Cambridge Mass Meeting Postponed After Poor Crowd
A conscription draft mass meeting at Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church Cambridge failed to draw a crowd yesterday afternoon and was postponed for two weeks. Speakers planned include A H Grimke of Washington Edward Everett Brown William H Scott Franklyn H Wright the Rev George Washington John W Schenk and Daniel Ware.
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East St. Louis
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church
Front Street
Cambridge
A. H. Grimke
Washington
Edward Everett Brown
William H. Scott
Franklyn H. Wright
George Washington
John W. Schenk
Daniel Ware
Plant Juice Man Promotes Herbal Stomach Remedy
An advertisement features the Plant Juice Man from the Houghton & Dutton Co. Drug Department urging early treatment for stomach ailments. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Ellen Hamilton of Medford Massachusetts praising Plant Juice for relief from eight years of indigestion and dyspepsia, noting improved sleep and appetite after use.
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Houghton & Dutton Co
Ellen Hamilton
No. 7
Valley Place
Medford
Mass
Houghton & Dutton
Harvard Graduate Harold Willis in Lafayette Escadrille
A Boston friend received Harold B. Willis letter describing Lafayette Escadrille pilots potting German fliers on French battlefields. Willis, Harvard 1912 graduate, joined the American Ambulance Corps in 1915 and earned the Croix de Guerre before moving to aviation in 1916.
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Lafayette Escadrille
France
Willis
Harvard
Harold B. Willis
Boston
American Ambulance Corps
Well Lodged and Fed in France May 9 1917 War Diary
A wartime letter describes life in France during May 1917. The pilot details lodging, meals, and routine overseeing uniforms and gear, while recounting aerial missions over German territory. He notes dogfights with captive balloons, aircraft speeds, and injuries from artillery. The piece emphasizes camaraderie with French aviators and flying under the American flag.
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France
Somme
Walter Lovell
Defends South as Place for Training
To the Editor of the Post the writer argues against objections to training troops in the Southern climate. He claims heat and humidity do not hinder physical conditioning and asserts American soldiers are capable, willing, and trained for defense and liberty, urging not to handicap volunteers.
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New Orleans
Skeeters
War blame on Protestants sermon sparks cross conf lict
The Shawmut Congregational Church pastor Rev. Mark Wayne Williams argued that if the Roman Catholic Church led the world Europe’s war might not have occurred. He claimed Protestantism failed by not fully living its preached doctrine and by borrowing Catholic dogma.
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Mark Wayne Williams
Shawmut
Nationality and labor issues remain unsolved in history
The passage notes a persistent failure to provide solutions to the intertwined problems of nationality, labor, and capital. It reflects on ongoing struggles and the enduring complexity of balancing these forces in society.
Catholic Federation Holds Suffolk Branch Semi Annual Meet
The Suffolk county branch semi annual convention met yesterday afternoon in the Cathedral school hall at Malden street and Harrison avenue. Jeremiah E. Burke of Dorchester presided. Mer Splaine chaplain general of the Archdiocesan Federation and Rev Philip J O Donnell rector of St James Church gave brief addresses.
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Suffolk County
The
Catholic Federation
Cathedral School
Malden Street
Harrison Avenue
Jeremiah E. Burke
Dorchester
Mer. Splaine
Archdiocesan Federation
Philip J. O'Donnell
St. James’ Church
General Mine Strike Called in Michigan Iron Range
In Bessemer Michigan on July 29 a general strike was ordered for all miners on the Gogebic Iron Range after a mass meeting. The strike starts at 7 o clock tomorrow. Operators say most miners favor working conditions and will not strike.
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Bessemer
Mich
Gogebic Iron Range
Y M C A Expands Space At Commonwealth Pier For Navy
The Y M C A will open more commodious rooms on Commonwealth pier this week to serve navy personnel. A 1000 seat movie theatre, six billiard tables, three bowling alleys, and piano phonograph areas will be added at the outer wharf. The old rooms near officers will become reading and writing parlors with classes in French and other subjects.
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Commonwealth Pier
Great Wharf
Ordnance Bureau Seeks Inspectors For War Dept
The ordnance bureau of the War Department needs men for the inspection department. Pays $1500 to $2400 yearly for applicants over 23 with proper training and experience. Selected workers go to Rock Island arsenal for a short course in inspecting canteens meat cans cutlery entrenching tools clothing leather and web articles before assignment. Qualifications include a college degree with one year manufacturing experience or a high school diploma with four years in a related plant.
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Ordnance Bureau of the
War Department
Inspection Department
Rock Island Arsenal
Charlestown Man Drowns in Harbor
Thomas Riley of 79 Main Street Charlestown fell overboard from the motorboat Moose in the harbor yesterday and was drowned.
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Charlestown
Thomas Riley
Main Street
Moose
Rumans Claim Great Victory on 18-Mile Front
A Romanian official communication dated last Thursday reports the capture of Teutonic allied positions along more than 18 miles of front and a depth of over nine miles. It states that the breach widened northward, taking the enemy’s old positions on a 15 kilometer depth, with 1,245 prisoners taken and two batteries of howitzers captured along with nine guns and other munitions.
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London
G A R Encampment Fund Subscriptions Acknowledged
The G A R national encampment finance committee lists additional subscriptions to the guarantee fund. Names include Webster Thomas Company, Baker Company, J Williams & Co, Koshland & Co, Hecht Liebmann & Co, Dewey Gould & Co, O M Purdy & Co, Mauger & Avery, Eisemann Bros, Cross & Co, Dupee & Meadows, Patterson & Co, Studley & Emery, Cordingly, William Ellery, Hobbs Taft Givabic, J G Wright & Co, English & O'Brien, Crimmins & Pierce, Francis Wiley & Co, Winslow & Co, and Rosenthal Bros with total sums noted.
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G. A. R. National
S. Pierce Company
Seeeseeess
Webster Thomas Company
Sssssees
Eldridge Baker Company
Sesese
Elwyn G. Preston
Martin L. Hall Company
Joseph Burnett Company
Edwin A. Stevens
Brown & Adams
Iscecses
Hallowell, Jones & Dowelies Secaeeteas
J. Williams & Co
J. Koshland & C
Eeanerse
Hecht Liebmann & Co
Dewey, Gould & Co
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Tigrett
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Ppilavie
Amercan Flyer
Michigan
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Pier
Ordnance Bureau
G. A. R. Encampment Fund
Gerard
Germany
Philadelphia
Public Ledger Company
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