Economy Plans for Ayer Army
Plans completed place 3000 men to work at Camp Devens building 12 hospital units and several divisional school facilities. Nearly 30 schools operate for enlisted training, mostly for non commission officers. Space in barracks limits teaching. new buildings will enable larger classes and proper drill facilities. A welfare building for Jewish soldiers will be erected on Liberty road near the camp library by the Jewish Welfare Association in a YMCA/K of C style setup. About 1000 Jews serve here with numbers rising with the next draft. Major Charles L. Stevenson drives clothing efficiency at the camp.
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Devens
Officers’ Training School
Camp
Jewish Welfare Association
Liberty Road
Carl Dreyfus
Boston
Morris Waldman
Federated Jewish Charities
Albert Hurwitz
Charles L. Stevenson
Guar
308D
Ray Sapsire
Sylvia Bernstein
Helen Kerner
Dora Pearlstein
Louise Messado
Agnes Levin
Depot Reconditions Clothing and Artillery News From Camp
Old garments are cleaned mended fumigated pressed and returned in first class condition at the depot. Howitzers and bayonet practice headlined by new recruits who face strict drill schedules and quarantine. Six Boston girls visited the base hospital to entertain the troops.
Soldier liquor sale arrest in Clinton
Michael McNamara was arrested by Lieutenant Parker and Camp Devens guard for selling liquor to a soldier and a single sale. He was nabbed behind a Church street hotel. Six soldiers were detained for drunkenness and sent back to Camp Devens. Arraignment set for tomorrow in District Court as Clinton voted for license.
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Clinton
Michael McNamara
Parker
Camp Devens
Church Street
Six and Half Inches of Snow in Portland
Portland reports six and a half inches of snow with a low 11 degree high. A brisk wind hampered street car traffic, but all lines remained open today as the winter storm hit the city.
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Portland
Weather Bureau
Fewer Prisoners Reported at Concord Reformatory
Edward C. R. Bagley, new state director of prisons, says the Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord Junction houses fewer than 500 inmates now, down from 650 to 700 in previous years.
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Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord Junction
Edward C. R. Bagley
State Director of Prisons
Reformatory
Why Chilly Weather Brings Rheumatism
Rheumatism affects all ages and genders and worsens in damp cold. Drink four ounces of Rad Salts daily for a week to flush uric acid, stimulate kidneys, and help purify blood. Jad Salts, a grape and lemon lithia drink, is advertised as inexpensive and harmless for sufferers.
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Baltimore
Harvard Doctor Sets Daily Food Cost At One Cent
Dr J L Henderson spoke at Harvard Medical School on food and how to save it claiming seventeen cents a day feeds the average person and powers the body He named 15 staple diet items forming the basis of his cost estimate marking a bold efficiency proposal.
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J. L. Henderson
Harvard Medical School
Food Staples as Key to Low Living Costs and Health
Dr Henderson argues staples like cornmeal oats flour lard potatoes sugar bread beans dates olive oil raisins dried apples cheese and butter can sustain healthy diets despite high living costs. He condemns packaged foods and promotes small retail purchases with balanced protein starch and moderate portions rather than calorie obsession.
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Henderson
Dr. Henderson
Widow of Officer Jumps From Steamer
An Atlantic port report says the wife of Major Thompson, killed in Europe last year, is believed to have jumped overboard from an American Steamship arriving from Bermuda. She was last seen at midnight March 2 and missing the following morning. friends cite melancholia.
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Atlantic
Bermuda
Thompson
Europe
Portland Painters Win Their Strike Settlement
Portland Maine March 10 The city painters after a short strike ending March 4 were ordered back to work on Monday A settlement granted an hourly wage increase from 41 to 55 cents affecting about 75 men There was no shipyard work interruption by union vote.
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Portland
Storm Ties Up Trolley Cars In Boston area
Snow sleet storm paralyzed street car traffic in Boston and across the northeast. Two inches fell with a 30 mile per hour northwest wind, hindering rail lines as automatic switches froze and crews thawed them out with burning oil. Warmer weather is forecast for today and Tuesday.
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Newaven
Boston
Elevated Suffers Coast Storm Delays Hit Local Transit
Coast storm signals appeared with little damage reported while coal barges faced delays. Roads, rails, and wires suffered but early transit resumed as night workers and patrons faced long delays on surface lines to Neponset Jamaica Plain and Grove Hall. All night service to Cambridge was limited. Scores of workers kept switches from freezing as trains operated with difficulty.
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Adams Square
Neponset
Jamaica Plain
Grove Hall
Cambridge
Train delays and treacherous footing on winter travel
In the South terminal morning delays averaged 40 minutes with outward schedules within 10 minutes of normal. Boston & Maine lines saw delays from 10 minutes to 30 minutes. A Portland train arrived on time, one 10 minutes late, another 30 minutes late. No major trouble reported. footing was treacherous for early churchgoers.
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Boston & Maine
Portland
Man and Woman Dead in Bed by Gas
A man and woman believed to be Mr and Mrs J B Hayes of South Acton were found dead in bed yesterday noon in a lodging house at 10 Dwight street. Death came from gas escaping a defective chandelier. The landlady Edna D Cudniff detected the fumes and forced an entrance. The accident occurred Saturday night.
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J. B. Hayes
South Acton
Dwight Street
Edna D. Cudniff
Janitor Found Dead on Church Stairs in Brockton
A. E. Chase long time janitor of the First Baptist Church Brockton was found dead at the top of the stairs to the boiler room before evening services. Death attributed to a hemorrhage. L. A. Main assistant janitor found the body. Investigators say he collapsed in the basement and fell while seeking help.
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Brockton
A. E. Chase
First Baptist Church
L. A. Main
Chase
Defiance of French Socialists Stuns Paris Parliament
Paris March 10 Deputy Emile Constant pressed the government over the Bolo Pasha case and delays in sending agent reports to Judge Advocate Captain Bouchardog. The opposition lost, 401 to 120, as the government won 400 to 75 on its resolution.
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Paris
Emile Constant
Bolo Pasha
Bouchardog
Clemenceau Defends Morale Against Socialist Taunts
Premier Clemenceau replied to taunts from Socialists about his stance on the war and government policy. He said his aim is to serve the country and preserve morale, and warned that opposing military credits would oppose him. He praised soldiers and noted aviator Roland Garros's report on hunger in German camps.
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Clemencent
Renaudel
Albert Thomas
French War Council
M. Clemenceau
Roland Garros
Paris
Germany
Clemenceau
Munyon and Maher Founder Die in Palm Beach Hotel
James Munyon, a Philadelphia medicine manufacturer, died at a Palm Beach hotel today. Heart failure was given as the cause.
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Munyon
West Palm Beach
Fla
James Munyon
Philadelphia
Palm Beach
Narrow Field for Evasion Highlights Tax Payup Effort
A public tax advisory from Collector John F. Malley explains deputies inform the public on filing requirements to curb evasion. He notes a man who claimed to avoid taxes filed and paid, while publicity fosters compliance as neighbors observe. Officials will focus on returns through April 1 before scrutinizing fraud.
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John F. Malley
Tornado Ravages Van Wert County Causing Fatalities
A late Tuesday tornado in Van Wert County Ohio left two dead with another reportedly killed, four injured, and many homes and barns destroyed or damaged. Losses are estimated between 500000 and 1000000 dollars, with the storm first hitting Middleburg and then moving northeast through Harrison Pleasant and Union townships.
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van Wert
Middleburg
Harrison
Pleasant
Union
Storrow Protest Aims to Save New England Coal Jobbers
New England fuel administrator Storrow heads to Washington with a delegation of six state manufacturers to protest removing coal jobbers. They warn elimination could trigger a coal famine next winter across New England.
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Storrow
New England
Washington
White House
Passengers Reach Juneau After Alaska Wreck
The 176 aboard the steamer Miral Evans were landed at Juneau aboard a steamer today, following the wreck on the Alaska coast. Naval authorities and rescue teams confirmed the transfer and reported all aboard were accounted for.
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San Francisco
Miral Evans
Alaska
Juneau
Building Up the Blood with Dr Williams Pink Pills
Advertisement recounts anemia symptoms such as breathlessness and pallor and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. A testimonial from Mrs Heywood of Fall River Mass claims she recovered after taking the pills. The piece urges readers to request a free booklet and to buy pills from a local physician or the Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady New York.
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Mattoon
Ill
Father John
S. V. Hill
Father Joan
Dr. Williams
Bette
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