Dope Fiend Wrecks City Drug Store in Edgewood Shootout
Providence residents woke to a wild west style disturbance as John Mitchell wrecked the Magon Drug Company store at Broad and Farragut. A police officer and Dr Buxton exchanged shots. Mitchell surrendered and is under care. Loss nears $1000. Mitchell, possibly using a false name, is described as a drug aficionado in decline.
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Providence
Edgewood
Broad Street
John Mitchell
Magon Drug Company
Broad
Farragut
Mitchell
Buxton
Potter's Avenue Station
Atrocities Report From Charleroi Trials and Executions
Ame Belge reports German suppression and Charleroi executions. Nineteen citizens including a priest and railway officials were tried for spying. six condemned to death. Relatives were left in suspense as victims were identified only after bodies were brought out.
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London
Ame Belge
Charleroi
St Josephs School Girls Wear Middy Blouses In War Economy
In Roxbury St Josephs School seniors 23 girls wore middy blouses at their graduation as a thrift and patriotic statement. The plan, supported by Monsignor Splaine and the teaching sisters, contrasted with traditional gowns and highlighted prior Red Cross and Liberty Loan efforts by the students.
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St. Joseph’s School
St. Joseph's School
Roxbury
Morsignor
M. J. Splaine
St. Joseph's Church
Red Cross
Halifax
Monsignor Splaine
Michael J. Splaine
St. Joseph’s Church
Claire Fay
Helen Queeney
Josephine McInnis
Marjorie Ready
Helen Condon
Mary O’neil
Florence McMillan
Elizabeth Maguire
Alleane Whitaker
Mary Craffey
Adelaide Hunnefeld
Hannah Hayes
Helena Norton
Theresa Monahan
Margaret Lyons
Frances Neene Welsh
Anna Crahan
Catherine McElroy
Florence Eckerstrom
Margaret Finnin
Veronica Phinney
Louise Green
Boston woman to be war flier in British army
Mrs. Hazel Drew McGreal of Allston passed the physical to join the Women's Royal Air Force. She would be the first American to enter this England founded unit. She outlined training, potential pay of about 150 pounds yearly, and duties like scouting and fighting. She rejected the idea that aviation is a man’s job, praising women’s nerve and endurance and noting her own preparation and plans to serve if summoned.
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Tech
Mrs. McGreal
Ada Vivian McGreal
Ace
Boston
New England
London Air Board
Sailors of Schurz Tell Rescue Story After S O S Call
Passengers aboard an American steamship from the West Indies recounted the rescue of 215 crew members from the U S S Schurz, the former German gunboat Geier, sunk off North Carolina after colliding with the Florida. Captain W D Wells described the dawn S O S and the crew's dramatic recovery.
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Atlantic
West Indies
W. D. Wells
Schurz
Geier
North Carolina
Florida
Tragic Collision Sinks German Ship Schurz In Pacific
One crew member drowned when the Schurz collided with the Florida. Five sailors and an officer suffered fractured limbs and were taken to a naval hospital. Passengers aboard the rescue ship recounted the dramatic sinking as the Schurz, flying the German ensign, vanished after dawn contact near Honolulu in 1914.
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Honolulu
Japan
United States
Florida
American duty to crush Germany, says Dean at St Pauls
In a St Pauls Cathedral address, Dean Rousmaniere urged America to keep fighting until Germany is crushed even if Kaiser seeks separate peace. He condemned a German world empire, hailed Allied unity, and noted Germany’s devastation of its own people as moral collapse. The service featured dedication of large allied flags and his sermon.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Dean Rousmaniere
America
Germany
Free Nations
Teacher Theodora Hooker vows fight against charges
Mrs Theodora Hooker head of the Saugus High School commercial department says she will fight the charges to the finish. Superintendent Clarence N Flood filed counts with the school board alleging failure to report pupils absent from class, subordination and hindrance to school management. Hooker has retained Boston attorney Joseph G Bryer as counsel.
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Theodora Hooker
Saugus High School
Clarence N. Flood
Joseph G. Bryer
Boston
Flood
Circus Death Toll May Reach 85 After Wreck
In Gary Indiana workers count casualties from the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train wreck six miles west of the city. Sixty two bodies lie in temporary morgues while 24 have been identified. General manager Edward M Hallard says early tallies point to as many as 85 dead.
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Gary
Ind
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Here
Michigan Central Railroad
Hammmond
Edward M. Hallard
Nervous Indigestion Ad With Pink Pills Endorsed
An advertisement touts nervous indigestion as a nerve issue treatable by nourishment to the nervous system. It cites Mrs. S. Lewis of Springfield Massachusetts praising Dr Williams Pink Pills after four years of suffering. The ad promotes rest, avoid stimulants, and offers free books plus mail order sales.
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S. Lewis
College Street
Springfiled
Mass
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
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Belgium
R. H. Stearns CO
Coats
R. H. Sfearns CO
McGreal
Mar
Mrs
Hazel Drew M’greal
Allston
Royal Air Force
R.h.white Co
Charles Munter
Munter
R. H. White CO
We Jima
Standard Oil Company OF
New York
Socony
Springfield
Talsot Co
Washington Street
Dept
Timore
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