Deacon Charles C Rowe of Franklin Dies Sudden
Deacon Charles C Rowe a Civil War veteran and longtime Boston and Maine railroad man died suddenly in Franklin New Hampshire on March 9 at age 7. He worked nearly 50 years for the B and M. His son Dr Carl Rowe practices in Milton Massachusetts another son Arthur Rowe served in the chemical warfare service a daughter Mrs Ernest Hardy lives in Falmouth New Hampshire.
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Franklin
N. H
Charles C. Rowe
Boston & Maine
Carl Rowe
Milton
Mass
Arthur Rowe
Chemical Warfare Service
Ernest Hardy
Falymouth
Seabago Lake Ice Clears After Weather
Ice on Seabago Lake in Maine cleared from the upper parts toward Sticky River and Frye's Island due to wing and heavy rain. The day saw an inch and a quarter of rain melting remaining snow with no danger of freshets as woods held little snow. rest of lake could clear by morning.
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Portland
Sebago Lake
Sticky River
Frye’s Island
U. S. Ships Now Plying Every Sea Across World Routes
The Shipping Board says the American merchant fleet now accounts for nearly one fifth of all sea going tonnage, with 351 freighters 84 freight and passenger ships 71 oil tankers 230 sailing ships and 16 miscellaneous vessels totaling 1 961 239 gross tons. Trans Atlantic trade uses 406 528 tons Trans Pacific 315 929 tons South American 402 721 tons Caribbean and Mexican 761 252 tons and Alaskan Canadian 76 014 tons. Upon army and navy return the fleet will expand to 3 834 750 gross tons under the American flag with many ships under construction or contract.
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the Shipping Board
United States
China
Australia
New Zealand
India
Dutch East Indies
Africa
Mediterranean
South America
Great Britain
Europe
Canada
Mexico
Shipping Board
Witch Doctor Seeks Vengeance in Tarzan Tale
Edgar Rice Burroughs writes The Witch Doctor Seeks Vengeance a Tarzan story to appear in next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine. ол
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Witch Doctor
Boston Post
Boy Actor's Letter to Mom Over Job Woes in New York
A boy writes from New York about breaking into the movie business and asks his mother to urge Congressman Simpkins to approve extended soldier pay. He juggles housing, pay, and career plans while lamenting access to film work and vowing to begin at the bottom. The piece also notes truancy rising in Boston as postwar unrest affects school attendance.
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Pop
Simpkins
Washington
D. C
Congress
N. Y
Govt
O. K
Sec
Baker
Cong. Simpkins
Mr.Simpkins
Cong
Congresses
U. S
Ins
France
Paris
Truancy Rising in Boston Schools This Year
Wanderlust has Boston school children in its grip this year. Teachers and vocational directors report truancy since September has shown an unprecedented increase over past years.
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Miss Bigelow
Boston
Susan J. Ginn
Boston Teachers’ Club
Michael Sullivan
Proposed Health Bill Threatens Women Rights in Massachusetts
Letter from Alice Stone Blackwell in Dorchester warns against Senate bill 269 granting health officers power to compel examinations for venereal disease and to detain suspects. She cites Illinois cases of forced exams and published arrests, plus a French anecdote of misuse, arguing the bill invites blackmail and persecution of innocent women.
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Sir—A
Massachusetts
Senate
Illinois
Chicago
Avril de Sainte Croix
France
Pacific Coast Conciliation Board Created for Shipping Conflicts
Washington March 9. Chairman Hurley announces a joint conciliation board on the Pacific coast to handle disputes between the Shipping Board and seamen's unions. If immediate settlement fails, issues go to the joint board. if no majority, to Shipping Board officers for final action.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Shipping Board
Hurley
Adopts Child of Husband Adopts Child of Husband Los Angeles
In Santa Monica Mrs. Cassie M. Dayton pursued divorce from George A. Dayton after years of hardship. A foundling baby brought into their home died at five months, later revealed to be Dayton's child with Amy Arnette. The couple learned the truth via Langton family testimony and Sawtelle birth records, leading to Dayton's divorce.
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Los Angeles
Cassie M. Dayton
Santa Monica
J. B. Langton
Sawtelle
Dayton
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Amy Arnette
Miss Arnette
Langton
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R. H. Stearns CO
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Seven Seas
Tarzan
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Stockholm
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Compania de Minerales Y Metales, S. A
the American Metal Company, Ltd
New York City
A. Mitchell Palmer
American Metal Company, Ltd
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York
Joseph F. Guffey
Henry Morgenthau
Berthold Hochschild
Bureau of Sales
West 42Nd Street
By Neal R. O’hara
Congressman Simpkins
Mom
Cora Bigelow
Alhough
Alice Stone Blackwell
Dorchester
Conciliation Board For
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Imerchant
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