President Wilson Urges All to Conserve Perishable Foods
President Wilson calls for nationwide conservation of perishable farm products, urging maximum efficiency and local consumption to relieve transport and bolster wartime food reserves. The national volunteer committee on preserving fruit and garden products coordinates efforts with officials, canners, and industry leaders across 24 states to prevent waste.
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White House
Washington
Providence
Department of Agriculture
A. Q., Lasker
Lord & Thomas
Chicago
John Callan O’laughlin
Washington, D. C
C. J. Brand
Bureau of Markets
Cc. L. Alsberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Clarence Ousley
W. M. Wilkes
National Canners’ Association
National Volunteer Committee
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wilson
Labor Pledges Aid in Mooney Retrial and War-Time Canning
A mass meeting on Boston Common urged patriotism at home by conserving food and marketing surplus locally. The piece notes tin shortages and Mason jars, with 900000 gross distributed and capacity of 85 million jars in 100 days. It also covers a Boston Central Labor Union protest over the San Francisco labor leaders’ trial and the Frisco bombing case.
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Boston Common
Boston Central Labor Union
San Francisco
Frisco
Edward F. M’grady
Thomas J. Mooney
British Steamer Fends Off German Submarine For Two Hours
Off the Irish coast a large British tramp steamer escaped a German submarine after a two hour pursuit. A big gun and efficient gunners kept the chase at bay while the crew fired six shells without confirmation of a hit. The submarine abandoned the chase. final outcome unknown.
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England
Ireland
Hopes to End Labor Trouble on Floating Hospital
Officials of the Boston floating hospital said labor trouble should end on the boat within days. D. I Briggs praised Commandant Rush of the navy yard for quickly manning the ship with U S sailors. If not for Rush, patient suffering might have risen. new crew expected soon. Several patients admitted, no deaths reported.
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Boston Floating Hospital
D. 1
Briggs
Commandant Rush
Navy Yard
United States
Rush
Old Home Sunday Held in Burlington
In the Burlington Meeting House now the Church of Christ, an 1732 hilltop building, the town’s annual Old Home Sunday services were held this morning with about 200 residents and former inhabitants from eastern Massachusetts attending. Rev. Reese Williams presided.
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Burlington
Church of Christ (Congregational
Massachusetts
Reese Williams
Religious Services At Harvard Naval Radio School
Special military religious services for the Naval Reserve Radio School students at Harvard were held yesterday at 9:30 in Pierce Hall common room. The Rev. Edward C. Moore chaired and preached the sermon, with prayer led by the speaker.
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Naval Reserve Radio School
Harvard
Pierce Hall
Edward C.moore
Harvard Board of Preachers
Pledge Mooney Aid Raises Funds In Labor Rally
A Boston Central Labor Union meeting drew 200 to 2500 people on the Common to back Thomas J. Mooney and co defendants. W Bourke Cockran was set to speak but had another engagement. Organizers McGrady Curran Morgan McNulty and others led calls that the bomb case was a frame up and pledged aid for a new trial, raising 62.50 for the effort.
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Pacific Coast
Boston Central Labor Union
Thomas J. Mooney
W. Bourke Cockran
Mooney
Cockran
Edward F. McGrady
George Curran
Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union
J. Edward Morgan
Guardsman Drowned in Merrimack River
Concord July 29 Charles Russell of Keene private in Company H New Hampshire National Guard drowned while bathing in the Merrimac River comrades unable to reach him in time in the rescue attempt
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Concord
N. H
Charles Russell of
Keene
Company H
New Hampshire National Guard
Merrimac River
Vacation on a Wyoming Western Ranch for the Family
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Alex. Stocks
New England Pass
Washington St
Boston
Negro Revolution Declared At Columbus A M E Zion Meeting
J Clifton Smith formerly a Georgia teacher and Harvard student tells a mass meeting at Columbus avenue church that Negro agitation is a revolution not leaderless. Butler R Wilson outlines housing and job plans as speakers include Lucius B Hicks Dr Alice W McKane Rev B W Swain and Rev Alfred Scott.
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J. Clifton Smith
Georgia
Harvard University
Columbus Avenue
A. M. E. Zion
Butler R. Wilson
Mr. Smith
South
Lucius B. Hicks
Alice W. McKane
B. W. Swain
Alfred Scott
British Steamer Hits Mine En Route to Port After 37-Foot Hole
AN AMERICAN PORT July 29 A big British steamer reached here today after a perilous voyage from an English port. On April 16, while 12 hours from the English coast in the North Sea and bound for a port, she struck a submerged mine. The explosion tore a 37 foot by 27 foot hole in her port side, nearly ending the voyage.
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England
North Sea
The House that Jack Built in Dorchester Gardens
John Carnegie of 77 Gustine Street grows beans across posts and string to craft a summer house. He saves time and material by letting vines form a cool shady shelter, creating an unusual garden novelty.
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John Carnegie
Jack
Marion
Dorchester Gardens
Gustine Street
Cambridge Citizens Seek Cash Advance for Troops
A Cambridge citizens committee will ask Mayor Rockwood today to convene a special City Council meeting to vote a cash advance to the Eighth Regiment companies now at Lynnfield. Funds are needed to pay current bills for rationing as the federal government will reimburse later.
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Cambridge
Rockwood
Eighth Regiment
Lynnfield
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