Sugarless Desserts Demonstrated by Cambridge Women
Cambridge women, led by the Food Conservation Committee, demonstrated sugarless desserts at the Liberty Food Shop Central Square. Miss Emily Webb said maple syrup replaces sugar and corn syrup requires slightly more. Dishes shown included Spanish cream tapioca chocolate pudding and sugarless cake while recipes were shared and talks given by local leaders. A memorial service for Trinity parish Newton Centre will be held tomorrow at 10 45 with the rector Rev Edward T Sullivan preaching Going West or Turning the Bend in the Road.
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Cambridge Women's Food Conservation Committee
Cambridge
Liberty Food Shop
Central Square
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Katherine W. Herron
Jennie McCrillin
Edith Sickles Woods
Emily Woods
Cambridge Library
Trinity Parish
Newton Centre
Edward T. Sullivan
Liberty
Edith Sickles Wood
Jennie McCrillis
Desperate Battle for Americans Gains Ground Near Verdun
From a day of extraordinarily severe fighting the Americans emerged tonight slightly in advance of the positions they held yesterday. Gains are slight but considered extremely important, especially on the left where higher ground dominating much of the surrounding terrain has been gained.
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Verdun
Associated Press
American Troops Hold Position Near Belleau Wood
American forces maintain firmer footing east of the Meuse despite repeated German assaults. Fighting began at 4 a m as Americans pushed ahead with daylight counter actions failing for the Germans. Artillery and gas shells dominated front line exchanges with both sides sustaining heavy use.
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Belleu Woods
Meuse
Talma Farm
Bellejoyeuse Farm
Bourgogne Woods
Banthvill
Amer
Germans Withdraw to Briquenay Line, Guards Report
An informant indicates a German withdrawal toward the Briquenay line between Oct 2 and 31. Briquenay lies four and a half miles north of Grand Pre. Americans capture members of the 28th division and twelve soldiers who hid four days near Logos Farm, conducting nightly patrols and gathering enemy position data.
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Briquenay
Grand Pre
Flying Shock Division
Logos Farm
Allies Begin the Liberation of Rumania
Entente forces after a year of German occupation have begun the liberation of Rumania. French patrols crossed the Danube at Lom Palanka southeast of the Iron Gates and entered Romanian soil.
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Rumania
Bulgaria
Lom Palanka
Danube
Auto and Electric Car Collision Kills Local Dealer
George Peterson of Sea street Houghs Neck, a noted grocer, died after his auto collided head on with an electric car on the Bay State street railway line on Coddington Street near Mt Wollaston Cemetery. He died at Quincy City Hospital from his injuries.
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George Peterson
Sea Street
Hough's Neck
Bay State Street Railway
Coddington Street
Mt. Wollaston
Peterson
Quincy City Hospital
British Troops Reach Outskirts of Le Quesnoy
British forces pressed to the outskirts of Le Quesnoy, crossing the Le Quesnoy Valenciennes railway after heavy fighting as German resistance appears to have fallen back across a large section of the front in the area.
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le Quesnoy
France
Flanders
Associated Press
Valenciennes
Playoff Set At Lexington Golf Club For Executive Trophy
The Lexington Golf Club in North Lexington hosts a playoff this afternoon between L. L. Hannum and F. M. Williams for the executive committee trophy after their final round tied last Saturday afternoon.
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Lexington Golf Club Inks
North Lexington
L. L. Hannum
F. M. Williams
Executive Committee
Fry 10 000 Doughnuts a Day For Our Boys
Three American Y M C A women fry 10 000 doughnuts daily under fire in the field for American troops this week. The workers named are Mary Bray of Pawtucket Rhode Island Mary Halliday of Indianapolis Indiana and Edith Knowles of Phoenix Arizona in a cable from United War Work campaign headquarters released in New York.
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New York
United War Work Campaign Headquarters
Mary Bray
Pawtucket
R. I
Mary Halliday
Indianapolis
Ind
Edith Knowles
Phoenix
Ari
Three Charlestown Lads Transport 20000 Cherry Stones
Anthony Powers Fred Fitzgerald and John Fitzgerald collected 20000 cherry stones for the Post. They began gathering at the first fruit stone call and rolled a home made cart from Charlestown to transport the stones when rail cars were unavailable.
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Charlestown
Anthony Powers
Fred Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald
Two Bandits Escape From Connecticut Prison
Claude R. Taylor alias Charles Taylor and Thomas Maloney alias Howard escaped from the state prison aided by fog. Both were sentenced last December at Hartford. Taylor previously broke a parole and brutalized his father in Ware Massachusetts before fleeing with stolen horses and a trap. Police and state troopers tracked him into Connecticut where capture followed.
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Wethersfield
Conn
Claude R. Taylor
Charles Taylor
Thomas Maloney
Howard
Hartford
Taylor
Ware
Mass
Connecticut Line
J. Grenville Gilbert
Palmer
Connecticut
Italian Front Activity Sparks Official Attention
Washington reports a sudden flare of activity on the Italian front after months of quiet. Military officials note the action drew attention but Rome’s first reports stop short of calling it a drive.
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Washington
Rome
Italian Front Sees Possible Major Offensive Pressure
Reports say nearly 3000 prisoners taken yesterday signal surprise attacks and potential Austrian morale decline. Observers believe success along the Brenta Piave line could outflank Austrian forces, while Western Front events around Valenciennes, Mons, and the Oise-Serre salient suggest Allied momentum may soon yield a decisive new blow before winter.
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Brenta
Piave
Monte Grappa
Italy
Germany
Valenciennes
Raismes
Mons
Maubeuge
Oise-Serre
Powers Is Confirmed Trustee Chairman of BERCo
Former Congressman Samuel L Powers was named by Governor McCall as a trustee and chairman of the Boston Elevated Railway Company to fill the vacancy from Louis A Frothingham resigning to become a major in the army The council confirmed the appointment under a suspension of the rules Powers previously served in Washington and sits in the constitutional convention Leland Powers son serves in the Newton House of Representatives
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Samuel L. Powers
McCall
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Louis A. Frothingham
Powers
Washington
Leland Powers
House of Representatives
Newton
Portrait of Aviator Tuck Reaches Boston
An oil portrait of Lieutenant Leon Parker Tuck of the American air forces arrived safely in Boston yesterday and is now in the hands of his father Whitfield Tuck of Winchester. Painted by a fellow aviator, the work is praised for its high merit and Capture of Tuck in aviation gear highlights his strong Dartmouth athlete’s features.
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France
United States
Leon Parker Tuck
Boston
Whitfield Tuck
Winchester
Tuck
Dartmouth College
German Reforms in Alsace Lorraine Confirmed
Dr Solf in the Reichstag said Germany will continue reforms in Alsace Lorraine but won’t rush a solution. He argued Polish annexation demands clash with President Wilson’s peace program.
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London
Solf
Reichstag
Copenhagen
Alsace-Lorraine
Wilson
Three American Aviators Escape German Camps
The State Department reported three American aviators captured by Germans have escaped from prison camps and reached a neutral country. Names are withheld.
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Washington
State Department
Yankee gas most deadly in WWI claims
In New York on October 25 Major H. W. Duffy of the British American Gas Service warned that American gas shells are more lethal than German ones and that fumes can bypass even the newest German gas masks. He cited battlefield tours in France showing many Germans killed despite wearing masks.
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America
Germany
H. W. du
Society of Chemical Indust
Duffy
France
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