On to Berlin Army Contest Initiated in France
The Associated Press reports the On to Berlin contest will begin November 3 at nine base ports in France. Major General Harbord of the service of supply organizes the event to boost rivalry among base port organizations as they unload freight guns food clothing and other material, with home observers following the progress like a baseball game.
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Tours
France
Associated Press
Berlin
Harbord
Service of Supply
Chelsea Gains New Strand Theatre From Empire Buyout
The Empire moving picture theatre at Chelsea square has been bought by the Star Photo Company and will be remodeled today. It is slated to reopen about December 1 as the Strand Theatre with Benjamin H. Green of East Boston, a well known figure in Boston cinema, as manager.
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Empire Moving Picture Theatre
Chelsea Square
Chelsea
Star Photo Company
Strand Theatre
Benjamin H. Green
East
Boston
Boston Moving Picture
Tarzey the Aristocrat at Franklin Park Zoo
Tarzey the blue-blooded tropical macaque arrives at Franklin Park Zoo with special lodgings. He shuns peanuts and screeching companions, preferring clean water, candies, spiced cookies, and fruit. Keepers note his refined demeanor and solitary habits delighting visitors.
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Tarzey
Franklin Park Zoo
Eno
Memorial service for Private Fred J. Welk in Lexington
A memorial service honoring Private Fred J. Welk of the Royal Engineers marine section was held last evening at Lexington First Baptist Church. Welk was killed in an air raid on Calais France on August 12.
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Fred J. Welk
Marine
British Royal Engineers
Calais
France
Lexington First Baptist Church
Three Holdups Reported By Chelsea And Revere Police
Early yesterday two holduppers with a gun attacked Paul Friewald on Spencer avenue and matched the Revere description. Half an hour later John W Pearson said five men held him on Cherry street near Everett avenue taking his watch worth 35 dollars and about 5 dollars in change, one suspect wearing a sailor’s uniform.
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Chelsea
Revere
Beach Street
Paul Friewald
Library Street
Spencer Avenue
Stockton
Webster Avenue
John W. Pearson
Second Street
Cherry Street
Everett Avenue
Opening of St Peter's Episcopal Church at Weston
Bishop Lawrence preached the sermon at the formal opening of St Peter's Church in Weston. He confirmed two young men who are about to enter the service.
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Weston
Lawrence
Catholics Meet for War Drive in Boston Archdiocese
About 1000 Catholic men from across the Boston archdiocese gathered at St. Alphonsus Theatre Roxbury to outline a plan for a flawless organization and to solicit subscriptions toward the United War Work drive fund of 250 million dollars set for November 11 to 18.
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Boston
St. Alphonsus
Smith Street
Roxbury
Catholics in Boston archdiocese pledge support for war work drive
An enthusiastic meeting confirmed unity among Catholics in Boston archdiocese to back the United War Work drive. Five speakers including Rev Augustine Hickey Joseph Brennan and Lt Paul Hines urged strong organization and pledged ongoing campaigning until November 10 when control passes to the national committee. Francis E Slattery presided.
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Boston
National United War Work Committee
Francis E. Slattery
Augustine F. Hickey
Joseph T. Brennan
Hugh A. Carney
Paul F. Hines
1024 Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Pigeons Sought for Army Service in New England
Major Frank C. Griffin leads the Army Signal Corps pigeon section in a New England recruitment appeal at the Northeastern Signal Headquarters 99 Chauncy street. He seeks 1900 pairs of high class breeders for foreign service, with orders already issued from France.
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Frank C. Griffin
Army Signal Corps
New England
Chauncy Street
France
Roosevelt Unable to Attend Boston Rally
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt informed Robert Luce, president of the Massachusetts Republican Club, that he cannot accept the invitation to speak at the club’s rally Saturday night. He strongly endorsed Mr. Coolidge and Senator Weeks in his letter.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Robert Luce
Coolidgs
Senator Weeks
Translated German Adaptation for Unteutered Minds
A brief note presents a translated German text adapted for audiences described as unteutered. The snippet signals language modernization or simplification without detailed context or events.
Route Through War Torn Europe a Satirical Tour
A fragmentary travelogue satirically traces a Brest-Litovsk to Kiev route with mentions of Ukraine Paris and Amiens while lampooning wartime censorship and German terms. The narrator weaves in references to Petain Pershing Haig and Fock-out incidents as trains traverse a Franco British American Belgian union terminal.
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Brest-Litovsk
Ukraine
Berlin
Kiev
Armenia
Chicago
St. Quentin
Tsing-tau
Ham
Peronne
Bapaume
Roye
Lassigny
Goethe
Noyon
Montdidier
Amiens
von Hutier
Picardy
Somme
Petain
Mt. Pershing
Haige Ridge
Arras
Hazebrouck
Ypres
Union Terminal
Exchange of barbs between Kaiser and crown prince in wartime banter
The Kaiser and the crown prince trade jests about age, wind, and their wartime deeds. They recall sub calibre actions, the Litovsk tango, and Belgian scraps shaping treaties, while discussing travel toward Paris and survival amid mounting pressures.
Neuralgia and anemia linked in old health ad
An old advertisement claims neuralgia stems from blood deficiency and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. It features Mrs. Charles Hendry of Scranton praising reduced pain after three months of treatment and urges readers to request a free booklet on nervous disorders.
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Charles Hendry
Adams Avenue
Scranton
Path
Hendry
Dr. Williams
William Melicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Owl
Route 13 To Paris by Way of Gott
In 1915 a note explains a peculiar route to Paris via Gott Zentral Bahnhof. It details tickets called car blanche and the Gott Administration overseeing routes, including a Lusitania route managed by Von Tipitz, under imperial license restrictions in effect since 1870 71.
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Zum Guten Alten
Armenia
Gott
Lusitania
von Tipitz
Howev
Pastor Installed at Unitarian Church in Wobu
Members of Follen Church in East Lexington attended the public installation of the Rev. Harold Lionel Pickett Hudson as head of the Unitarian Church in Wobu yesterday afternoon.
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Follen Church
East Lexington
Harold Lionel Pickett Hudson
Unitarian
Wobu
Actress Joicey Williams Promotes Inexpensive Gray Hair Darkener
The American actress at the Imperial Theatre in St Louis claims a simple home mix can darken gray streaks and fade without harming scalp. She prescribes a formula of bay rum glycerine water and Barbo Compound to be applied twice weekly for a youthful look. She asserts the tonic is cheap safe and non greasy.
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Joicey Williams
Tie Imperial Theatre
St. Louis
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