
Augustine F. Hickey
Bolshevik Falling Is Her Belief
Miss Isola Goethius, recently returned from Russia and linked with U S embassies in Petrograd and Spain, predicts an early downfall of Bolshevik rule. She says Russia will arise in strength and that the conservative element will soon control the vast empire.
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North Abington
Isola Goethius
Russia
United States
Petrograd
Spain
Russian Revolution impressions from Miss Goethius
Miss Goethius describes the Russian uprising where soldiers failed to oppose the people, yielding a rapid revolution. She notes orderly streets with little policing or looting, credits the czar for banning vodka, and recalls widespread German spies and early Bolshevik counter moves. She recounts harsh German wartime experiences and scarce food in Germany on route to Petrograd.
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Miss Goethius
America
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Petrograd
Austria
Lowell Girl Sails with a Phone Unit
Miss Lena Lamoureau daughter of Patrolman Joseph Lamoureau joins the first telephone unit of the United States Signal Corps heading for France. The unit comprises 15 women trained as telephone operators with the American expeditionary forces in France. She is the only member not previously a telephone operator.
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Lena Lamoureau
Joseph Lamoureau
Lowell
Incendiary Fire Injures Two Firemen in Charlestown
A three alarm blaze at Wilkins' stable on Warren Avenue Charlestown caused $20,000 damage and injuries to two firemen. Police investigation points to incendiary action. Seaman Warren A. Vass helped control a runaway four horse hitch near City Square during the blaze. Cadets William J. Weissinger and William C. Storey died in a midair collision at the Army aviation school near Memphis. Storey was son of Frederick T. Storey of the New York cotton exchange. Weissinger had previously worked in Chicago and Washington.
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Charlestown
Wilkins
Warren Avenue
Navy Yard
City Square
Memphis
Tenn
William J. Weissinger
Beulah
Miss
William C Storey
Freeport
N. Y
Army Aviation School
Storey
Weisssinger
Parkfield
Frederick TV. Storey
New York Cotton Exchange
Young Storey
Princeton University
Aviation Corps
Weissinger
Chicago
Washington
Fort Myer
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Two Massachusetts Men Named in War Casualty List
General Pershing sent a Franco casualty list naming Private Bennie Tauchus of Brockton slightly wounded on Monday and Private Infred A Johnson formerly of Malden 22 dead of meningitis while serving with the 101st Engineers. Johnson 22 enlisted last June and is nephew of Peter A Johnson of Medford. Parents live in Sweden and he came to the United States seven years ago. He was a steam fitter by trade and formerly lived in Malden.
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Massachusetts
War Department
France
Pershing
Bennie Tauchus
Brockton
Enfred
Johnson
Malden
101St Engineers
Infred A. Johnson
Peter A. Johnson
Golden Avenue
Medford
Engineers
Sweden
Fire Weather Sweeps Through Factory District
A 20 mile gale threatened nearby structures as flames leapt across roofs at Potter Wright ington factory where 3800 feet away workers were ordered out. Firemen Barutio and Coppithor were injured but stayed at work as a barn floor caved in. Nearby buildings including the Naval Y M C A faced danger and traffic on the Elevated stalled for hours. Wilkins's barn and the Boston Wagon Manufacturing Company building were destroyed.
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Charlestown
Wilkins
Boston Wagon Manufacturing Company
Potter & Wrightington
John H. Barutio
John Coppithor
Barutio
Coppithor
Smileage Meeting for Harvard Men
Governor McCall will speak at a mass meeting at Harvard on Friday afternoon to promote the Smileage Book campaign among students. Richard Bennett and Captain John P. Brown will also speak and the regimental band will provide music in the new lecture hall.
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Governor McCall
Richard Bennett
Actors’ Fraternity
John P. Brown
Army
Harvard
Pneumonia Claims Career Army Private Carl Mabie
Carl W. Mabie of Revere a member of Sixth Casual Company Third Motor Mechanics Regiment Camp Hancock Augusta Georgia is dead from pneumonia. He died at age 25 after service since December 2 1917 enlisting first in the aviation corps in Boston then Camp Dix New York grip and pneumonia developed after transfer to Fort Slocum and then to the South. Funeral services with military honors will be held at his home Thursday at 2 o'clock his mother receiving word at 14 Alice Street Revere.
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Carl W. Mabie
Revere
Third Motor Mechanics Regiment
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Alice Street
Mabie
Aviation Corps
Boston
Camp Dix
New York
Fort Slocum
Recovery of 11 Bodies From Liner Florizel
Four more bodies from the wreck of the Florizel were brought to St. John's New Brunswick. two were identified as Spanish stokers and a seaman named Molley. The identity of the fourth remained uncertain, bringing total recovered to 11 of the 22 lost.
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ST. John's
N. B
Florizel
Molley
Baruch Rumored to Head War Industries Board
Rumors spread that President Wilson would appoint Bernard M. Baruch of New York as chairman of the War Industries Board to replace Daniel Willard, though White House officials and the Council of National Defence said no decision had been made.
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Washinton
Wilson
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
War Industries Board
Daniel Willard
White House
Council of National Defence
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Archy
Goethius Long
Seaman Warren A. Vass
Washington, Corner Bedford
C.O.D
Georgia
Carl W. Mabit
Union Street
Richmond Coffee
Food Administration
Fee Trea
Baruch
WAR Board
Tremont Street
Zatacis
Orange Pekoe Ceylon Tea
WM. Elliot
New Engla
Western
EC YD Hennery
John Alden
van Camp
Hecker
Borden’s
Union St. Or
Vrarvote
Canal ‘St. James
Summer St
Washington St
The
Ginter Co
Tremont St
Bromfield St
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