Train Hits Auto. Two Killed Near Milton New Hampshire
Two people die when a train strikes a touring car at a grade crossing near Milton New Hampshire. Victims are Joseph O'Brien manager of the Hotel Rochester and Nora Collins a Roch ester schoolteacher and fiancee to be married this week. The collision derails an engine and mail car and occurs as the auto heads north from Rochester toward Boston.
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Milton
N. H
Joseph O'Brien
Rochester
Nora Collins
Boston
P. T. Thompson
J. &. Campbell
Bagpipes gifted to Mayor Curley mark anniversary
A set of MacLean plaid bagpipes was presented to Mayor Curley by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy A. Guthrie last night to honor the 11th wedding anniversary of the mayor and Mrs. Curley. The ceremony recalled the enlistment campaign conducted by the Kitties of Canada in Jamaica Plain.
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MacLean
Jamaica Plain
Mayor Curley
Kitties of
Canada
Percy A. Guthrie
Curley
Mayor’s Son to Wear MacLean Kilts at Boston Event
Colonel Guthrie announced a uniform replica of the 286th Overseas Battalion will be presented to James M. Curley Jr. by Ronnie Guthrie at a reception hosted by Mayor Curley and Mrs. Curley. The event praised Boston citizens and noted many British subjects joining the new battalion to strengthen Canada United States ties.
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Highlanders
James M. Curley, Jr
Guthrie
286Th Overseas Battalion
Curley
Ronnie Guthrie
Boston
Canada
United States
Architect Refuses to Name Bribe Offer at Medford Meeting
At a Medford aldermen special meeting M A Dyer an architect refused to disclose the Alderman who he alleged offered contracts for city buildings for 2500 dollars. He had promised last week to reveal the name this week.
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Medford
M. A. Dyer
Dyer
Crowd Jeers At War Day Rally in Boston Streets
Turbulent scenes at the War Prohibition Conservation Committee open air rally at Mason and Tremont streets urge Massachusetts citizens to oppose piecemeal prohibition and to telegraph Senators Lodge and Weeks in support of the bone dry measure. Robert H. Magwood of the NoLicense League was invited to speak. He praised Liberty Loan and Red Cross efforts before attacking liquor issues.
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War Prohibition Conservation Committee
Mason and Tremont Streets
Massachusetts
Senators Lodge
House
Robert H. Magwood
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Magwood
Prohibition Debate Highlights War Liquor Arguments
A Boston meeting featured speakers linking alcohol to war inefficiency. Mr Magwood cited Scottish ship delays and a hospital ship incident as evidence, while ex Senator Washburn urged strict war prohibition. Lyman Rutledge and others pressed for no half measures and urged action with Senators Lodge and Weeks.
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T. H. Raymond
Cora F. Stoddard
William Tilton
Alcohol Committee
Boston Associated Charities
Dorchester man beaten by youths near Franklin Field
Felix Matrazvo and his wife were attacked by a gang of boys on Franklin Field as they walked home. The wife’s screams frightened the assailants away and a neighbor armed with a gun responded as police were alerted, but the youths had fled on arrival.
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Franklin Field
Felix Matrazvo
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Pare Dean
Common to Be Drill Ground
Military drill on Boston Common is a summer order as four companies of the Bay State's Coast Artillery Corps marched and practiced open order and extended formation before thousands of spectators. The event links to history as Boston Common hosts wartime drills once seen by General Gage’s soldiers in Revolutionary days.
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Boston Common
Bay State
Coast Artillery Corps
Gage
Missing Girl Wanders Near Newton Woods
Haverhill June 27 Miss Lyle W Sanderson (12 Talmouth Ave) vanished last Sunday morning and is believed to be wandering in the woods near Newton New Hampshire Search efforts focus on locating the missing girl and confirming her safety.
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Haverhill
Lyle W. Sanderson
Talmouth Avenue
Newton
N. H
Senate debates long to allow beer manufacture amid broad wartime controls
The Senate moved to extend government powers over food fuel and materials including iron steel copper and more. Proposals would let the government seize operate factories mines and packing houses regulate wages and supply mobilization. Prohibition remains a major sticking point as debate continues on the Lever and Chamberlain drafts with no resolution in sight.
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Army
Navy
Prohibition Fight Seen Long as Senate Weighs Measures
Senate leaders expect a lengthy battle over the prohibition proposal with a likely filibuster. The committee rewrote the bill adding a ban on government officers selling to the government and a broad requisition power to take needed supplies for military and public defense, with wage disputes to be settled by arbitration.
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Senate
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Aged Somerville Fisherman Drowns in Ipswich River
John Marsh, a 7 year old Somerville man, was found drowned in the Ipswich River near North Reading with a fishing rod in his hand. He had left his Beacon Street home to prepare a cottage for occupancy and was last seen at 1 30 near the river bank before his body was recovered two hours later.
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John Marsh
Somerville
Ipswich
North Reading
Mr. Marsh
Beacon Street
No Class Exemption for Draft in Local Board Rules
Washington reports that War Department exemptions rules will emphasize local boards handling exemptions. Each registrant will be judged individually on occupation and physique, with civilian doctors weighing fitness and dependency considerations. Married men are not exempt as a class, and crippled or defective registrants may be dropped from rolls.
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Washington
National Army
War Department
Filene's Outing Trousers and White Flannel Suit Sale
The Flannel set is a high quality white fabric bought last year with a strong price rise. Trousers are non transparent and tailored to resist shrinking. Other outing trousers priced from $1.50 to $7.50. Filene's second floor mail orders filled.
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Scottie
Filene
Vilene
Filene’s
Snow buck shoes price listing for men
A brief price list for men shows Snow buck white shoes and tennis sneakers with low and high price points. Low prices range from 1.60 to 2.25 dollars, with specific variants priced at 1.60 1.85 2.00 and 2.25.
Blue Serge Suits Offered At 18 Dollars
The ad notes large stock of men s blue serge suits made of all wool fast color and claimed as unqualified merit. The price is listed as 18 dollars before the war.
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L. P. Hollander & CO
Boylston Street
Col. Guthrie
Kilts
James M., JR
New Victor Records
Adam
Eastern Talking Machine Co
Tremont Street
Tremont Theatre
Victor Talking Machine Company
Sunday Post
New England
POST
Europe
Clyde
England
North Sea
Marshal Joffre
Mr. Magwood
Dudley Street
Robert Washburn
Frederick Atherton
I. L. Winter
Long
Ers
Chamberlain
Penrose
Scotland
America
British Isles
Palm Beach
Oxford
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