House guest of Poincare luncheon in Paris
President and Madame Poincaré hosted a luncheon in Paris with Colonel E. M. House and Mrs. House as Wilson’s representatives. Attending guests included the Japanese ambassador Madame Matsui and other high dignitaries from Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Belgium Serbia Greece Portugal and France as well as Marshal Joffre and Henri Bergson.
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Paris
Poincarre
E. M. House
Wilson
House
Matsui
Bonin Songare
Sharp
Margaret Wilson
Earl of Derby
Venizelos
Vesnitch
Whittlesey to Return Home in Mid November
Pittsfield reports Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, leader of the lost battalion, is to come home in mid November. The information arrived by cablegram to his mother Mrs. Frank R. Whittlesey of Pomeroy avenue today.
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Pittsfield
Charles W. Whittlesey
Argonne
Frank R. Whittlesey
Pomeroy Avenue
British casualties reported for week totals 27648
London dispatch shows week ending today with British casualties 27 648. Breakdown lists killed or died of wounds officers 359 men 6084 wounded or missing officers 922 men 20283. The figures reflect the heavy toll among service members.
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London
Army Camp Devens Echoed With False Armistice Jubilation
Nov 7 at Devens soldiers and officers celebrated a false report of German armistice signing. Rumor spurred cheers and parades as units awaited official confirmation at division headquarters. celebrations continued late into the evening despite no confirmation.
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Devens
Plans to add barracks vetoed by secretary
The secretary vetoed plans to add barracks at the camp to reach 45 000 accommodations at a cost of 750 000 and 1000 workers. Training will continue until peace is achieved, no furloughs or releases. Second Lieutenant William A Flaherty has been commissioned to H Company of the 101st Infantry. Major B C Clark cut his Republican opponent’s margin in Iowa’s third district from 7000 to 1000 after moving into the district three years ago.
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William A. Flaherty
Boston
801St Infantry
H Company
101St Infantry
Norman Harrower
76Th Division
Lieutenant Toole of Jamaica Plain Killed in France
First Lieutenant Charles Morton Toole of 68 Weld Street Jamaica Plain was reported killed in action in France on September 30. A sergeant’s letter confirmed the loss. Toole was a 1917 Suffolk Law School graduate and had trained at Plattsburg before joining the 107th Field Battalion Signal Corps in the Second Division.
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Charles Morton Toole
Weld Street
Jamaica Plain
France
Toole
Agassiz Grammar School
Mechanic Arts High School
Lowell Institute
Suffolk Law School
Plattsburg
107Th
Signal Corps
Cardians Heart Tonic Advertisement
Thousands advised to test Cardians for heart and circulation issues. Send name and address to The Cardiani Company in East Hampton Connecticut with six cents to receive a 50 cent bottle of Cardiam (30 doses) by Parcel Post, free of further obligation. Claims include rapid symptom relief and toning after illness.
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Cardiani Company
Dept. B
East Hampton
Conn
Builder Sues Woman in Balm Case for Damages
Arthur B. Douse of Dorchester sues Aileen Fisher of South Bend Ind for $5 damages for alienation of his wife’s affections. Mrs Douse sues for divorce on cruelty and abuse and lives in Back Bay with their 10 year old son while Douse stays with his 16 year old son in Dorchester.
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Arthur B. Douse
Dorchester
Aileen Fisher
South Bend
Ind
Concert for War Work Drive at Symphony Hall Sunday
Former Governor Lake of Connecticut and a member of the French high commission will speak Sunday evening at a musical for the united war work drive directed by the Boston College Alumni Sodality at Symphony Hall. Arthur Hackett tenor will sing patriotic selections. The radio school band will play. The drive opens Monday at the college with a rally led by Colonel Park and Rev. William Murphy S J.
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Lake
Connecticut
French High Commission
Boston College Alumni Sodality
United War Work
Symphony Hall
Arthur Hackett
Bafia
Colonel Park
William Murphy
S. J
Cardinal O Connell Praises Nurses and War Leaders
Cardinal O Connell lauded the nurses who served during the influenza outbreak in a Governor's office address. He commended Emergency Public Health Committee leaders Henry B Endicott and associates for wartime work and credited women with heroic sacrifices in a state-wide effort. Lieutenant Governor Coolidge backed the tribute and highlighted the nurses as the principal drivers of the success.
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Cardinal O’connell
State House
Emergency Public Health Committee
Coolidge
Henry B. Endicott
The
Public Safety Committee
Nathaniel Thayer
F. §. Meade
New England
Adams
Hancock
Endicott
Coollidge
Lieutenant Governor aided by Adjutant General Ster
The Lieutenant-Governor received assistance from Adjutant-General Ster during a formal ceremony, with Ster coordinating the official reception and related duties at the event.
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Ster
Harvard Captain Hamilton Coolidge Killed in Aircraft Action
Captain Hamilton Coolidge son of J Randall Coolidge of Boston and former Harvard football player died October 27 when his plane was shot down near Grand Pre by German fire. He had just received a promotion from first lieutenant five days earlier and was protecting the Briquenay bombing expedition. His body lies in the American cemetery at the edge of the Argonne forest.
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Ham” Coolidge
Hamilton Coolidge
Harvard University
J. Randall Coolidge
Boston
Grand Pre
Coolidge
Briquenay
Argonne Forest
Candy boxing size rule rescinded by Massachusetts official
Henry Endicott the Massachusetts food administrator removed the lid on candy box size, lifting the not more than one pound limit. The earlier order had restricted packages over one pound from 25,000 dealers, but the new rule allows purchase in boxes of any size.
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Henry
Endicott
Massachusetts
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