Stage Coach Days With Deacon Curtis
Dorchester life long Democrat Deacon Curtis marks 60 years with Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He rises at 4 each morning, opens Kilby street office at 6, leaves at 3 30, and enjoys cigars daily. He recalls stage coach service, old tavern bars, and a plank of Dutch gin and New England rum. He abstains now, never sick, never vacations, and says keep moving as the secret to long life.
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Curtis
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Boston
Mr. Curtis
Dorchester
Kilby Street
Mabbe
New England
Deacon
Plant Juice touted as life extending herbal remedy
A vintage advertisement compares the human system to a repair shop and promotes Plant Juice as a herbal tonic that improves digestion purifies the blood and aids kidney and liver function. It cites testimonials including Mrs Santa Fama of Charlestown Massachusetts praising relief from stomach trouble by using three bottles. The product is sold at Houghton & Dutton Co. drug department.
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Santa Fama
Main Street
Charlestown
Mass
Houghton & Dutton Co
Germans Take U S Aviator Prisoner in France
Thomas Hitchcock 11 year old Lafayette escadrille member reported missing is now confirmed a German prisoner unwounded. A St Pauls School student last June he left for France and by mid January fought above the lines, credited with downing three German aircraft and noted as an expert polo player in Westbury New York.
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Westbury
N.W
France
Thomas Hitchcock
Lafayette Escadrille
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Diplomats in Russia to head toward Pacific voyage
Report from Harbin says American and Japanese ambassadors in Vologda plan to travel via the Amur railway to Vladivostok. They were expected to arrive around March 14, with rumors they might be detained by the Bolsheviks.
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Russia
Pacific
Harbin
Manchuria
Vologda
Vladivostok
Amur
Karimskaya
Manchurian
Chita
trans-Baikal
Bread Rioters Loot Shops in Graix Styria
Serious bread riots hit Graix the capital of Styria as residents protested bread scarcity and quality. A deputation to authorities preceded a street mob that smashed windows and plundered stores while police could not stop the disturbances.
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Hungary
Zurich
Graix
Styria
Dead Man Awakens in White Cot
Michael C. Dugan of 18 Henry Street Framingham survives a bad night waking in a white cot crediting a sudden recovery after a near fatal episode despite reports he should be dead.
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Michael C. Dugan
Henry Street
Framingham
Man told tale of waking alive after being declared dead
In Framingham and Boston a man named Michael described waking in a relief station the morning after collapsing on Tremont Street. A white garbed doctor said he was officially dead, but a passing officer watched him breathe and he was brought to the relief station rather than the morgue. He plans to buy the policeman a drink.
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Michael
Framingham
Boston
Post
Tremont Street
Dugan
Berlin Mass Shows Real Patriotism in War Effort
In a letter to the editor dated March 12 1918 G H of Berlin Mass applauds the town for its patriotism noting about 90 percent of local boys serve in the U S military and predicting more enlistments by April 6 1918 he challenges New England towns to match Berlin’s enlistment rate.
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Post
S R
Uncle Sam
Berlin
Mass
New England
2 069 MEN CALLED TO CAMP ON MARCH 29
The draft announces 2 069 men to be called to camp on March 29 pending Congress action on quota apportionment. A new increment of about 95 000 will be distributed nationwide, with excesses credited to affected states and boards. Deferred Class 1 agricultural workers will be rechecked and called if needed.
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Congress
United States
War Department drafts planned to fill training camps
War Department plans mobilization of the second draft army with inductions in 10 000 man lots to fill cantonments. Special calls will recruit trained men and some volunteers from draft lists may be used. Major Wolcott directs state draft orders from the State House while Washington sometimes bypasses him.
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Ing
War Department
Major Wolcott
State House
Washington
Berlin frees airmen after British threat
London March 12 The German government released from special imprisonment British lieutenants Schooltz and Wookey who were jailed for dropping propaganda over Germany. The release followed a British threat to retaliate unless the airmen faced less harsh treatment.
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London
Schooltz
Wookey
Germany
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Deacon Curtis
Franklin Street
Colonel Young
Robert Thaxter
Old Post
Pierce
Wilson
Dex Curtis
Hirst
U. S
St. Paul's
Bolivia
Michael Dugan
America
Paine
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
Paris
Filene’s
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