Statesmen as waiters at Boston Massachusetts convention
Springfield Oct 5 The Republican State convention faces a split over whether to adopt straight resolutions condemning LaFollette or accept a negative committee report A Massachusetts club resolution to unseat LaFollette stirs debate The banquet features waiters as statesmen while Lodge and Slatfield oversee the head table The platform prioritizes support for US armed forces and omits old age pensions or health care initiatives Governor McCall supports old age pensions and health insurance but declines firm platform edits before the convention
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Springfield
LaFollette
Committee On
Massachusetts
Senate
Ia Follette
Union
Kimball
Massachusetts Republican Club
Slatfield
Republican State Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Germany
McCall
Washburn
People Party
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Advertise Breath Relief
The ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild replacement for calomel that purges gently and purifies the system. It claims relief from bad breath, notes a vegetable formula with olive oil, and urges taking one or two nightly for a week. Prices are 1c and 25c per box from all druggists.
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Edwards
F. Edwards
Brookline High takes field after brief suspension
Six Brookline High School football players were barred from the team by Principal Winfred Akers after they escorted the Brookline national army quota to the depot. In a conference that afternoon the principal reversed the decision and allowed them to play Haverhill High School that day. The barred players included Captain Putman, Ibb, Archie Ridley, Plaisted, Johnson, Nickerson, and E Barker.
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Brookline High School
Haverhill High School
Winfred Akers
Brookline National Army
Putman
Ibb
Archie Ridley
Plaisted
Ll. Johnson
Nickerson
E. Barker
Australian Enlistments Reach 306000 Men
London dispatch reports total enlistments of Australian forces now stand at 306000 men. The figure reflects ongoing manpower mobilization during the war period.
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London
March into Ayer Camp with Cheer
1500 Boston soldiers marched from the murky North Station trainshed to Camp Devens in rain and mud. They entered the cantonment singing and smiling despite a dreary day, joining 5460 Massachusetts troops beginning army life.
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Camp Devens
North Station
Sons of
Boston
Ayer
New England
Massachusetts
Departure fuels a nation’s new camp at Devens
A train of recruits leaves for Camp Devens amid mixed emotion as families and friends bid farewell at the station. Engineers sound their whistles and the riders cheer, while newcomers settle into barracks rooms facing sleet and cold rain, seeking warmth and a sense of home with veterans and fellow troops.
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Camp Devens
Boston Seventeenth Regiment Ships Out In Moving Farewell
Boston youths formed the second forty percent selected for the citizen army yesterday. They left North Station amid police lines and tearful partings as anxious mothers sisters and friends waved farewell hoping their sons would be seen and understood by the crowd.
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North Station
Boston
Ayer
Mary Moore
Citizen Army
Boston Sends 1600 Soldiers to Berlin Amid Rain and Farewells
Thousands gathered in drizzle as Boston drafted men boarded two troop trains bound for Ayer camp and Berlin. Mayor Curley said farewell. Red Cross volunteers fed and comforted the departing soldiers while bands played patriotic tunes and local divisions formed at stations.
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Boston
Berlin
Curley
Roxbury
Washington
The
Red Cross
Back Bay
Ayer
North Station
Samuel Mixter
Curtis Guild
Frank Williams
Alexander McGregor
Randolph Appleton
Clapp
Sprague
South Station
Cape
Boston Red Cross Chapter
J. Montgomery Sears
Nathaniel Bowditch
Charles H. Hiske, Jr
Alice Thorndike
Elizabeth Choate
Henry Wheeler
Hi. J. Bradlee
Division 8
Beacon Street
Charlestown
British advance steady at Ypres front in Flanders
British forces held all positions won on Thursday along the eight mile Ypres front in Flanders and prepared for another assault as Field Marshal Haig’s troops consolidated the gains and readied for a renewed push when suitable.
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Ypres
Flanders
Field Marshal Haig
British Break German Attacks. 4446 Prisoners Taken
News from the front reports British counterattacks interrupt German advances with heavy casualties on both sides. The British captured 4446 prisoners including 114 officers, while Verdun and Champagne artillery duels continue and Petain’s forces repulse German assaults. Romanian front activity resumes with Teutonic allies moving to restore the line. Italian gains on Monte San Gabriele noted with losses.
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Verdun
Champagne
Petain
Romania
Radautz
Buze
Vienna
Monte San Gabriele
Gotizia
Motherhood Joy: Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound Helps Childless Women
A Poplar Bluff Missouri woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling pregnancy. She writes she and her husband had desired a child and after using the remedy she is now mother to a baby girl and performs household tasks. The letter cites many similar success stories.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Poplar Bluff
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrs
Allin B. Timmons
Almond St
Manchesters North Shore Scheme Spoofed by Valet
W Donald Dutilly a Rhode Island native rose from servant to stage dreamer in Manchester-by-the-Sea. He forged ties with Madame Yorska and Mrs Mitchell to stage a benefit production of The Heart of France at Horticultural Hall. Yorska backed him briefly, posters spread the tale, and the plan included war benefit shows and a chance for Dutilly to appear opposite the famed star.
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Dutilly
Madame Yorska
France
Mitchell
Manchester-by-the-Sea
W. Donald Dutilly
Arctic Centre
Rhode Island
Psi Upsilon
Institute of Technology
Beacon Street
Boston
Sarah Bernhardt
Divine Sarah
Palace Theatre
New York
Fraternity House
Hollis Theatre
Boston Opera House
Post
Madame Bernhardt
Park Theatre
Yorska
Bcard
Hotel Touraine
Knickerbocker
Bernhardt
Tit
Selwyn
Manchester
Smart
North Shore
Madame
Walter J. Mitchell
Horticultural Hall
North Shore Horticultural Society
Gas masks used at two alarm blaze in Cann's Sea Grill
Firefighters battled a two alarm blaze that damaged Cann's Sea Grill and a Canal Street building, estimated at 15 000 dollars. Gas masks were used, marking the second time in Boston fire history that they were employed.
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Cann’s Sea Grill
Canal Street
Boston
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Robert L. Norton
Lodge
Brookline Boys
Ayer Camp
Herbert L. Baldwin
Seshani
Ciey
Devens
Mrs. Guild
North End
Hyde Park
City Hall
America
Siidrug
North Shore Society
Yorika
Armand
Mme. Bernhardt
Camille
Majestic Theatre
LEMP
ST. Louis
Cerva
C. B. Smith & Bro
Boston, Mass
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