Naval unit chiefs shift as Rodgers takes command
Rear Admiral John A. Rodgers becomes commander of both Harvard and Tech naval units. He oversees about 800 Crimson and Tech naval students training for officers schools in the first naval district. Headquarters will be in the Harvard Crimson building on Plympton Street Cambridge, the new facility inspected yesterday and to be officially taken over today.
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John A. Rodgers
Harvard
Tech
First Naval District
Admiral Rodgers
Harvard Crimson
Plympton Street
Cambridge
Dr True’s Elixir Promises Flu Protection and Digestion Aid
An advertisement touts Dr True’s Elixir as a 67 year trusted vegetable tonic. It claims to ward off influenza or ease attacks, improve digestion, relieve constipation, boost appetite, and strengthen the system with no mineral drugs.
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J. F. True & Co
Auburn, Me
Spirit of 76 painter A M Willard dies at 81 in Cleveland
A M Willard painter of The Spirit of 76 died at his Cleveland home aged 81 from heart failure. The Civil War veteran came to Cleveland in 1873 from Wellington, left a daughter and son surviving, and his work hangs in Abbott Hall Marblehead. Harvard completes marine corps quota with 120 students enrolled for three month training before tech school and possible aviation track.
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Cleveland, CO
A. M. Willard
Willard
Philadelphia
J. H. Deveraux
Cleveland
Marblehead
Mass
Abbott Hall
Harry K. Deveraux
Grand Circuit
Wellington
Ohio
Harvard
Army Training Corps
N. W. Vedder
Cambridge
Marine School
Tech
Miami
Florida
Randolph Hall
Moneged Sons
Gold Coast
Allston Boy Wounded Twice in France Action
Harold W. Berry of Allston reports from Chateau Thierry that he was wounded twice with Battery B of the 1st Field Artillery yet remains eager to return to duty and says the flag will rise again from Berlin.
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Allston
Berlin
Harold W. Berry
Mechanic Street
1St Field Artillery
Chateau Thierry
Berry
Kaiser groan chorus drives Liberty Loan bond push
Motivational note urges readers to buy Liberty Loan bonds to support the war effort, framing the Kaiser’s groan as a consequence of financial backing. It promotes patriotic duty and public participation in the bond drive.
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Kaiser
Harvard Students Prep For Columbus Day Classes
Harvard defies an October promise of a holiday by ordering classes on Columbus Day for sections with under 50 students. Many students had plans and are displeased, but must attend to avoid trouble with the college office.
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Harvard
Woman Pleads Guilty To Fake Death Letter Plot
New York October 11 A young woman calling herself Martha Elizabeth Simmons 28 pleaded guilty in city court to writing a false letter to Mrs Nellie Estes widow of Judge Francis M Estes alleging her son Lt Stock ton M Estes was killed in action in France The letter bore a fictitious signature Simmons said she did it because Estes had controlled a plant from which her son was discharged She was held on 1000 bail pending an inquiry into possible German propaganda operations in New York aimed at undermining morale of war service families.
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New York
Martha Elizabeth Simmons
Nellie Estes
Francis M. Estes
Circuit Court of
Miss Simmons
Amherst ex police chief arraigned as Canada fugitive
Justin F. Carter former Amherst Nova Scotia police chief was arraigned before U S Commissioner Hayes as a fugitive from justice from the Dominion of Canada. He faces embezzlement charges of 191 dollars for the town of Amherst. Carter pleaded not guilty and was sent to East Cambridge jail for a week without bail. He was arrested by Deputy Marshal Bancroft at his sister in law’s Reading home.
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Justin F. Carter
Amherst
Nova Scotia
United States
Hayes
Dominion of Canada
Carter
East Cambridge
Marshal Bancroft
Reading
Dedham Roll of Honor Memorial Snapshot Request
Dedham’s Roll of Honor for World War I names 382 sailors and soldiers. The temporary memorial on Church and High streets may be replaced after the war. the Public Safety Committee organized its erection. The Boston Post invites towns to submit photos and details for publication to inspire similar tributes.
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Dedham
Civilization
Church
High Streets
Public Safety Committee
Post
New Zingland
Uncle Sam
Boston Post
Father O'Brien Dies at Hull
The Rev. Andrew J. O'Brien D D died at Hull yesterday afternoon at the parochial residence. He was professor of dogmatic theology at St John’s Seminary Brighton and summered here. Born in West Quincy he was the son of Mr and Mrs Michael F O'Brien and an alumnus of Willard School Adams Academy Boston College and the American College at Rome. He was ordained in Rome and appointed to the chair of dogmatic theology at the seminary after reporting to Cardinal O'Connell.
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Andrew J. O’brien
Hull
Father O’brien
St. John's Seminary
Brighton
West Quincy
Michael F. O’brien
Willard School
Adams Academy
Boston College
American College At
Rome
O’connell
Local Briefs Report Sudden Deaths and Local Notices
Delia A Mulvie died at 19 Lucas Street South End after sudden illness. Edward O Day was killed by a backing train at South Terminal yard. Massachusetts Reformatory Concord Junction to observe Columbus Day with yard access and an athletic program. Chelsea board president Hederson departs for Camp Lee VA for officer training. Healey appeals for jelly donations for grippe sufferers in East Boston. Game warden charged Avid Johnson for shooting birds. suspended $60 sentence. H Blewett & Sons bakery license suspended by Food Administration. Licenses revoked for A Cardaropolo and C Berry bakers for reporting failures.
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Edward O'Day
Washington Street
South Terminal
North
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord Junction
George F. Hederson
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Camp Lee
Petersburg
William C
Springfield
C. Berry
Ferry Street
Bakers
British Advance Southeast of Douai Seizes Iway and Fressies
British forces push toward Denain and northeast to Fressies after taking Iway, as Field Marshal Haig reports German withdrawals north of the Sensee River. The deep southward advance threatens German positions along the line.
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London
Douai
Denain
Iway
Field Marshal Haig
Fressies
Sensee
Four Juvenile Auto Thieves Nabbed After Stolen Car Run
Four youths, all minors, were arrested by Lexington police after abandoning a stolen car on the Great Road in Bedford. The vehicle belonged to Hervey Armington of Brookline. The boys, named O'Hare Arlington Painting Watertown Murphy Cambridge and McCoy Cambridge, gave alias identities. The Cambridge police say the names are fictitious and the youths have prior records.
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John C. Russell
James Irwin
Lexington Police
Great Road
Bedford
Hervey F. Armington
Brookline
Cambridge
William Kenney
Bedford Police
Cambridge Police
East Cambridge
Lexington
Joseph O'Hare
Arlington
Edward Painting
Albert Tressier
Watertown
John Murphy
Gerald Moore
Thomas McCoy
Paul Peterson
Doff Your Hat to Anthony Visconti
Boston’s prize patriot Anthony Visconti age 19 of 20 Cooper Street works at the navy yard and was born in the United States. He refused to fill out a draft questionnaire choosing to stamp I Wave Exemption in purple ink across page one, a marked act praised by officials.
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Boston
Anthony Visconti
Cooper Street
Navy Yard
Anthony
United States
Italy
City Hall
War Bond Drive Encourages Support for Liberty and Peace
The appeal urges readers to buy a war bond to undermine the German military system and safeguard lasting liberty and peace through financial support for the war effort.
Senate approves business tax plan in war revenue bill
The Senate finance committee revised the war revenue bill and approved a business or occupational tax. A $10 tax on anyone with gross receipts over $2500 was adopted, with farmers added to the taxable group after House exemptions were overturned. Amendments offering farmer relief would be considered later.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Tax measures pass and amend in House session
The committee accepted with changes tax provisions on brokers amusement venues and auto buyers while briefly sidelining capital stock taxes. A $100 broker tax was cut to $50 and stock exchange seats under $2000 become exempt. Theatres and circus seating taxes were approved and a $20 flat tax set for sight seeing cars seating over seven. A new $10 per passenger rate applies to two to seven seat public conveyances.
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Stock Exchange
Imposts on Tobacco Makers and Auto Taxes Adjusted
The legislature approved imposts on tobacco manufacturers without amendments. House taxes on new or used automobiles paid by the purchaser were cut by half. Electric auto tax dropped from five dollars per horsepower to two, and the weight tax reduced from 60 cents to two cents per ten pounds.
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House
No Trace of Mrs Clinton in Roxbury Drug Probe
Police at Back Bay report failure to locate Isabel Clinton of Beacon Street who fled a Roxbury court probation office arraignment on drug charges. Officers found drug paraphernalia at her Beacon Street home including morphine, heroin, hypodermic needles, syringes, bottles, spoons, and a letter from New York bearing three grains of morphine. Her husband is said to be in New York.
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Back Bay
Isabel Clinton
Beacon Street
Roxbury Court
New York
Matty
Beacon Street House
Clinton
Jumble Shop Aids French War Victims Opens in Boston
The Jumble Shop, supporting French war relief, opens Oct 31 at 365 Boylston St after Oct 15 accepts bric a brac and household goods. Managers Miss Fairbanks Mrs Talbot Aldrich and Miss Greeley seek public support to aid influenza relief and French sufferers.
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Boston
Boylston Street
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