Fragmentary Line Ends Highlight Harsh Travel Perils
A truncated wartime era fragment describes hazards on rough paths with comic slang about slipping on a banana peel and failed attempts to find safer travel. It mentions a character attempting many methods to avoid danger before becoming disheartened.
Connecticut Men Prisoners in German Captures
Long casualty list shows New England soldiers from Connecticut in the 102d Infantry captured after the Leicheprey battle. Many missing or wounded across 101st Engineers and 104th Infantry with several New Haven and Bangor names. Details include Private Thomas W. Cole and Private Rene J. Gagnon among others, with locations and family ties noted.
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Letcheprey
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New Hampshire
New Haven
Conn
102D Infantry
102D
New England
Thomas W. Cole
Springvale
101St Trench Mortar Battery
Nantucket Repeals Auto Exclusion After 14 Year Fight
Nantucket voters approved repealing the 1914 exclusion act by a 336 to 1986 vote, ending a long campaign to ban automobiles on island highways. The measure challenges a century of sentiment and had stirred court questions but now becomes official policy.
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New England Boys Named On Casualty List
A wartime casualty list from New England names numerous soldiers by hometown and unit. Died of wounds include Thomas W. Cole of Springvale Maine and Harry J. Lewis of Buckfield Maine among others. Died of disease or other causes are listed for additional servicemen across Army infantry and engineers.
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Casualty List reports 121 names with varied causes
The casualty list shows 121 names grouped by action death and injury. Officers named include Jobson Alexander Archer Conn Dickerson Howard and Freeland Crawford with many private and noncommissioned ranks listed from multiple states and cities.
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Clarence I. Jobson
Chicago
King Alexander
Chambersburg
Penn
Clarence M. Archer
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Robbins
Clarence
Jobson
Saratoga’ Springs
Robbins L. Conn
New York City
John N. Dickerson
San F Francisco
George Howard
Rosendale
Solon E. Ellis
Waco
Tex
David McCully
Belfast
Irc
Leon A. Emery
Farmington
James H. Gitting
Thomas F. Doyle
Schenectady
Alfred T. Francisco
Wilmette
Tll
Hans A. Hamer
Mankato
Minn
Stanley Hieatza
Beaver
Wis
Winston Fledgeon
Saugus
Mass
Sam Hosier
Waldo
Ark
Jeff Johnston
McIntosh
Ala
James D. Legette
Rodney
Selmer T. Leland
Weldon
Boston to Inspect All Garbage Pails in City
Boston will inspect every waste container under orders from the health department. The city must canvass homes and restaurants to enforce new rules, including three-containers per kitchen for ashes rubbish and garbage with special attention to greasy meat and vegetable scraps. In France government glycerine from refuse raises safety concerns.
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Washington
Ever
France
Crowds Attend 29th Boston Letter Carriers Reunion
More than 9000 people crowded Mechanics’ Hall for the 29th annual Boston Letter Carriers Mutual Benefit Association reunion. Guests and relatives filled balconies and stages as a concert and dances by children followed a program led by the Boston Letter Carriers’ Band.
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One Name On Marine Corps Casualty List
Today's casualty list includes Private Herman Leslie Wilson of Franklinville Illinois head of disease in France. The Boston Private Railway Company service at cost bill went to a third reading in the Senate yesterday without debate.
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London
Romania
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United States
France
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102D
Ellis M. Young
Broad Way
Everett
Edgar W. Young
1024
Calvin B. Young
Hancock
Young
Roxbury Horse Guards
Marine Corps
Washington
Herman Leslie Wilson
Franklinville, Ill
Boston Privated Railway Company
Senate
No Veto On Draft Bill
President Wilson declines to veto a Congress approved bill changing draft quotas from state population to Class 3 men. He notes two sides to offering credits for volunteers but believes the measure serves national war interests best.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Phélan
California
War Department
Governors Meeting Hit With McCall In Philadelphia
Governor McCall heads to Philadelphia this afternoon to join a war conference of governors and ex governors. The session convenes at Independence Hall with Charles E Hughes of New York presiding.
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Philadelphia
Indpendence Hall
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Boston Weather Records For This Date Ahead Of 1900s
The record notes Boston temperatures on this date with 8 degrees above zero in 1882 and 40 degrees in 1881. It cites warmest on record 1896 and mentions rain or snow occurring on this date in multiple years including 1909 1912 1913 and 1916.
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