Nurses Need Autos Public Asked to Donate Use of Cars
The Instructive District Nursing Association appeals for car donations at 661 Massachusetts Avenue to help visit influenza patients. With 3000 cases and only 200 nurses, cars will speed nurse and teacher visits. Autos report at the Cadets Armory Columbus Avenue and Ferdinand Street. State Guard members will direct volunteers.
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Instructive District Nursing Association
Massachusetts Avenue
Cadets Armory
Columbus Avenue
Ferdinand Street
State Guard
Epidemic of Grip Eases as Nurses Sought and Restrictions Tighten
Boston shows a continuing drop in influenza deaths with 144 total yesterday, raising hope for containment within one to two weeks. Officials extend theatre closures to Oct and keep saloons and other venues closed, while planning further hours changes to ease congestion and curb spread.
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Board of Health
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City
State, Electric and Steam Railroad and
Council Chamber
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The
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Stop Motion Picture Releases Amid Flu Epidemic
The National Association of Motion Picture Industries voted to halt all releases after October 15 due to Spanish influenza. The embargo lasts until further notice as public health officials report rising cases in Fitchburg Gardner and Leominster while Gloucester shows improvement. Officials urge nurses and supplies for Boston canteens and tents for relief, with possible postponement of the latest draft call amid parental concerns.
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William A. Brady
Association
Fitchburg
Pittsfield
Bernard W. Carey
Health Department
Gardner
Leominster
Quincey
Gloucester
Military Hospital
Lawrence
Carey
Margaret Pond
Faulkner Hospital
Boston
City Hall
Endicott
Emergency Public Health Committee
Washington
General Crozier
Northeastern Department
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts
Eugene R. Kelley
New England
Two New Quincy Cases Reported Amid Health Efforts
Quincy recorded only two new epidemic cases and two deaths yesterday as the Maryland State Hospital train departed for Baltimore to aid the outbreak fight. Dr Dunot thanked Mayor Whiton and local officials for their strong response and Quincy was praised for a top health card in the state.
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Quincy
Maryland State Hospital
Baltimore
Maryland
Dunot
Whiton
Chubbuck Street
Penn Street
Brockton Influenza Epidemic Declared Under Control
Brockton reports seven deaths and 82 new cases as the influenza epidemic is declared under control. A marked decrease is also noted across south shore districts.
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Brockton
South Shore
Noted jockey Willie Allen dies by own hand at Laurel
Willie Allen, a noted steeplechase jockey from Baltimore, killed himself in Laurel after an attempt to kill his wife. He had ridden for Captain Ral Parr for years. The coroner said Allen had been drinking and was not allowed to ride Shannon River yesterday, the horse that died when another jockey rode it.
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Laurel
Willie Allen
Allen
Ral Parr
Baltimore
Baldwin
Shannon River
Bond Appeal Pledges Funds With International Aim
A promotional line urges buying a bond to fund international impact, claiming every dollar guarantees a proactive step toward aiding global interests and signaling financial support for cross border initiatives.
Wife toed trips with employer sparks divorce case
Portland Me Oct 9 A wealthy Melrose Mass contractor Richmond F Hudson was accused by Clinton F E Jacobs of breaking up his home. Jacobs now of Yarmouth near Portland was granted a divorce from Grace F E Jacobs of Shelburne Falls Mass on grounds of infidelity.
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Portland
Richmond F. Hudson
Melrose
Mass
Clinton FE. Jacobs
Yarmouth
Grace FE. Jacobs
Shelburne Falls
Foreman Hudson Remains Accused in Portland Affair
In a Superior Court hearing Judge Lauren M. Sanborn heard Jacob s recount Hudson a Hudson foreman who worked on the federal road intrigues. Jacobs described Hudson courtship at her home then prolonged rides leading to warnings to stay away. Deputies testified to hotel registrations showing Hudson with a woman posing as his wife and matching Mrs Jacobs.
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Superior Court
Jacobs
Hudson
Mrs. Jacobs
Nan
Portland
Gerow
Lieutenant Defriez Dies in Camp at Camp Pike
Lieutenant Thaddeus C. Defriez of Brookline and Nantucket dies at Camp Pike Little Rock Ark influenza chief. He was formerly Sunday editor and editorial writer of the Boston Globe and had served with Troop B MV M. He leaves wife Grace Croll and two children Pauline and Ivins.
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aArk
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Boston Globe
Woburn
Harvard
The
Crimson
Boston Advertiser
Boston Record
Transcript
Globe
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A. Ivins Croll
Beacon Street
Manchester
Pauline Defriez
Ivins Defriez
French and Americans Effect a Junction at Argonne
Paris reports that American troops west of the Argonne forest joined French forces from the south near Cornay on the Aire River. The advance continued as heavy rains left roads miry. German divisions facing the Americans have largely been withdrawn and replaced by fresh troops.
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Argonne Forest
Cornay
Aire River
Argonne
Explosion Wrecks Aetna Benzol Plant at Heidelberg
An explosion destroyed the fusion building of the Aetna Chemical Company works at Heidelberg near Pittsburg. Officials reported no deaths or injuries several hours after the blast.
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Aetna Chemical Company
Heidelberg
Germans Give Up Cambrai In Frontline Retreat
Berlin dispatch quotes headquarters stating that on the Cambrai to St. Quentin front the Germans fell back to positions behind Cambrai. Minor fighting occurred in Champagne while renewed enemy attacks rose on both sides of the Meuse.
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London
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St. Quentin
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Squantum work to be held up today protest
Bethlehem Steel at the Squantum plant plans a work stoppage as 60 to 80 percent of its 6300 employees stay away to protest pay rates set by the Emergency Fleet Corporation award of April 6. Labor leaders warn the action may spread to the Fore River plant at Quincy after meetings at Vinnegan Hall Dorchester.
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Labor Adjustment Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fore River
Quincy
Vinnegan Hall
Dorchester
Bishop of Oxford to Speak on War
The Rev. Charles Gore bishop of Oxford England will speak on the Moral Aims of the War at the Federation of Churches meeting in Park Street Church Monday October 21 at 10 AM President Rev D D Addison will preside Several denominational ministers will cooperate by giving up their own sessions
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Charles Gore
Oxford
England
Federation of Churches
Park Street
D. D. Addison
Boston
Influenza Epidemic Spreads Widely Across the Nation
Spanish influenza now spread to nearly every region of the country. Reports to the public health service show epidemic conditions in Western and Pacific coast states and across the East. New cases in army camps rose again, with a higher count than the prior day.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Cambridge Faces Improving Influenza Situation
Cambridge reports a better flu situation with 120 new cases and 16 deaths yesterday. Emergency hospital at Merrill School has over 1 patient, eight tents set up. Blessed Sacrament Women's Club offers club house as convalescent home. Liberty Food Shop and Cambridge Neighborhood House provide hundreds of meals to the ill. Kaiser seeks peace and a Fourth Liberty Loan drive is urged.
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Cambridge
Emergency Committee
Board of Health
Merrill School
Blessed Sacrament Women's Club
Magazine Street
Liberty Food Shop
Homemade Pinex cough remedy promises fast relief
A household cough remedy blends 2% ounces of Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup or substitutes like honey or molasses. Marketed as a fast acting treatment for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma it claims to seal throat membranes and stop coughing in 24 hours with guaranteed satisfaction from The Pinex Co Ft Wayne Ind.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Munyon's Cold and Grippe Remedies Advised
Early symptoms such as watery eyes runny nose throat soreness or fatigue call for Munyon's 30c Cold Remedy and 30c Grippe Remedy. Take as directed to ease discharges and headache within hours and influenza symptoms within days. Munyon's offers free consultation from their Philadelphia laboratories.
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Munyon’s
Columbia Ave
Phila
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