Immigration official offers Gallups Island for more German seamen
Immigration Commissioner Henry J Skeffington notified Washington that 250 to 300 additional German seamen could be housed on the government reservation at Gallups Island if New York New Orleans and other ports were overcrowded with enemy seamen. Nearly 300 Germans are detained in the lower harbor with room for more if needed.
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Henry J. Skeffington
Department of Labor
Washington
Gallup's Island
New York
New Orleans
Freckle Reduction Promise in Ethine Double Strength
An advertisement claims Ethine Double Strength removes freckles with nightly applications. It guarantees money back if it fails and notes an ounce suffices to clear the skin, promising a beautiful complexion.
Haircut and Tobacco Price Hikes Rumored in Boston
Reported increases in services and goods stir talk of a non smoking Ku Klux Klan plan. Barbers say haircuts will rise to 35 cents and tobacco products will climb with a war tax, making a 10 cent can cost 11 cents and five cent cigarettes seven. Public sentiment notes a hard summer ahead.
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Sutherland
Ku Klux Klan
Boston
Shakspere
Food costs double in two years across groceries and farm products
Grocers report prices about twice what they were two years ago with no near term relief. Eggs and meats rise amid higher grain costs and farmer prices, while produce and staples from potatoes to flour show broad increases.
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Fancuil Hall
Workman Hurt by Falling Hook at City Building Site
Raphael Festo of 326 Commercial Street is treated at City Hospital for a scalp wound after an iron hook fell from a new building at rear 88 Beacon Street yesterday. He is in guarded condition and reported injured while at work.
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Raphael Festo
Commercial Street
City Hospital
Beacon Street
Will Give Women Course in Banking
Boston University will cooperate with banks to run free wartime emergency business courses for women. The program aims to prepare women to fill positions left vacant as men go to military service, addressing the draft induced labor shortage in banking.
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Boston
Boston University
Strike Ends at Union Wharf Sheds After 48 Hours
Dock workers employed by the Metropolitan line at Union wharf sheds ended a 48 hour strike and mainly returned to work. They cited the $18 weekly wage as a strong incentive to resume duties.
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Metropolitan Line
Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer Advertises Youthful Look
An advertisement promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer claiming it removes gray and dull hair for a youthful appearance. It touts a money back guarantee and lists Liggett’s Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston Cambridge and other drug stores, plus Hessig-Ellis Drug Co. Memphis. It also markets related products including Q-Ban Superfine Hair Tonic Shampoo Toilet Soap and Depilatory.
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Ligett
Riker-Jaynes
Boston
Else
Cambridge
Hessig- Ellis Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
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