Plant Juice Beacon Light To The Old Mariner
Captain H L Tibbetts of Everett Massachusetts endorses Plant Juice after 15 years of indigestion gas bloating headaches and nervous exhaustion. He credits Plant Juice with restoring his health improving sleep digestion energy and appetite. The product is sold in Boston at The ee Bre & Dutton Co store in Jing Department.
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H. L. Tibbetts
Fairlawn Street
Everett
Mass
New England
Atlantic Coast
Boston
Ee Bre & Dutton Co
Girl bellhops and billiard room attendants rise in Boston clubs
Boston clubs and hotels plan to hire women as bellhops waitresses and billiard room attendants as male staff leave for war. Union Club and University Club have already employed women after complaints about long waits. directors resisted but staff shortages forced the change.
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Boston
Union Club
University Club
Huns Use Drug to Soothe Hunger Pangs
Amsterdam May 7. A Berlin chemical firm praises a newly invented drug that is not a substitute for food but is an excellent preparation for staving off premature hunger and helps bear hunger until the next meal. The advertisement appears in Sundays Taegliche Rundschau and notes the difficulty of enduring hunger without headaches or other indispositions.
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Amsterdam
Taegliche Rundschau
Berlin
Bribe in Soldiers Drug Plot Highlighted in Trial
Testimony introduced in federal court as Harry Walters former National Guardsman and chief government witness faces a conspiracy charge with Dr. Philip Becker for supplying soldiers with drugs to gain army discharge.
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New York
Harry Walters
National
Trial testimony on bribe claim in Becker case unfolds
Walters testifies under oath about a $1000 bribe offer to influence James W. Osborne’s counsel in the Becker case. Osborne denies authorization, naming T. C. Bell as the investigator involved. Other witnesses describe drug transactions tied to Walters and covert surveillance in a hidden room.
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Garrett W. Cotter
United States District Attorney
Walters
Bell
James W. Osborne
Becker
Osborne
Resigning Reserveman Scanlon Leaves Boston Police
Leo D. Scanlon of West Roxbury station resigned yesterday before leaving for Camp Devens Friday. He had joined the police department last December.
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Leo D. Scanlon
West Roxbury
Camp Devens
Police Department
German Acts as U S Consul in Hayti During 1915 16
Testimony in a Superior Court suit between Edgar J. Thayer Fred C. Thomas and the United States Worsted Company reveals a German, Bohme, served as U S vice consul in Port au Prince Hayti while aiding Rheinholdt the major Haiti buyer. The letters show the consul blocked the American buyers and refused to sign consular invoices. Bohme was later removed by cable after a dispute at the consulate, a Frenchman then assumed consular duties.
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United States
Hayt
Edgar J. Thayer
New York
Boston
Fred C. Thomas
Thayer
Thomas
Hayti
Bohme
Rheinholdt
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Washington
Floral Cupids and Such to Greet Newlyweds
May 6, 1918 letter from John E. Gillis of Brighton to the Boston Post proposes a wedding themed floral display in the Boston Public Garden near the Washington statue. He suggests a bed featuring floral emblems of A O H and other conventions and asks city gardening officials to welcome brides and grooms, implying use as a wedding scene.
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Post
Washington
Boston Public Garden
A. L. L. Prior
John E. Gillis
Winship Street
Brighton
Maine Street Car Lines Seeks Seven Cent Fares
The Lewis ton Augusta and Waterville street railway, operating 166 miles in central Maine, filed with the public utilities commission a request for seven-cent passenger fares on all existing five-cent zones, effective soon.
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Maine Street Car Line
Crewrt Vane
Augusta
Lewiston, Augusta and
Waterville
Maine
Public Utilities Commission
Mt Hope residents fight sixth cemetery plan in Boston
In Mt Hope Boston district residents led by Charles J. Lennon protest a proposed cemetery site on Canterbury street near Paine street and Neponset avenue. Activists vow action before the Board of Health and at a public hearing to protect Philbrick School and local homes. The group lists Thomas F Dolan Mrs James Flynn Peter McGarry Patrick Gately and Michael Conway among organizers.
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Mt. Hope
Boston
Health Department
Canterbury Street
Paine Street
Neponset Avenue
Jewett Street
Philbrick School
Mount
Mount Hope
Board of Health
Charles J. Lennon
Thomas F. Dolan
James Flynn
Peter McGarry
Patrick Gately
Michael Conway
Mt Hope community fights proposed land take in state plan
Veterans linked to Mt Hope’s five cent fare fight rally to stop converting green acres into cemetery sites for Boston residents. Rumors allege the state eyes 50 acres for a prison or hospital expansion. Residents fear informants and real estate pressure amid historic civic battles.
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Mt. Hope
New Haven
Green Acres
Boston State Hospital
Rev Dr Mudge to be buried Friday
Funeral services for the Rev James Mudge D D retired Methodist minister and 30 year secretary of the New England Conference will be held Friday at 2 PM at Centre Methodist Church Malden Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery Lynn Rev Dr Archey D Ball will conduct the services assisted by other ministers bearer duties held by ministers
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James Mudge
Methodist Episcopal Church
New England Conference
Malden
Centre Methodist Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Lynn
Archey D. Ball
Memorial services for Brookline soldier Norbert Rigby
Private Norbert E. Rigby of A Company 101st Field Artillery was wounded in battle last week and died of wounds. Services were held yesterday at St Mary's Church of the Assumption Brookline. he was the first Brookline National Guard member to die in the war.
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Norbert E. Rigby
101St Field Artillery
St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption
Brookline
Rigby
National Guard
Joe Cannon Reaches 82 as House Salutes
Washington May 7 Former Speaker Cannon of Illinois turned 82 today and was honored by colleagues when the House convened. Representative Madden of Illinois noted the birthday and Cannon spoke ten minutes asserting that American patriotism is not confined to one party.
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Washington
Cannon
Illinois
House
Madden
Brought Body Home Suit Against Murphy Estate
When William H. Murphy died January 12, 1917 in Keene New Hampshire John M Hennessey of Norwood retrieved the body and now sues the estate administratrix Bridget O Connell of Cambridge in Norfolk County Superior Court for 548 dollars.
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William H. Murphy
Norwood
Keene, N. H
John M. Hennessey
Hennessey
Norfolk County Superior Court
Police Bar Mrs. Skeffington Speech in Providence
The Providence Police Commission refused a permit for Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington to speak at a United Irish Societies event. Police declined to allow her on the platform or participate in the meeting.
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Providence
Sheehy Skeffington
United Irish Societies of
Chelsea Man Killed Unloading Freight Car
Edward Smith aged 29 from Chelsea Massachusetts died in Kittery Junction Maine when heavy pilings unloaded from a freight car toppled and crushed his skull. Medical examiner Co F Traynor of Biddeford certified death and the body was sent to Chelsea.
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Chelsea
Kittery Junction
Edward Smith
Maverick Street
Mass
Co. F. Traynor
Biddeford
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