Patriotic Whist Planned by St Ambrose Parish Ladies
The Ladies of St Ambrose parish Dorchester plan a patriotic whist on Wednesday November 7 to raise funds for Christmas boxes for enlisted church boys. The St Ambrose branch of the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association backs the event with broad district support and local business leaders donate prizes and attend. Proceedings aim for a successful outcome.
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St. Ambrose Parish
Fields’ Corner
Dorchester
Ladies’. Catholic Benevolent Association
St. Ambrose
Boat Line to be Dissolved in Connecticut Action
Connecticut Public Utilities Commission will first settle jurisdiction before New York New Haven Hartford Railroad seeks authority to acquire New England Navigation Company securities worth 16 9 77 867 The railroad plans to dissolve the navigation firm after purchasing the securities.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut Public Utilities Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New England Navigation Company
Tech Sophs Urged to Speed Up Enlistments
Technology sophomores were urged to speed up enlistment in the ROTC at a mass meeting in Smith Hall yesterday. Major Cole, the commandant, stated that the work would start during the coming week and that men not enlisted could not join afterwards. The course at Technology will be only in technical branches and much of the work will be covered in the regular courses.
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R. OQ
T.C
Smith Hall
Cole
Avon man marks 103rd birthday in New Haven observance
Cher Woodford of Avon celebrated his 103rd birthday at a New Haven observance. The event noted his long life with mind and body active, able to drive to church on Sundays, and his role among early members of a local meeting.
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New Haven
Conn
Cher R. Woodford
Avon
President Wilson backs Liberty Bonds drive
The president invested one fifth of his annual salary in Liberty Bonds and urged others to donate. He emphasized that today is the last chance to participate in the campaign.
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Wilson
Another dent in T. and R. bill at Constitutional Convention
The convention adopted an amendment barring specific treasury appropriations from being petitioned via the initiative. The campaign to urge the people toward anti aid, public trading, and absentee voting amendments collapsed by voice vote, newspapers would debate all three, and voter education costs were deemed unnecessary.
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Constitutional Convention
Treasury
Commonwealth
Church Meeting Invitation For Voters At Beacon Hill
Judge Robert Walcott of the Cambridge District Court will speak on The Amendments at the Coming State Election at First Methodist Church Temple Street Beacon Hill tomorrow night. Reverend William M. Gilbert invites all Ward voters to attend the discussion. Morning service features Christianity's Debt to Martin Luther sermon.
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Robert Walcott
Cambridge
First Methodist Church
Temple Street
Beacon Hill
William M. Gilbert
Ward
Gilbert
Martin Luther
British Admiral Browning Meets President Wilson
Vice-Admiral M E Browning, British naval commander in the western Atlantic, visited President Wilson after talks with American naval officials. The meeting occurred as part of ongoing Anglo American naval discussions.
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Washington
M. E. Browning
Atlantic
Wilson
Daniels
Gallivan Opens Mayor Campaign With South Boston Rally
Congressman James A. Gallivan will formally open his mayoralty campaign at a rally in the Municipal building Broad Way South Boston tonight. He states the address will press the war issue and draft draft on record to decide whether America will be safe for democracy at home and abroad.
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James A. Gallivan
Broad Way
South Boston
Gallivan
Boston
America
Army and Navy Rations and Home Front Cheer in Good Housekeeping
R Harvey W Wiley outlines military rations and implications for families with servicemen, while Hoover urges festive Thanksgiving simplicity. Good Housekeeping offers practical guidance on food crisis planning, Christmas in the trenches optimism, gift sending, packing, and Red Cross unit needs this November issue.
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R. Harvey W. Wiley
Mr. Hoover
Good Housekeeping
Red Cross
Hero Dead, Widow Awarded Silver Medal
East Boston woman William J. Sterling’s widow receives a silver medal for her husband’s brave act. The award comes with $0 monthly compensation.
Woman Receives Carnegie Hero Medal for Bravery
Mrs. Maud M. Sterling of 52 Falcon Street East Boston receives a silver medal and 40 dollars monthly from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for her husband the late William L Sterling foreman carpenter who died while attempting to rescue Edward J Hughes and three others from suffocation on November 2 1916 in Pittsburg.
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Maud M. Sterling
Falcon Street
Boston
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
William L. Sterling
Edward J. Hughes
Devonians Hold Rescue Tragedy Claim and Awards
An accident on the steamship Devonian amid fumigation with prussic acid led to multiple fatalities including Sterling, his eldest son, as he attempted a rescue 42 feet below the deck. Several others survived. the incident prompted New England awards for various rescue efforts dating from 1914 to 1916.
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Sterling
John J. Selby
Tuebrook
Liverpool
England
Charles J. Coleman
Boston
Commission
Charles H. Kelsey
Falls Village
Conn
Arthur J. Kelly
Robert F. Conley
Grand Street
Bridgeport
George EF. Potter
Edna M. Sexton
Rose Street
Alice M. Lappen
Milford Conn
Andrew J. Holmes
Moss Street
Westerly
R. I
Daniel Sullivan
White Rock
Edward M. Hammann
Blackstone
Mass
Michael Flood
Charles A. Mellen
Curtiss Street
New Britain
Giles R
Lois M. Eldredge
Short Beach
Steamer Twice Afire At Sea
An Atlantic port reports a large freighter that caught fire twice at sea, once in the Mediterranean and again in the Atlantic near Gibraltar. The blaze, blamed on an infernal device, damaged the forward hold containing Turkish tobacco, flooded the compartment, and caused the ship to list. After making Madeira and being pumped out, it headed to the United States with a smouldering issue reappearing en route.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Madeira
United States
Hodgdon Drops Liberty Circulars Over Tufts Campus
Melvin Hodgdon a Tufts senior circled College Hill in a military aeroplane yesterday noon and dropped Liberty Loan circulars. Hundreds of students gathered on campus as Hodgdon flew very low over college buildings and the Goddard Chapel tower.
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Hodgdon
Tufts
Melvin Hodgdon
Tufts Engineering School
College Hill
Goddard Chapel
Liberty Bonds Buy Day Proclaimed With Urgency
Citizens urged to invest today as the campaign stresses there is no tomorrow for funding. Authorities emphasize immediate purchase of liberty bonds to support national needs and wartime finance.
Army murder trial ends in New Brunswick case ongoing
Cross-examination of Dr. William J. Condon navy medical reserve officer on trial for the Piper Rutgers student murder ended as defense rested. A proseuction witness testified to a body found in a cellar wrapped in an automobile cover, which Condon said hid a skeleton used for lodge installations.
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New Brunswick
N. J
William J. Condon
Army Medical Reserve
John V. Piper
Rutgers College
Buy Your Bonds Today
A brisk call to action urges readers to purchase bonds now as today is presented as the final deadline. The notice emphasizes urgency with a directive to act immediately rather than delay to tomorrow.
Wrinkles Vanished by Saxolite Lotion Claim
An advertisement promises face and neck wrinkle removal using saxolite lotion. It claims the formula tightens skin improves circulation and nerve tone, with a simple mix of saxolite powder and hazel in half a pint of water. Users are urged to bathe the face daily for dramatic, age-reducing results.
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