Nine British Ships for Army Troop Returns Home
Nine British vessels with a capacity for 27 750 men will transport American troops home. Ships listed include Caronia Adriatic Minnekahda Celtic Canopic Saxonia Pannonia Cedric and Orca with Brest sailing dates in January and February. Additional ships Olympic Mauritania Aquitania are slated for February. Stockholm will sail from Gothenburg to Brest to embark troops for New York, carrying 1000 to 1200 soldiers.
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New York
Ministry of Shipping
Adriatic
Celtic
Cedric
Brest
Olympic
Mauretania
Aquania
Swedish-American Line
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Mrs Harry Dutton Funeral Today
Mrs Harry Dutton wife of Harry Dutton of the Houghton and Dutton firm dies after a long illness in Cambridge. Funeral services led by Rev A B Towle will be from her daughter Mrs A Perley Chase Medford residence. Burial at Forest Dale Cemetery Malden.
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Harry Dutton
Houghton & Dutton Firm
Riverbank Court
Cambridge
A. Perley Chase
Governors Avenue
Medford
A. B. Towle
Danvers
Forest Dale Cemetery
Malden
$1100 Award for Knee Injury in Streetcar Incident
Annie Welch received 1100 from the Boston Elevated Street Railway Company after a shopping bag in the car aisle caused a knee injury. A fellow passenger toppled the bag and elbowed her knee on Market Street in Brighton on April 14, 1917. The Suffolk county jury found the company negligent in allowing the bag to remain in the aisle.
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Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Suffolk County
Annie Welch
Market Street
Brighton
Dunphy Guides SOS Special Train Across France
Lieutenant C J Dunphy manages the SOS special train moving through France with General Harford. He coordinates routes from S O S ports to fronts and bases, handling schedules payments and station master relations. The American government funds the train and its movements while Dunphy maintains ticket vouchers and on time checks.
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Paris
Jat
France
Service of Supply
Mediterranean
C. J. Dunphy
Bretton Woods
Mt. Pleasant
Copley Plaza
Bostolén
Dunphy
SOS
Harford
Chris Dunphy
General Headquarters
Chaumont
Chef de Gare
Signal Corps
General Hartford
Paris Rationing and Postwar Hopes Amid Shortages
The report details strict restaurant hours in Paris and restricted service after 9:30. It notes scarce butter and fresh eggs, high prices, and crowded markets. Officials resisted lifting holiday rules. Locals face slow recovery and delayed postwar travel easing into 1920.
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Paris
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Gulf
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