Boston Mayor Seeks Funds for War Reconstruction Hospital
Mayor Curley appeals for public funds to equip a Reconstruction Base hospital on Parker Hill Roxbury costing 12000 dollars. Dr Elliott Brackett will oversee, with treasurer Charles S Rackemann at 75 Ames Building Boston.
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Boston
War Hospital
Parker Hill
Roxbury
Curley
Newton D. Baker
Kean
American Red Cross Society
Joel ©. Goldthwait
Iker Hill
Robert Bent Brigham Hospital
Elliott G. Brackett
Chee
Charles S. Rackemann
Ames Building
Gypsy Queen’s Tent Treasure Seized in Woburn Raid
Police raided the Gypsy camp on New Boston street finding sacks of gold pieces and bags of cash totaling at least 9100. Mrs. Mock and Gypsy Johnson claimed ownership of the money, with further search yielding an additional 8500 in the pillow stash. Both sides agreed on divisions and bail jewelry as compensation.
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Woburn
Johnson
Dennié l. Sullivan
New Boston Street
Queen's
Mrs. Mock
Britannica War Volume to Chronicle Global Conflict and Its Aftermath
The new Britannica War Volume will provide a complete, unbiased account of the war, its origins, tactics, and innovations, plus its global economic impacts. It will cover postwar results, advances in industry and science, and new discoveries, aiming to outpace ongoing events and publish soon after peace.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica
Media Britannica
P. S
Cambridge University
Ship hull shield aims to make ships anti torpedo proof
New York May 22 Hudson Maxim announced a device designed to render ships immune to submarine torpedoes. The system surrounds the hull with solid material and could be added to existing vessels at modest cost and with a minor beam enlargement.
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New York
Hudson Maxim
Brooklyn
Gvernment
Reciprocity Club Elects Its Officers in Boston Event
Luther C. Greenleaf was elected president of the Boston Section Reciprocity Club of America at a monthly dinner and officer election held at the Hotel Bellevue. New officers include George R. Fisher as vice president Henry A. Shepard as treasurer Milo H. Young as clerk and several directors and committee members.
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Luther C. Greenleaf
Boston
Food price powers eyed in wartime measures
Congress moves quickly on administration food bills to curb hoarding and waste. The plan authorizes the president to set standards and prices, license distribution, regulate exchanges, and take action against hoarding and profiteering while linking to war taxation and prohibition proposals.
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Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Lever
Exchanges
Boards of Trade
United States
Sénate
Gore
Senate Agriculture Committee
Boston telegram seeks quick food price relief from Hoover
Former Representative Thomas J. Giblin of East Boston sent a telegram to Herbert Hoover urging immediate steps to loosen food speculator hold and reduce costs. He cites deplorable Boston conditions with thousands of cases of eggs and butter stored, sugar and meats in storage, and hungry children affecting future health and wages.
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Thomas J. Giblin
Boston
Herbert C. Hoover
Telephone Bills Variable In Certain Directions
Commission reveals wide divergences in reduced rate telephones with First Parish Church Cambridge named among favored churches. Attendees hear of fluctuating cuts from 10 to 33 percent and debates over charity versus public costs as Rhode Island and Massachusetts Y M C A units receive reductions.
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Telephone Company
MacLean
Commission
Cambridge
William W. O'Brien
Telephone Bureau
M. B. Jones
Brockton
Meaney
Boston
Rhode Island
Massachusets
Clarence McDavatt
Macleod
McDavitt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Hebrew Loan Association
Worcester
Newton
Jones
Williams Named Head of the Royal Arcanum
Samuel N. Hoag wins supreme secretary post as Williams succeeds him and moves from Mt. Vernon New York to Chicago. Williams, a longtime Arcanian leader, Chicago Bar Association member, and law lecturer born in Bryan Ohio, studied at Lake Forest University.
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Samuel N. Hoag
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Williams
Arcanian Order
Knights of Pythias
Chicago Bar Association
Bryan
Lake Forest University
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Regent Issue Statement on Royal Arcanum Case
Supreme Regent Williams issues a formal statement on the Royal Arcanum case now before U S courts. He notes the organization’s nationwide impact with about nine million members and roughly ten billion dollars at stake and affirms the order’s strength and sound financial basis. The message emphasizes delivering facts to members while avoiding comment on merits under advisement.
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Supreme
Williams
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Royal Arcanum
Jim Vaughnie Bonus Tied to 20-Game Mark by Chicago Club
The Chicago club offers Jim Vaughnie a $1000 bonus if he wins 20 games this season. The note highlights the challenge of pitching near perfect games while still losing.
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Jim Vaughnie
Chicago
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Order
Widows’ and Orphans
Supreme Council
Franklin Aubrecht
L. R. Giesenberg
Pennsylvania
Robinson
W. Holt Apgar
Trenton
William F. McConnell
THE
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Ipswich
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Portland Sts
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