Women Suffrage Leaders Meet President to Push Federal Amendment
Carrie Chapman Catt and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw led suffrage advocates to the White House urging President Wilson to back a federal constitutional woman suffrage amendment in his forthcoming message to Congress. Also notes a letter from Top Sergeant Frederick E. Wallace describes ambulance corps air raid experiences in France.
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Washington
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
White House
Wilson
Congress
France
Frederick E. Wallace
Boston
Suffragists Report Positive White House Meeting
Mrs. Catt and other suffragists left the White House pleased after a 45 minute discussion. They said the President listened with interest and asked questions as they urged passage of a federal suffrage amendment in the 65th Congress. The group noted the President’s sincere support and readiness to aid their campaign.
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White House
New York
Belmont protests to Wilson over treatment of suffragists
Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont, leader of the National Woman's Party in New York, sends a telegram to President Wilson as chairwoman of 6000 New York voters. She denounces the alleged forcible feeding of Alice Paul Rose Winslow and comrades jailed in Washington as persecution by the administration and a danger to democratic ideals.
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New York
C. H. P. Belmont
National Woman’s Party
Wilson
Alice Paul
Rose Winslow
Washington
Queen Liliuokalani’s Condition Worst, Physician Says
Honolulu reports former Queen Liliuokalani remains critically ill with little chance of recovery as of today per her attending physician. The note underscores the gravity of her health and the uncertainty surrounding her prognosis.
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Liliuokalani
Honolulu
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Clear Skin
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle effective substitute for calomel to cleanse blood bowels and liver. It asserts the tablets reduce pimples bad breath and dullness, with a purely vegetable formula available in 10c and 25c boxes.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Face Paint Tabooed Remove Skin Instead
Dolly Madison recalls a past taboo on face painting for women and argues against artificial beauty. The piece promotes mercolized wax as a natural alternative, claiming it rejuvenates skin and fades freckles pimples chaps moth patches and liver spots.
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Dolly Madison
Boston Soldier Pen Portrait and Frontline Letters
A Boston sergeant, son of W. F. Wallace of Crosscup Printing, recalls life in Haverhill and training in Boston. He details ambu lance service in France, trenches, shelling, and a cam ouflage unit interview in Paris, plus a large parade of 7000 troops in Shirley and a German love letter found by French officers.
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Sergeant Wallace
W. F. Wallace
Crosscup Printing Company
Atlantic Avenue
Haverhill
Newbury Street
Boston
Joseph de Camp
Ernest le Major
Massachusetts Normal Art School
United States Army
Wallace
Paris
Army
Maximalists' Coup Called Toy Revolt in Memphis
A. J. Sack, director of the Russian information bureau in New York, described the seizure of the Russian government by the Maximalists as a toy revolt. He said only a few fanatics and their provocateurs and German spies supported a separate peace. Sack predicted that allied aid could help Russia reorganize her armies to fight Germany next spring.
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Memphis
Tenn
A. J. Sack
Russian Information Bureau
New York
Russia
Aginst Germay
A German Wife Letter Found at Ayer Camp Devens
A letter from Germany found at Camp Devens near Ayer Camp Infantry on review reveals a wife urging her husband to remain true to his country and expresses hope for postwar unity between nations. The message preserves personal sentiments amid wartime contexts.
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Germany
Gustave Bognon
Paul Perigord
Washington
Bognon
Kaiser's Land
Ayer Camp
Ayer
Camp Devens
Soldiers reviewed as 151st Infantry brigade forms at Devens
At Camp Devens Major General Harry Foot Hodges addressed fond parents after the first formal review of the 151st Infantry brigade at Shirley. The brigade includes the 301st and 302d regiments and a machine gun battalion, totaling nearly 7000 men.
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Devens
Sam
Division
Harry Foot Hodges
151St Infantry
Shirley
Boston
Temple preacher starts five Sunday talks on faith points
The Rev. William M. Gilbert pastor of the First Methodist Church Beacon Hill will begin tomorrow night a series of five Sunday talks titled Five Points Where Hebrew Catholic and Protestant Agree. In the morning he will preach on Spirit of Our Fathers.
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William M. Gilbert
First Methodist Church
Temple Street
Beacon Hill
United Improvement Association President resigns amid political rift
John E. Macy resigns as head of the United Improvement Association after a faction endorsing Mayor Curley for re election triggers a crisis. Treasurer Frank W. Merrick says the group must repudiate the vote and return to a non political basis or risk dissolution. City government allies are named as participants in the drive and the dispute grows.
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John E. Macy
The
United Improvement Association
Frank W. Merrick
Curley
United Association
Merrick
Macy
Slattery
President Macy's Resignation Claims Political Overreach
Macy asserts the United Improvement Association was improperly pressured by city employees seeking political gain. Patrick McCue defends Curley endorsement as lawful and says the meeting was not adjourned. Macy's letter emphasizes the group's nonpartisan stance and independence from politics amid internal power moves.
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Macy
Patrick McCue
Meeting House Hill Improvement Association
Curley
United Improvement Association
Asso
Jewelry Workers Strike in North Attleboro
The North Attleboro Jewelry Workers Union of 1400 members voted to strike for Monday next after manufacturers refused an eight hour day and overtime premium. The walkout would be the first in the local jewelry industry's history.
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North Attleboro
North
Rockwood Announces Candidacy in Cambridge
Cambridge Mayor Wendell D. Rockwood launches his bid for re election outlining his administration’s results, aims, and accomplishments. He cites the resignation of the public safety commissioner and the creation of separate police and fire departments with experienced leaders as validation of his judgment.
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Wendell D. Rockwood
Cambridge
Rockwood
Commissioner of Public Safety
Police
Fire
Mayor Rockwood seeks re election after two years as city leader
Mayor Rockwood ends his campaign statement claiming two years as mayor demanded his full time and that he has run the city impartially and economically since December 1915 under the new charter. He argues his record is not perfect but shows unwavering devotion to city interests.
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Rockwood
Boston Food Warehouse Guard Urged Navy Aid and Night Patrols
Victor A Heath reports a Boston food warehouse holding 14 million dollars in supplies for soldiers with only one guard. He calls for Navy protection and harbor searchlights. The Hoover mass meeting at Dorchester High School also covered contagious-disease reporting and safety plans. Mrs. James A Gookin chaired the Dorchester women’s food committee meeting. The Commonwealth Pier band played and Bobby Burns sang patriotic tunes.
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Boston
Victor A. Heath
Boston Public Safety Committee
Hoover
Dorchester High School
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Mr. Heath
Navy Departent
Public Safety Committee
City Hospital
James A. Gookin
Dorchester
Boston Women’s Food Conservation Committee
Commonwealth Pier
Bobby’’ Burns
Rate Boost May Cover Nation as Railroads Seek Hearing
Western railroads re entered the 15 per cent rate increase case and arranged with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a December 17 hearing on an application to seek a general rate hike of an unspecified amount.
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Washington
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern roads seek 15 percent rate boost in national rail case
The case before the commission includes Eastern roads asking 15 percent higher rates and Southern roads may soon join. The move aims to offset higher labor material and supply costs. Independent oil interests oppose increases arguing it would harm competition with Standard Oil which controls pipelines and stations.
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Examiner Disque
Standard Oil Company
Tenney to be Retained on District Appeals Board
A. B. Tenney of the district 5 appeal board will be retained as a member despite being called to special duty at the ordnance department in Washington. Governor McCall has sanctioned the move.
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A. B. Tenney
District 5 Appeal Board
Ordnance Department
Washington
McCall
Man Credits Dean's Kidney Pills for Cure
James F McCarthy of Medford court recounts March 1916 kidney trouble with backache and frequent urination. After one box of Dean's Kidney Pills his kidneys normalized and back strengthened. He later affirmed no kidney issues since his earlier endorsement, calling the cure permanent.
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Chas. A. Hofmann
Bartlett St
Dean
James F. McCarthy
Medford Court
McCarthy
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