Call for 300 000 in August draft authorized
Washington July 17 Forty six thousand white registrants from all states and the District of Columbia are called to the colors. Movement into camp set for Aug 5 to Aug 9. first general August call for entrainment of 300000 men. Quotas assigned for New York and New England camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
States
District of Columbia
Crowder
New York
New England
Connecticut
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Camp Greenleaf
Rhode Island
Vermont
July Mass draft call exhausts Class One in many divisions
The July draft call for 880 Massachusetts men will exhaust Class One in several divisions as divisions with small original allotments are asked to supply more. Notably Division 9 Boston rises to 210 men and Division 10 to 100, with other divisions adjusting to 47 to 158 men per the amended order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
State House
Boston
Wellesley Starts Second Girl Farmers Squad on College Farm
Thirteen Wellesley College girls in khaki rompers and straw hats begin a month on the 20 acre Weston road farm with three housekeepers joining the squad. Daily schedule runs from 6:30 to 11:30 and 1:45 to 4:45 with meals at set times. Readouts list the squad members including Rita Pond and Lillian Miner among the farm hands and housekeepers from various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley College
Weston Road
Wellesley
Rita Pond
Providence
Americans Praised Abroad for Fossoy Jaulgonne Fight
London newspapers applaud American troops for a bold counter attack on the Marne at Fossoy and Jaulgonne. The Telegraph lauds the action as a moral milestone in the war, and the Daily News notes Americans held a critical front while defeating German advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fossey
Jaulgonne
Telegraph
Marne
Ludendorff
The
Daily News
Fossoy
500 Die Daily of Cholera in Petrograd
Petrograd suffers a severe cholera outbreak with daily deaths reported around 500. The figure underscores a worsening health crisis in the capital as authorities struggle to contain the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Cholera Epidemic Spreads From Petrograd Region
Travelers report daily deaths in Petrograd and a dispatch notes thousands ill at Saratov. The outbreak has reached Finland and now covers broader regions, signaling a widespread public health crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Xchange Telegraph Company
Saratov
Finland
River murder mystery deepens as missing woman found
Fall River July 17 The Taunton River case remains unsolved after police locate a missing woman whose description matches the slain girl. Investigations span Newport Chelsea and New Bedford with waterfront searches, vessel boardings, and extensive questioning. A reward may be offered if progress stalls tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Taunton River
Newport
R. I
Somerset
Chelsea
New Bedford
Hopsay
Michael Fieming
State Police
Abel Violette
Fall River Police Department
Drop Hunt for Spy
Police have recovered a body fragment and ruled out a German spy motive, making the case more baffling. The missing man’s whereabouts are unclear as investigators continue to search for answers and maintain hope of solving the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Pledges of Loyalty From Cambridge Businessmen at War Outing
Four hundred Cambridge merchants pledged themselves to carry on with war work at the Cambridge Board of Trade annual outing held at the Pemberton Inn Nantasket. Senator Weeks, introduced by President Ferris Norris, led speakers including Congressman Dallinger and Mayor Quinn Cambridge. Weeks said the war progress is satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Cambridge Board of Trade
Pemberton Inn
Nantasket
Senator Weeks
Ferris W. Norris
Trade Board
America
Norris
Dallinger
Quinn
War Bond Banquet Portraits Wartime Unity and Jokes
A Cambridge banquet highlights support for wartime mobilization with speakers praising President Wilson and Congress. Dallinger warns against peace talk as German propaganda while volunteers tout war efforts and prize for “fattest man” sparks lighthearted pageantry among local business groups.
Bonnet Rouge Director Executed for Treason
Paris reports M. Duval, director of the Bonnet Rouge Germanophile paper, executed for treason at Vincennes Forest at 6 am. He faced the firing squad unmoved, refusing girth or blindfolding and uttering a defiant remark as he went to the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnet Rouge
Paris
M. Duval
Vincennes
Duval
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. O
Modern Furniture CO
Canal Street
the Post
He Comes
Boston Post
Telephone Main
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Bay State
Massachuestts
ORION
Ls Vesetenes Tee Skh
Treeeeeseeesees
Boston Cott Betege Puendiseesed AB
BD Wen
Boston Sb Papers Sa
Eseces Teeees
Boston Ee Eeegeesedeecevescene
BOON
Vides Sb Reteevet Ee
Tess
Wooo Doo dl
Settee Eens
Meubtecr
Ile Cdcass Teereees
Teeestesess
Pagondupe
Caz Debscaiater
Haverhill
Holyoke
Lawrence Tetrisses
College Farm
Western Newspaper Union
Lillian Miner
Naugatuck
Conn
Sibyl Wardwell
Waban
Charlotte Barstow
Wollaston
Gertrude R. Bristol
Foxboro
Christine Dickson
Pittsburg
Texas
Hope Mathewson
Alice Munro
Princeton
N. J
Rachel Rathbun
Woonsocket
Martha Richardson
Montague
Margaret Shedd
Newton Centre
Marjorie Stone
Genevieva Thomas
South Orange
Evelyn Wiggin
Stratham
N. H
Edith Wilkey
Lowell
Lowel
Lynn
Lynn Senet
Malden
Neane See
Malden Tees
Medford
Sccreedeenseins Snow Bogford Ccs Ccocascscassee
Newton Stew
Pittsfield
Nwes
Somerville
Worcester
Ant Markets
Washington St
Adams Square
United States Food Administration
Meadowbrook Creamery
Mel
Harold F. Wheeler
Post
Cambridge Trade Board
Germany
France
Woodrow Wison
Lucian D. Fuller
David O'Connor
Morton B. Howard
North Cambridge Business. Men's’ Association
James T. Barrett
East Cambridge Business
J. Frank Black
Ward 3 Improvement Association
George H. Carrick
Harvard Square Business Men's Association
Ralph Stratton
Inman Square Business Men's Assocélation
Meiryfealth
Philo Hay Co
Newark
Nid
Emerson
Tremont
Georgette
Ilisere
Auis