Lieut Norman of Navy Dead
Lieutenant Guy Norman formerly Rhode Island State Senator died at Massachusetts General Hospital after an operation. Funeral services set for Tuesday at All Saints Brookline and Wednesday at Trinity Newport. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Bacon and brothers and sisters including Maxwell Norman Boston Bradford Norman Newport Reginald Norman Newport Mrs Frederick H Prince Boston Mrs William R Flunter Newport and Mrs George Cerlo Newport.
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United States Naval Reserve
Rhode Island
Massachusetts General Hospital
Norman
All Saints’ Church
Brookline
Trinity Church
Newport
Naval Service
Rhode Island State Senate
Oklahoma
Atlantic
Navy
Bacon
Maxwell Norman
Boston
Bradford Norman
Reginald Norman
Frederick H. Prince
William R. Flunter
George Cerlo
Protestant Churches Hold 60th Anniversary Observance
The New England Province council of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament meets at the Church of the Advent with Dean Vernon presiding. Dr Fiske of Providence preaches at 10:30 and 4:00 vesper services follow. A conference at 8:00 features essayist Ralph Adams Cram and Chauncy Brewster Tinker. Public invited to all events except the council session.
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Council
New England
Accepting a Best Man Dress from Boyfriend in Tight Times
A young woman asks if she may accept a dress from her boyfriend to wear as maid of honor in his brother’s wedding. The adviser says generally not wise to take clothing as a gift from a sweetheart due to financial dependency, but notes special circumstances: if she cannot afford the dress and the garment is for a family event, it is reasonable for him to provide. She should accept given her current financial straits and need for the role.
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Miss Champagne
Sewing Circle
Denar Sisters
the Sewing Circle
Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Romeo
South
Boston
Russia
Russian Empire
Paul Rohrbach
Berlin
Foreign Legion
Morocco
Legion
Wagner
Friedman
Household Hints from Mass Board of Food Administration
Guidance urges daily quart of fluid milk for every young child. If milk is disliked, mix in cocoa syrup and flavor with vanilla caramel honey or corn syrup. Use a soda water straw and sip slowly to enjoy the drink.
Sewing Circle asks wives about debt and spending choices
Readers tackle debt, family budgets, and the question should a wife be required to account for every cent. Letters discuss frugality versus fair spending, independence, and shared finances amid wartime and household pressures.
Birthday Biography of Jeremy Belknap Founder of Historial Society
Jeremy Belknap born June 4 1744 in Boston educated at Harvard at 18 minister at Dover New Hampshire for two decades later leading Federal Street Church Boston. He wrote History of New Hampshire and American Biographies and founded the Massachusetts Historical Society. His sermons opposed slavery and earned him European and American recognition.
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Jeremy Belknap
Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston
Harvard
Congregational Church
Dover
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Federal Street
New Hampshire
America
The
Historical Society
Europe
Glove prices rise steeply while Tolstoy sues for profits
Albert Aaron predicts glove prices will climb 25 to 40 percent this fall and be 109 percent higher than two years ago, with mocha skin gloves nearly extinct. Count Ilya Tolstoy sues James B. Pond in New York Supreme Court seeking an accounting of profits from his Visions short stories.
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Albert Aaron
Glove Manufacturers’ Association
Ilya Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Supreme Court of New York
James B. Pond
Count Tolstoy
Little Lonesome Soul poem excerpt
Frances Shaw’s verse from Poetry Magazine envisions a wandering soul seeking its mother. The childlike journey spans celestial imagery with stars moon sun angels guiding toward gates of golden light and questions why it hides in the night.
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Frances Shaw
Poetry
Americans in France Join the French Colors in 1918
The memoir recounts American volunteers joining the Deuxieme Regiment Etranger in Rouen and Toulouse during World War I. It details brutal marching, harsh fatigue uniforms, pay scales, food, and the diverse, hardened foreign legion soldiers, including names of early volunteers and the harsh conditions before deployment.
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Paris
Charles Sweeney
James J. Bach
J. W. Ganson
F. Wilson
D. W King
William Thaw
J. J. Casey
J. Stewart Carstairs
E. Towle
Paul Rockwell
Kiffin Rockwell
F. W. Zinn
R. Soubhain
E. H. Towle
H. Lincoln Chatkoff
George Casmere
Edgar J. Bouligny
Bob Scanlon
Dennis Dowd
George del Peuch
Charles A. Beaumont
F. Morlne
A. Seeger
F. Chapdevielle
Charles Tinkard
F. Landreux
Bert Hall
Rouen
Toulouse
Morocco
Deuxieme Regiment Etranger
France
The
Lafayette Escadrille
French Foreign Legion
The Two Farmers Fable: Bird in Hand Worth Two in Bush
A tale where one farmer rejects a fair offer waiting for a hoped railroad gains nothing as the line never arrives, while another sells early for a small price and later earns a large sum when the railroad is built. The moral emphasizes patience and secure gains.
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Iis
Carolyn Wells
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Day Etiquette and Fashion Notes From A Social Column
A social column discusses wedding etiquette including hats at breakfast after ceremonies. It notes a woman may sit out a dance, and advises ignoring rude remarks about a foreign born gentleman friend, urging focus on courtesy and restraint in social settings.
Tobacco Now Classified as Necessity by Government
Washington reports that tobacco is classified as a necessity and tobacco producers will receive preferential fuel supplies under the new government policy announced June 3.
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Washington
War Time Recipes of New England Housewives
Wartime guide from the Mass Bureau of Food Administration lists meals for households. Scalloped vegetable or fish, frizzled beef, and milk toast are outlined with ingredients and simple steps. Recipes emphasize corn flour, milk, crumbs, and pantry staples.
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New England
Letters to the Editor Raise Coal, Language, and War Wind
Readers debate electric cars coal use and stopping, the origin of kid in kidnapped, the meaning of quarantine, and anti German sentiment in names such as kindergartens. The letter discusses public health, law, and cultural labels.
Kindergarten Names and American Ideals Cited in Letters
A reader questions why German term kindergarten is used for a child’s facility and asks for an English equivalent. The exchange covers Hawaii’s statehood in 1898, Coleridge quotation on whispering tongues, magnetic compass behavior, and Theodore Parker’s definition of “The American Idea” as a government of the people for all, from a May 29, 1850, speech.
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Coleridge
The
Post
Theodore Parker
Salem Reader
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