War Cross for Harvard Men
The American field service has received word that war crosses from the French army of the Orient were awarded to five men of the Balkans expedition. Recipients include Harvard students William Emerson Henry R Palmer and Marquand Walker all New York residents Edwin H English Yale student and Jacques Magnini of the University of Paris for courageous action in removing wounded near Monastir from 1916 to 1917, especially during heavy bombardment in March to August last year.
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Paris
Army of the Orient
Balkans
William Emerson
Henry R. Palmer
Marquand Walker
Harvard
New York
Edwin H. English
New Haven
War era kitchen tips from New York college
Ithaca New York January 13 The New York State Agriculture College Cornell University issues war era guidance for housewives. Key advice urges keeping a breadknife and breadboard on the table and slicing bread only as needed to reduce waste. The bulletin promotes eating prunes on wheatless days and avoiding frosting on cake as patriotic restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
New York State Agriculture College
Cornell University
College Bulletin
Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Promises Quick Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for backache fatigue irritability and urinary symptoms. It claims the oil attacks kidney infections and germs, promises renewed health within 24 hours, and offers a money back guarantee if no help is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Subscription rates for Daily Post and Sunday Post listed
The text lists subscription prices for Daily Post and Sunday Post including 1 month rates and multiple month options with cents and dollar figures. It appears as a compact old newspaper price chart.
Suspect Drug Sale At Devens Reported By Baldwin
State police on duty near Devens found a soldier insensible on the roadside with feet frostbitten. Officials indicated possible drugging but did not confirm drug use. The incident sparked renewed efforts to curb narcotics traffic as soldiers at the camp are reportedly obtaining narcotics. State and military police are watching several men and women frequenting the camp.
War era social strains and camp life in Ayer and beyond
The piece notes controls on bay rum sales and housing for soldiers in Ayer village, driven by police action to curb “railroading” women out of town. It mentions a 304th infantry choir organized by Roger Kelliher with George Hall directing, and bans on photo boxes and certain wartime activities. It also covers Camp Meade arrivals, the Detroit-bound supply train unit, and Crawford Vaughan’s visit with remarks on wartime prosecution and censorship rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
304Th Infantry
Roger Kelliher
Springfield
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. No. 3
George Hall
Boston
Camp Meade
Ayer Junction
Patrick Beatty
Detroit
Crawford Vaughan
New South Wales
Mexico Sends Queer Mission to Argentina
The Mexican delegation to a proposed neutral Latin American congress reportedly carried a secret mission unknown to the foreign office. Many members are military men aviators and correspondents and several appear pro German. They were reportedly arrested at Bahia and denied entry to Brazilian ports under grounds the mission was more German than Mexican.
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Buenos Ayres
Foreign Office
Bahia
Mexican Leaders Gather in Capital
In Mexico City on January 12 numbers of military and political leaders gather. Alfonso Siller former sub secretary of foreign relations arrived after a trip abroad to reorganize Mexican consulates in Germany and Austria.
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Mexico City
Alfonso Siller
Germany
Austria
Thirteen Air Raids on Germany in December
The German News Agency reports entente aviators conducted 13 raids in December. Six hit industrial Lorraine Luxemburg districts and seven struck Freiburg Baden Mainz Saarbrucken Zweibrucken. One bomb caused a gas tank fire. seven killed and one injured, including French POWs. One raider was shot down.
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Amsterdam
Entente
Germany
Lorraine
Luxemburg
Freiburg
Baden
Mannheim
Saarbrucken
Zweibrucken
Police Boat Watchman Sinks After Ice Collision
The Watchman sank in Roxbury canal after her bow was pierced by submerged ice while clearing a passage. Crew of three escaped to the Albany street wharf, losing clothing and records. the boat was raised, towed to Constitution Wharf, and overhauled. Built 21 years ago, 50 feet long, six foot draft, 150 HP engine.
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Roxbury Canal
Old South Bay
Public Works Department
Albany Street
Lawrence H. Dunn
Walter M. Miller
Saratoga Street
East Boston
John J. McNabb
Chelsea Street
Constitution Wharf
West River line blocked by heavy snow in Vermont
The West River branch of the Central Vermont railroad is frozen under heavy snow from two miles north of Brattleboro to Jamaica about 90 miles away. A snow plow with two locomotives derailed after lifting from the track. four men in the plow were shaken but unharmed.
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Brattleboro
West River
Central Vermont Railroad
Here
Jamaica
Union Churches Hold Joint Services To Save Fuel
At the Waterville Opera House in Waterville Missouri on January 13 union services were held by Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist, Universalist and Unitarian churches at Mayor Ora A. Meader's request to conserve fuel. The services will continue each Sunday during the fuel shortage.
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Waterville
Ora A. Meader
Waterville Opera House
Subcommittee Heads Pensions in House Reorganization
Washington January 13 The resignation of Rep John J Fitzgerald now retires him as chair of the House appropriations committee and Rep Swager Sherley of Kentucky becomes chair. Rep James A Gallivan of Boston is named chair of the subcommittee on pensions as the panel prepares funds for veterans widows orphans and dependents amid looming needs from war.
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Washington
John J. Fitzgerald
New York
House Committee On
Swager Sherley
Kentucky
Sherley
James A. Gallivan
Boston
Germany
Proceeds of Connor Club to Be Given to Soldiers
The ninth annual ball of the John T. Connor Associates will be held at Convention Hall on Thursday evening January 17 with dancing until midnight. Proceeds go to the soldiers tobacco fund, a patriotic effort supported by members executives and business friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Connor Associates
Convention Hall
Soldiers’ Tobacco Fund
Less Than One Per Cent of 800000 Consumptives
New York January 13. Less than one per cent of the 800000 men examined for the United States army were found tubercular. Colonel George M Bushnell of the surgeon general's department announced this at a war conference by the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives in Denver.
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New York
United States Army
George M. Bushnell
Surgeon-General’s Department
National Jewish Hospital For
Denver
Drafting all foreigners and mobilizing idle youth
The Rev. Cortland Myers of Tremont Temple urged in a Boston sermon that no party politics rule the draft. He urged drafting foreigners, using young men for hard labor, and placing young women to work beyond knitting, while praising women’s suffrage and proposing the nation draft money.
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Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple
Boston
Firefighter Severely Burned Battling Tenement Blaze
Jacob Feldman sustained severe burns to hands and neck while fighting a fire on the second floor of a four story tenement at 14 Ashland street West End. Fire damage is estimated at $500 with flames confined to the upper floor. He received treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Ashland Street
West End
Jacob Feldman
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mail truck damaged by fire in garage
A large government mail truck was badly damaged by a backfire and fire in a one story brick garage at 16 West Seventh Street South Boston. Prompt work by employees saved other delivery trucks and total damage will not exceed 1000 dollars.
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West Seventh Street
South
Boston
First Meet of Jewish Council in Boston
The Jewish communal Council of Greater Boston holds its inaugural meeting at the Elysium Club on Huntington Avenue. Over 100 delegates from nearly every local Jewish organization, representing more than 60 000 members, will elect officers and form committees to present petitions protests and resolutions and establish conciliation and cooperation in public affairs. Max Mitchell to preside.
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Jewish Communial Council of
Greater Boston
Elysium Club
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Max Mitchell
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Herbert L. Baldwin
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South America
Martines Chain of Languages
Lorimer Hall
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Ome I
Watchman
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C. V
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Campbell's
Baker
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Telenhon
Za38 Food Administration
Connor Club
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Council
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Kondon Mfg. CO
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Kondionis
New England
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