Army rushes to recruit infantry for foreign service
War Department urges rapid enlistment in the infantry across districts and states as large conscription camps prepare to form this fall. Boston orders halt further Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps enlistments while expanding other Army units and the Navy and Marine Corps increase daily quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Artillery
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
Department of the Northeast
Signal Office
Signal Reserve Corps
Bureau of Navigation
Naval Coast Patrol
Porto Ricans Get Jobs Through Free Employment Bureau
Eight Porto Rican natives who arrived as stowaways on an American steamer have been placed in jobs by the United States Free Employment Bureau. They reported to immigration officials that conditions in Porto Rico are dull and they sought work in the United States. As residents of an American possession they were treated as citizens and permitted to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Porto Rico
United States Free Employment Bureau
Carders and Ringspinners Strike At Butler Mill
About 300 carders and ringspinners at the Butler Mill in New Bedford joined a sympathy strike for the weavers who quit yesterday over the fining system resumption. Practically the entire mill was affected as workers walked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Butler Mill
Colorado Summer Wonderland Invitation
Promotes leaving the hot city for Colorado mountains with trout fishing and outdoor recreation. Encourages packing camera and fishing gear, taking Burlington trains, and visiting hotels and ranches. Ends with an offer to mail full information from Alex Stocks, agent, Boston.
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Colorado
Burlington
West
Alex Stocks
New England Pass
Washington St
Boston
Massachusetts Women Pledge to Economize in Kitchen
Massachusetts women join the food conservation drive by enrolling daily for the food conservation service cards issued by the state division of the women’s committee. They pledge to economize on vital foods and support national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Food Conservation Service
Massachusetts Division
Volunteers Sought to Register Women for Food Conservation
About 50 volunteers needed to assist in registering women and their daughters and servants at 167 Tremont street. Over 5000 Boston women already registered to learn food saving and maximizing value. Washington will soon share substitutes for white flour. Food conservation classes began yesterday at 585 Boylston street in Boston, plus in Lowell and Lynn, started by the State Board of Education university extension department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
Boston
Washington
Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association
Boylston Street
Lowell
Lynn
State Board of Education
Department of University Extension
Falles Dead At Writing Desk In Mattapan Office
Miss Helen Scales a 17 year old assistant at Dr. Robert Thorner’s Mattapan office was found dead on the office floor at 3 45 Thursday afternoon. The body will be taken to her home at 23 West Selden Street Mattapan for the parents to receive. Burial is set for 2 30 Sunday at Mt Hope Cemetery Church of the Holy Spirit Rev Alan Mech Taylor to officiate.
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Helen Scales
Robert Thorner
Blue Hill Avenue
Mattapan
Church of the Holy Spirit
Alan Mech. Taylor
Mt. Hope Cemetery
City Hospital
West Selden Street
Samuel Scales
Pails for All Horses Urged by City Animal Welfare
A letter to the editor from Henry C. Merwin urges horse owners to provide water pails for teamsters. The Boston Work-Horse Relief Association runs five watering and showering stations with a sixth planned in Cambridge, noting rules prevent supplying shared pails. Hydrants and faucets across the city offer water, but the missing personal pail is described as cruel in hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Work-Horse Relief Association
Cambridge
State Bureau of Animal Industry
Henry C. Merwin
Sectarian War Takes New Turn In State Convention Fight
Professor Frederick L. Anderson of Newton Theological Seminary announced he would push to have the sectarian amendment backed by the American Minute Men submitted to voters this fall along with the Curtis sectarian amendment reported from the committee on the bill of rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Anderson
Newton Theological Seminary
Minute Men
Committee On the
Curtiss Bill Sparks Dissent and Reform Proposals
The committee vote shows Professor Anderson alone dissenting from the Curtis bill that bars non state controlled institutions from funding. Anderson backs an anti sectarian amendment and warns against the Lomasney Curtis plan while Grenville S. MacFarland urges the measure be sent to the people with a workable form and compulsory vote. President Lowell of Harvard supports centralizing executive power and a state finance commission.
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Anderson
Grenville S. MacFarland
MacFarland
Lowell
Harvard
Committee On State Administration
Walsh
Department of Animal Industry
Boston
Massachusetts
Frederick A. Cleveland
Taft
Efficiency Commission
Charles B. Howard
Four Hundred Old Town Canoes Lost in Storehouse Fire
July 6 report from Old Town Me states four hundred partially completed canoes owned by the Old Town Canoe Company were destroyed in a storehouse fire. Much equipment was damaged and the loss was estimated at eighteen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Old Town Canoe Company
Boy Drowns In Tufts Reservoir In West Somerville
Arthur Connors six year old son of Patrick Connors of Fiske avenue Somerville drowned yesterday near Tufts College Reservoir West Somerville after falling into the water while walking along the edge.
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Arthur Connors
Patrick Connors
Fiske Avenue
Somerville
Tufts College
West
Navy Wants Aviators for War Effort
The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety naval forces board calls for men 18 to 24 with college or higher mathematics training to train as filers. Selected applicants may go to Squantum NAS, Pensacola, Newport News, Akron, or Canada for Royal Flying Corps training. Applications are to be made at the State House naval forces board rooms or Charlestown Navy Yard.
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United States
Naval Air Station
Squantum
Pensacola
Fla
Newport News
Akron
Canada
Royal Flying Corps
State House
Naval Forces Board of the Safety Committee
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boy Hit by Auto Seriously Hurt in Haverhill
Baptiste Morillo nine year old son of Mr and Mrs John Morillo of 6 Sargent Court was struck by an automobile on Kenoza Avenue and knocked down. The car driven by Harry Foster of 127 12 Main Street left him unconscious and he was taken to Gale Hospital where physicians described his condition as serious.
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Haverhil
Baptiste Morillo
John Morillo
Sargent Court
Kenoza Avenue
Harry Foster
Main Street
Young Morillo
Gale
Arraignment in Dorchester Kidnapping Case Delayed
Mrs. Josephine M. Blaine 26 wife of Walter Blaine of Dorchester faced a kidnapping charge in Roxbury District Court. Ill health kept her from being arraigned as the case was continued to July 13. The accused, who recently gave birth to a stillborn baby, appeared with her husband in court.
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Josephine M. Blaine
Walter Blaine
Adams Street
Dorchester
David A. Law
Agnes Law
Marcella Street
Roxbury
Blaine
Law
New Bedford
Miss Caton
New York
Murray
Wilburt Welch
Dr. Hovey
Weymouth
Louis A. Dow
Pomaine
William Kirmiss
Caton
First Big War Order Reaches Haverhill Factories
The Liberty Durgin company in Haverhill, known for making women's shoes, received the first large government war order since hostilities began with Germany. Orders total 100000 canteen covers and 67000 haversacks, keeping the factory fully staffed day and night through January 1.
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Haverhill
Germany
Liberty Durgin, Inc
Five Ejected From Court For Refusing To Stand
In New York City, during the second trial of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman for conspiracy to obstruct the draft, five radical sympathizers were ejected from the Federal Court after refusing to stand for the Star Spangled Banner played in City Hall Park. Goldman and Berkman remained seated as the band performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
City Hall Park
Federal Building
Miss Goldman
Berkman
Jam and Candy for Soldiers Planned by Aid Society
The Special Aid Society for American Preparedness outlined plans at a meeting at 601 Boylston Street to supply jam and candy to soldiers at the Ayer training camp. It urged daily bread savings to save a million loaves yearly, with Mrs. Henry A. Wise Wood calling for cooperation with Food Administrator Hoover.
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Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Boylston Street
Ayer
Henry A. Wise Wood
Hoover
First Army Provost Guards Begin Boston Duty
The first regular army provost guards to patrol downtown Boston begin duty this morning. One hundred six men from Fort Andrews under Lt. Joseph J. O'Hare form the First Company C A C. They march in three details from the South Armory with MP armbands to police Scollay Square Tremont and Hanover streets and the adjacent Common.
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Boston
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Fort Andrews
Joseph J. O'Hare
South
Aromory
Engineer Sues T. W. Lawson for Back Pay
Arthur J. Eveland mining engineer sues Suffolk Superior Civil Court against Thomas W. Lawson of Dreamwold for 2967.85 alleging 14 months of services from Feb 1 1916 at 500 monthly plus expenses. Eveland says total earned 12362.10 and received 9394.25 with a remaining balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Eveland
Suffolk Superior Civil Court
Thomas W. Lawson
Dreamwold
South America
Eveland
Lawson
Fraternal Orders to Aid Hoover Conference in Washington
Charles E. Ovenshire imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine was summoned to Washington for a conference with Herbert Hoover to secure cooperation of major fraternal organizations in food conservation. Several large orders will be represented at the talks in the capital.
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Minneapolis
Mann
Charles E. Ovenshire
Order of
Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Hillis Goes to France on Liberty Loan Mission
Reverend Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Congregational Church Brooklyn travels to France for six weeks to gather information for the next Liberty Loan drive. The mission is organized under the American Bankers Association.
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Hillis
France
Liberty Loan
New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Congregational Church of
Brooklyn
American Bankers’ Association
England
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Old South Meeting House
Massachusetts General
Peter Bent Brigham
Homeopathic
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New England Forestry and Lumbering Regiment
Tremont Row
Bane
NEW Bedford Carders
Campaign To Save Food
Merwin
Sunday Post
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Michelman
Harvard College
Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Harvard
Committee On Education
J. B. Chamberlain
Columbia University
Committee On Social Insurance
Tufts
Fonofars
Remmar
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Hub
Joseph J. Holub
Albert A. Carpenter
Charles F. Hanley
J. A. Neary
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Naval Forces Board
Mrs. Blaine Too III
Vice Gang
Pemberton Square
Emma Rose Caton
Wakefield
Engineer Sues T. W. Lawson
Nantasket Beach
O'Donnell
Chassen
Don
Revere Beach
Portland Street
Welch
Arthur Guy Empey
St. Louis
Post- Dispatch
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