From Baseball to Bodies A London Air Raid Soldier Voice
An Englishman recalls wartime London as bombs fall while a Yankee sergeant comforts his French bride. He notes civilians on roofs, the bravery of English, and the impact of air raids on morale, ending with a plug for Baron Munchausen adventures in the Daily Post.
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London
Cherie
Joe
Edouard
Francaise
Boche Cochon
Hell
Berlin
Porter
Drury Lane
Post
The
Baron Munchausen
Mothers Love Cascarets For Health At Home
Careful mothers know Cascarets keep sickness at bay and reduce worry and cost. When a child shows signs of illness such as white tongue tainted breath sour stomach or a cold a Cascaret quickly and harmlessly helps flush poisons from the liver and bowels restoring well being.
Aliens Need Glad Hand Says Judge Buffington
Judge Joseph Buffington urged friendly, sympathetic treatment of immigrants and their children. He spoke before Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce at the 1919 assembly and luncheon at the Hotel Brunswick.
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Buffington
Federal
Federal Court of Appeals
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Feast Day and Lourdes Novena Observances at Local Churches
The Conversion of St Paul feast will be observed at St Pauls Church Roxbury Dorchester with a solemn mass at 11 30 a m led by Rev John J Farrell assisted by Rev William A Connor and Rev Frederick B Allchin. St Marys North End will host the Lourdes novena February 2 with Jesuit priests providing information. St Clements Guild of St Clements House in West Brookline Street plans a Friday social.
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St. Paul
St. Paul's Church
Woodward Park Street
Roxbury-Dorchester
John J. Farrell
William A. Connor
Frederick B. Allchin
U. S. Army
St. Mary’s Church
North End
St. Mary's
St. Clement's Guild
St. Clement House
West Brookline Street
Ex Mayors Celebrate Hart Birthday at City Club
Former Mayor Thomas Norton Hart, age 90, addressed a large gathering of admirers at his birthday party at the City Club. He spoke about municipal affairs past and present, proving age does not dull his youthful thoughts.
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Thomas Norton Hart
City Club
Virtuous virile former Mayor lauded by Boston dignitaries
The gathering honored a nonagenarian ex Mayor Hart with tributes from three former Boston mayors Curley Quincy and Fitzgerald and current Mayor Peters. Speakers praised his service, vigor, and influence on the city and charter reforms as Addison L. Winship organized the luncheon.
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Peters
Boston
Josiah Quincy
John F. Fitzgerald
Hart
James M. Curley
Daniel J. Kiley
Addison L. Winship
Shawmut National Bank
City Club
Control Of Roads Poor Says Senator Fernald
Senator B M Fernald of Maine criticizes government ownership of railroads at a National Canners' Association meeting in Chicago He claims freight rates rose 40 percent passenger rates 60 percent and service worsened for the country’s peas and general commerce.
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Chicago
National Canners’ Association and Allied Associations
United States
B. M. Fernald
Maine
National Canners’ Association
Fernald
Brookline Names Stephen Holleran Permanent Police Sergeant
The Brookline Board of Selectmen appointed Stephen Holleran as a permanent sergeant in the Brookline police department. He had been serving provisionally after the vacancy caused by the death of Sergeant Patrick Brogan.
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Brookline Board of Selectmen
Stephen Holleran
Brookline
Sergeant Holleran
Patrick Brogan
Interchurch drive for postwar aid holds Boston mass meeting
Tonight in Trinity Church a mass meeting under the Interchurch emergency campaign seeks 10,000,000 for after war needs among 14 Protestant denominations. Suffragan Bishop Babcock Rev Dr Alexander Mann lead. speakers include Bishop W T Stearly and Dr Robert E Speer. About 600 Protestant church reps expected from Boston. second meeting following New York kickoff.
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Trinity Church
Babcock
Alexander Mann
New Jersey
Robert E. Speer
Boston
New York
Round-up craps players fined in Cambridge District Court
Forty eight gamblers rounded up in a raid on a crap game at 59 School street Cambridge Sunday afternoon paid a $10 fine each yesterday morning in Cambridge District Court.
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School Street
Cambridge
Beth Israel Hospital Campaign for $100000
Plans to raise $100000 for Beth Israel Hospital improvements and equipment were unveiled at a Boston event. The drive runs from January 28 to February 15 with a goal of 6000 contributing members at $10 or more per year, backed by United Jewry of Greater Boston.
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Beth Israel Hospital
Townsend Street
Roxbury
Boston
Temple Mishkan Tefila
Him Hill Avenue
Roxubry
Ford Hall
United Jewry of
Greater Boston
Nightcap Habit and Abuse Evident in Campbell Divorce Case
Mrs Mildred M Campbell testified James Charles Campbell drank half a pint of whiskey nightly and abused her during their marriage. She described multiple assaults from Springfield to Roslindale, culminating in an incident in December 1918 when he struck her, threw her, and injured her head after a disagreement over perfume. The couple are still married. case continued after a bench conference.
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James Charles Campbell
Mildred M. Campbell
Cox
Campbell
Springfield
Lynn
Dorchester
Roslindale
Revere
Court testimony on battered wife and shoplifting demand
Mrs Campbell testified her lip was cut from a brow and denied drinking the whiskey at home. She claimed she went to work to support her babies, not to obtain a fur coat. Annie McNally said her daughter had no money after the second baby arrived.
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Mary White
Montvale Ave
Woburn
Comeo
Plans to dispose war surplus with industry aid
Washington reports plans for co operation in selling large war surplus inventories with care for civilian industry. The War Department and American industries group announce tentative deals to offer machine tools at agreed prices before public sale. Armaments stockpiles include 3000 tons reinforcing steel and 14,516,000 brick among other building supplies.
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Washington
C. W. Hare
War Department
War Service Executive Committee
American Industries
Joseph H. Defrees
Chicago
Water Power Bill Reaches Deadlock
Washington January 20 estate and House conferees on water power development legislation reached a deadlock over government licensing of water power projects and adjourned indefinitely.
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Washington
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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OLD Top
Noooco
George 8. Smith
Curley
Quincy
Fitzgerald
Ee Ie Protestant Churches
Suffolk County Christian Endeavor
George A. Gordon
Old South Church
Bannockburn
Burns
Wallace
Imerchan
Bnt
Wii
D. J. Walsh
M. D
Medicine Boylston St
Mack Motor Truck Co
Mass. Ave
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