Washington Portrait Sells for $21 000 at Auction
A Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington sold for 21000 dollars at a public auction in New York to an art dealer firm. The piece came from Thomas B. Clarke’s collection of 50 pictures which totalled 7808 dollars. Three years ago a Washington portrait from the Clarke collection sold for 3600 dollars.
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New York
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Thomas B. Clarke
Thea Washington
Pinex remedy touted for cough relief and cost savings
An old home remedy promotes Pinex mixed with sugar syrup or alternatives like honey to soothe the air passages and loosen coughs. It claims rapid relief for throat and chest ailments including bronchitis and whooping cough, with a money back guarantee and directions from The Pinex Co.
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The
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Celery King touted as natural remedy for feverish illness
An advertisement promotes Celery King a pure vegetable tea claimed to ease constipation upset stomach coated tongue and headache. The copy urges taking it freely even for children and notes it is inexpensive and widely used locally.
Government halts sale of salvaged Port Hunter goods
A federal inspector warns New Bedford merchants not to sell salvaged goods from the sloop Port Hunter sunk in Nantucket Sound. He will assess losses and reimburse plans, with major stores already halting sales and Alderman Carroll proposing a $150,000 stock venture before the government intervened.
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New. Bedford
New Bedford
Cape Cod
Boston
Charles M. Carroll
Port Hunter
Alderman Carroll
Cox Proposes Renaming Panama Canal Roosevelt Canal
Lieutenant Governor Cox asks Senator Lodge to push a congressional resolution to rename the Panama Canal the Roosevelt Canal. He calls the canal a monument of President Roosevelt’s administration and urges linking his name with the canal for all time.
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Cox
United States
Lodge
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Canal
Senator Lodge
Congress
Channing H. Cox
Shaw Takes Bond's Place on Tax Board
Tax Commissioner Trefry accepted the resignation of Henry H. Bond of Waltham who led the income tax division and retires to resume law practice. Irving I. Shaw of Wollaston, Bond's assistant, was appointed to succeed him with Governor's Council approval.
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Trefry
Henry H. Bond
Waltham
State Tax Commissioner's Department
Bond
Irving I. Shaw
Wollaston
Maine publishers elect officers at annual meeting
The Maine Daily Newspaper Publishers Association held its annual meeting at the Augusta House in Augusta on January 8. Officers elected include F B Nichols of Bath Times as president, C F Flynt of Kennebec Journal as vice president, William H Dow of Express Advertiser as secretary, and Walter B Reed of Bangor News as treasurer.
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Augusta
Maine Daily Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Augusta House
F.B. Nichols
Bath Times
Bath
C. F. Flynt
Kennebec Journal
William H. Dow
Express Advertiser
Portland
Walter B. Reed
Bangor News
Bangor
New York Commission To Settle Milk Strike
Governor Smith appoints a commission to fix January milk prices and settle the Dairymen's League strike to prevent future milk famine in New York City.
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N. Y
New York
Dairymen’s League
Destroyers Depart Copenhagen for Leith with Refugees
The U S Navy destroyers Alwyn and Wickes, arriving from Danzig with refugees including four Americans, will proceed to Leith today accompanied by the cruiser Chester.
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Copenhagen
Jan
Alwyn and Wickes
United States Navy
Danzig
Chester
Leith
Cat and Dog Mascots Return Aboard World War I Destroyers
Sparks and Depthcharge aboard destroyers Sigourney and Bell arrived at Charlestown navy yard amid whistles and cheers. Commander Walter Vernon, praised for prior command bravery, welcomed the ships to anchorage as Kimberley reports a U boat encounter and Belle crew aided Petit Thouars survivors torpedoed August 7 1918. duration shows varied arrivals from 9 to 2.
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Sparks
Charlestown Navy Yard
Sigourney
Bell
Walter Vernon
Cassin
Navy Department
Queenstown
Kimberley
Bermuda
Wilson
petit-Thouars
Navy Yard Collision With Minor Bow Injury
After rounding the berth at the navy yard the ship struck the pier end injuring the starboard bow slightly. Commander D B Howard led a skilled emergency but could not avert the collision. The animals aboard attracted attention while depth charge from the Azores was bought for a seven month old son. Destroyers Sigourney Stringham Bell Kimberley Porter and Wainwright arrive for repair before winter South duty.
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Navy Yard
D. B. Howard
Sparks
Boulogne
France
Charles F. Brandon
Sigourney
Azores
Robert L. Dunn
Portsmouth
N. H
Stringham
Bell
Kimberley
Porter
Wainwright
Argentine Shipping Halted by Major Strike
Buenos Aires January 8. Marine workers strike has paralyzed shipping with crews deserting vessels and no Argentine flag ships moving. Communications with Montevideo Assuncion and other river ports cut off. Foreign shipping also hampered by tug crews strike.
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Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Assuncion
Decrease in Drunkenness Convictions in England and Wales
Licensing statistics for 1917 show fewer drunkenness convictions in England and Wales. Overall convictions dropped from 84 900 in 1916 to 46 000 in 1917, with Greater London cases falling from 65 000 in 1918 to 16 800 in 1917.
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London
Montreal
England
Wales
Greater London
Resents Slurs On Our Girls Letter to the Editor
A Gloucester reader objects to a Saturday newspaper piece about Yankee sailors and American girls. The writer defends American women, notes the sailors may refer to their own families, and urges readers including sailors to respect mothers and sisters. She cites her own soldier sweetheart in France and supports true Yankee sweetness.
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France
America
O. K
Gloucester
Munitions Plants to Have Time Extended in Connecticut
Hartford January 8. Charles H K Julian state director of the United States employment service said Connecticut munitions manufacturers will get an extension to taper off contracts to ease labor conditions. Authority to implement the program was given to Waldo C Bryant district chief of ordnance at Bridgeport.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Charles HK. Julian
United States Employment Service
Waldo C. Bryant
Ordnance
Bridgeport
Lord Indicted for Murder of Wife in Nashua
Hillsboro county grand jury indicts Wil fred H. Lord of Nashua for the murder of his wife in a tenement they had just moved to. He disappeared after the shooting and remains missing.
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Manchester
N. H
Hillsborough County Grand
Wilfred H. Lord
Nashua
Lord
Japanese Police Chief Studies U S Methods in Boston Visit
Miyadate, Korea's police superintendent, touring major U S cities, arrives in Boston after 40 days in New York studying conditions and collecting data to improve Japan's police force. He is greeted at headquarters by Police Commissioner Edwin A. Curtis and other officials.
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Miyadate
Korea
Japan
United States
Boston
New York
Edwin A. Curtis
Michael H. Crowley
Ainsley C. Armestrong
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Discovered Asthma Cure Offered by Chemist Mr D J Lane
Advertisement announces a home remedy for asthma by D J Lane at 532 Lane Building St Marys Kane sas. It promises cure and offers a postpaid bottle for free, with payment only if it works and the user to report effects within ten days.
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D. J. Lane
Lane Bldg
St. Mary’s
Kanesas
Lane
Price List of Women's and Coats and Accessories
extensive catalog of women s clothing and accessories with prices for skirts coats furs and silk crepe de chine items plus linens damasks towels rugs and nightwear named materials such as georgette crepe de chine and muslin with numerous prices ranging from 0 up to 30 highlighting value for money and variety at a department store display
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Bolivia
BTM Ce Kl Lee Eme Ee Eesee
Midaysone
Cs Cdc
Seemes
MD A
Geceias
Worthy Bro
Wwe
Ceereneke
Billy Burke
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Campbell’s Soups
Ee Ae Ee
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson Sts
Buffalo,n. Y
Kline
RH KlineCo
Neo Ene
J. H. Carpenter ,Co
Park Square
Federal Orders
Nantucket
T.R
Shaw
Maine
Destroyers
Bow Street
U. S
Dunn
Castle Island
South Boston
Kimberly
Harry Nelson
East Second Street
Fred Smalley
Bartlett Street
Spetz
William Schultz
Jones Court
Richard F. Barden
Harbor View
James C. Burt
East Fourth Street
James V. Hurst
Story Street
Thayer McNeil Company
West Street
England and
Jordan Marsh Company
A.uyv
Bes Henck Sas
Chantilly
Il New
Saxony
Dresden
Orth Bsg
Pang Cay
Si Japhiibes
Guedeiens
Royal Nippon China
Windsor
Worth &Cc
Marseilles
Cececces
Royal Axwteney
Royal Axminster
Axminster
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