Shipping Board expands offices to speed wartime tonnage
Washington announces reorganization of the Shipping Board to place representatives in London Paris and Rome with branches at key Atlantic ports. Eighteen vessels worth 145000 deadweight tons will be completed this month and 23 more of 182000 tons in February. Branch offices will open in Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Charleston Jacksonville Mobile New Orleans and Galveston with veteran shipping men in charge.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
London
Paris
Rome
Hurley
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Charleston
Jacksonville
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
Revere Phones Out After Broken Cable Disrupts Exchange
A broken cable at the new Winthrop avenue telephone exchange left Revere residents with a dead line last night. Commuters heard the message that line was out of order for over an hour as receivers vibrated on hooks. Suburban and trunk lines were disconnected until wire crews repaired the severed cable after about two hours of labor.
Hart Hartford man charged with taking two boys away
Frank W. Blake a 38 year old claiming to be a Pinkerton detective was arrested in Hartford on charges of enticing two boys Jeremiah Halpin 14 and Ambrose Moylan 15 from Newburyport Mass The trio traveled via New York City before ending in Hartford where Blake posed as the boys uncle The arrest followed their Thanksgiving Day departure and a planned police court hearing next morning
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Hartford
Jeremiah Halpin
Washington Street
Ambrose Moylan
State Street
Newburyport
Mass
Frank W. Blake
Pinkerton
Boston
Blake
New York City
Easy to Darken Your Gray Hair With Sage and Sulphur
A dosed home recipe suggests darkening hair using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drug stores. The ad claims one morning disappearance of gray hair with repeated applications, noting the product is a cosmetic, not a medicine.
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Wyeth
Brides of Our Fighting Men
The story follows Mrs. Florence Johnson Parker, now Mrs. Parker, wife of Lieutenant Harold Parker M D with the 103d Regiment Field Hospital Corps in France. They married August 29 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul and await his return as war demands.
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Harold Parker
St. Paul
Dr. Parker
France
Parker
Florence Johnson
103D Regiment Field Hospital Corps
103D Field Hospital Corps
Jameison Studio
Brookline Man Weds Rhode Island Girl in Pawtucket
Miss Mary Grace Maguire of this city married William Y. Ellis of Brookline Mass today in Pawtucket Rhode Island. The bride is sister of Mrs. James Higgins and the groom is a Harvard 1908 graduate in banking in Boston. They plan to reside in Boston.
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Pawtucket, R. I
Mary Grace Maguire
John T. Maguire
William Y. Ellis
Brookline
Mass
William R. Ellis
Dennis M. Lowney
Providence
James HW. Higgins
Raymond
Tillis
Manhattanville Academy
New York City
Harvard
Boston
Mile Long Bridge Wrecked by Heavy Tide and Ice
Newburyport January 13 The Hampton toll bridge a one mile wooden span long a landmark on the east shore was badly wrecked by the heavy tide and large cakes of ice causing about 2000 in damage. The bridge owned by the Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Company was built in 1901 by New Hampshire then taken over by the state and later the company as auto traffic surged.
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Newburyport
Hampton Toll Bridge
Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Company
New Hampshire
Hampton
Seabrook
Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway
Six Yale Men on Roll of Honor
At Yale University chapel service President Arthur T. Hadley announced six Yale men lost in 1917 while serving their country. The names include Theodore Co Janeway 1918 Alexander P Humphreys Leonard B Parks Kenneth B Hay Irving T Moore and Alten Davison with class years listed.
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New Haven
Yale University
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Theodore Co
Janeway
Alexander P
Humphreys
Leonard B. Parks
Kenneth B. Hay
Irving T. Moore
Alten Davison
Dozen Hurt as Trolley Car Crashes in Thompsonville
A Hartford trolley on the Hartford and Springfield line ran wild down a steep hill and struck the rear of another car on a switch. A dozen passengers suffered cuts and bruises from broken glass, with the accident blamed on airbrake failure.
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Thompsonville
Conun
Hartford
Springfield
Prompt payment urged for war supplies by credit men
The National Association of Credit Men urged prompt government payment for war supplies and obligations with no longer credit than given to small buyers. Resolutions were adopted by the credit defence committee and copies will be sent to President Wilson, Cabinet members, and the Council of National Defence.
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New York
Credit Defence Committee
National Association of Credit Men
Wilson
Cabinet
Council of National Defence
Music reward in Malden funeral service
Funeral for Mrs Frances V Affelhoy at Malden Memorial Progressive Spiritualistic Church yesterday afternoon included a stipulation in her will awarding $50 to each singer. Mr W J Ansbey and Mrs H D Hall of Malden received the bequest as executors and participants. Affelhoy had moved to a suite above the church six weeks prior seeking to die in a church setting.
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Frances V. Affelhoy
Washington Street
Malden
W. J. Ansbey
H. D. Hall
Affelhoy
Ansbey
Fewer Tramps at Wayfarers Lodge Reported
Wayfarers Lodge on Hawkins Street sees fewer guests this winter than in many years according to superintendent Richard T. Pope. The absence of the lodge’s usual “old timers” is noted as the nation answers a call.
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Wayfarers' Lodge
Hawkins Street
Richard T. Pope
Millers urged to convert mills to aid wheat conservation
Washington January 13 millers who want to convert or outfit mulls for grinding corn barley and rye to aid wheat conservation were offered help from the new milling division of the food administration J H Hammill of Minneapolis heads the division and will supervise the program
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Washington
The
Food Administration
J. H. Hammill
Minneapolis
Catholic Church Notes and Local Society Officers
Members of the Confraternity of the Holy Cross will meet in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Friday at 8 o clock in the evening. The 8 o'clock mass Friday morning is for confraternity members. A Holy Hour devotion occurs from 8 to 9 Friday evening. John Paulding will lecture Friday evening on Cyrano de Bergerac at the Cathedral School hall. Holy Name Society officers for Blessed Sacrament Church Cambridge are James J. Sweeney president and others listed.
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Confraternity of the Holy Cross
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Confraternity
John Paulding
New Jersey
John Boyle O'Reilly
Cathedral School
Harrison Avenue
Malden Street
Cyrano de Bergerac
Mr. Paulding
Holy Name Society
Blessed Sacrament Church
Cambridge
James J. Sweeney
William H. Reardon, Jr
Fred L. Smith
George H. Broughton
George E. Norton
William Gould
Joseph G. Andrews
John D. Curtain
Cornelius R. McLaughlin
Burial Today for Longtime Boston Dry Goods Merchant
Funeral services for H. H. Chandler, a prominent Charlestown dry goods merchant for over 50 years, will be held at his home 28 Monument Square. He died last Friday from injuries after a car collision two weeks ago. Survived by wife, one son, one daughter. burial at Woodlawn cemetery.
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H. H. Chandler
Boston
Monument Square
Charlestown
Warren Institution For Savings
Henry Price Lodge
A. F
A. M
Bunker Hill Lodge
Paul Revere Lodge
Old 999Th Artillery Association
Woodlawn Cemetery
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