Three men sentenced in Y M C A war bandage theft case
Austin Needham George Lawson and Fred Fein were imprisoned for eight six and two years respectively after stealing bandages clothing and comforts meant for French wounded. Value about three thousand dollars sold for four hundred twenty five in Connecticut. Fund drive for one hundred thousand dollars continues with subscriptions totaling twelve thousand nine hundred eighty one.
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France
Aiken
Superior Criminal Court
Austin Needham
American Fund For
Boylston Street
George Lawson
Fred Fein
Needham
House of Correction
Lawson
Fein
Connecticut
State Board of Trade approves wartime anti trust amendments
Resolutions asking Congress to amend the Sherman act to permit cooperation among manufacturers to meet abnormal wartime conditions were passed by the executive council at its monthly meeting in the Hotel Brunswick.
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Congress
Executive Council
The
State Board of Trade
Brunswick
New England Advertising Agencies Elect Officers
At the City Club yesterday the Association of New England Advertising Agencies elected C. Brewer Smith president and John W. Withington secretary and treasurer.
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Association of New England Advertising Agencies
City Club
C. Brewer Smith
John W. Withington
Uncle Joe Cannon Returns to Capitol in Wheelchair
Washington January 23. Speaker Cannon appears at the Capitol in a wheelchair with a knee injury and a shoulder fracture from a fall. Doctors kept him confined for a week but he has resumed committee work and plans to attend House floor sessions if needed.
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Washington
Joe” Cannon
Capitol
Carlita Rutherford Under Observation
Miss Carlita G. Rutherford of Salem living at the Frances Willard settlement house was sent to the Psychopathic Hospital for observation after a Central Court arraignment charging her with responsibility for several fires.
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Carlita G. Rutherford
Salem
Frances EB. Willard
Psycopathic Hospital
Gentle Cascar ads promise easy liver relief
When bilious or constipated take one or two Cascarets for a gentle cleansing. Wake up with clear head and regulated stomach, breath sweet and bowels active. Get a box at any drug store and feel ready for work or play. Safe for children too and won’t upset next day.
Over the Top by Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey
The piece surveys wartime amusements and gambling among Tommies in a casual tone. It notes card games from Nap to Barther and Broker and remarks on poker with a humorous mispronunciation. It contrasts popular games with lesser known ones like Royal Bezique.
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Barther
Broker
Tommies
Tommy
Tommies Gambling in French Estaminets and Frontline Life
An American boy serving in the United States Army recounts life in France during World War I. He describes front line training, a six week recovery, and social diversions including gambling games Crown and Anchor House Pontoon Brag and the daily rhythm in French estaminets.
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United States
Era Ritis
England
France
To Be Continued in the Daily Post and Sunday Post Magazine
A note indicates the story continues in the Daily Post and its Sunday Post Magazine. The material is copyrighted by Arthur Guy Empey.
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Daily Post
Sunday Post
Arthur Guy Empey
Boston Attorney Pinanski Promoted to Captain in Ordnance
A. He Pinanski of Boston, commissioned last July as a first lieutenant in the Ordnance Officers Reserve Corps, was yesterday appointed a captain in the ordnance department in Washington. He is the son of Nathan Pinanski, president of the Temple Adath Jeshurun in Roxbury.
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A. HE. Pinanski
Boston
Ordnance Officers’ Reserve Corps
Ordnance Department
Washington
Mr. Pinanski
Nathan Pinanski
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Explosion in Allan shaft mines claims 79 lives in Stellarton
An explosion at the Allan shaft of Acadia Coal Company in Stellarton Nova Scotia traps miners. Seventy nine men on the lower level are believed dead while eleven workers on a higher level escape. Rescuers battle dense smoke as bodies are recovered and relief efforts continue.
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Halifax
N. S
Acadia Coal Company
Stellarton
Bolsheviki seize Rumanian treasury jewels in Moscow
A Petrograd despatch reported by German papers says Bolsheviki took part of the Rumanian treasury funds deposited in a Moscow bank and seized the Rumanian crown jewels at Kishinev. Queen Marie of Rumania reportedly fled Kishinev for Jassy.
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Bolsheviki
Amsterdam
Petrograd
Moscow
Kishinev
Marie of
Rumania
Jassy
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Troy
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Red Blood
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