Government Awards 6.9 Million ShoeContracts for Army Navy
National Defence Council awards 3 450 000 pairs of army and navy shoes at 4 85 each, largest government purchase totaling nearly 17 million dollars. Delivery within eight months. 27 firms bid. Navy orders include 1 : 2 00 000 pairs to Rice Hutchins and others. army contracts to multiple firms across Massachusetts and beyond.
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Washington
Army
National Defence Council
Navy
Defense Council
Committee On
Julius Rosenwald
Committee On Supplies
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
E. E. Taylor
Boston
L. @. White
Bridgewater
Mass
Rice & Hutchins
T. D. Barry
Brockton
J. M. Herman
B. A. Corbin
Emerson Shoe Company
Rockland
T. Wright
Charles A. Eaton Company
Brockton, Mass
Augusta
H. L. Munn
Milwaukee
E. A. Corbin & Sons Company
Webster, Mass
T. D. Barry Company
L. Q. White & Co
Rosenwasser Leathers Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Joseph M. Herman Company
Millis
Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company
W. H W. McElwain Company
Manchester
N. H
Brown Shoe Company
St. Louis
International Shoe Company
Wezenberg Shoe Company
R. P. Hazzard Shoe Company
Reverses Will Case Decision Involving Dr Frank Carter
Judge Lor ing reversed the Probate Court ruling in a Suffolk county case, disallowing the will of Franklin P. Carter known as Dr Frank. The bachelor, 62, who died November 20 1916, left a Rhode Island Hospital bed and the residue to Brown University. Contestors uncle’s son argued Carter was of unsound mind when he drafted the will in January 1914.
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Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital
Franklin P. Carter
Tremont Street
Frank
Carter
Rhode Island
Suffolk County
Loring
Mayors pledge on draft at Faneuil Hall crowd cheers
Mayor Curley addressed 1300 men chosen as registrars for the draft law eligibles at Faneuil Hall. He declared conscription would compel a full response to what England Italy and Russia were doing to conscript their men. The audience included judges lawyers teachers and professionals who cheered applauded and stamped their approval for the policy.
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Faneuil Hall
Curley
England
Italy
Russia
Canada
Australia
Republic
Harvard Pacifist at Front Shows Ambulance Service Shift
Harvard figure Hallowell Davis arrived in Bordeaux as a member of the American Ambulance Corps after governing pacifist activity at Harvard. Davis, a Quaker and conscientious objector, had led the Harvard Union for American Neutrality and opposed war before joining the ambulance unit. His father stressed no disloyalty amid questions about his Collegiate Anti-Military Committee links. No evidence of anti‑war college resistance or sympathy with extremists was found.
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Bordeaux
France
American Ambulance Corps
Hallowell Davis
Harvard
Colegiate Anti-Militarism League
Columbia
Barnard
Davis
Washington
Congress
Harvard Ambulance
New York
Harvard Union For American Neutrality
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Dr. Jordan
Neutrality
the Crimson
Alumni Bulletin
Neutrality Union
Ambulance Corps
Horace A. Davis
Edge Hill Road
Brookline
Neals Gas Tablet Promises Quick Gas Relief
An advertisement claims one Neals Gas Tablet provides fast relief from stomach gas after a trial. It urges readers to purchase at druggists and ask for Neals.
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Neals
Mayor’s Call for Universal Service Sparks Row at City Meeting
A heated Faneuil Hall gathering questions conscription as the Mayor argues it will advance democracy. He cites equality of obligation, the end of class and religious prejudice, and the need for trained servicemen to carry the Stars and Stripes with honor.
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United States
Switzerland
America
Miss Hooper to Wed Tonight in Hingham
Miss Dorothy Hooper a prominent society girl from Back Bay Brookline and the north and south shores will marry Bruce S Nichols of St Louis in Hing ham tonight She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Hooper.
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Dorothy Hooper
Back Bay
Brookline
Hingham
Bruce S. Nichols
St. Louis
Hooper
Henry Hooper
Tech to Train Ship Officers at MIT for Merchant Service
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will start a government funded program to prepare veterans and seasoned sailors for officer examinations on merchant ships during the war with Germany. The effort aims to supply qualified first officers as new vessels are built, with training centers to minimize travel for experienced mariners.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Germany
City Grants Salary Boosts to 510 Municipal Workers
Jubilation marked June 1 as the date salary boosts take effect under Mayor Curley’s 1917 budget approved by the City Council. About 510 municipal employees gain higher pay with laborers at 3 dollars per day, cleaners at 10 dollars per week, mechanics at 4 dollars per day, and clerks and inspectors rising from 1800 grade starting at 100 dollars.
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Curley
Wilson Warns Draft Dodgers in Proclamation
President Wilson issues a proclamation warning that U S citizens who flee the country to dodge registration risk prosecution on return under the May 18 1917 act. He states willful evasion is a misdemeanor with up to one year’s imprisonment and mandatory registration.
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Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Mary W Quirk Dies in Roxbury
Mary W. Quirk wife of Charles I Quirk of Whitney Street Roxbury died after a long illness. Born July 19 1871 in Montpelier Vermont she was a Sacred Heart Academy grad and noted French scholar secretary of La Fable Road Boston and former VP of the Guild of the Infant Saviour. Survived by husband four brothers including William T Cashman of Cleveland Ohio.
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Mary W. Quirk
Charles I. Quirk
Whitney Street
Roxbury
John Cashman
Boston
Byrne
Montpelier
Sacred Heart Academy
la Fable Road
Guild of the Infant Saviour
William T. Cashman
Cleveland, O
The
Grecelli Chemical Company
B and M Workers Vote to Strike
More than 2300 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employees on the Boston and Maine system vote to strike at 6 am next Thursday if wage demands of 25 cents per day are not met. Of 1645 ballots, 1605 favor the strike. Workers include baggagemen crossing tenders janitors watchmen freight handlers and clerks.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
Boston & Maine System
P. J. Coyle
Brotherhood
General Board of Adjustment
Quincy House
Harvard Aviation Unit Reaches France
Word from Cambridge reports two units of men bound for the French front have arrived in France. The May 19 voyage included Harvard men such as W. H. Meeker former Crimson president, W. Booth Jr., and S. W. Wiggins among the arrivals.
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Cambridge
Harvard
France
W. H. Meeker
The
Crimson
W. Booth, Jr
W. Wiggins
Bids On Two Inch Pavings For Commonwealth Avenue
The Park Department opened bids for surfacing Commonwealth avenue with two inch bitulithic or three inch Topeka paving. Central Construction Company led by Senator James F. Timilty bid 119 975 for standard asphalt 125 000 for three inch Topeka and 117 755 for two inch Topeka. Waren Brothers offered only two inch bitulithic at about 20 percent higher. Chairman Dillon will announce the award next Friday.
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Topeka
Park and Recreation Department
Commonwealth Avenue
Central Construction Company
James F. Timilty
Waren Brothers
Timilty Concern
Dillon
The
Park Commission
Crowd Beats Loyal Citizen During Hat Dispute at Parade
Police report a man wearing a hat during a parade was mobbed by a large crowd as the band played the French air and then The Star Spangled Banner and Marsellais. He was unseated a mounted officer and taken to City Hall station for protection while witnesses testified.
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