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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1917

Page

6

Young Wife Granted Divorce After Suffolk Court Scene

Mrs Lillian B Bailey testified she saw her husband James F Bailey a Boston area real estate broker with another woman an organist at a moving picture house. A police inspector escorted them to the station house after the incident. The couple married in 1913 and lived on Commonwealth Avenue.

Lillian B. Bailey Suffolk County James F. Bailey State Street Boston Fox Bailey

Gallivan seeks military vote in Boston mayoral race

Congressman James A. Gallivan asked Secretary of War Baker to aid Boston men in the national army and other services to vote in the December city elections. He urged quick Liberty Loan subscription to hasten the war’s end and the return of the boys. Kash Kills Kaiserism Kuickest.

James A. Gallivan Secretary of War Baker Boston National Army France Kash Kaiserism Kuickest

Darken Gray Hair With Simple Home Mixture

An advertisement promotes a DIY hair darkening recipe using a half pint of water and mixed ingredients sold as a small box. Apply daily for two weeks then biweekly until finished. claims to darken gray hair, leave it soft and glossy, non greasy and non transfer.

Secretary McAdoo Urges Personal War Bond Drive

In a speech urging overwhelming support for the Second Liberty Loan, Secretary McAdoo frames the war as a personal battle for every American. He calls on all citizens to save and invest, funding faster guns and bayonets to defeat the Kaiser and make the world safe for democracy.

Germany Berlin America

Liberty Loan pledge call by McAdoo urges 10 million subscribes

W G McAdoo praises soldiers and civilians for supporting the Second Liberty Loan. He warns that failure would wreck government credit and national honor, urging ten million Americans in all 48 states to register subscriptions by Liberty Day.

Union W. G. McAdoo

Bandmen and Cooks Wanted in Uncle Sam's Service

Government appeals for 1000 recruits including cooks bakers and mess attendants at Navy First Naval District. Navy yard seeks 22 musicians for band to accompany the cruiser U S S Charleston. report to Lt Otto B Johnson Building 24. Marine recruiters in forest green uniforms visit Boston Common. Col Charles W Taylor arrives to lead Boston Army recruiting station.

Uncle Sam George G. Mitchell First Naval District Navy Yard Naval Reserves U. S. S. Charleston Otto B. Johnson Marine Corps Boston Common Charles W. Taylor Boston Army Taylor Texas

Coal movement plan aids New England supply

Washington Oct 23 An agreement by the fuel administration and railroads to move coal through Hampton Roads increases bunker coal for transient steamers and frees pier space for coal carriers to serve Boston and New England. The Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western and Virginia railroads will supply bunker coal to midstream ships for government and New England accounts.

Washington The Fuel Administration Boston New England Hampton Roads Chesapeake & Ohio Norfolk & Western Virginia

Dartmouth Students Husk Hospital Corn

Dartmouth College students volunteered to husk a large corn field for the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital after the hospital could not hire farm hands. About 40 freshmen and other students worked to supply corn for the winter, with the piece ending noting Liberty bonds as a patriotic investment.

Hanover N. H Dartmouth College Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital E. M. Hopkins College

Gifts To Hospital Raise Donations On Donation Day

Luke W. Farmer president of Somerville Hospital reported that the institution received 1300 dollars in cash and large provisions yesterday on Donation Day. Many friends visited the hospital during the day and evening.

Luke W. Farmer Somerville Hospital

Enlistees From Local Area Join War Effort

Patrol members tied to the Eighth Cavalry. John J. Sullivan of Cambridge enlisted in the army aviation section at Huntington Avenue. He previously served as an aviator in France with the Foreign Legion and now reenters service. John Ambrose Pearson of Brookline, age 11, enlisted in the Marine Corps after pressuring his mother Emma P Wales to permit him to attend the Marine Corps school for drummers and trumpeters. At the British recruiting mission 79 men were passed by the medical board.

Eighth Cavalry John J. Sullivan Broadway Cambridge Army Huntington Avenue France Foreign Legion John Ambrose Pearson Boylston Street Brookline Marine Corps Boston Emma P. Wales Marine Corps School

Liberty Bond Appeal Invites All Americans to Fight Kaiser

Even soldiers doubt a sure thing but every American can strike a blow against the Kaiser by buying a Liberty Bond. The campaign urges public support and patriotic effort to fund the war.

Antilles

Boys protest war training at De Witt Clinton High

About one thousand students from De Witt Clinton High School and the nearby High School of Commerce walked out to oppose an extra hour of military training. Police reserves intervened when marchers gathered near the Clinton school, but no injuries were reported as demonstrations continued in adjacent streets.

New York de Witt Clinton High School High School of Commerce de Witt Clinton

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