Two Recent Books of Verse by Women Show Varied Tone
A survey of new poetry volumes highlights Theodosia Garrison The Spires of Oxford by Winifred M Letts and The Dreamers, noting lyric spontaneity in Garrison Foster rich war poetry by Letts. Other works include The Answering Voice and Old Christmas with wartime and religious themes.
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Weds Girl He Had Never Seen Before
William Hrainel of 200 Warren Avenue married Miss Lily Esther Hopkins of Camden New Jersey after a courtship conducted entirely by correspondence. Hamel never met his bride until within 24 hours of the marriage.
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Call Democracy in America Phony by Rheta Childe Dorr
A 1917 Petrograd street corner speech mocks American aid to Russia. The speaker, an American-educated man in Russian clothes, describes dire shortages in food milk eggs and medicines as exiles return sick and penniless seeking peace and order amid war.
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Speed up hard coal output meeting with fuel administration
Washington October 12 coal operators and dealers who supply most of the nations anthracite will meet with the fuel administration to push for higher output this winter. They will name a data gathering committee and form a permanent body to work with the administration as demand may outstrip supply despite 1917 shipments reaching 6 456 000 tons in eight months.
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Food pledge week postponed to avoid Liberty Loan clash
Washington October 12 Food pledge week moved from October 21 27 to October 28 November 4 by Food Administrator Hoover at President Wilson s request to prevent overlap with the final week of the second Liberty Loan drive The President commends volunteers for their service and notes the need to conserve food while supporting the loan effort.
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Crescent Avenue Residents Repair Brighton Street
Twenty Crescent avenue residents in Brighton repaired a nearly impassable street after water and sewer excavations. Led by William H. Elliott, the group labored from seven to noon with lunch provided by Mrs. Elliott’s committee. Involved were George Wood Ralph G. Stebbins Arthur J. Mansfield and Eugene S. Anderson.
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Sheriffs Not Highwaymen on Maine Turnpike Incident
Richard Jackson of Watertown and his son, traveling to Sebago Lake, Maine, nearly collided with two sheriffs enforcing the bone-dry law. Mistaking the officers for highwaymen, the motorists sped away, the touring car skidding, hitting a roadside ledge and overturning. Both men escaped with minor injuries.
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Six men held in Brooklyn for carload flour theft
Federal authorities say six Brooklyn men were arrested on charges they stole a carload of flour valued at 3000 dollars. The case signals a crackdown on wartime waterfront robberies of Allied supplies worth large sums. Also reported were a silk cargo worth 110000 dollars stolen from the Central Railroad of New Jersey and a theft of pig iron partly recovered by Erie Railroad police.
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Death notices from Melrose Somerville and Boston area
Obituaries for Bertha Fay in Melrose Casmetro De Lacerdas in Somerville and John A Dooley in South Boston note funeral plans, locations, and times including Framingham Framingham Cemetery St Anthony's Church Dorchester Dorchester Ave St Williams Church and Dorchester Court 198.
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