Prohibition Candidate Attacks McCall and Walsh in Cape Speech
William Shaw, running for Governor on the Prohibition ticket, labeled Samuel W. McCall a coward and Governor Walsh a bad man during a Cape Cod rally in New Bedford. He condemned both major parties and claimed the election hinges on liquor policy with milk bottles for the issue and whiskey bottles for the votes.
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New Bedford
Samuel W. McCall
Walsh
William Shaw
Cape
Massachusetts
David I. Walsh
Judas
Prohibition Rally Leader Shaw Draws Crowds Across Cape Town
Samuel W. Shaw campaigned through Provincetown New Bedford and nearby towns urging prohibition. He denounced whiskey tying votes to liquor licenses and urged continued literature distribution while supporters pressed forward for pro prohibition materials.
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Sandwich
Shaw
Daniel F. Chessman
Cape
Pelee Brown
Mr. Chessman
Grand Army
Prohibition
Keith Car Manufacturing Works
Bournedale
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad Promises Glow
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel aid from a long time Ohio physician. It claims tablets restore a pale complexion, boost energy, and remove toxins, marketed as a substitute for calomel at 10c and 20c per box.
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F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
The
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus, O
Overworked Kidneys Relief From Rheumasalts
An old advertisement advises readers with kidney pain headaches dizziness and fatigue to ask their druggist for five ounces of Rheumasalts. It claims two teaspoonfuls in water before breakfast for a few days cleanses the kidneys acts quickly without griping or nausea and serves as a uric acid solvent and saline laxative. Rhoumabath Co St Paul.
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St Pau
Sir Ian Hamilton Arrives in London to End Dardanelles Command
General Sir Ian Hamilton arrived in London from the Dardanelles after being relieved of command of the expeditionary force. General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, named to succeed Hamilton, left London to take command on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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London
Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Charles Carmichael Monro
Hamilton
Gallipoli Peninsula
Fire sweeps South Market building causing heavy damage
A midnight fire in the Market district triggered three alarms as flames poured from all four stories of a building housing the Mercantile Produce Company and the Samoset Candy and Chocolate Company. Damage totaled about 15 600 and included the Brown De Lorea Company. Patrolmen Berry and Buckley led a two hour search from 93 to 95 South Market Street to 66 Commerce Street before containment just after 12 30 a m.
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Berry
Sbuckley
South Market Street
Commerce Street
Mercantile Produce Company
Samoset Candy and Chocolate Company
Michael F. Lane
Arlington
Samoset Company
Brown de Lorea Company
Charity Meet Elects Officers at Massachusetts Conference
Pittsfield report says the Massachusetts State conference of charities elected officers led by President Edward T. Harman of Boston and Vice Presidents William E. Shannon Northampton and Mrs Ada P F Sheffield Cambridge. Executive Committee members include Leontine Lincoln Fall River and others with the next convention date left to the committee. The session covered The Unemployed and speaker William H. Pear Cambridge.
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Pittsfield
Massachusetts State Conference of Charities
Edward T. Harman
Boston
William E. Shannon
Northampton
Ada P F. Sheffield
Cambridge
James A. McMurray
George R. Bedinger
Leontine Lincoln
Fall River
Charles A PeCourcey
Lawrence
Zilpha D. Smith
Clark Carter
Carstens
Kendall Emerson
Worcester
Alice Fiske
New Bedford
Parker B. Field
Laura H. Gilman
Margaret J. Gookins
Joshua Hale
Newburyport
Jeffrey B. Brackett
Robert W. Kelso
Belmont
Christian Santa
Salem
Alice Higgins Lothrop
Newtonville
Edwin Mulready
Rockland
William H. Pear
Statue to slain nurse Edith Cavell planned in London
The Daily Telegraph starts a memorial fund with a 1000 shillings donation to Miss Edith Cavell. Sculptor Sir George J. Frampton pledges to carve the statue as a labor of love.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Edith Cavell
George J. Frampton
England to Pass Law Against Raising Rents
London October 23 The government plans to introduce a wartime rent control bill to prohibit rent increases nationwide following labor agitation over rent hikes in munition-area worker housing.
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England
London
Daily Telegraph
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