Walsh Attacks Weeks Record at Massachusetts Convention
Ex Governor Walsh assails Senator Weeks at a Worcester convention, charging him with obstructing war legislation and opposing education for veterans. He cites Governor McCall’s remarks on Weeks as lip service and accuses him of filibustering shipbuilding and opposing soldiers’ benefits and coal and grain measures.
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Worcester
Walsh
John W. Weeks
Wilson
Ralph Bagley
Leominster
Chateau Thierry
Weel
United States
Marin
Weeks
Mr. Walsh
McCall
Senator Weeks
Governor McCall
Southboro
Jonn W. Weeks
Massachusetts
France
Coal Trust
President Wilson
Democratic Platform Portrait of a Fighting Campaign
The convention denounced Republican evasions while praising President Wilson and nominating Richard H. Long for governor. The platform backs Wilson loyalty, woman suffrage, initiative and referendum, eight hour workday, and state controls in transportation, storage, and fisheries. It also calls for old age pensions, river development, and opposition to biennial elections.
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Coolidge
Joseph A. Conry
Wilson
Joseph B. Ely
Joseph H. O’neil
O'Neil
Calvin Coolidge
Richard H. Long
Long
Democratic Party
The
Fish Trust
Connecticut
Merrimac
Edwards Praises 101st Engineers for St Mihiel Role
General Edwards commends the 101st Engineers of the 26th New England division for their work in the St Mihiel salient. A letter to Colonel George W. Bunnell notes their pioneer front line tasks and road repair behind the advance enabling ammunition and supplies to reach advancing troops and secure the hold.
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101St Engineers
New England
Edwards
St. Mihiel Salient
George W. Bunnell
Boston
Nominations Made by Governor McCall
The Governor's Council received from Governor McCall nominations for nine positions including Abbott P. Smith and Samuel Ross as trustees of the New Bedford Textile School replacing the deceased Parker and Congdon, George H. Wrenn to the State Board of Education, Arthur C. Comey to the Homestead Commission, Warren D. Foster to the Homestead Commission, Thomas H. Kirkland master in chancery, Theodore A. Lothrop special district police officer, and Emery B. Gibbs public administrator of Norfolk County.
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McCall
Abbott P. Smith
Samuel Ross
New Bedford
New Bedford Textile School
Messrs. Parker and
Congdon
George H. Wrenn
Springfield
State Board of Education
Charles G. Washburn
Worcester
Arthur C. Comey
Cambridge
Homestead Commission
Warren D. Foster
Boston
Thomas H. Kirkland
Theodore A. Lothrop
Beverly
Emery B. Gibbs
Brookline
Norfolk County
Mantell as Shylock at Boston Opera House
Robert Mantell reprised Shylock in The Merchant of Venice with his usual strength and intelligence though at times forceful. Genevieve Hamper impressed as Portia and Fritz Leiber was a convincing Bassanio. Mantell plans to appear as Macbeth this evening.
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Boston Opera House
Robert Mantell
Shylock
Mr. Mantell
Genevieve Hamper
Portia
Fritz ‘Leiber
Bassanio
Mentho Laxene Syrup Ad Promises Quick Cold Relief
An advertisement urges readers to prepare a full pint of Mentho Laxene syrup to check and abort colds and coughing. It claims no opiates, warns early use prevents pneumonia, and offers a money back guarantee from The Blackburn Products Co. Dayton Ohio.
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Blackburn Products Co
Dayton
Ohio
Yank Patients Scorn Bombs Near Verdun Hospital
American wounded at an army hospital northwest of Verdun refused to leave their beds and enter dugouts during a German bombing raid near Rarecourt. Nurses Margery Sawyer and Mabel Butler described the calm, with some soldiers returning to sleep despite smoke and debris.
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Verdun
Associated Press
Rarecourt
Margery Sawyer
Buffalo
N. Y
Mabel Butler
New Haven
Conn
Red Cross
Miss Butler
Miss Sawyer
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Tremont St
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Temple Pi
West St
Fifth Ave
Broadway
New York
Regent Street
London
Bay War Savings
Robert L. Norton
Gov. McCall
Nfluenzar
Dr. True
J. S. Bailey CO
Georgette, Organ
M’call
Ek Eroy EU
Crete
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