Nation Goes Bone Dry Tonight on Daisy Day in Boston
The first day of Prohibition in Massachusetts triggers a wave of private liquor stockpiling as cities like Brookline and Cambridge report new private rathshellars. Analysts warn 10,000 workers in saloons, breweries, and related trades face unemployment while taxes and food prices rise to cover lost booze revenue. The public ponders moral aims and practical pains of enforcement amid a tense, dry midnight.
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Brookline
West Newton
Cambridge
Boston
Massachusetts
Brewery Workers Immediate Revenue Loss Reported
A fragmented item reports that saloons cafes bottled goods shops and related trades face revenue losses. It cites Internal Revenue estimates for 1918 totaling about 3.18 million dollars with a broader figure of 450 million referenced. The irregular text mentions bartenders porters and license fees affecting business.
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Getta le
Saleh Gre
Congress Plans To Let Prohibition Question Wait
Congress plans to postpone action on enforcement bills until after the holiday recess. Prohibition leaders and opponents trade aims, with moves to strip provisions allowing home liquor storage and to tighten definitions of intoxicating liquor. President Wilson warns a whiskey sale delay could trigger a broad drinking surge before constitutional prohibition takes effect.
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Judiciary Committee
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Pension Conductor After 55 Years on the Rails
William M. Corcoran a veteran Boston and Albany conductor retires after 55 years of continuous service. A senior employee whose career predates the railroad’s corporate existence he served in the Civil War and later worked on New York trains as charge d affaires of the Twentieth Century Limited earning broad traveler recognition.
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Twentieth Century Limited
William M
Billy
Boston
Boston & Worcester
Brookline
Corcoran
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Soldiers in Canal Zone Will Play Baseball
Knights of Columbus announced James L. Mead of Boston sailed for Panama to supervise two recreation houses for American soldiers guarding the canal. He took baseball gear to organize a soldiers league there.
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Knights of Columbus
James L. Mead
Boston
Panama
Canal
Brockton Woman Drowns in Lake Sunapee
Mrs Ella Anderson 26 of Brockton Mass drowned when a canoe capsized on Lake Sunapee. She had married four months ago and arrived yesterday on a motor trip with friends.
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Lake Sunapee
Ella Anderson
Brockton
Mass
Troops Reach South Boston Base on Monit or Transport Minnesotan
The Monit or docked at the army supply base in South Boston at 10 50 yesterday morning with 2032 officers and men of the American expeditionary force. The 115th Engineers comprising the 40th Division and six casual companies, many from Colorado and California, were aboard. Lieut Col Joseph T Taylor, commanding the 115th Engineers, is from Golden Colorado.
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Veterans Welcome as Transport Arrives at Dock Parade
The former Hawaiian liner arrived to greet troops awaiting transport to Camp Devens. Sergeant Francois Verhulst of Woon socket received multiple Croix de Guerre awards for heroism in France 1915 16. Lt Col Joseph C. Taylor led the 115th Engineers aboard the Minnesotan with Capt John Warren and others among returning veterans. Two Massachusetts men from G H Q duties rejoined the casual company after HQ shifts to Paris. An aviator, Lt J W Smith of Rock Island, Illinois, counted among the casualties.
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Holyoke
World War I Pilot’s Service in Toul Sector
A flyer trained in Canada engaged in night reconnaissance with the 155th Aero Squadron over the Toul sector until armistice signing. He has since been attached to the 2nd Aero Squadron.
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155Th Aero Squadron
Toul
2Th Aero Squadron
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