High school girl elopes with chauffeur in Massachusetts
Madeleine Perkins a Manchester High School freshman, 16, secretly wed Dana L. Reed 25, a chauffeur employed by her father Dr. Fred Perkins. The ceremony occurred last Saturday in Lynn Massachusetts. They plan to reside in Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Manchester
N. H
Madeleine Perkins
Dana L. Reed
Lynn
Mass
Manchester High School
Allan Woodman
Reed
Anna Hart
Fred Perkins
Hanover Street
Wilson Grammar School
Miss Perkins
George H. Libby
North Bennet Street School Opens Evening Trade Classes
The North Bennet Street Industrial School reopens its evening trade classes Monday offering larger opportunities for current workers and beginners. A new radio and telegraph operating class will serve war service entrants, with carpentry, house framing, cabinetmaking, cement and concrete construction, printing, sculpturing, and architectural modelling for men. Power machine operation is open to all, while women may study millinery and dressmaking to learn the trades and make their own clothes.
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North Bennet Street
Runaway Boy and Dog Reunited After Boston Transit Quest
Ten year old Edward Gaffney of Montello ran away with his dog Laddie after his father whipped the dog for stealing meat. Edward broke his piggy bank for 73 cents, rode trains and streetcars toward Boston, slept at North station, and was returned home after police intervened.
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Edward Gaffney
Montello
Boston
North Station
Chardon Street
Edward
Tello Station
Randolph
Paine
Eddie Gaffney
Laddie
Eddie
Funeral for Irving Stone in Lexington
The funeral for Irving Stone a former Lexington business leader and Salem alderman was held yesterday afternoon at his home 1 Eustis street Lexington. Rev Samuel C Bushnell of Arlington’s Pleasant Street Congregational Church led the service. Burial took place in Salem.
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Irving Stone
Lexington
Salem
Eustis Street
Samuel C. Bushnell
Pleasant Street
Arlington
Boston Recruits Defective 361st Regiment Marching Song
A wartime marching song fragment shows Boston recruits singing of moving from Ayer to Germany. The verse expresses readiness for duty on land or sea and national mobilization.
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Ayer
Germany
Army recruits fall short of fitness in Boston screening
CAMIP DEVENS Oct. 12 Nearly a quarter of national army recruits certified by Boston exemption boards were in questionable physical condition upon arrival. Army physicians refused to pass 858 men and officials estimated about 12 percent of Boston's recruits would be returned to civilian life as unfit for service.
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Camip Devens
National Army
Boston
Army
Boston Recruits Examined as 12 Percent Face Return to Civil Life
Captain Charles C Waller and assistants completed examinations of Boston recruits. Of 1920 men in the first 40 percent quota, 437 were in questionable shape and 197 were sent home. In the second 40 percent about 1600 reported with 421 in doubt, all rejected. Officials estimate roughly 12 percent may be returned to civilian life.
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Charles C. Waller
301St Infantry Regiment
Boston
England
Russia
France
Italy
United States
Vassar Girls Demonstrate Farm Skills At Eastern States Exposition
Five self reliant Vassar students showcased farm labor skills at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield. They plowed, harrowed, planted, milking four cows at once, and mowed hay to prove women can perform traditional farm tasks as well as men. The girls, part of the Home Bureau display, aim to boost female involvement in agriculture with daily demonstrations.
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Vassar
Springfield
Home Bureau
New England
East
James J. Storrow
Bianca Scheuer
Sandusky
Ohio
Atlantic Division
The
American Red Cross
New York City
Helen Garrett
Boston
Olga Pratt
Hartford
Vassar Students Help Run 74 Acre Farm Summer Project
A group of 12 Vassar College students assisted for eight weeks this past summer on the college farm in Poughkeepsie. They worked the 74 acre property, gaining hands on experience in agricultural operations and campus farming programs.
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Vassar
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Eleanor Weed
Washington, D. C
Harriet Miller
Korea
Olga Pratt
Hartford, Conn
Bianca Scheuer
Sandusky, O
Helen Garrett
Boston
What Boys at Ayer Will Wear This Winter
The government furnishes each man in the national army with the following outfit. Belt, woolen breeches, woolen coat, winter underdrawers, service hat, loggins, poncho, heavy over coat, olive drab flannel shirt, shoes, russet or field, three pairs cotton socks, three pairs light woolen socks, three winter under shirts.
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National Army
Westboro Blaze Traps Six Firemen Amid Evacuation Chaos
A large four story wooden Lace and Curtain Company building at East Main street in Westboro ignited and, driven by high winds, destroyed the Westboro Inn the Staples Block and nearby structures. Six Framingham firefighters were trapped when walls collapsed. Fire Chief Howard Fiske and Deputy Chief William F. Welsh were among the injured. A hundred onlookers aided in rescue as sparks threatened additional buildings and nearby gas facilities.
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Framingham Fire Department
Westboro Inn
Michael Dalton
Framingham Hospital
William F. Welsh
Thomas Barnicle
Fire at Westboro Inn Aftermath Leaves Guests Homeless
In a hotel fire end of the town, Raymond McDonald slipped on a wet roof and fractured his shoulder after bringing water to fight the blaze. His father Arthur McDonald suffered facial cuts from flying glass. Two lodgers failed to remove valuables, losing jewelry and heavy apparel, while guests endured exposure in the street. Neighbors aided as flames spread through the devastated section.
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Raymond McDonald
Arthur McDonald
Westboro Inn
Mrs Dewey Chairs DC Red Cross Naval Auxiliary
Mrs George Dewey has accepted the chairmanship of the naval auxiliary of the District of Columbia chapter of the Red Cross. Secretary Daniels requested these auxiliaries be organized nationwide to provide comforts to United States sailors.
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Washington
George Dewey
Naval Auxiliary of
District of Columbia
The
Red Cross
Daniels
United States
Wage Increase Notice At Saco-Lowell Shops
In Biddeford Maine notices posted in Saco-Lowell shops announce an advance in wages effective November 1 dating from October 1. The raise affects about 1200 men and the exact amount is not specified.
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Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
German Navy Head Ousted as Mutiny Riots Rise
The ousting of Vice-Admiral Eduard von Capelle signals a cabinet tipping point as unrest spreads in the German navy. He and Chancellor Michaelis faced fierce criticism for discrediting Socialists and promoting the submarine war, with calls to remove Junker influence and pursue peace with the Allies.
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von Capelle
Volf Tirpitz
Marine
United States
England
Reichstag
von Capelli
Schiedemann
Michaelis
Junker
Eduard von Capelle
Ministry of Marine
Admiral von Tirpitz
Gen Ames Reviews 17th Regiment State Guard
In New Bedford on October 12 the 17th regiment of the State Guard mobilized at the Colonial muster ground in Rochester. Major-General Butler Ames and Brigadier-General John J. Sullivan reviewed the unit as about 650 men participated in the mobilization.
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New Bedford
State Guard
Rochester
Butler Ames
John J. Sullivan
Nova Scotia Chief Justice Sir Wallace Graham Dies at 69
Halifax Nova Scotia chief justice Sir Wallace Graham died in Halifax at age 69. He served as associate counsel in preparing the British fisheries case at Washington in 1887.
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Halifax
N. S
Wallace Graham
Nova Scotia
Fisheries Commission
Washington, D. C
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Coats
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Cheviot Coats
Devens
Herbert L. Baldwin
Ae Grat, A . “Ates
Anzac Co
Roxbury Crossing
Roxbury
United Shirt & Collar CO
Troy
Franklin Street
Westboro
Harvey Emerson
Fred Robinson
Howard Fiske
Worcester
Framingham
Marlboro
Hopkinton
Worthboro
Mrs. Dewey
Red Cross Navy
Barbarian
Bestol Company
Baltic
Gen. Ames
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