Y M C A War Shipments Drop in December
New York Jan 21 The Y M C A war work council reports 2 778 208 dollars of overseas supplies shipped in December for American troops, bringing 18 month total to 24 455 069 dollars. Shipments fell 1 000 000 from November as goods are furnished at cost for soldiers stores. Over 36 percent of items aid free use by soldiers, reflecting the occupation education and recreation program.
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New York
Young Men's Christian Association
War Work Council
Gastric Catarrh Treated With Bisurated Magnesia
A New York physician warns thousands suffer from indigestion caused by gastric catarrh. He advocates a before meal teaspoonful of Bisurated Magnesia in hot water to cleanse the stomach, balance acids, and improve digestion without laxative effects. Obtain pure Bisurated Magnesia from druggists.
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New York
Solomon the Fixer Sentenced
Charles Solomon, 32, of 37 Middlesex Street, and Sam Cohen, long in Boston and formerly of New York, were sent to the State Prison for three to five years by Judge Dana. Solomon was found guilty of receiving 3500 dollars worth of cloth stolen from Hull shrinking and sponging on Castle Street in 1916. Cohen, about 52, was found guilty of breaking and entering the same establishment.
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Charles Solomon
Middlesex Street
Sam Cohen
Boston
New York
State Prison
Dana
Hull
Castle Street
Police court verdicts and scandal ripple through city
Testimony links Solo mon to crime networks over 12 years as judges refuse delays, while witnesses describe a web of fixers and street corruption. In a separate case a divorce hearing ends with dismissal after a clerk notes long distance kisses on letters to a Portsmouth wife.
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Solomon
Driscoll
Callahan
Portsmouth
N. H
Alto Frances Blake
Stephen N. Blake
Justice Wilson
Supreme Judicial Court of
Saco
Kittery
Blakes
Wilson
Thomas H. Fines
Blake
Navy Yard
Fines
Quarantine Lifted at Block Island Naval Base
A three weeks influenza quarantine at the Block Island naval base was lifted today by Rear Admiral Joseph W. Oman, commandant of the Second naval district. The base will close on February 1.
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Npwport
Naval Base
Block Island
Joseph W. Oman
Second Naval District
Indicted Buffalo lawyer charged in German spy case
John T. Ryan of Buffalo indicted by a federal grand jury for treason connected to the O Leary case. He is accused of aiding Mme de Victorica a German spy and of sending Hurley to Germany with messages. Prosecutors say Ryan supplied funds 1000 dollars on three occasions and 1500 dollars once between October and December 1917. He allegedly met with O Leary and the spy at Long Beach New York to aid Imperial Germany and provided a coded dictionary.
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New York
John T. Ryan
Buffalo
Jeremiah O’leary
Ryan
Mme. de Victorica
O’léary
Hurley
Germany
O’leary
Long Beach
W. Y
New Bedford Licenses Dances Age Limit Set at 17
City orders all public dances licensed and bans attendees under 17 after police investigations. Propriety owners face a $100 fine for violations.
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New Bedford
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Rox Soap
Agi Duteh Cleanser
Lion Brand
la Touraine
White River
Food Administration
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Solomon the Fixer
Cohen
Mr. Fielding
Eg Bptee Driscoll
South End
Chicago
Baume Analgesique
Bengue
Jules Bengué
Paris
Thos. Seeming & Co, American Agents
Charge Ryan
DAVIS
C. C. Bowles & CO
Bedford Street
Jordan Marsh Furniture
General Baking Company
New England Housewives
Bond
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