British Schooner Daniel F Slick Lost at Long Beach
The British schooner Daniel F Slick piled ashore and broke up at the eastern end of Long Beach. Three crewmen abandoned ship yesterday afternoon and were rescued by the tramp steamer Medomack about eight miles northeast of Thatcher's Island. The vessel was bound for Boston from St John with lumber.
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Gloucester
Daniel F. Slick
Long Beach
Thatcher's Island
Boston
St. John
N. B
Beautiful Women Seen On Streets Of The Hub City
An advertisement touts Plant Juice, claiming it restores health and beauty in Boston women. It cites Mrs Grace Scoville of Everett Mass as a testimonial, describing digestion relief and renewed energy after using Plant Juice, and asserts the product has helped many women nationwide.
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Houghton & Dutton
Boston
Grace Scoville
Porter Street
Everett
Mass
War Department denies favoritism in officers camps
The War Department through the Northeastern Army area states no favoritism affects training camp selection. It directs camp commanders to handle all approvals, notes that many examined men will be sent to camps even without commissions, and asks applicants to submit letters of recommendation by noon May 11.
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War Department
Department of the Northeast
Army
Washington
O. K
Edwards
Plattsburg
Secretary of War
Northeastern
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Catholic Church Notes May Devotions and Meetings
May devotions with rosary litany and benediction held Mondays Thursdays and Fridays at 8 pm in Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Confra ternity meets Friday 3 pm. Friday 8 am mass for confraternity benefactors. Holy Hour for the dead conducted yesterday at Calvary Cemetery mortuary chapel by Rev John F Cummins. continues Sundays. Holy Name Society meets May 12 at 4 15 pm in lower Cathedral Church. Rev John W Culhane to speak. Benediction after. May 11 14 retreat for laymen at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton under Rev Father George Co P retreat director.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Confraternity of the Holy Cross
Calvary Cemetery
West Roxbury
John F. Cummins
Church of the Sacred Heart
Holy Name Society
John W. Culhane
Aines
Blessed Gabriel
Brighton
Father George, Co
Godspeed Service for Columbia Volunteers in New York
Eighty five West Pointers cadet choir members attended a Godspeed service at St Pauls Chapel New York in honor of 250 Columbia University students who have enlisted for active service in the war. The student soldiers in khaki uniforms performed an exhibition drill before the service began.
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College Volunteers
New York
St. Paul’s Chapel
Columbia University
Flag May Not Adorn Ankles In Washington D C
Washington women wearing hosiery bearing the Star Spangled Banner face arrest under the national flag desecration law. United States Attorney Leshay ruled sellers and wearers of flag-marked stockings risk fines up to 100 dollars or 30 days in jail. The D A R protested the practice prompting the legal interpretation.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Leshay
Women to Teach Jackies in Newport Cooking Course
A naval reserve cooking course will open in Newport on May 7 for recruits. Prominent local women will teach groups of 20 to prepare hot meals during patrols off the coast. No exam, but recruits must eat what they cook at the camp site supported by the naval training station.
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Newport
R. I
Naval Reserve
Naval Training Station
Flag Raising at Horace Memorial Church on Webster Avenue Chelsea
Last evening Horace Memorial Church members held a flag raising on Webster Avenue in Chelsea. Mayor Edward E. Willard gave an address and Miss Freida Bommer unfurled the flag. The program featured a patriotic song written for the occasion.
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Horace Memorial
Webster Avenue
Chelsea
Edward E. Willard
Freida Bommer
Balfour and British Delegation Visit Virginia Manor
Foreign Secretary Balfour and Sir Eric Drummond with the British War Mission slipped quietly from Washington to Gunston Hall Virginia for a weekend with Secretary Lansing and Mrs Lansing. The meeting aimed to summarize mission work and outline remaining tasks focusing on the program rather than detailed negotiations.
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Washington
Balfour
Eric Drummond
Lady Spring
Rice
Lansing
Gunston Hall
Virginia
John Balfour
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