McIsaac Declines Reappointment as Corporation Counsel
Assistant District Attorney Daniel V. McIsaac, after a meeting with Mayor Curley, said he would not allow his name to be placed before civil service commissioners again for the post of corporation counsel. He plans to return to private practice and will leave the district attorney’s office on February 1 after an earlier failed confirmation.
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Daniel V. McIsaac
Curley
Civil Service Commissioners
McIsaac
Marie Correlli Fined for Food Hoarding in London
Marie Correlli the novelist and Lady Rabel Gore Langton sister of Earl Temple were penalized under food controller rules amid hoarding cases. Correlli paid 50 pounds plus 20 pounds costs while Langton was fined 80 pounds.
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London
Marie Correlli
Rabel Gore Langton
Earl Temple
Langton
Newfoundland Premier Edward Morris resigns from politics
Sir Edward Morris, Newfoundland premier for nine years, resigns and retires from politics. He states plans to live in England after serving abroad on colony matters, while William Lloyd acts as premier and may form a new ministry in London.
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England
London
William Lloyd
Fishermen's Union Party
Chamber backs fire limit extension petition dies in committee
The Chamber of Commerce backed plan to extend fire zones to all city districts will be allowed to die in the City Council ordinance committee. Officials cite decreased building operations and wartime problems as reasons to delay until conditions normalize.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mrs Anne McDonough Dies in Portland
Mrs Anne McDonough aged 89 a native of Ireland and former Somerville Mass resident died at her son's residence in Portland Mo Funeral will be held Saturday from 462 Cumberland Avenue She is survived by four sons Bryan E Captain Hugh John F and Thomas A all of Portland Sumerville post office
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Anne McDonough
Somerville
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Thomas A
Summerville
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Weds Ends Family Rift in Creamer Union
Mrs. William H. Creamer formerly Elizabeth Horne ended a legal fight over her father’s fortune and reconciled with the family after a wedding last evening.
Roxbury Bride Reunites Family After Long Estrangement
Miss Elizabeth G. Horne wed Dr. William H. Creamer at St. Cecilia's Church last evening. The ceremony united the bride with her Roxbury family after a prolonged legal battle and estrangement, described as unusually happy.
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Matilda Horne
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William H. Creamer
Fall River
St. Cecilia’s Church
Wedding of Dr. Creamer and Miss Elizabeth Therne
John W. Horne’s estate valued over half a million prompts administration to widow and Joseph L. Burns. Elizabeth Therne wins an accounting after a long contest, leaves Walnut avenue for Hotel Somerset, engagement publicly acknowledged, ceremony by Rev. Charles Donovan, bridesmaid Pauline Creamer, best man Edward A. Creamer, reception at the Hotel Somerset, Dr. Creamer a Holy Cross 1907 graduate, Harvard 1911, plans Southern tour then Fall River residence.
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Elizabeth Therne
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Harvard
Mass cities urged to cut 1918 expenditures to limit
Massachusetts cities and towns are urged to limit 1918 expenditures as a war efficiency measure. Colonel William A. Gaston, chairman of the Committee on War Efficiency, says the burden on taxpayers must be weighed against winning the war and asks mayors elect to explain the need to citizens.
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Massachusetts
William A. Gaston
Committee of Public Safety
Gaston
Lufbery Narrowly Escapes Death in Air Battle
Lieutenant Raoul Lufbery of Wallingford Conn and the Lafayette Escadrille fought four German biplanes last Saturday. Gasoline pipes on his plane were punctured, stalling the engine, but clever maneuvers allowed him to escape despite a German pursuer. The aircraft carried eleven bullet holes.
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Raoul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
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Doctors to Visit Schools Campaign for School Hygiene Act
The State Board of Health plans a vigorous campaign to pass legislation improving health in schools and publicly owned institutions. A principal bill under consideration is titled An act to promote the practice of school hygiene and the health and welfare of school children.
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State Board of Health
School Hygiene Bill Aims to Standardize Health in Schools
The proposed act would appoint a school physician and nurse in each city or town, allow joint city town action, and set minimum health inspection standards. It would extend inspections to private and parochial schools, require hygiene teaching standards, and oversee the work by the health and education departments. A related measure mandates medical exams for inmates held 80 days or more to prevent disease spread and post‑release transmission.
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State Board of Education
Boards of Health
Board of Prison Commissioners
Five Schooners Still Stuck Fast in Ice
Relief remained awaited as five schooners lay trapped in thick ice off New Bedford. The ice field expanded across Burgards Bay toward Hen and Chickens Reef, while Nantucket residents reported first contact in four days. A Cape Cod canal tug broke through the ice and reached port from the island.
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New Bedford
Burgards Bay
Nantucket
Cape Cod
Would Probe Private Banks
The Legislature is asked by Bank Commissioner Trefry to require proprietors of private banks to notify depositors that they are not under state supervision and to grant authority to investigate for compliance. The report urges halting new state banks and placing private banks under trust company laws and seeks a reciprocal tax exemption for savings deposits from residents of other states meeting their laws' provisions.
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Trefry
Masachusetts
Boston Leases Deer Island Prisons to Government
Boston rents the new Deer Island men's and women's prisons to the federal government for 50 000 dollars annually to serve as a naval prison during the war. The two buildings will hold 800 prisoners and include light, heat, and office space. The move follows a drop in inmate numbers from over 1000 to about 600 men and 67 women.
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Boston
Deer Island
Mayor Rockwood Receives Travelling Bag at Farewell
Cambridge City Hall staff hosted a farewell for Mayor Rockwood who retires Monday. City Clerk Brandon presented the mayor with a travelling bag as thanks for the cooperation of employees who served under him.
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Cambridge City Hall
Rockwood
Brandon
German Baroness Ashs Release From Jail
Baroness Jone Zollner filed habeas corpus in U S District Court Knoxville seeking release from Chattanooga jail where she was held on espionage act charges after arrest about three weeks ago.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Jone Zollner
United States District Court
Chattanooga
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