Greater Boston Boys Saved From Finland
Three Greater Boston youths were rescued from life boats of the torpedoed transport Finland and reported safe at an European port. The survivors are Joseph Weeks Jr of Dorchester Daniel A Prescott of Medford and Arthur Nelson Brine of Boston.
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Greater Boston
United States
Finland
Joseph Weeks, Jr
Florida Street
Dorchester
Daniel A. Prescott
Summer Street
Medford
Arthur Nelson Brine
Boston
Letters From War Fronts Tell Of Dangerous Last Ride
Mrs. Prescott awaits official word as Daniel Prescott writes Oct 8 about a night ride to the front in a motor truck with six drivers. Some became stuck in mud, cheese and beans caused illness, and the group faced hazards before torpedoed transport.
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Washington
Prescott
Daniel
France
Joseph Weeks
Dorchester High School
New Haven Railroad
Brine
James W. Brine Company
Devonshire Street
Boston
Arlington
American Ambulance Field Service
Bride's Cousin Held in Murder of 10 Day Bride
In Richmond Virginia Mrs Thomas L Walker a bride of ten days died after saying a Negro attacked her with a razor. Her cousin J B Smelley age two in Mecklenburg county was arrested on suspicion of the murder. He says he can prove an alibi.
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Richmond
Thomas L. Walker
J. B. Smelley
Mecklenburg County
Smelley
Fixed steel prices set by War Industries Board
Washington November 5. Maximum prices in cold rolled steel pipe scrap sheets wire and tin plate were approved by President Wilson. Prices follow figures in a board producers agreement and apply to all government allied and public transactions with revision possible January 1, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Industries Board
Steel Producers
Wilson
Iron and steel firms set new fixed finished-product prices
Basic prices and fixed finished-product prices are set for iron and steel items under War Industries Board review. Prices apply to sheets pipes scrap iron plain wire tin plate and galvanized sheets with fob Pittsburg terms and specific per hundred pound or per gross ton amounts.
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War Industries Board
F. O. B. Pittsburg
F.o. B. Pittsburg
B. Pittsburg
F. O.b. Pittsburg
Bessemer
Gillette Razar Co Declares Dividend in 1917 Outlook
The Gillette Safety Razor Co directors declare a quarterly dividend of 1.75 per share payable December 1 to holders of record November 15. From Sept 20 to Nov 1 net earnings are 665970.65. The firm expects 1917 sales around 1,000,000 razors and 100,000,000 blades with unfilled orders for 76,000 razors and 145,000 dozen blades. Boston and Montreal plants run overtime at 5400 razors and 40,000 blades daily. VP Fahey notes planned improvements for both factories.
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Gillette Safety Razor Company
Boston
Montreal
Frank J. Fahey
Mollie the Watchman Cat Guards Sisters in Boston
Gladys Fe Jeffers recalls a gray tabby named Mollie who refused to go out and alerted a gas-filled nursery. The cat trotted to the nursery door and alerted the family, saving her two baby sisters at 25 Holyoke Street, Boston.
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Mollie
Gladys FE. Jeffers
Holyoke Street
Boston
Teddy the Marlboro Cat Charms Family Each Morning
Mrs Mary E Copeland of 108 East Main Street Marlboro sends a photo and notes Teddy a six year old cat who never scratches, enjoys olive oil for fur balls, jumps onto her shoulder at breakfast, purrs and rolls to show affection, and scratches at the bedroom door each morning to wake them.
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Mary E. Copeland
East Main Street
Marlboro
Topsy the cat with 60 kittens remembered in Jamaica Plain notice
Mrs Hartley of 24 Centre Place Jamaica Plain writes about her cat Topsy a long valued house cat now ten years old. Topsy mothered 6 kittens three of whom survive and each has eight offspring. The cat is affectionate bold and perceptive guarding the home and recognizing family and neighbors including the fishman and her owner's husband.
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Mrs. Hartley
Centre Place
Jamaica Plain
Captain Bob the Patrol Boat Cat of Me
Captain Bob a light red cat born at Saddle Back Light Me joined Patrol Boat 599. He charms the cook, swims to the cook when left behind, and responds to calls by whistle or handclap. He loves fish, sits up like a bear to eat, and sometimes plays possum when held. Paul I Paulsen Rockland Me signs the note.
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Bob
Saddle Back Light
Paul I
Paulsen
Rockland
Seven Ladies Help a Sick Black Kitten
One summer afternoon seven ladies sewing in a yard feed and pet a sick thin black kitten. A question arises who will keep the cat and one woman answers with reluctance that they already have one.
Cat Draws Parallel Of Neighbors In Somerville Note
In West Somerville, Mrs. Nettie L. Cunningham notes seven neighbors by trade as she and other women coax a stray kitten to choose a home. The cat, sleeping at doors, becomes a mirror of the block with a chauffeur, schoolteacher, meat seller, tailor, market man, station agent, and organist among the husbands.
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Cat
Banks
Good
Drew
Glover
Cummings
Collins
Evans
Mr. Cummings
Nettie L. Cunningham
Hancock Street
West Somerville
Tootsie Dot the mouser cat with daily hunts and loyal taps
Six year old Tootsie Dot, a black silky furred cat owned by Mrs Walter L Hamilton of Holyoke, has long been a faithful mouser. She brings in field mice daily and comes in at noon and when the husband drives up in his car. She once needed teeth extracted at Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston and cried only during the root extraction. She wakes the household at 5 each morning and enjoys outdoor time, with a strong bond to her family.
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Tootsie Dot
Tootsie
Angell Memorial Hospital
Boston
Walter L. Hamilton
Norwood
Terrace
Holyoke
Old Colony Requisition Ends New England Steamship Run
The Eastern Steamship Company confirms the Old Colony will be taken for overseas service under government orders. The last Boston departure will be Friday November 9 and the final New York to Boston trip on Saturday November 10. The move follows earlier requisitions of the Bunker Hill Massachusetts and other boats, ending this arm of the line. Business travelers face winter disruption as the service shuts down.
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Old Colony
Metropolitan
Eastern Steamship Company
Austin
Boston
New York
Metropolitan Line
Astern
Eastern Steamship Lines
Bunker Hill
Massachusetts
Eastern Steamship Line
Guards Around Archbishop Ireland’s Residence After Parish House Explosion
Guards protected Arch bishop Ireland’s home and other Catholic leaders as police probed yesterday’s blast that wrecked St. Agnes Church parish house. Investigators suspect a pro-German motive tied to wartime pastoral letters. threats reportedly reached Father Anthony Ogalin, pastor of St. Agnes, whose largely German parishioners have received such messages over eight months.
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Ireland
St. Agnes’ Church
Anthony Ogalin
St. Agnes
Hood's Sarsaparilla Peptiron and Hood's Pills Ad
An advertisement promotes a triple combination for blood nerves and liver cleansing. Hood's Sarsaparilla markets as a premium blood purifier and appetite aid, Peptiron as a tonic, and Hood's Pills as a laxative for biliousness and constipation. It urges readers to use all three or the single needed product.
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Hood
Governor to Receive Returns at Park Square Theatre
Governor McCall will receive his election returns at Park Square Theatre tonight. He will sit in a box and have returns read from the stage after each act. Fred E. Wright, manager, will host and arrange arrangements for the readings during the opening performance of The Grass Widow.
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McCall
Park Square Theatre
Imposing Cast Brings Louis A. Hirsch Work to Life
A Louis A Hirsch production staged by Madison Corey features a notable cast led by Natalie Alt, George Marion, Victor Morley, Robert Emmet Keane, and Emma Janvier with many others in a vivid theatrical showcase.
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Louis A. Hirsch
Madison Corey
Natalie Alt
George Marion
Victor Morley
Robert Emmet Keane
Emma Janvier
Coal Saver Proposed to State and City Leaders
A coal saving system was proposed yesterday to the State conservation committee and to Mayor Curley. The plan claims a third to a quarter of the nation's coal could be conserved through its adoption.
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State Conservation Committee
Curley
New Coal Saver Aids Fel lowship House in Waltham
Mrs Alice May Cole of New York, former wife of Colonel Edwin Quincy Cole, notes coal saver attachments to boiler regulators. State and city engineers will decide on adoption after investigation. The device, offered four years ago to Fellowship House, saved over a quarter of coal and about 4000 dollars.
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Alice May Cole
New York
Edwin Quincy Cole
Lexington Minute Men
Fellowship House
Waltham
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Arthur N. Brine
United States Transport Service
Bride
Heldin
Lyon
Lyons and Zeeman
Lyon Brand
America
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Gillette Razor CO
Brand Hand
POST
Boston Post
The
Post Boston
Sunday Post
Francis H. Rowley
8. P
H. GC
Evil TV Act
Teddy
Topsy
St. Paul
Park Square
Paine
Jia
Tare Ros
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
Bevo
Navy
Anheuser -Busch
ST. Louis
S. S. Pierce CO
Mass
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