Boston Bond Drive Surpasses Quota In Final Push
Officials report a Thursday rise of 18.3 million on Liberty bonds bringing Boston to 58.3 million and the city urged to double up for a final surge. Subscriptions from firms like American Sugar Refining Utah Apex Mining and Standard Oil surge, with Boston firemen and civic groups driving big totals and Cambridge going over top with about 3.5 million.
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Boston
New England
Rhode Island
Box 52
Louis Keene
Uncle Sam
Chamber of Commerce
American Sugar Refining Company
Boston Sinking Fund
South Boston Trust Company
Utah Apex Mining Company
S. L. Bartlett
Standard Oil Company
Wellington
Sears Company
American Woolen Company
Amory, Browne & Co
Willett, Sears & Co
Brookline Savings Bank
Cambridge
Goodridge
Saloniki Army Report Stolen Linked to Bonnet Rouge Trial
In Paris on May 8 a long session in the Bonnet Rouge directors trial focused on trips to Switzerland by M. Vercasson for M. Duval. A Swiss source report revealed General Sarrail's Saloniki army conditions, with detailed losses and sickness, tied to the Belo Pasha case and ongoing hearings in the Caillaux treason probe.
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Paris
Bonnet Rouge
Switzerland
M. Vercasson
M. Duval
The
M. Germain
Vercasson
Duval
Germain
Bolo Pasha
Faralico
Abbas Hilmi
Egypt
Sarrail
Saloniki
Adda
Yazen Pasha
France
Macedonia
Mme. Lewis
M. Marion
General Sarrail
Mathieu
M. Paix- Seailles
Joseph Caillaux
Belo Pasha
Bouchardon
Military Court of
Charlies Roux
Rome
Gustave Herve
la Victoire
Mrs Jessie Wilson Sayre Speaks on Liberty Loan at Magrane Houston
Mrs Jessie Wilson Sayre addressed shoppers at the Magrane Houston store urging greater support for the Liberty Loan drive. She spoke after an introduction by P B Magrane and State Treasurer Burrill, urging not only money but also "brains" to aid the war effort as crowds applauded.
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Magrane Houston
Wilson
Liberty
Jessie Wilson Sayre
Sayre
Burrill
P. B. Magrane
Boston Liberty Loan drive ends tonight on Boston Common
From noon until midnight today the Boston Liberty Loan committee conducts its utmost activity to boost Boston into the lead in the third Liberty Loan drive. Anyone who has not bought a bond can enlist in America’s Liberty Loan army as subscriptions are received at Liberty Cottage on the Common up to midnight.
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Victory Cottage
Keith’s Theatre
George Webb
Talbot Company
Washington Street
Messrs
Fitzpatrick, Hickey and Riha
Women's
Liberty Loan
Jewish Committee
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Max Mitchell
Jewish Campaign
Mitchell
Massachusetts
Merchant Marine
Stanton H. King
New England Shoe and Leather Association and Allied Trades
Liberty Committee
Boston
Lawrence
Milton
Winchester
Greenfield
Haverhill
Fitchburg
Everett
New England
Boston Liberty Loan Committee
Boston Common
America
Liberty Loan Army
Liberty Cottage
Bonds Sold at Liberty Aisle Fund Drive Lead by Mrs Sayre
Mrs Sayre urged listeners to buy bonds as P B Magrane doubled his pledge with an additional thousand dollars. A Liberty Aisle formed to the stand where Boston Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy helped process applications. Crowds of women shoppers bought over 6000 dollars in bonds as Mrs Sayre signed many applications.
Day's Cash for Bonds at Gilchrist to Drive Liberty Loan
Gilchrist Company plans a full Liberty Bond drive with daily cash receipts turned over to bond purchases. Sergeant Creed of the 101st Infantry will be at the store to sell bonds, Lt. Gather mann of the navy to speak, and 25 sailors from the navy yard will solicit purchases. A band from the Chicago will provide music during the event and buglers will call attention from the marquee.
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Gilchrist Company
Liberty Loan
Sergeant Creed
Creed
101St Infantry
Gathermann
United States Navy
Navy Yard
U. S. S. Chicago
Plea in larceny case after officer promotion
Edward A. Finn pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to stealing bonds worth 2006 from Mary McGill while she was being taken by ambulance from her Brighton Avenue home to Boston City Hospital. Lieutenant William J. Irwin, just promoted to lieutenant, led the investigation. Finn faces sentencing on Tuesday.
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Finn
Irwin
Mary McGill
Brighton Avenue
Boston City Hospital
Features alleged to limit freedom of speech and extending mail censorship powers
Theodore Manee a Civil War veteran died last night in the Chelsea Soldiers Home hospital after a long illness cancer developed since last September. The report notes other features related to curbing speech and expanding postmaster general censorship powers.
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Postmaster General
Theodore Manee
Chelsea Soldiers’ Home
Civilian workers at Newport Torpedo Station subscribe for third Liberty Loan
Civilian employees at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport Rhode Island subscribed 188000 for the third Liberty Loan. The amount comes from 9.7 percent of the workforce.
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Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
R. I
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad
Advertisement promoting Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel aid. Claims color restoring effects and improved appetite with no dangerous after effects. Promotes olive colored tablets as a substitute for calomel and notes pricing 10c and 25c per box.
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Edwards
Chidhood Dave
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Myrtle Lindsay Leman
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L. C. Prior
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Kennedy Clothing Co
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Massachusetts Mission
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East Dedham Street
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