Mrs. Florence Forbes Granted Divorce for Infidelity
Florence Adams Forbes, once a Dorchester kindergarten teacher and now a Springfield governess, was granted a divorce yesterday from Charles Sumner Forbes, a manufacturer, on the grounds of infidelity. The court noted the other woman as unknown, with the couple’s residences listed in Boston Brookline Cambridge Brighton Swampscott.
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Florence Adams Forbes
Dorchester
Springfield
Hammond
Charles Sumner
Forbes
Forbeses
Gainsboro Street
Boston
Webster Street
Brookline
Riverbank Court
Cambridge
Orkney Road
Brighton
Puritan Road
Swampscott
Wilson Asks Congress to Rush War Taxes
President urges rapid passage of a war revenue bill as Congress plans to fund coming expenses with about 40 percent of $20 billion from taxation. Kitchin leads Ways and Means in drafting the measure with hearings planned and aim to finish by fall.
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Wilson
Congress
President Urges Congress for Revenue to Fight War
The President pleads for extended session to enact tax measures needed to finance the war. He warns that delaying taxation into 1919 risks derailment of treasury management and war effort, urging definite action, funding plans, and unity beyond politics.
Tax plan targets incomes profits and luxuries
The President proposes new taxes mainly on incomes, excess profits and luxuries with profiteers to be reached. Congressional leaders expect the funding from these sources and announce public hearings by the House Ways and Means Committee in June to shape the bill with Senate Finance. Presentation to the House in July is seen as assured.
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Kitchin
Ways and Means
Treasury
House
Congress
Kitchn
Clark
Senate
Gillett
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Casualty list shows 19 Army losses from Washington report
The May 27 Army casualty list lists 19 names by category: 9 killed in action 4 died of wounds 1 died of disease 2 wounded severely 3 missing in action. Names include Corporal Milton Scarborough Ready Kentucky Private Alexander Garrett Oklahoma Private Eugene Oakes Wisconsin Private Walter Schutzman Louisiana and others across New York Illinois Michigan and more.
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Washington
Milton Scarborough
Childs
Lonnie Simpson
Ready
Alexander P. Garrett
Mangun
Oklo
Joseph Guffen
East Hampton
N. Y
James C. Holland
Villa Rica
Harvard Regiment Exhibition At Fresh Pond Trench
The Harvard Regiment completes its spring combat work this afternoon at 4 at the Fresh Pond trenches. More than 20 distinguished army officers, most retired, will observe the cadets in their latest warfare demonstrations shown to visiting professors of military science from New England and the mid Atlantic.
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Harvard Regiment
Fresh Pond
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Pet fire horse Blink collapses after long run
Blink the Engine 20 fire horse on Walnut street Neponset collapsed and died yesterday after a strenuous mile long run to Popes Hill street during an upgrade effort.
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Walnut Street
Neponset
Popes Hill Street
Casualty List Misses New England Again
For the second day in succession the official casualty list fails to mention any man from the New England division. Only New England figure is Private Charles W. Knowlton of Fairfield Connecticut in D Company 165th Infantry New York unit listed as missing in action.
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New England
Charles W. Knowlton
Fairfield, Conn
D Company
165Th Infantry
New York
Casualty report shows 26th Division resting after heavy fighting
The 26th Division, after weeks of heavy fighting with many dead wounded and missing, rests behind the lines or in a quiet sector. The official list reveals 19 names from 17 states. Private Charles W Knowlton of Fairfield Connecticut is listed as missing since May 4. He joined in New York City two years ago and moved from the 23d Infantry to the Fighting 69th now the 165th Infantry.
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Gothas
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Charles W. Knowlton
Fairfield
Conn
William H. Knowlton
New York City
69Th
165Th Infantry
Lve
Boston
Long Range Guns Resume Bombardment of Paris
Paris reports a fresh German long range artillery attack at 6 36 this morning resume the prior bombardment tied to the renewed German offensive. French guns had previously destroyed or damaged at least two of the huge pieces located over 70 miles from Paris.
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Paris
Picardy
Apienthe
Adamson’s Cough Balm Ad from Local Drugstore
An advertisement urges readers to purchase Adamson’s Cough Balm from nearby druggists claiming it cures coughs.
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Adamson
Germans Asked to Go Barefoot This Summer
The German press urges citizens to walk barefoot to conserve leather as a patriotic measure. A Essen newspaper explains the scarcity affects rich and poor and advocates going shoeless at home, in streets, at school, and in church.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Germany
Theinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
the Zeitung
Freezone Corn Remedy Ad Promises Instant Relief
An old promotional snippet touts Freezone for corns offering cheap treatment. It claims a drop stops pain immediately and allows removal with fingers, promising quick relief without humbug.
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