Casualties Hit 101st Unit Leads All American Deaths
The War Department lists 68 names as the first casualties from the 101st Division with 2 killed in action 2 died of accident 6 died of disease 5 severely wounded 42 slightly wounded and 1 missing. Captain Richard Laurence Jett killed in action Captain Charles A Chambers died of disease Lieutenant Robert D Coye Rufus B Crain and Francis Worthington Hine lightly wounded.
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War Department
Massachusetts
Richard Laurence Jett
Charles A. Chambers
Robert D. Coye
Rufus B. Crain
Francis Worthington Hine
Plant Juice touted by Boston resident as remedy for indigestion and rheumatism
A Roxbury resident testifies that Plant Juice cured her long standing indigestion rheumatism and crutch dependency after trying many medicines She notes improved appetite sleep and energy and credits the product sold at Houghton and Dutton's Boston Drug Department.
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Henrietta Robinson
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Boston
Houghton & Dutton
New England Boys Listed on Casualty Roll in War
A long casualty list from New England includes Private Sam Darling of McIndoes Vermont severely wounded and others missing or killed in action. Names span Vermont Massachusetts and Maine with units in 101st Infantry 102d Machine Gun Battalion 104th Infantry and 102d Field Artillery among towns such as Attleboro Roxbury Boston Lawrence and Barre.
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Elton Allen
Peacham
Vermont
102D Infantry
William E. Devine
Rockland Street
Roxbury
Memer
102D
George F. Bigger
Attleboro
101St Infantry
Edmund P. Leroux
Barrowsville
Romeo E. Laferrier
Leon P. Coleman
Bellevue Street
Lawrence
102D Field Artillery
Cook Victor Tatro
William Tatro
Napoleon Duhamel
Leroy Webber
1011St Infantry
Harry Attarian
Frank M. Gannon
Quincy Place
Burpee West, Jr
Apsley Street
Hudson
Wilfred T. Foster
Weld Avenue
Gordon E. Fuller
Boston
Eugene, Joubert
Attleeboro
Henry W. Kennedy
Crescent Street
Quincy
Guy L. Lancaster
Kingman
Edward J. Parker
Philip Wright
Mansfield
Morton C. Higgins
Madison Avenue
Everett
Jeremiah F. Sheehan
East Fourth Street
South
Max Markman
Norton
Edwin Thomas Martin
Marblehead
1011St Field Artillery
Harold B. Boggs
Sidney Avenue
Lynn
101St Field Artillery
John R. O’brien
Clarence Street
George W. Currier
Charles McDonald
Crawford Held For Worthless Checks
Jay M. Crawford son of a Poston attorney was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Charles A Farrell on a federal charge of cashing worthless checks posing as a United States secret service agent. He had just finished a three month term in the House of Correction and was held on 2500 dollars bail. His wife visited him at the Federal building office.
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Jay M. Crawford
Poston
United States
Charles A. Farrell
Secret Service
Crawford
House of Correction
Deer Ireland
Marshal Mitchell
Federal
Nolan―John R. 19 in Everett funeral notice
In Everett on April 29 John R Nolan beloved son of John P and the late Catherine Nolan age 19. Funeral from his residence 84 on May 2 at 8 15 am Requiem Mass at the Church of Immaculate Conception at o clock Relatives and friends invited.
Casualty List From Washington Names 68 War Dead and Missing
The April 9 casualty list reports 68 names across categories including killed in action two, died of accident two, died of disease six, severely wounded five, slightly wounded 42, and missing in action cone. The list names officers Captain Richard Laurence Jett Captain Charles A Chambers Lieutenant Robert D Coye and many privates and sergeants.
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Washington
Cone
Allied Lines Push Back German Forces in Several Sectors
Allied reports describe French recaptures near Locre and regained positions north of Locre. British advances between Kemmel and La Clutte, and French gains east of Villers-Bretonneux. German offensives repelled. calls for large Allied reserves discussed at Paris council.
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Locre
Mont Kemmél
Noyon
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Foch
Inter-Allied War Council
Paris
Macedonia
Monastir
New Hampshire's Last Wet Day Ends With Storehouse Overflow
The Amherst figure Lewis and the Legislature enacted a law on April 17 that bans liquor sales but not consumption. Citizens stored enough liquor to float allied navies, not only in cellars but in homes, bars, and gatherings today.
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New Hampshire
Imaginative image frames New Hampshire day in peril
On edge of Sahara ten men face an eternal fate, led to a well brink on a day and warned they might drink and take all they could before sunset. The vivid note echoes through Concord Manchester and Portsmouth as a broader portrait of the state today.
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Manchester
Amoskeag Company
Bridge Streets
Take Avenue
Sahara
New Hampshire
Concord
Portsmouth
Germans Gain Then Retreat Near Hangard In WWI Action
In the Noyon sector today German forces attacked and gained ground in advanced French trenches but were driven back and French lines were reestablished. Hangard area endured a violent bombardment as described by the war office evening communiqué.
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Noyon
Oise
Struma
Vardar
Cerna
Nonte
Monastir
Vetrotsk
Paris
War Office
Hangard
A Year of Small Sacrifices for National Bond
An appeal urges saving a small amount weekly for a year to purchase a bond aimed at securing the country’s safety for future generations. It emphasizes disciplined thrift as a civic duty and a patriotic investment.
Plan to Build U S Army of Three Million
A War Department survey outlines estimates for expanding the U S Army with up to 3 000 000 men and new divisions. Proposals await authorization and funding while equipment and transport considerations include uniforms and supply lines. Secretary Baker negotiates with Britain's Lord Reading on transport aid influencing the enlarged force.
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War Department
France
General Pershing
Europe
Baker
Lord Reading
Great Britain
May Victor Records and summer fashions at Jordan Marsh
The May Victor Records feature performances by Maud Powell Giovanni Martinelli and Herbert Witherspoon. May sales highlight savers in women's wardrobe and summer furniture. Mrs McCall wife of the Governor will visit Liberty Tank Thursday to sell bonds. Umbrellas in sun and rain varieties await shoppers while hair goods offer styling ideas.
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May Victor
Maud Powell
Giovanni Martinelli
Herbert Witherspoon
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WAR Work Council
Army and Navy Young Men’s Christian Association
U. S
Army
Navy
Hye & Kar
Ireland
J. R. McCombie
Hingham
Mass
J. Walsh
M. D
Boylston
101St
Mrs. Robinson
NEW England Boys
Casualty
Sam Darling
McIndoes
John Larvey
Arsenel Bergeron
Turner’s Falls
L Company
104Th Infantry
Boylston St
Boston School OF Filing
Boylston & Tremont Sts
Herbert G. Raymond
Eldridge Cope
William W. Washington
Orris Pearl Mudgett
Preston Noel
Clarence Everett Brown
James Bates
Ray L. Siebert
Thomas J. Curtain
Gerald S. Patton
Michael F. Davis
Leonard F. Sylvia
John Levi Smith
George Zabrosky
Raymond C. Fisher
William Brown
Thomas Ii. Parris
Albert O. Abraham
John R. Barrett
Charles W. Bradfield
Charles R. Clinkenbeard
Thomas J. Corrigan
Livya F. Devel
George H. Dustin
John F. Egan
Vaughn H. Silva
Charles Webb
Louis J. Wolfe
Arsene Bergeron
Thomas J. Mooney
Jesse M. King
John W. Norris
John Barleycorn
Legion
Hagle Hotel
Winston Churchill
Mmiral
Frank P. Mitchell
Jord
Hagle
Wine Room
Post
Mitchell
Beong
News Hampshire
Oliver J.¢Perren
The
Eagle
Boston & Maine
Ruel Burke
Croyton
Coniston
Jethro Ass
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