Soldiers Foil A Kidnapper In Five Mile Chase
In Groton on January 9, Mrs. Christiansen and Camp Devens soldiers blocked a failed kidnap of her 6 year old son Minot by his father Arthur Christiansen a wealthy New Jersey mining engineer and scion of a South Carolina family. After a five mile pursuit to Ayer the father surrendered the boy to the mother and was taken into custody then released with promises to desist.
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Groton
Arthur Christiansen
New Jersey
South Carolina
Christiansens
Camp
Devens
Ayer
Sidelights Upon Roosevelts Life
A Boston cartoonist and writer recount meeting Theodore Roosevelt during a New York reception. Roosevelt shares a boyhood Moosehead Lake memory of a fist fight, six months of hard labor, and how the episode hardened him as he sought the two unnamed boys in later years.
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Roosevelt
Boston
Norman Ritchie
James B. Connolly
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Outlook
New York
Ritchie
Connolly
Maine
Moosehead Lake
Roosevelt Boyhood Explorer and Natural History Enthusiast
As a boy Colonel Roosevelt studied natural history and zoology driving a sense of romance and adventure. He built a personal collection in his room called Roosevelt's Museum of Natural History and later traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East at age fourteen, studying Egypt’s birds and Nile wildlife.
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Roosevelt
Museum of Natural History
Ouida
Europe
Egypt
Nile
Holy Land
Syria
Greece
Constantinople
Dresden
Palestine
Boston Fish Market President Arrested for Perjury
William J. O'Brien, president of the Boston Fish Market Corporation and lessee of the Boston fish pier, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Backus for giving false testimony in the fish pier case. Bail set at $2500 after he pleaded not guilty. government alleges his firm R O'Brien Co owned Boston Fish Pier stock.
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William J. O’brien
Boston Fish Market Corporation
Boston Fish Pier
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Fish Pier
Marshal Backus
United States
O’brien
Federal
R. O’brien & Co
R. O'Brien & Co
Boston Fish Pier Company
Restrictions Lifted on Corn and Rice Imports by War Trade Board
Washington January 9 all restrictions on corn and rice imports were removed by the War Trade Board. The board also said it would consider export licenses for rice and shipments of jute and jute products to all destinations, except yarns and nitrate bags.
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Washington
War Trade Board
British Dominions to Have Peace Delegates
Paris dispatch notes La Liberte reports Great Britain will send three special delegates for each dominion including Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa. It questions why French protectorates Morocco Tunis and possibly Algeria lack representation.
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Paris
la Liberte
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Morocco
Tunis
Algeria
Boxing master’s champ matches yield surprise lightweight win
Roosevelt entered the lightweight bout against two young contenders in a championship series. Neither he nor the master expected much, but Roosevelt defeated both rivals and earned a pewter mug that became a treasured keepsake.
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Roosevelt
Boy Takes Boxing Lessons After European Return
On his return from Europe the boy told his father he believed he should take boxing lessons. The father approved the suggestion given Theodore's frail frame. At age 15 Theodore began training with John Long, an ex-prize fighter, three years passing before he attained boxing efficiency.
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Europe
Theodore
John Long
Tom Hyer
Yankee Sullivan
Heenan
Sayers
Roosevelt praised by Dr Eastman for Indians influence on his character
Dr Charles A Eastman of Amherst recounts Roosevelt crediting Indian contact with shaping his honesty and justice. He recalls meeting Roosevelt at Pine Ridge in 1890 and a Spanish American War anecdote about a court martial pardon that revealed Roosevelt's readiness to bend strict rules for a preferred soldier.
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Charles A. Eastman
Amherst
Colonel Roosevelt
West
Washington
Eastman
Roosevelt
Pine Ridge
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Rough Riders
Santiago
San Antonio
Kansas
War Department
Immigration limits debated by House migration committee
Washington January 9 The House migration committee discussed prohibitory immigration legislation and decided to hold hearings next Tuesday. They considered deportation of aliens who withdrew declaration of intention to become citizens and interned Germans. Chairman Burnett's four year post peace treaty immigration ban was chosen for hearings.
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Washington
Th House
Burnett
Housing delays blamed on Congress by war workers official
Alice Grady of Boston, assistant chief of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, told the House buildings committee that inefficiencies in the bureau stem from Congress failing to provide suitable housing for 10 000 girl war workers in Washington. She opposed a Senate resolution to halt all unfinished US Housing Corporation projects and urged starting additional ones.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Congress
House Buildings Committee
Alice Grady
Boston
Bureau
Miss Grady
Senate
United States Housing Corporation
One Twelfth of U S Forces Return From France
American general headquarters announced that 151,124 soldiers had left France. The group includes 10,495 officers and 140,689 non commissioned officers and privates. This marks about one twelfth of the expeditionary force returning to the United States.
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U. S
France
Paris
United States
American General Headquarters
James H. Quinn Dies of Flu and Pneumonia at 58
Lynn wrecking and roof contractor James H. Quinn died yesterday at his home from influenza followed by pneumonia. He was 58 and leaves a wife, a son Louis M. Quinn, and a daughter Mrs. William Wolschendorf of Medford. His brother is former Representative Martin L. Quinn of Lynn.
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James H. Quinn
Lynn
Martin L. Quinn
Lewis Street
Louis M. Quinn
William Wolschendorf
Medford
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Fenway Talking Machine Shop
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Washington Street
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Washington St
Henry W. Berry Co
Cambridge
M. A. Wood Furniture Co
J. W. Philbrick & Co
Everett Square
Everett, Mass
Davis Brothers
Royal Furniture Co
Canal Street
NO Man's Land
Conclave Phonograph CO
Cornhill
Staniford ST
New England
Low Company
Tremont Street
Massachusetts
House Committee
ROSEN
Talking Machine Company
Johnny Dunn
Johnny
Stracciari
Quartette
No Man’s Land
Henry Barr
the Pickaninny
Prince
My Baby Boy
Naval Cadets
Albinos
Columbia Records
Columbia Graphophone Company
Sona Gracey
Odela
Beach
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