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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1918

Page

4

Ainsworth Details Remarriage and Baby Case

Mrs. Ainsworth recounts why she remarried Henry D. Ainsworth after an acquittal. She claims Dorothy helped abandon a baby at Dr Bowdidge’s Brookline home and insists Massachusetts ruined her and her daughter June by arrest, trial, and stigma. She also describes June’s insanity and plans to fight extradition while awaiting custody arrangements for June and Eleanor.

Mrs. Ainsworth June June Keyes Ainsworth Dorothy Harold Bowdidge Harvard Avenue Brookline Mass Post Massachusetts Henry Carstensen New Haven Hartford Washington Rockland Captain Proctor

Mother and daughter deny fault in infant abandonment case

Dorothy Eaton McMahon and her mother Mrs Jennie May Eaton Ainsworth face charges tied to abandoning infant grandchild. Dorothy defends her mother while vowing to oppose punishment and keep her mother from suffering. Dorothy, 20, says she alone planned and carried out the baby's disposition amid neglect convictions.

Jane Les Massachusetts Dorothy Eaton McMahon Jennie May Eaton Ainsworth Warwick Street Quincy

Bans on Store Window Lights Amid Boston Hours Rule

Boston enforces new closing hours as Rob ert B Stone leads city fuel conservation efforts. Businesses including dry goods, florists, and pawnbrokers face specific evening limits while drug stores may only sell cigars after 9 am until 10 pm. Severe storm disrupts coal shipments to Boston.

Fuel Conservator Tightens New Opening Rules in Boston

Mr. Stone, Boston fuel conservator, enforces stricter opening hours and lighting limits as New England coal shortages rise. Stores may open for food at 7 am and tobacco sales end by 10 pm, with clerks urged to minimize lighting and comply to avoid penalties.

Mr. Stone Stone Fuel Conservator's Office Boston New England J. W. Holt Intercolonial Hall Roxbury Storrow

Will Try Storrow Plan For Country

A fuel administration meeting in New York outlines a plan to keep essential industries running while delaying others. Dr Garfie ld to announce a general approach after consulting with Mr Noyes. a preferential coal distribution list prioritizes households public utilities ships with war supply duties and war industries.

Garfield Fuel Administration New York Noyes Wilson McAdoo

NO THREE DAY WEEK MEET. OPPOSITION TO PLAN GROWS

News reports in New York indicate P B Noyes of the fuel administration division opposes the three day week plan, endorsing the Boston order promoted by Storrow. Noyes says he will support the Boston arrangement in his report to Garcia after meetings in Boston and New York with A S Cobb and David A Bliss.

New York P. B. Noyes Fuel Administration Division of Conservation Boston Storrow Massachusetts Boston Order,” Mr. Noyes Said: “After My Conference With Mr. Storrow A. S. Cobb David A. Bliss

New England Fuel Officials Discuss Coal Supply Strategy

In New York council with A H Wiggins and Russell they reviewed regional fuel conditions. Fred C Wright of Bangor & Aroostook and Page of New England Coal & Coke joined to plan rapid coal delivery for Boston and coordinate with Philadelphia interests and New England authorities.

New York New England Mr. Noyes A. H. Wiggins Russell Connecticut United States Fred C. Wright Bangor & Aroostook Railroad New England Fuel Administration Storrow Philadelphia Page New England Coal & Coke Company Boston

Michigan Extends Boston Order for Coal Conservation

State Fuel Administrator W. K. Prudden issues a sweeping coal conservation order to start January 17, aiming to save about 1000 tons of coal daily. Businesses may heat and light nine hours on weekdays, 12 on Saturdays, with a 10 p.m. close. churches six hours weekly. theatres and motion picture houses limited to five hours on most days. bars close at 10 p.m.. outside signs banned. safety lighting required after hours. Restaurants may operate after nine hours at night with mayoral permission.

Lansing Mich Boston W. K. Prudden Prudden Michigan Detroit

Captain Keveney to Wed Miss Marion Nolan at Dorchester Church

Captain Charles D. Keveney of the Coast Artillery, Fort Warren, Dorchester, and Miss Marion Nolan of Brighton will marry at 7 tonight at the Church of the Presentation in Dorchester. Keveney has served ten years in the Coast Artillery. Nolan is the daughter of Thomas M. Nolan, a Post compositor, and the ceremony will be performed by Rev. J. J. Murphy.

Charles D. Keveney Coast Artillery Corps Fort Warren South Munroe Street Dorchester Marion Nolan Washington Street Brighton Church of the Presentation Keveney Coast Artillery Thomas M. Nolan J. J. Murphy

War Labor Council formed under Secretary Wilson

Secretary Wilson named six men and one woman to form the advisory council for the war labor programme. John Lind, former Minnesota governor, chairs the panel with representatives from employers Waddill Catchings and A. A. Landon, employees John B. Lennon and John J. Casey, economist Dr. L. C. Marshall, and Agnes Nestor as women’s representative.

Washington Wilson Department of Labor John Lind Minnesota Waddill Catchings Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company Birmingham Ala Platt Tron Works Dayton Chamber of Comerce United States A. A. Landon American Radiator Company Aircraft Production Board Buffalo, N Chamber of Commerce John B. Lennon Illinois American Federation of Labor John J. Casey Pennsylvania Congress L. C. Marshall The University of Chicago Agnes Nestor Chicago Woman's Trade Union League Defence Council Glove Workers’ Union

Rivet Discovers Two Sons Killed in France

Emil Rivet formerly of South Hanson located the bodies of his two sons on a shell scarred French battlefield. Both had fallen to German machine gun fire while he searched for the wounded.

Brockton France Emil Rivet South Hanson

Rivet Brothers Die in French War Effort

A French ambulance corps member finds two sons, Joseph and Napoleon Rivet, aged 24 and 18, among the dead after a battle in France. The Rivet family, of French ancestry from South Hanson, left to enlist as war casualties are confirmed with limited battlefield details.

Frank Aubert South Hanson France Ambulance Corps Joseph Mr. Rivet Napoleon Rivet

Soldiers Pay $3.40 For Pie In France

A division order bans civilian sale of pie as American troops in France encounter scarce supplies. Soldiers paid 17 francs for pastry under guard until officers suspect white flour diversion. an investigation into flour sources is underway.

France Associated Press

Wood bullet saves a life in Lynn incident

Sherman Flue of 112 Glenwood street Lynn attempted suicide after despondency over health. His wife Agnes Flue owned the revolver but their son Eldon replaced lead bullets with wooden ones to prevent a fatal wound. Flue survived with a scalp injury and was taken to Union Hospital.

Sherman Flue Glenwood Street Lynn Union Hospital Flue Emerson Shoe Derry N. H Agnes Flue Eldon Fue

Kidney Backache Solved by Salts Claim

An article claims backache and kidney discomfort stem from eating meat and uric acid. It advises taking four ounces of Jad Salts daily, a grape lemon lithia solution, to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease bladder irritation.

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William A. Morse Assinippi William H. Snell Madison Eleanor Keyes Ralph Preble Keyes Snell Eleanor Harrison Eaton Admiral Eaton Dorothy McMahon Harvey C. C. Harvey Co Mendelssohn Sele Hallet & Davis Lakewood Huntington Knabe Kranich & Bach Ccharveyc Edison Boylston Street Carlisle Brambach City Fuel James J. Storrow City Robert B. Stone State Street Cape Breton New Haven Road South Boston Vineyard Nantucket Sounds Maybrook N. Y Miisteroi F Capt. Heveney Miss Marion Nolan WAR Labor Council
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