Harbor strike ends as 16000 join arbitration stance
New York workers resume work after Marine Workers Affiliation votes to end the harbor strike while awaiting National War Labor Board arbitration. Joseph Moran says private boat owners will attend the board hearing in New York, with conditions barring Lasil M. Manly and six other board members from participating due to prior statements. Moran asserts the hearing requires an unbiased, open-minded arbitrator.
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New York
Marine Workers
National War Labor Board
Joseph Moran
New York Towboat Exchange
Lasil M. Manly
Moran
Princess Patricia to Wed Ramsay in Westminster Abbey
London date report notes Princess Patricia of Connaught will marry Commander Alexander Ramsay of the Royal Navy at Westminster Abbey on February 27. The engagement was announced at Christmastide.
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London
Patricia of Connaught
Alexander Ramsay
Royal Navy
Westminster Abbey
Ramsay
After Effects of Influenza Warn of Lasting Debility
A vintage ad urges rebuilding blood to restore strength after influenza. It cites nervous strain and wasted red cells, promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy, and offers a free booklet “Building Up the Blood.” The ad notes pills cost 50 cents a box with six boxes for 50 and mails by Dr Williams Medical Co. Schenectady.
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James A. Rover
Dunbar Street
Keene, N. H
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medical Co
Schenectady
Driver Dead and Woman Hurt in Plain Street Crash
Jan 12 in Stoughton Fred Morey a chauffeur died instantly and Mrs Frank Monk was badly injured when a New York New Haven Hartford train struck their auto at the Plain street crossing The unprotected crossing gate had been recently installed The car was carried 500 feet by the locomotive cow catcher Morey died at the scene Mrs Monk was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on the dangerous list Morey left a wife and three children
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Stoughton
Fred Morey
Frank Monk
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Plain Street Crossing
Morey
Monk
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Attorney General Gregory resigns from Wilson administration
The White House released Attorney General T. W. Gregory's resignation letter stating long contemplation of retirement and readiness to leave by March 4. President Wilson accepted with high praise for his service, noting the loss to the nation and outlining the Cabinet turnover.
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White House
Wilson
Gregory
Frank I. Polk
State Department
Lansing
Europe
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Seattle brings 1542 aboard cruiser to New York
New York January 12 Soviet transport Seattle arrived from Brest with 1542 officers and men of the American overseas forces. The transport Abangarez also arrived from Bordeaux with 95 officers and 11 men.
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New York
United States
Seattle
Brest
Abangarez
Bordeaux
Fire at South Boston shell factory damages plant
A $400,000 blaze swept the two story glass and cement building and brick ell of the B plant at the S. A. Woods Machine Company on Old Colony Avenue in South Boston. Several employees barely escaped with their lives and a firefighter was injured yesterday afternoon as the fire raged through the shell factory.
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SHELL
South
Boston
Yes
Old Colony Avenue
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Jordan
Taber
Blaze Requires Five Alarms to Control Estimated at 400000
Fire loss was estimated at 400000 dollars. Five alarms were sounded before sufficient apparatus arrived to subdue the blaze.
Fire destroys shell plant in Roxbury amid freezing blast
More than 150000 French 75 mm shells were ruined in two connected buildings as firemen fought a blaze fed by oil in the B Plant. Frostbite injuries plagued fire crews, water pressure was poor, and nearby tenements faced danger. About 450 workers were affected. losses estimated at 300000 to 400000 dollars.
Disabled American steamer towed to Halifax
The American steamer G. A. Flagg bound from the Great Lakes to New York was disabled about 20 miles off Halifax yesterday and towed into Halifax by the tug Iroquois today.
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Halifax
N.S
G. A. Flagg
Great Lakes
New York
Iroquois
Prayers for Peace Conference Observed Across Boston Area
Prayers for lasting peace were offered yesterday in every church across Greater Boston following Cardinal O Connell s request for unity in mass intentions and prayers. Protestant churches statewide, members of the Massachusetts Federation of Churches, joined in Peace Conference Day with prayers for peace and justice.
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Greater
Boston
Cardinal O'Connell
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Federation
Darkened gray hair with simple home mixture
San Francisco resident J. A. McCrea known as Daddy and Grandpa shares a low cost home remedy to darken gray hair. He claims a mixture of water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine makes hair soft glossy and not a dye or sticky. Apply twice weekly until the shade is achieved.
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J. A. McCrea
San Francisco
Daddy
Grandpa
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Princess Patricia
Keene
N. H
Department of Justice
T. W. Gregory
William G. McAdoo
Supreme Court
S. A. Woods
Gude
Pepto Mangan
M. J. Breitenbach CO
Manufacturing Chemists
Lawrence Blood
Henry Pero
Brook Avenue
Roxbury
William Burns
Wilbur McWilliams
Charles Sawyer
Samuel Davis
Lloyd
Abraham Wolfe
Pero
Superintendent Blood
Blood
Camrell Street
Mark N. Sibley
Fairland Street
City Hospital
Charles W. H. Blood
Post
Kid
Standard Oil CO. OF
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