Nichols Predicts Income Tax Success At Massachusetts Assessor Outing
Senator Malcolm E. Nichols addressed the 10th annual outing of the Association of Massachusetts Assessors at Norumbega Park. He traced tax laws from colonial times to 1917, forecast a revenue rise under the new income tax and urged reform of corporate taxation as the committee’s first task.
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Malcolm E. Nichols
Back Bay
Legislative Committee On Taxation
Association of Massachusetts Assessors
Norumbega Park
Nichols
Commonwealth
Heavy Fire Around Lens Salient As German Artillery Intensifies
Canadian headquaters in France report a sharp 48 hour increase in German fire around the Lens Salient from Hill 70 to Avion. Bombardment hits Vimy with 600 shells in a small area as observers use balloons and airships for spotting. Canadian artillery maintains trench destruction and counter battery progress amid heavy fighting.
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France
Lens Salient
Hill 70
Avion
Vimy
Vermelles
Cossacks Patrol Streets of Petrograd for First Time Since Revolution
Petrograd reports the first postrevolution Cossack patrols in the streets with companies dispersed along avenues bearing machine guns strapped to their saddles as they lead their mounts through the city.
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Petrograd
Atlantic Fleet Reforms Under Secretary Daniels Order
Secretary Daniels orders reform of the Atlantic fleet to address new issues from expanding the force to nearly double its wartime size. The move targets organizing and adapting the fleet for the larger, more capable force during war service.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy reorganizes fleet adding vice-admiral position
Secretary announces plan to create another vice-admiral role. Rear Admiral Albert W. Grant is named for the Atlantic command, with Admiral Mayo retaining general command. Coffman commands Force No 2 and Grant Force No 1, while Sims’s European fleet remains unchanged. Grant to be followed by Captain S. S. Robison as submarine force commander.
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Albert W. Grant
Mayo
Coffman
Grant
Sims
Navy Department
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
S. S. Robison
South Carolina
Blow to German Trade With Rotterdam
London reports that allied forces plan a Monday strike to cut Rhine to Hamburg traffic. British action targets German captains and a large flotilla as Rotterdam confirms Germany will lay up about 30 coal steamers rather than sail them home through the sea lane.
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London
Rhine
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Germany
State lines in National Guard to go
Brigadier General Clarence R Edwards warned that the US entry into the war will dissolve state boundaries for the National Guard, turning it into a national force. He and other officers at a Harvard Club banquet urged rapid trench warfare readiness and emphasized capable leadership for troops headed to the front.
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National Guard
United States
Clarence R. Edwards
New England
United States Cavalry Officers’ Association
Harvard Club
Department of the Northeast
Pacific
Siberia
Joffre
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
John L. Howard
E. Leroy Sweetser
F. C. Marshall
T. A. Roberts
R. L. Howes
Plant Juice marketed by Baker gains local testimonials
The advertisement claims Plant Juice cures indigestion and related symptoms, citing baker Bernard Gross of 22 Curtis Street in Boston as a testimonial. It promotes the Plant Juice agent via distributors across Brockton, Fall River, Lowell, Lynn, Manchester, New Bedford, and Salem with druggists listed at each location.
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Bernard Gross
Curtis Street
Boston
Houghton & Dutton
Brockton
Dudley
Main St
Fall River
J. C. Brady
Granite Block
Lowell
Dow’s
Merrimack Square
Lynn—Davis Young’s
Market St
Manchester
N. H
Walsh & Cummings
Elm St
Amherst
New Bedford
Browne Pharmacy
Corner Purchase
William Sts
Salem
Ropes’ Drug
Town House Square
Women's Middy Suits At Low Price At Wolf's Dachy Sur
Boston shoppers flock to Wolf's corner Hanover and Portland streets for underpriced middy suits priced at 1.98 and legal stamps with every purchase.
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Wolf’s
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Boston
Immigration Bureau Oversees New Massachusetts Board Appointments
A flour broker in the city heads the new Massachusetts Bureau of Immigration. Mr. Rothwell was named to a five-year term on the board. Other appointees include Mrs. Edith Wolcott of the local community.
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New Massachusetts Bureau of Immigration
Rothwell
Edith Wolcott
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