British Labor Faces Warning On Imminent Industrial Strife
London March 2 James Henry Thomas MP for Derby and National Union of Railwaymen secretary warned at a Watford mass meeting that the next three weeks could decide whether postwar Britain avoids a damaging industrial dispute. He urged retrenchment, shared losses, and a just standard amid volatile living costs, urging no side to presume the other will yield.
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London
Watford
James Henry Thomas
Derby
National Union of Railwaymen
Germany
Thomas
Bandit Outrages in Tampico Oil Fields
A chronological report from official sources to the State Department covers Aug 15, 1917 to present. It records 12 killed including 8 Americans, 31 wounded or harmed including 9 women, $190,000 stolen, over $50,000 in property damaged, livestock stolen, and 116 raids across 14 oil firms.
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Washington
Tampico
State Department
This Woman Saved From an Operation
Black River Falls Wisconsin reports Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved a woman from surgery after doctors in Eau Claire urged it. The testimonial cites relief from organic troubles, back ache, nervousness, and irregularities, urging others to try the remedy.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eau Claire
A. W. Binzer
Relatives and friends enjoy clever returning soldier letters
Readers are drawn to a collection of letters praised for wit and warmth, highlighting connections between returning soldiers and their families or friends. The notes celebrate reunion moments and thoughtful humor.
Home Again Dear Mom Letter From War Vets Insurance Talk
A World War I veteran writes from Devins Camp Massachusetts describing ongoing return travel to Whitinsville and the plan to keep life insurance with the government. He notes difficulty riding trains, reflects on spending six dollars fifty cents monthly for insurance, and compares pros and cons of belonging to social groups. He reassures family of safety, mentions Liberty loans and a promised tomorrow. The letter hints at future installments in the newspaper.
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Camp Merit N. J
Camp Devins
Mass
H.A. R
Devins
U. S
France
R. R.s
Whitinsville
Pop
Govt
Ins
Sec
Treas
Grange
Greater Boston Work ers Press Sanatorium Drive for 500000
Greater Boston workers resume a fundraising push to raise the remaining 250000 of a 600000 Central New England Sanatorium fund goal eight days into the campaign. No street solicitation. donors’ lists used. a noon rally at Houghton & Dutton will update totals and plan further efforts. Dr Bayard Crane says memorials may be established at the sanatorium in donors’ names.
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Greater Boston
Central New England
New England
Houghton & Dutton
Bayard T. Crane
Mrs Kilmer Reads Poems Before Notre Dame Audience
Aline Kilmer widow of Sgt Joyce Kilmer reads her poems and those of contemporary women poets at Notre Dame Academy Fenway. She praises Louise Imogen Gurney and Helen Parry Eden, notes poems by Alice Furlong and Meynell children, and previews a second Boston lecture at St Cecilia's College.
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Aline Kilmer
Joyce Kilmer
Notre Dame Academy
Fenway
Kilmer
Louise Imogen Gurney
Betsey Jane
Hillary Joan
Meynell
England
Wilfred Moeynell
Alice Thompson Meynell
Yale Invites NYU Debaters to New Haven Match
March 2 Yale University invites the New York University debating team to debate in New Haven on April. It is believed the invitation will be accepted.
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New York
New York University
Yale University
New Haven
Boston man mirrors Secretary Baker in college social scene
W D Parsley, an investment salesman nicknamed Uncle Billy, resembles Secretary of War Newton D. Baker in voice, looks, and height. He acts as mentor and host for scores of local college women and men, hosting dinners and dances while juggling perceptions of celebrity in the financial district.
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Boston
Newton D. Baker
W. D. Parsley
Financial District
Uncle Billy
Mr. Parsley
War Department
Parsley
State Street
Secretary of War
Baker
Uncle Billy Parsley and the Boston College Social Club
The piece profiles Mr. Parsley known as Uncle Billy who runs a social venture placing well‑reputed Harvard Tufts and Tech men with lonesome women at Radcliffe Wellesley Simmons and Emerson. He uses college networks to arrange tours parties dances and picnics across New England and has drawn support from Society leaders who donate machines for group outings. Parsley, born in New Orleans, began ten years ago after a friend's daughter needed friends, and now operates monthly events from Technology Chambers in Back Bay.
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State Street
Parsley
Uncle Billy
Billy
Harvard
Tech
Tufts
Radcliffe
Wellesley
Simmons
Emerson
Boston
New England
New Orleans
Tenn
Memphis
Admiral Dewey
Tecnology Chambers
Back Bay
Pickets to greet Wilson at Metropolitan Opera House
New York marchers from women’s labor unions plan to greet President Wilson at the Metropolitan Opera House with banners calling for the release of Thomas Mooney. The Mooney committee of the Central Federated Union announced further plans for a May 1 Madison Square Garden mass meeting and a May strike vote.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Wilson
Thomas Mooney
Mooney
Central Federated Union
Madison Square Garden
Tangles begins in Boston Post Sora Magazine next week
Series by Margaret Cameron titled Tangles debuts with the short story Who Laughs at in Sora Magazine. The humorous collection promises to showcase Cameron's wit and storytelling.
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Margaret Cameron
Boston Post
Sora
Americas One Unit Plan Proposed by Butler
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler proposed dividing the world into three administrative areas with the Americas as one unit. He argued the plan would overcome objections to the League of Nations covenant by avoiding interference with the Monroe doctrine and outlined the three-area structure.
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New York
Americas
League of Nations
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Dr Butler Sets Five Points of League Covenant
Dr Butler outlined five strong points of a proposed League Covenant. He said the plan would bind allied free peoples, provide organs for consultation, address labor and race interests, enable time for inquiry before acts of war, and include a world court of justice. Henry Morgenthau and Abram I Elkus urged U S adoption to reduce the risk of another war.
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Europe
Africa
Asia
Orient
China
Japan
Siam
Australia
New Zealand
Butler
International Court of Justice
Henry Morgenthau
Abram I. Elkus
Turkey
League of Nations
United States
Lowell man found dead from gas poisoning in home
John J. Kelleher aged 52 of 20 Dane Avenue Lowell was found dead in bed today. A defective gas jet in his room caused death by gas poisoning. He worked as a dye house operative.
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Lowell
John J. Kelleher
Dane Avenue
Kelleher
The Jewel Leader of 1100 Women at Wilson & Company
William Bream writes of a Bohemian woman who manages over 1100 women at Wilson & Company Chicago. He praises her devotion, warmth, and skill in creating happy, educated workers and guiding cultural integration among diverse staff. He highlights the firm’s supportive leadership and promises a follow up on workers’ interpretation of the company name.
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Wilson & Company
Chicago
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