Mass Welfare Board Reports Service to 10,000+ Soldiers Monthly
The Massachusetts Branch Jewish Welfare Board Hospitality House at 47 Mt Vernon St reports nine months of meals for 35,000 men in uniform and sleeping accommodations for 28,186. The information bureau handled 2,500 cases while social welfare aided 3,500. The branch collaborates with the Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors to place returning service members.
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Massachusetts
Jewish Welfare Board
Mt. Version Street
Isaac Fishman
Bureau
United States Employment Service
Boston
Poslam Promises Quick Eczema Relief and Healing
An advertisement touts Poslam to treat eczema and relieve itching with a soothing effect. It claims safe use for tender skin and promotes Poslam Soap medicated with Poslam for skin care and healing, inviting free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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West 47Th St
New York City
Union Barbers Seek Higher Wages in Boston
Union barbers in Greater Boston plan a pay raise to take effect May 1 when the present contract ends. At a recent meeting the executive board discussed demanding $4 more per week, raising wages from $16 to $20.
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Barbers’ Union
Greater
Boston
Bolshevists Beaten in Southern Russia by Denekine Forces
In the Caucasus on the Kuma River General Denekine, anti Bolshevik leader, routed Bolsheviks capturing about a thousand prisoners. After two days of fighting Denekine also took Alexandria Grushevska. Bolsheviks lost several light field guns and machine guns.
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Bolshevists
Russia
Odessa
Denekine
Kuma
Caucasus
Alexandria Grushevska
Polsheviks
Monday Marriage Rush Says City Registrar
City Registrar Edward W. McGlewen attributes Monday as the peak filing day for marriage intentions, noting Sunday night pay and the 5 day law push couples to act early. He cites Sunday family discussion as the key reason and Monday morning as the first decisive step toward marriage.
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Edward W. McGlewen
City Hall Registry Department
Hear That They Are Fighting Now in the Streets
In Coblenz a telephone call to Berlin captured a Berlin officer reporting street fighting in Berlin. He described hearing a one pounder and machine gun fire while watching the streets from his window as the siege continued.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Berlin
Menace Death Threat Over Swiss Prisoners
The Bolshevist government in Petrograd demands release of 30 Bolshevists jailed in Savantan fortress Valais by Feb 1 or 30 Swiss nationals in Petrograd will be executed without trial. Indignation grows as Bolshevist influence spreads to Rhine towns and northern Switzerland. Police seek Madam Balonova who is linked to Bolshevist propaganda and carries several million rubles.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Petrograd
Savantan
Valais
Rhine
Switzerland
Madam Balonova
Spartacan forces seize Bremen government in coup
Bremen report says Spartacan forces temporarily control city government after an insurrection. They toppled a socialist majority by coup and impose censorship on bourgeois newspapers while proclaiming a communist republic. At Cuxhaven Ultra-Radicals overthrow the republic and threaten rapid socialization of industries and banks.
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Bremen
Associated Press
59 New England Casualty List Shows Increases
Casualty releases indicate more corrections, expanding the national total. New England lists rise by 17 from yesterday, with more soldiers killed or severely wounded newly added. Among the fatalities are Lieutenants Theodore D. Schmidt of Portsmouth New Hampshire and Harold F. Jacobus of Turners Falls Massachusetts.
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New England
Theodore D. Schmidt
Sheafe Street
Portsmouth
N. H
Harold F. Jacobus
Turners Falls
Éndine de Geeseavece
New England Boys On Casualty List Official Record
The official casualty list names many service members from New England and nearby states. Died of wounds Lt Theodore D Schmidt Corp James W McDonald Pt Mandel Lewenberg Lt Harold F Jacobus Pt Stavros Triantafilakos Pt Matthew S Conners Pt William R Dodwell Pt Raymond W Edwards Pt Harry K Hill Pt Harold V Joyce Pt Arthur Landin Pt Stephen C Smith. Died of accident Pt Charles E Sharpe. severely wounded Lt Edward S Burns Lt George F Dobbs Sgt John M Hudson Corp Edgar Edson Howe Corp Frederick W Kirk Pt Stephen Majewski Pt Theodore F Mead Pt Arthur Sevigny Pt George Smith Pt George Stevens Pt James J Tierney Pt Ralph Whitford Pt Tony A Rigdonas Pt Charles BE Burke Pt Frank R Hermanson Pt Henry Huot Pt Hyman Lipshitz (Previously Reported Dead) Pt Leo N Des Lauriers.
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Harold F. Jacobus
Turners Falls
Stavros Triantafilakos
Tremont St
Boston
Matthew S. Conners
Union St
Hartford
Conn
William R. Dodwell
Lexington Ave
Cambridge
Raymond W. Edwards
Crown St
New Haven
Harry K. Hill
Newport
Harold V. Joyce
Unionville
Arthur Landin
Oxford
Stephen C. Smith
Hotchkiss St
Middletown
Edward S. Burns
Shepard St
George F. Dobbs
Putnam Ave
John M. Hudson
Falcon St
East
Edgar Edson Howe
School St
Lebanon
N. H. Corp
Frederick W. Kirk
Worcester
Stephen Majewski
Vetten St
Meriden
Theodore F. Mead
Prospect St
Greenwich
Arthur Sevigny
Bridge St
Berwick
George Smith
West Brookfield
George Stevens
Wamesit
James J. Tierney
Devens Street
Charlestown
Ralph Whitford
So. Whipple St
Lowell
Tony A. Rigdonas
River St
Rumford
Charles BE. Burke
Jefferson Ave
New London
Frank R. Hermanson
Lester St
Ansonia
Henry Huot
Clifford St
Biddeford
Hyman Lipshitz
Chapel St
KILLED IS ACTION List of wounded and dead individuals
A compiled list shows multiple persons categorized as Killed, Slightly Wounded, and Wounded in unspecified incidents. Names followed by city and state designations appear, including Edwin J. Kellogg of Darien and John F. Dunn of Providence, with many others from New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Local residents listed with addresses in three states
Pt Adolph Haisbon of Bridgeport Connecticut Patrick McCarthy of Cambridge Massachusetts William Maraulis of Waterbury Connecticut Isidore Morin of Salem Massachusetts Lewis Munson of Providence Rhode Island Frederick Northip of East Greenwich Rhode Island Frank Novak of Bunnell Street unspecified city
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Adolph Haisbon
Davenport &T
Bridgeport
Conn
William A. McCarthy
Oak Circle
Cambridge
Matthew Maraulis
Riverside St
Waterbury
Isidore R. Morin
Leavitt St
Salem
Lewis L. Munson
Main St
Providence
R. I
Frederick E. Northip
East Greenwich
Frank C. Novak
Bunnell St
Three Boston students urge 5 cent fare cut for riders
A trio of high school boys from the School of Commerce English High and Boston Latin urged Boston Elevated trustees at 101 Milk Street to replace 5 cent single tickets with 5 cent round trips or 3 cent pupil fares. They cite long walks from the North End and weather as factors, noting partial talks with Governor Coolidge and Elevated President Neal. Two more pupils from Dorchester and Roxbury petitioned for 3 cent fares but could not stay for the hearing.
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School of Commerce
English High School
Boston Latin School
Boston Elevated
Milk Street
North End
Coolidge
Neal
Elevated
Dorchester
Roxbury
Care For Sick Soldiers In Portland Transfer Plan
Portland, Me January 14 Several thousand Canadian army overseas hospital cases will be handled by the Grand Trunk railway from incoming steamships. A transport carrying 1000 wounded Canadians is en route to Portland. Portland chosen for its better facilities this season. The Grand Trunk has prepared over twenty hospital cars and engaged surgeons and nurses to attend the wounded, who will be moved to Montreal on special trains.
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Portland
Canadian Army
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Quinine Laxa tive Bromine Quinine Ad Claims
A vintage box advertises Laxa tive Brom o Qu ine tablets praised for tonic and laxative effects with no head numbness or nervousness. It notes a single product line and features E W Grove’s signature on the box with a 30 cent price.
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E. W. Grove
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Csi
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Ose
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Stine
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CUPID
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McGlewen
U. S
Bolshevists Wire
Ultima
Tum
REDS
England
NEW Englanders
Sheafe St
James W. McDonald
Medway At
Mandel Lewenberg
Canterbury St
Charles E. Sharpe
Clay St
Waterbury, Conn
Leo N. Des Lauriers
Messenger St
ST. Albans, Vt
Connor
Brookside Creamery
Brookside
Henfield
Columbia River
California
Sunkist
Touraine
Armour’s
Greater Boston
Dept
So. St
John T.connorco
Food Administration
Goodie
Edwin J. Kellogg
Darien
Euginio Tannetta
Charles St
R. IL
Gesari Marchi
Derby St
Somerville
Walter D. Mason
Claremont
Arthur M. Merchant
Pine and Lyman Sts
Burlington, Vt
Corp
John F. Dunn
W. Clayst
Bernado Cardines
Branch Ave
Earl Bodge Clark
Centre Barnstead
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Bradley St
Samuel Staninsky
Arlington St
Chelsea
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Ellinwood Pt., Revere
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Troftin Lisich
Cherry = st
Markey Rivnik
Julian St
Arthur F. Snowman
Kinderhook St
Randolph
John F. Steele
Farmington Ave
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Lancaster
Parson St
East Hampton
William Butler
Washington St
William A. Currier
West Milan
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Beauford St
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Cea Zoo
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Alda
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de Gogorza
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Gluck
Jascha Heifetz
Homer
Journet
Martinelli
McCormack
Melba
Murphy
Paderewski
Powell
Ruffo
Schumann-Heink
Scotti
Sembrich
Saenger
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Victor Records
Victor
Victrola
Victor Talking Machine Company
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