Drug Fiend Given Chance
Edward C. Marshall pleads guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon upon his wife Edna E. Marshall. Judge Hall suggests reformatory confinement to help him break his drug habit and learn a trade. Assistant District Attorney McIsaac advises a lesser charge plea and drops the support-from illegal earnings count.
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Marshall
Massachusetts Reformatory
Hall
Edward C. Marshall
Edna E. ‘Marshall
McTisaac
Ex-Councilman Sarnest E. Smith Named to Wage Board
Governor Walsh sent to the executive council the appointment of Sarnest E. Smith, former City Council man and Progressive leader, to the Minimum Wage Board. Smith will succeed Robert E. Bisbee. The governor also named Charles B. Chase of Fall River as a trustee of the Bradford-Durfee Textile School.
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Walsh
Sarnest E. Smith
Smith
Robert E. Bisbee
Charles B. Chase
Fall River
Bradford-Durfee
Boston Retail Credit Men’s Association Holds First Monthly Meeting
The first regular monthly meeting gathered 35 members at the Hotel Thorne last evening. After a dinner a brief business session addressed numerous small matters with Vice-President Glover presiding.
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Boston Retail Credit Men's Association
Thorndike
Glover
New Safety Devices on the L Road Installations Planned
A letter to the Public Service Commission from Ban croft, president of the LL road, states several new safety devices will be installed and safety measures taken in the city subways and tunnels.
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Ll” Road
Public Service Commission
Bancroft
Bancroft Rejects Two Puffer Subway Safety Suggestions
President Bancroft declines two Puffer proposals for subway safety coverings of the third rail and fireproofing car floors. He approves extensions including fire extinguishers, independent ventilation power, fireproof cars, a new East Boston signal system, and concrete platforms at Adams Square with triweekly rubbish removal.
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Bancroft
William L. Puffer
Public Service Commission
Puffer
New York
Boston
Public Sevice Commission
Washington Street
East Boston
T.’' Road
Adams Square
Brits Move to Curb Rush of Men of Draft Age
London report says British authorities will restrict able bodied men of military age fleeing to Jersey Guernsey Ireland and other dominions to avoid service. The Evening News warns such movement harms imperial relations as Canada Australia and India have supplied many troops.
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London
Evening News
Jersey
Guernsey
Ireland
Canada
Australia
India
Houses on Beacon Hill Razed for State House Wing
A cluster of eleven historic homes on Joy and Mt. Vernon streets and Hancock Avenue in Beacon Hill, once home to Boston's fashionable families, are being razed to clear space for the west wing of the State House. The buildings, with many historic ties, are removed to provide proper housing for state departments.
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Joy
Mt. Verron Streets
Hancock Avenue
Beacon Hill
Boston
State House
Robert Treat Paine
George Young
William Reed
Berlin asked to surrender fugitives from interned raiders
Washington officials study a communication to Germany over the escape of two commissioned officers and six warrant officers from the interned Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich at Norfolk. Acting Navy Secretary Roosevelt sent a report to Secretary Lansing after a State Department conference. If parole of all crew is viewed as a personal obligation, Germany may be asked to return Lieutenant Koch and Dr. Kroneck if they reach German soil.
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Washington
State Department
Norfolk Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Lansing
Secretary of State
Koch
Dr. Kroneck
United States
Mueckensen Praises Danube Crossing As War Achievement
Berlin October 20. Field Marshal von Mueckensen commanding the Serbian campaign after Belgrade’s fall is quoted by the Cologne Gazette as calling the Danube crossing without a bridge an achievement unknown in warfare history.
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Berlin
Yuckerton
N. J
von Mueckensen
Serbia
Belgrade
Cologne
Danube
Swiss Protest Over German Air Raid Injuries
The Swiss government orders an energetic protest to Berlin after a German aviator dropped eight bombs on Chaux de Fonds injuring four people and causing property damage. Switzerland demands compensation and punishment of the aviator.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Chaux de Fonds
Truth portrays wartime London mood and crisis talk
London readers face a harrowing week with new continental alarms and Zeppelins, wild croakers, and credible cabinet crisis rumors. The piece notes the resignation threat of the French foreign minister and the soldiers in trenches who endure with heroic resolve.
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London
War’s toll on non-combatants cited in reflection
A wartime observer remarks on the distant suffering of non-combatants as the conflict lengthens. Those at home face quakings and squealings while officials wrangle over the best war methods, and the longer the war lasts the more contemptible non-combatants seem to the speaker.
Princeton Student's Case Is Postponed In London
Kenneth G. Triest, a former Princeton student, facing charges as a German spy, has had his trial postponed indefinitely in London. The State Department notes the delay does not guarantee no trial and officials suggest the prosecution may still be dropped.
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Washington
Kenneth G. Triest
Princeton
London
State Department
Triest
New Russian Credits May Reach Fifty Million Dollars
In New York on October 20 negotiations to establish new Russian credits were reportedly under way in the financial district. The loan amount was said to likely exceed 25 million dollars and could reach as much as 50 million dollars.
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New York
Financial
McCall Campaign Reaches Worcester After Rain Soaked Trip
McCall campaign travels over 140 miles in steady rain to Worcester addressing about 2500 voters. Samuel W. McCall, Republican candidate for Governor, left Grafton for Boston rallies then rejoined the party in Worcester. Congressman Uncle Billy Green led escorts from Fall River and introduced candidates at earlier rallies.
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Worcester
McCall
Samuel W. McCall
Grafton
Boston
Dorchester
Fall River
Billy” Green
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Bquare
Joseph Martin
Plainville
Calvin Coolidge
Billy
Wrentham
Franklin
Milford
Samuel E. Winslow
Bazeley
Worcester County
Hopedale
Whitinsville
Usherville
Republican Committee
Concord
McCall and Coolidge Rally Across Massachusetts in Rain
The McCall Coolidge caravan toured towns from Rehoboth to Medway and Milford addressing workers and students. Campaigns stressed the Underwood tariff and the compensation act while Congressmen Winslow and Campbell joined, signaling growing national support.
Watertown Firm Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
The J. H. White Company of Watertown, a stones crushers business, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. Liabilities are listed at 12 689 88 dollars with assets described as uncertain.
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J. H. White Company
Stones Crushers
Watertown
United States District Court
Dunlevy Funeral at St. Hugh's Church Roxbury
Funeral services for James J. Dunlevy formerly of South Boston who died in Porto Rico on Oct 2 were held yesterday at St. Hugh's Church Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury A Solemn Mass was celebrated by Rev Father John J Crane.
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James J. Dunlevy
Boston
Porto Rico
St. Hugh's Church
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
John J. Crane
Morine Parents Search for Missing Son in Boston
Mr and Mrs Albert Morine of Port Medway Nova Scotia arrived in Boston to search for their son Albert Jr who has been missing for months and is believed to be in the city at present.
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Albert Morine
Port Medway
Nova Scotia
Boston
Albert, Jr
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