Pageantry planned for Shield of Honor Day on Martha's Vineyard
East Tilbury July 11 reports preparations for a five minute tableaux on the Betty Alden estate depicting the first land purchase from the Indians. Governor McCall and guests will view the Puritan Indian pageant near Whitings race track with locals in costume. A service flag for Gay Head will gain a new blue star as Navy enlistment news is announced. Festivities include flags bunting decorations, a water pageant at Wesley Lake, and a Tivoli dance hall event at Oak Bluffs ending the day with Seaplane escorts from Woods Hole and Harbor maneuvers.
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East Tilbury
Betty Alden
Governor McCall
McCall
Martha's Vineyard
Old Whitings
Kenneth Cahoon
Harold Keyes
Mary Pease
Daniel Manter
Allen Look
Frank B. Look
Barbara S. Look
Forest Littlefield
Willis Gifford
Beatrice Gifford
Gay Head
The
Post
Solomon McLeod Attaquin
Nantucket
United States Navy
United States
Howard A. Chadwick
Standard Oil Company
Oak Bluffs
Vineyard Haven Harbor
Vineyard Haven
Dayton Eddy
June Owen
Citizens’ Committee
P. B. Eaton
Chatham Naval Station
General Committee
Woods Hole
Island celebration feature announced by West Tisbury chairwoman
Mrs. George G. Gifford, chairwoman of the West Tisbury women's section of the Governor Mee Call Shield of Honor Committee of Martha's Vineyard, announced a new feature for the island's big day. In simple tableaux, actors will depict how Mayhew and his wife presented William Peabody, Josiah Standish, William Skiffe, and James Alden to the Indian sachem and his band.
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George G. Gifford
West Tisbury
Martha’s Vineyard
Mayhew
William Peabody
Josiah Standish
William Skiffe
James Alden
Army to observe Bastile Day July 14 in France
The American Expeditionary Forces will mark Bastile Day July 14 as a general holiday for troops not engaged with the enemy. The order from headquarters calls it the privilege and duty of American soldiers to celebrate the French Independence Day shared by France and America.
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France
Associated Press
Bastile
Ordar
America
Anti loafing law takes effect for men ages 18 to 50
The new state law mandates able bodied men between 18 and 50 to pursue a legitimate occupation. It is separate from the draft work or fight rule affecting 21 to 31 year olds and does not involve Provost Marshal Crowder or Washington.
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Crowder
Washington
Work or Fight and anti loafing law stakes clarified
The article explains how the Work or Fight and anti loafing laws target idlers while forcing those in unessential jobs to seek employment. Charles F. Gettemy oversees registration with police enforcing actual registration today. Citizens must report to their local station to fill forms. noncompliance risks arrest, though help finding work is promised.
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Charles F. Gettemy
Bureau of Statistics
Busch family buys German war bonds in U S
Alfred L Becker says the Busch family of St Louis purchased at least 1 million dollars of German war bonds sold in the United States for propaganda and press influence. He estimates more than 100 million dollars may have been sold, noting Germany set up funds to seduce the American press with gold while the U S remained neutral.
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New York
Busch Family
St. Louis
New York Evening Mail
Alfred L. Becker
Becker
United States
Garment reform aids women car cleaners at Boston & Albany
Women at the Boston and Albany yards report pantalette outfits improve comfort and efficiency in car cleaning. Short sleeves pockets and caps reduce rips and disentangling hair, allowing more freedom of movement while performing stooping and mending tasks. The garments are described as practical and here to stay.
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Boston & Albany
Helen Cronin
Roxbury
Anna Russell
Charlestown
Bella Paine
Mae Cashman
Sugar Equalization Board Created by Wilson
President Wilson formed the Sugar Equalization Board to stabilize sugar prices amid a possible shortage. The $5 million board, funded from a wartime fund, can acquire high cost beet sugar factories and other sugars, selling them at a stabilized price to save consumers.
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Washington
Wilson
Sugar Equalization Board
Hoover
Advanced price of fish at Will
John H. Gourville of Batchelder and Snyder testified that the Bay State Fishing Company used its right to arbitrarily advance prices yesterday before Suffolk county grand jury. The panel investigates alleged fish industry monopoly restraining trade. Other witnesses include William H. Mattheson, Fred Henry, and Herbert S. Hallett.
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John H. Gourville
Batchelder & Snyder
Bay State Fishing Company
Suffolk County
William H. Mattheson
Fish Trust
Fred Henry
Henry & Close
Herbert S. Hallett
Hotel Rexford Loses License for Three Months
The Licensing Board suspended Hotel Rexford at 1 Bulfinch Place West End for three months starting Monday. No room may be rented for fewer than six days to any woman during the period amid police charges of indecency and prostitution against those hiring rooms.
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Rexford
Bulfinch Place
West End
Esthonian Protest Against German Occupation Denounced
In Copenhagen representatives of the Esthonian Diet and government protest Germanys occupation policy in the Baltic province. American minister Morris in Stockholm has sent President Wilson a copy of the protest detailing the strong denunciation.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Germany
Baltic
Morris
Sweden
Wilson
German Occupation of Estonia Reported by Exiled Leaders
An Estonian exile declaration accuses Germany of a military dictatorship in Estonia under Count von Hertling and Brest Litovsk terms. It claims German forces disarm local troops, suspend government, install German advisory bodies, impose German as official language, Germanize Dorpat University, suppress free speech with penalties, and force pro German propaganda in newspapers. It cites arrests of prominent Esthonians and alleges plunder and food extraction benefiting Germany.
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Count von Hertling
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Esthenia
Dorpat University
English Classes Expanded at Camp Devens Ayer Camp
July 11 the development battalion of the Depot Brigade under Captain Alexander Smart added an English department to the course. It trains foreign born soldiers with limited language skills and those who cannot speak plainly.
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Camp Devens
Alexander Smart
Army officers and YMCA run training huts in camp
Arthur G Hoffman offers the YMCA educational department for men at the school as Major Whipple is promoted to lieutenant colonel and top officers are assigned to Camp Lee and other posts. Harold McKay joins Horst Engineers. Arthur Cooper arranges a fourth camp hut for boys with three huts already open.
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Arthur G Hoffman
Association For the Instruction
Robert L. Whipple
Worcester
301St Engineers
Plattsboro
American University At
Washington
Ralph Lowell
Infantry Officers’ Training School
Camp Lee
Joseph Sidorowicz
William van V. Warren
Howard A. Judy
Paul A. Merriam
Robert J. Koshland
Harold S. Tucker
Harold A. McKay
Brown University
Horst Engineers
Arthur Cooper
Knights of Columbus Activities
New Depot Brigade Building Planned
A new building will be erected in the Depot Brigade at an estimated cost of about $7000, indicating ongoing development and investment in local facilities.
New Demands on Holland by Germany Reported
Amsterdam July 11 Germany has demanded from Holland vast quantities including 60 000 cows 3000 horses 10000 tons cheese 2000000 eggs 150 tons fatty products and 3000 tons sugar along with 200000 hides and quinine The Telegraaf notes the demands arise from economic spying in Dutch countryside and may require colonial credits totaling 7 000 000 florins monthly before any concessions are discussed.
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Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Germany
Holland
Carrier McDonald Dies in Malden After 45 Years on Job
Andrew C. McDonald aged 80, a Boston post office letter carrier for 45 years, died at his Malden home on Belmont Street. He remained active on his route until heart failure struck two weeks earlier. His route covered Beacon Hill for 85 years and the area near the federal building for 16 years.
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Andrew C. McDonald
Boston
Belmont
Malden
Mr. McDonald
Beacon Hill
Federal Building
Poslam Promises Quick Relief for Pimples and Rashes
An advertisement touts Poslam as a rapid aid for pimples, eczema, acne, itch, chilblains, scalp-scale, and burns. It urges daily use of Poslam Soap and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Poslam
Web St
New York City
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