Universal military training backed by Camp Devens soldiers
A War Department report based on 1380 soldiers of the 12th Division at Camp Devens shows 89.5 percent feel army life benefited them and 88 percent favor universal military training. Most support disciplinary officer–man relations and cite better uniforms and messes as improvements.
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Devens
Washington
Camp Devens
Massachusetts
War Department
America
France
Waterfront Calendar and Boston Fish Pier News
Maritime calendar notes tides and celestial events for March 18 1685th day of war with full moon dates and planetary positions. Boston fish pier reports 15 trawlers delivering nearly 2 million pounds of fish with steamer cargoes and prices, plus Leyland steamship Nitonian arrival from London and Port Antonio banana cargo 16 000 bunches. Also updates on floating mine sighting near St Nazaire to Boston voyage, motorboat documentation law enforcement, and United Fruit schedules resuming to tropics. THE LANDSMAN.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
South Boston Fish Pier
Arethusa
Henrietta
Eleanora DeCosta Jeanette
Genesta
Antoine C. Santos
Faith Silveira
Ruth & Margaret
Rae
London
Leyland
Bolton
Hoodocks
Charlestown
United Fruit Company
Port Antonio
Long Wharf
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Croskey
Westlake
Commonwealth Pier
South Boston
Hydrographic Office
St. Nazaire
Boston
United States
New York
Tropics
Sarah & Lucy
Nantucket Harbor
Divorce Ruling Details Bed Dispute In Suffolk Court
Lavinia Rosenthal was granted a divorce from Robert Rosenthal by Chief Justice Aiken in Suffolk County. The wife testified he returned home late, pushed her from bed to the floor, and they had a troubled marriage beginning in 1912 with multiple separations and a 1918 probate order for support.
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Robert Rosenthal
Lavinia
Aiken
Suffolk
Shipping News Arrived With Steamers and Tugs
Shipping notices list steamers Nitonian Bolton and Tollefsen Port Simon and Port Antonio with crews Nitonian Br. and Kershaw James Norfolk tug Vesta Powell Beverly towing barge Ma honing. Other arrivals include Gloucester Lexington and Norfolk Virginia sailing from Philadelphia and other ports.
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Nitonian
Bolton
London
England
Port Antonio
Tollefsen
Port Simon
Irish Patk Day Parade Highlights NYC Pageant
New York on St. Patrick’s Day featured 45 000 marchers in Manhattan and about 7500 in Brooklyn. The event showcased 38 000 weavers of The Green with banners calling for Ireland’s liberation and the release of Jere[miah] A. O Leary, an anti-British editor on espionage trial. John W. Goff, former New York Supreme Court justice, led as grand marshal amid numerous Irish organizations and bands.
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New York
Ireland
Jeremiah A. O’leary
Manhattan
Brooklyn
England
Sinn
Old-time minstrel Frank Dumont dies on Philadelphia street
Frank Dumont a famed old time minstrel, collapsed and died on a Philadelphia street in front of the theater where his company was performing. He was born in New York 71 years ago.
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Philadelphia
Frank Dumont
New York
East Boston Girl Wins Prize Bantam Egg Record
Catherine Mortimer an 11 year old poultry expert of 11 Wordsworth street East Boston holds the record for largest egg laid by a two and a half pound bantam hen The two year old prize bantam has laid unusually large eggs this season and Mortimer owns eleven hens including Rhode Island Reds Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns Her flock produces a steady supply of eggs for the household
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Catherine Mortimer
Wordsworth Street
Boston
Miss Mortimer
Rhode Island
Mortimer
Settlement of Strike at Perry Shoe Plant
Haverhill March 17 Settlement of the long standing labor difficulties at the shoe factory of Austin H. Perry Company announced by counsel for the company today and the plant will reopen Wednesday morning. Employees will work 60 hours re-
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Haverhill
Austin H. Perry Company
Settlement Clearances End 54-Hour Schedule Change
Frederick H. Tilton an attorney who arranged a business transaction facilitated Austin H. Perry's retirement from the company and a settlement. Officials of the Shoe Workers Protective Union said details would be released later and that planned sympathetic demonstrations would not occur today after a conference with plant officials.
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Taining
Frederick H. Tilton
Austin H. Perry
Shoe Workers’ Protective Union
Dangers of Anaemia and Wincarnis Tonic Promises
A health ad touts fresh air and moderate exercise to combat anaemia and promotes Wincarnis as a blood builder. It claims rapid improvement in a week, with testimonials and a free sample offer from Award Lassere Inc. at 400 West 23rd Street New York, asking customers to mail 10 cents plus 19 cents for packing.
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Wincarnis
Lassere, Inc
U. S
West 23Rd Street
New York
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Georgette
Newport
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Pasves Neteecasset Ogigu
Eeser J. W. Smith
Philadelphia Battery
Shipping News
Gloucester
Lexington
Norfolk
N. Y
O'Leary
East Boston
Tremont Street
Svar
Boston Post
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