Two New England Soldiers Honored With War Department Citations
The War Department lists 19 citations. two New England men receive honors. Captain John Mitchell of Manchester’s Aero Squad earned a heroism citation for attacking three enemy planes near Beaumont France on May 27, 1918 and shooting down a biplane. He is now deceased. Lieutenant William H. Carrier of Glastonbury Conn the 9th Infantry earned a citation for rescuing a hard pressed flank company near Tuillerie Farm France on November 5 1918 after crossing an open field under heavy fire.
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New England
Aero Service
Infantry
War Department
John Mitchell
Aero Squad
Manchester
Beaumont
France
Apremont
William H. Carrier
9Th Infantry
Glastonbury
Conn
Tuillerie Farm
Ascatco Asthma Relief Promises Quick Breathing Relief
Advertisement promotes Ascatco as a remedy for asthma bronchitis and catarrh. Claims immediate relief and improved appetite with small twice daily doses. Notes sixteen years of use and offers a free trial from Ascarco Laboratory New York, with Boston druggists selling the product.
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Ascatco
Ascarco Laboratory
West 47Th Street
New York
Boston
Baron Munchausen Authenticity Notice From London Edition
Introductory notice defends Baron Munchausen adventures as true facts in a Boston Post style reader submission. Sworn at the Mansion House on November last, signd by John the Porter Gulliver Sinbad Aladdin.
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Gulliver
Sinbad
Aladdin
Baron Munchausen
Bruce
Kearsleys
London
Symonds
Paternoster Row
Mansion House
John
Porter
A Few Words to the Public by Baron Munchad
Baron Munchad Sen speaks directly to readers addressing doubts about his adventures. He says he has heard that his exploits are mocked and that he now feels compelled to explain himself and set the record straight. He promises sincerity and clarity in his account.
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Baron Munchadsen
Travels of Baron Munchausen First Journey to Ceylon
The narrator explains his boyhood wish to see the world and travels with a cousin to Ceylon from Amsterdam. A storm uproots trees, kills a tyrant governor by accident, and the cucumber-gatherers become rulers. In Ceylon, a hunting party yields a dramatic encounter with a lion and crocodile, which the narrator defeats using a couteau de chasse and a fowling piece.
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Ceylon
Holland
Amsterdam
Manslaughter Verdict Hears Of Cocaine Supply In London
A coroner's jury found Reggie Devuelle guilty of manslaughter for supplying actress Billie Carlton with cocaine, after several hearings into her death in a London hotel room last December.
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London
Billie Carlton
Reggie Devuelle
Posen and Schleswig Skip German National Assembly Votes
Poles in Posen and Danes in Schleswig did not participate in the German National Assembly elections. In Posen, 129000 of 1250000 eligible Poles cast ballots.
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Posen
Schleswig
London
Extraordinary Crocodile Adventure Returns to Holland
After mutual congratulations the crocodile measured 40 feet. The governor sent a wagon and servants to bring home two carcasses. The lion skin was preserved and turned into tobacco pouches given to the burgomasters who offered a thousand ducats. The crocodile skin was stuffed and placed in Amsterdam's public museum with the exhibitor recounting the tale to spectators.
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Holland
Amsterdam
The Baron's Snow Storm Adventure Continues
The Baron's surprising adventures will be continued daily in the Daily and Sunday Post. Tomorrow's issue will relate the episode of a most marvellous snow storm.
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Daily
Sunday Post
Appeals to Employers Urge Plan to Improve Employment
Everett W. Lord, state director of the United States Employment Service, will send letters to every manufacturer urging adherence to a plan to improve the employment situation. The letter includes Governor Coolidge's appeal to favor returning soldiers and sailors in hiring and to use the federal service when help is needed.
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Everett W. Lord
United States Employment Service
Lord
Federal Service
Medford Man Fears for Son Missing in Maine
M C Cave of Medford Massachusetts asks Freeport police to investigate a telegram from his son Kenneth Cave stating he is in Freeport and asking for five dollars to return home. The boy hired on with a lumber crew a week earlier and has since vanished despite efforts to locate him.
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Freeport
M. C. Cave
Medford
Mass
Reeport
Kenneth Cave
Maine
After effects of influenza common neurasthenia
Influenza often leaves victims semI invalid with nervous debility and neurasthenia. Post grip neurasthenia, rest and tonic needed. Case anecdotes from Mrs. Jennie Cruikshank and others claim Dr Williams Pink Pills rebuilt blood and strength after flu.
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Jennie Cruikshank
North Barclay Street
Waterloo
Iowa
Dr. Williams
N. A. Harwood
Warren Avenue
Malden
Mass
Charles Darling
No. 14 Week Street
Bath
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
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Boston Post
City OF London
England
R.h.white Co
Chapter
Beyow
R. M. Dale
Grand Street
Oneonta, N. Y
Howard S. Myers
West Grand Street
Elizabeth
N. J
Mr. Myers
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