Springfield students test war ration metabolism study
Twelve Y M C A college students at Springfield agree to a four week diet trial led by Dr Frank G Benedict of the Carnegie Institution. The control group eats normally while a diet squad receives reduced rations to measure basal metabolism and fuel efficiency.
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International Y. M. C. A. College
Springfield
Nutrition Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Boston
Dr. Benedict
Annals of Science
Elmer Berry
Y. M. CG. A. College
Benedict
Paul Roth
Dr. Roth
Battle Creek Sanitarium
H. W. Goodall
Father John's Medicine Promises Quick Cold Relief
An ad claims Father John's Medicine prevents lung damage from neglected colds and pneumonia. It asserts prompt relief from colds and throat trouble, is alcohol free, and avoids nerve-destroying drugs that weaken the body and deepen disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Bank Robbery and Mass Murder at Fort Camp Whisler
Captain Lewis J. Whisler robbed the bank at Camp Funston and killed four or five men with a hand axe before killing himself. Survivor Kearney Wornall, wounded, identified Whisler in a hospital ward. Whisler wore olive drab, cleaned his hands of blood, attended a French class, then shot himself after detecting pursuit. Whisler, 36, had a $10,000 government life policy payable to his son Duane or father if the son died. His divorce from Wadne Whisler was recent.
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Camp Funston
Kan
Lewis J. Whisler
Army
Kearney Wornall
Whisler
Wornall
Quartermaster’s
Duane
Salina
Captain Whisler
Wadne Whisler
Bank cashier Wornall aided in trace of Whisler double act
After 48 hours between life and death, cashier Wornall told investigators the full tale of the tragedy that led to Captain Whisler’s death during a bank robbery. Money missing from the bank remains unfound as federal examiners inspect chaotic vaults, while a note Whisler wrote to a Ottawa Kansas woman is kept secret. A staff officer confirms Wornall identified Whisler’s body as the robber.
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Wornall
Army
Whisler
Federal Bank
Captain Whisler
Ottawa
Kan
Four Thugs Rob Man of 80 Dollars on Bigelow Street
Frank Ferris proprietor of a bowling alley was attacked and robbed of $80 near his home on Bigelow street in Quincy. Four men followed him from City square and fled after a single shot from Patrolman Thomas Nolan failed to halt them.
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Bigelow Street
Quincy
Frank Ferris
City Square
Thomas Nolan
East Boston Soldier’s Body Coming Home
The body of Private William I Calhoun arrives today from Camp Greene North Carolina where he died Friday from spinal meningitis. He served with the Fifth Regiment Machine Gun Company and was a graduate of East Boston High and Chapman Grammar Schools. He was treasurer of Sumner Savings Bank and will receive a military funeral. He is survived by his mother Mrs Margaret M Calhoun and several brothers and sisters.
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William I. Calhoun
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Fifth Regiment Machine Gun Company
East Boston
East Boston High
Chapman Grammar
Sumner Savings Bank
Margaret M. Calhoun
Trenton Street
Half Ton of Dynamite Used in Dorchester Bay
Federal officials blew up ice in Dorchester Bay with more than a half ton of dynamite to clear ice for dredge work at the Squantum aviation grounds. Clay from a bay channel was dumped on the marshes to aid the construction effort.
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Dorchester Bay
Orange Pastor Called to Wallingford Conn
The Baptist Church in Wallingford unanimously extended a call to Rev. David W. Lovett of Orange Massachusetts to become pastor here His acceptance is expected by church leaders and members in Wallingford on January 13.
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Wallingford, Conn
the Baptist Church
David W. Lovett
Orange
Mass
Cosy Courting Corner Sees Boston Coal Shortage Chill Romance
A Boston column notes that coal shortages chill courting at home as 10 pm curfews and fuel committee orders limit warmth. Fathers scramble to keep parlors warm while suitors face chilly receptions and women lament the cold during visits to Mollie and Jennie.
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Boston
Mollie
Jennie
Junior Congregation Campaigns for Members
A membership drive for the Junior Congregation Adath Jeshurun Roxbury was discussed at the Blue Hill avenue synagogue. Ralph Bass was named colonel of the effort and will be assisted by Dr. Benjamin E Bahn Abraham Kamberg Isador Bloom William Harris and Jacob Nottenberg. A girls team was formed.
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Adath Jeshurun
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Ralph Bass
Benjamin E. Bahn
Abraham Kamberg
Isador Bloom
William Harris
Jacob Nottenberg
War Hymn Verse Adopted by Park Avenue Methodist Church
Park Avenue Methodist Church West Somerville adopts a war hymn sung to My Country Tis of Thee during services. Written by Mrs George E Heath Mt Holyoke graduate and pastor wife, the verse asks God to guard endangered lives and grant courage to soldiers.
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Park Avenue Methodist Church
West Somerville
George E. Heath
Mt. Holyoke
German boycott warned as war lessons kept in mind
The Boston Chamber of Commerce urges neutral newspapers and business leaders to pressure Germany after the war. A proposed resolution says German armament and militarism stem from a military autocracy and warns of an economic boycott if Germany fails to adopt a responsible government and peace terms.
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Rials
Germany
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of
United States of America
Chamber
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
America
Congress
New Elections for Russian Assembly in Petrograd
A decree grants local Councils of Soldiers and Workingmen's Delegates power to elect new delegates to replace those deemed to ignore workers and peasants. The move aims to curb opposing political elements, delaying the assembly's opening as Bolsheviks hold a minority of 158 of 510 delegates. Jan. 18 was set for the assembly's start if quorum is met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Constituent Assembly
Kerensky
Russia
American in French Foreign Legion Wounded
Grenadier Ivan Nock, one of the few Americans in the Foreign Legion, was severely wounded in the arm in last week’s attack near Flirey. The injury may require amputation. Nock is a Baltimore native and War Cross recipient who had previously sought entry into the American army in France.
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Paris
Foreign Legion
Flirey
Ivan Nock
Legion
A Hollander
Nock
Grenadier
Baltimore
France
French Report Several German Planes Downed
Paris dispatch reports no night activity except cannonading. It states 15 German planes and one balloon were destroyed January 1 to 10, and French pilots brought down 12 additional enemy machines in the lines, though verification was not possible.
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Paris
Allies Artillery Active on the Italian Front
The war office reports patrol encounters and active artillery on the Italian front. Italian artillery shelled forces east of Tonale, British batteries struck emplacements on the Piave, and French guns engaged along the middle Piave. Italian planes dropped explosives on magazines and encampments, destroying two enemy aircraft. British airmen shot down one more.
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Rome
War Office
Tonale
the Piave
Middle Piave
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