Ice Fields Delay Seaplane Flight Start in Newfoundland
The US Navy seek a starting point for a trans Atlantic seaplane in Newfoundland but ice fields three miles off St. John’s blocked the effort. Destroyer Barney, which left Boston to survey coastlines, could not reach St. John’s and will stay nearby awaiting orders from Washington.
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Halifax
N.S
Newfoundland
United States Navy
Barney
Boston
Nova Scotia
St. John’s
Patrick N. L. Bellinger
Naval Aviation
Washington
Fire devastates Simpson block in Lowell blaze
A $50,000 fire tore through the Simpson block at 514 526 Merrimack street in Lowell. Three firefighters were overcome by illuminating gas and 50 plus residents fled in their night attire. The blaze began near a basement boiler and burned for over four hours, threatening Sarre Brothers leather and other nearby stores as gas crews aided safety and tenants were assisted by neighbors.
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Lowell
Simpson Block
Merrimack Street
Harold Foster
Frank Hoyt
J. O. Crowe
M. L
A. Carron
O’keefe
Botchkareva Wounded by Shell in Russian Army Charge
Botchkareva, famed Russian patriot, was hit by a shell while charging German lines with fixed bayonet. After three days between life and death, her tale My Life will appear in next week's Boston Sunday Post with vivid accounts of her adventures in the Russian army.
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Botchkareva
Boston Sunday Post
Salvation Army to convert Hotel Rexford for soldiers
Five hundred Yankee Division troops will stay at Hotel Rexford during the Boston reception week. The building will house a large canteen serving coffee and soft drinks, a lounge, showers, and an employment office. Salvation Army Colonel Adam Gifford outlines expansion of relief services including hospitals, lodging, and milk for children. A national Home Service Fund drive aims for 20 million dollars, with New England allotted 2.28 million and Boston under 300 thousand.
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Rexford
Boston
New England
Salvation Army
Adam Gifford
Gifford
Army
Colonel Gifford
Public For Home Service
Sage and Sulphur Compound Rejuvenates Gray Hair
An old ad describes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. It claims the product dries gray strands to a natural even color by morning and, with repeated use, leaves hair glossy and youthful.
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Wyeth
Conference Week at Athol Opens with Ministerial Exam
The New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church meets at Starrett Memorial Church Athol with about 250 ministers expected. A preliminary session will exam candidates for deacon and elder, Epworth League holds an evening convention led by Bishop Frank M Bristol, and various district superintendents will report. Ordinations are set for next Sunday.
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New England
Frank M. Bristol
Chattanooga
Tenn
Edwin Holt Hughes
Willis P. Odell
D. D
Boston
W. H. Powell
Lynn
Co. E. Spaulding
Worcester
C. O. Ford
Springfield
Frank Sutton
Edwin H. Hughes
Starrett Memorial Church
Athol
Notre Dame Sisters Host Charity Concert in Boston
A Notre Dame Alumnae committee at St. Augustine's in South Boston organized a Globe Theatre event to aid the Namur Belgium mother house destroyed in the war. District Attorney Pelletier praised the nuns. William E. Hickey chaired the effort with officers Miss Katherine Enwright Miss Margaret McCann Miss Grace Quinn and Miss Sarah Lydon. The arranging committee included Mae Hines May Dillion Helen Roche Mae Boudourt May Clancy Agnes Gaughran and Helen Quirk.
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Notre Dame
St. Augustine’s Parish
Boston
Globe Theatre
Namur
Belgium
Pelletier
William E. Hickey
Katherine Enwright
Margaret McCann
Grace Quinn
Sarah Lydon
Mae Hines
May Dillion
Helen Roche
Mae Boudourt
May Clancy
Agnes Gaughran
Helen Quirk
Touraine Almond Bars Proclaim French Craft and Efficiency
A speaker touts Touraine Chocolate Almond Bars made the French way with an automatic mixer and moulder. He claims 1,000,000 bars daily, notes 50 percent more almonds per bar, and that Yellow Packages identify the product, inviting readers to try Touraine for lasting satisfaction.
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Touraine
P.S
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Bellinger
St. John's
Lowellfire
Liggett Drug
Notre Dame Sisters
Anaesea Hetel
Howdy
France
Harry B. Duane
the Tauseine
Ea Cellate
The
Touraine Company
Causeway
Medford Streets
Richmond
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