His Family and Other Tales of Love and City Life
The review highlights Ernest Poole's His Family set in New York with Roger Gale and his three daughters Edith Deborah and Laura. It also covers The Good Girl by Vincent O Sullivan and Kipling diversities with mixed praise noting standout stories The Dark Star by Robert W Chambers and One Year of Pierrot by an anonymous author, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Poole
Mr. Poole
Macmillan
New York
Roger Gale
Roger
Wdith
Deborah
East Side
Laura
Gayety
Fidith
Cal
Edith
Brieux
M. Dupont
London
Small
Maynard
Vincent O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
Vendred
Louise
Dover
Mrs. Dover
Kipling
Doubleday
Page
Mulvaney
Mowgli
Kim
Mary Postgate
Jobson
Appleton
Robert W. Chambers
Mr. Chambers
Paris
Houghton, Mifflin
Lester B. Hornby
Dutton
Mary and
Jane Findlater
Scottish Highlands
Britton
Elaine Sterne
Big Bill
Jamaica Plain Shooting Ends in Suicide After Targeting Woman
Miss O Neil, 27, had asked police to warn Long who had harassed her on the street. After a confrontation at 3304 Washington Street, Long shot her in the head then fled. A pursuing crowd and patrolman led to Long’s suicide at a vacant lot. He was a naval veteran living at 80 Kenton Road. Miss O Neils family resides in New York City.
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Long
Margaret Doherty
O’nell
Green Street
Washington Street
Miss O'Neil
Harold R. Wise
K Street
South
Boston
Richard Murphy
Seaverns Avenue
Sylvia Street Hill
Forest Hills Street
Miss O’neil
Dr. Scannell
Navy
Kenton Road
O’neil
New York City
South End
Business outlook upbeat from Boston sales club event
W A Hawkins of Jordan Marsh told Boston businessmen optimism remains high. He cited John J Shedd of Marshall Field Co predicting expansion despite the war and noted a Canadian boom as a sign of future prosperity. Joe Mitchell Chapple spoke on the personal element in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hawkins
Jordan, Marsh Company
Boston
City Club
Chicago
John J. Shedd
Marshall Field Company
America
Canada
Mr. Hawkins
Joe Mitchell Chapple
President Says Roosevelt Could Not Return to Presidency
The article notes army circles discussing a possible revived role for former President Roosevelt but lacks official comment on any concrete plan.
$120,000,000 for Kindling Wood Amid War Procurement Debate
The President declines volunteer divisions to focus on rapid army deployment. Officials warn against waste in wooden packing and fibre containers, citing $120,000,000 wasted yearly. Professor Breed urges economies to save forests and reduce shipping losses while war demands strain resources.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Western Front
C. B. Breed
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Navy
Naval Academy
Navy Yards
Congress
Professor Breed
Breed
America
Washington
New England
Harvard Hospital Unit Heads to French Front From New York
Three Red Cross base hospital units sailing for the French front are in New York May 18. Units from Chicago St Louis and Philadelphia are led by Medical Corps officers. Two more units from Harvard University and New York are en route. Each unit has 2 surgeons 50 nurses and support staff.
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Harvard
New York
Red Cross
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Harvard University
Three More Captains Named for Engineers Troop
The Fourth Reserve, New England's first railroad regiment of engineers, announced three additional company commanders as recruiters began. Louis deBeelen Lovett will lead E Company of the New York New Haven Hartford lines, Frank Patrick Paten heads F Company from Roxbury, and James R. Norcross commands C Company in Portland. Boston & Maine assigns Warren Keay and Frank Pelletier to A and B Companies, with Boston and Albany naming Robert G Henderson for D Company.
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New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Louis deBeelen Lovett
Transportation Department
South Station
Frank Patrick Paten
Roxbury
Maine Central
James RB. Norcross
Telegraph
Portland
Boston & Maine
Warren & Keay
Frank C. Pelletier
Boston & Albany
Robert G Henderson
Met Transit Commission Favored by Senate Panel
A report to the Senate shows the Ways and Means Committee backing the creation of a Metropolitan Transportation Commission to assume duties from the Transit Commission and study Boston area transit issues Senators Timilty and Bean opposed the report.
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Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Metropolitan Transportation Cy
Transit Commission
Boston
Timilty
Bean
Cambridge
Boston women unite for war prohibition meeting
Prominent Boston women’s groups, totaling nineteen, plan a mass meeting tomorrow at Iford Hall to push for war prohibition. They will urge Governor McCall and the Legislature to act, with speakers including Mrs. Herbert Gurney Mrs. J J Storrow Mrs Altice H H Lothrop Mrs. Robert A Woods Mrs. Mary Kenny O Sullivan and Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw.
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Boston
Iford Hall
McCall
Legislture
Herbert Gurney
J. J. Storrow
Altice HH
Lothrop
Robert A. Woods
Mary Kenny O'Sullivan
Robert Gould Shaw
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Boyd Cable
Action Front
France
E. P. Dutton & CO
Fifth
N.Y
Putnam
Ethel M. Dell
Maud Brian
Jake Bolton
Charlie Saltash
Lord Saltash
Maud
Miss Dell
Lane
H. de Vere Stackpoole
Pacific
Captain Blood
Billy Harman
Ireland
James B.hendryx
Northwest
Knave
Knight
Putnams New York
MR. Commuter
John R. McMahon
Post
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Milans
Rawak
Serge
Jamaica Plain
U. S
Belgium
Naval Establishment
J. H. Carpenter CO
Park Square
Union Institution For Savings
Tremont Street
Tels
Beach
Metropolitan Transit Commission
Gilchrist
Ripwood
Earl & Wilson
Lor
Modern Theatre
Tel
Back Bay
Boylston Street
Tel. B. B
Cereal Beverage
THE
Anzac CO
Roxbury Crossing
Mass
Union Street
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