New Type of Woman Emerges From War in Europe
Mary Boyle O'Reilly, famed relief worker and lecturer, spoke at Park Square Theatre under Philomatheia Club auspices last night. She said a new type of woman has been developed in Europe and especially England as a direct result of the great war now raging there.
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Europe
England
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Park Square Theatre
Philomatheia Club
O’reilly
Miss O’reilly
Germany
War Brings New Roles for Women in Home Front Britain
Miss O Reilly speaks on wartime shifts as women replace men at home with farming, domestic duties, and relief work. Mrs Gladys Axman enchants Boston audience singing national anthems and The Star Spangled Banner. She honors American Beauty roses as a gift after a stirring recital.
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England
Governor Townsend’s Wife Dies In Delaware Crash
Governor John C. Townsend Jr and his wife were in a car collision near Selbyville after leaving Newark where he spoke at a college cornerstone ceremony. The governor escaped injury while Mrs Townsend was crushed under the vehicle and died shortly after.
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Wilmington
Del
John C. Townsend
Langlois Union Leader Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Alfred C. Langlois president of Metal Polishers and Buffers Union Local 95 and active labor organizer in Boston died at his Jamaica Plain home after a short pneumonia illness. He served on the Boston Central Labor Union executive board and was secretary of the exemption board for District 15.
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Alfred C. Langlois
Metal Polishers’ and Buffers’ Union
Boston Central Labor Union
District 15
Priesing Street
Jamaica Plain
Death of Local Labor Leader Langlois Shocks Community
The death of C L A official Langlois was announced at headquarters yesterday. Overwork from his role as secretary of the District 18 exemption board and labor activity contributed to his illness. A well known figure in local labor, he served as a delegate to the C S U and represented his group at Massachusetts AFL conventions and the upcoming international union convention in Buffalo. He is survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter.
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District 18
Langlois
Strike Today At Auto Shops In Boston City
Machinists from Boston Machinists Union 264 will strike auto repair shops citywide this morning to press for an eight hour day. John J. Connolly said 200 union members are already on strike in six large shops, with three smaller shops granting the eight hour day after Safety Committee talks.
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Boston Machinists’ Union 264
John J. Connolly
Connolly
City and State Committee On Public Safety
Safety Committee
Fore River Machinists to Discuss Wage Scale Today
Fore River Shipbuilding Company workers at Quincy plan a meeting at Wilson Hall to address wage demands that could affect 6000 to 10000 men on government work. Delegates from the Building Trades Council of Boston and Quincy issued the call amid reports that Navy yard pay rates may be adopted at the Quincy plant instead of the higher government yard rates that take effect Thursday.
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Wilson Hall
Quincy Square
Building Trades Council of
Boston
Navy Yards
Government Yards
Electrical Joint Board Endorses Wage Scales
The joint executive board of telephone workers endorsed new wage scales from the Boston Telephone Operators Union and Cable Splicers Local 396 at its Washington street meeting. The universal wage scale committee reported progress and said a final report will likely be presented at the next board meeting.
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Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
Joint
Executive Board of Telephone Workers
Washington Street
Committee On Universal
Labor Notes on Union Activities and Bond Subscriptions
At a Truck Drivers Union 25 meeting Secretary Hunt announced local subscriptions totaling 27 000 for Liberty Loan bonds with 250 members serving in U S armed forces. Local 60 adopted a new wage scale to be presented Dec 15. Bakers Union 7 to nominate officers Nov 10 for referendum Jan 1 1918. Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters urge mass meeting to organize municipal workers with 4000 application cards to be distributed. Mayor Curley open to city chauffeur raises this week. Public Works expects double overtime Sunday and holiday pay and time and a half night pay from budget. Blacksmiths Union 105 enrolled 10 new candidates. Metal Trades Council notes shortage of applicants for government and private yard jobs. Creamery Workers Union reports 10 bonds subscribed and votes for sick benefit fund. Alexander O Kane elected president of Local 122 United Brewery Workers.
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Joseph J. Hunt
Hunt
United States Army
Navy
International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel
Bakers’ Union 7
Wells Memorial Building
Thomas J. Hannon
Sanitary and
Teamsters’ Union
National Theatre
Curley
Norton
Public Works Department
Blacksmiths’ Union
Washington Street
Metal Trades’ Council of
Greater Boston
Creamery Workers’ Union
Alexander O’kane
United Brewery Workers
New York Feeders Vote Wage Increase Prompting Thursday Walkout
New York Oct 28 Shop foremen of the Press Feeders Union ratified demands for a 4 a week wage increase per member. President James J. Bagley says a walkout will occur tomorrow in shops that refuse the raise.
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New York
James J. Bagley
President Wilson appeals for Armenian and Syrian relief
President Wilson made a national appeal urging Americans to aid the more than two million destitute survivors of Turkish atrocities in Armenia and Syria. He described the situation as distressing and called for widespread sympathy and contributions.
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Washington
Wilson
US President appeals for Armenian Syrian relief efforts
President Wilson urges continued gifts from Americans to aid Armenian and Syrian relief as famine and exposure threaten more deaths this winter. He cites 400,000 orphans and over 2,000,000 destitute survivors, calling on donations via the American Red Cross or the American committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. Mayor Mitchel designates Armenian Syrian relief days in New York.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Western Asia
America
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
American Committee For
Cleveland H. Dodge
Madison Avenue
New York City
Woodrow Wilson
Mitchel
Uramiah
Oriental
Nearly decapitated in crash with auto near Hillsgrove
Pedestrian Avord Johnson, 34, died after a motorcycle collided head on with an automobile driven by Fred E. Winsor of Harrisville who was exonerated. Passenger William Vickers was knocked unconscious but not seriously hurt.
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Hillsgrove
R. I
Aveard Johnson
Fred E. Winsor
Harrisville
Johnson
William Vickers
Maine Women Start Food Conservation Campaign
Thousands of Maine women from nearly every organization and nationality plan to begin a state wide food conservation drive tomorrow. The effort aims to enroll more than 80 percent of the 180000 state families in the national food conservation army.
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Augusta
Maine
National Food Conservation Army
Missing Woman's Body Found in Sebasticook Lake
The body of Mrs. Mabel Orters of Bridgeport Connecticut was recovered from Sebasticook Lake in Newport Maine where she had been visiting friends after disappearing October 12. A note found in her pocket cites grief over her husband’s death. She was 45.
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Newport
Mabel Orters
Bridgeport
Fund Drive For D Company Regimental Benefit Concert
Roxbury Crossing volunteers raised a large sum at a benefit concert in the Superb Theatre Roxbury under the Do Ure Bit Club. The funds support D Company 301st Regiment comprised of local young national army soldiers and their families.
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Roxbury
Camp Devens
301St
Boston's Own Regiment
Superb
Roxbury Crossing
D Company
301St Regiment
National Army
Boy Found Senseless in Brighton Bushes
Sergeant Muldoon of the Brighton police found the child after the Brighton company of the National Guard and the entire neighborhood of the child’s home had beaten the surrounding sections, guided by lantern light.
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Muldoon
Brighton
National Guard
Teddy the Coaster Boy Vanishing Mystery at 15 Shepard Street
A two year old, known as Teddy, disappeared from his yard Saturday morning in Boston. A massive night search involved nearly 300 men and neighbors near St Elizabeth's Hospital. Teddy's mother Martha Gately suspects abduction and sexual assault, while police say the injuries likely came from the boy's attempts to escape rugged ground. Teddy was found later at the dumping ground near Beatty's lodge with his homemade eight pound coaster nearby. The family demands police action and a full investigation into the child's disappearance and injuries.
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Teddy
Shepard Street
Martha Gately
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Post
Boston
Muldoon
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Beatty's Lodge
Knights of Columbus War Fund Drive Opens in Boston
The Knights of Columbus campaign committee begins renewed activity in Greater Boston to support a $3,000,000 fund for soldiers and sailors at home and abroad.
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Knights of Columbus War Fund
Greater
Boston
Uncle Sam
K Or C
Daniel J. Gallagher
Supreme Knight
East
Knights of Columbus
Ayer
Military Dansant for Sweater Fund Nov 23
A military dansant will be held at the Opera House Chateau Friday evening November 23 by the Lygia Guild to aid the sweater fund for the district boys at Camp Devens. 35 undergraduates from local colleges will participate with a reception for Camp Devens boys and a feature called Waltz Allies representing allied nations.
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Opera House Chateau
Lygia Guild
Camp Devens
New England Conservatory of Music
Simmons College
Notre Dame Academy
Dana Hall
Brookline
Newton
South Boston
Charlestown
Kenneth Jackson
John Fitzgerald
Preston Marney
T. L. Donohue
Lyman Preston
Thomas Fitzgerald
James Ford
Clarence Walker
Edward Donohue
Nan Mahoney
Fritzie Fitzgerald
May Donohue
Alsace-Lorraine Seen as Last Barrier to Peace
Berlin dispatch reports Vorwaerts says only France’s determination to reclaim Alsace-Lorraine blocks immediate end to the war. The paper argues Germany cannot surrender the provinces and accuses France of seeking conquest rather than honourable settlement.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Berlin
London
France
Vorwaerts
Chamber of Deputies
von Kuehlmann
Germany
Woman Fatally Wounded at Stamford Station after Auto Ride
Estelle Doescher aged 27, daughter of Charles Doescher of Yonkers New York, was fatally hurt at Stamford station after being taken from a private sanitarium for an automobile ride. She fell or threw herself before a moving train.
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Stamford
Conn
Estelle Doescher
Charles Doescher
Yonkers
N. Y
Frank H. Barnes
Boston Man Wounded With Canadian Troops
Ottawa reports the Canadian overseas casualty list includes American names among the wounded: I Lebet of Brunswick Maine and W Donaldson of Boston.
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Boston
Ottawa
Ont
I. Lebet
Brunswick
W. Donaldson
Plan Dinner for the Needy Campaign Opens Today
The Volunteers of America launch a Thanksgiving dinner drive for city children amid high food prices and rising demand. They seek surplus vegetables from farmers and small lots of fruit from marketmen, plus one jar of preserves from housewives. Colonel and Mrs. Lindsay report 300 jars stored.
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Volunteers of
America
Lindsay
Lynn Gambling Raid Yields Ashes Evidence
Police raided a cellar at 88 Spring Street in Lynn and arrested eighteen Chinese men. They hope to prove in Lynn District Court that the ashes found are from a set of dominoes used in illegal gambling.
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Spring Street
Lynn
Lynn District Court
Union workers back James Oneal for Mayor
A trade union campaign committee was formed yesterday to back James Oneal Socialist candidate for Mayor. Major unions represented included the International Ladies' Garment Workers and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Two campaign headquarters were set to open at 142 Tremont Street and 1 Causeway Street in the West End.
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James Oneal
Washington Street
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Tremont Street
Causeway Street
West End
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Bernard M. Wolf, Jr
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Jacob Aronson
George Solomon
Robert Reinhart
John A. Harrison
Frances Rubin
Co. A. Friedlander Morris Ziff
Marks Arthur Hirshson
Samuel Davis
Morris Selig
C. B. MacLaine
Hannah Ruggles
Harry Levine
Ida Goldstein
Jesse W. Simons
David Stone
Samuel Godin
Clara W. Connor
Eerremega
MOUR
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BROWN
Atghley
Batkinson
Eros Austin & CO
Bailey & Sons
Balser & Lewis Barbour
Barker
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Elliott- Fisher
Selby
Portsmouth
Ohio
H. M. Baker
Kendall Renang Company
Bradford
P. C. Hubbard
Es Soy Elliott-Fisher Company
Winter St
New England
Providence
Elliott-Fisher
Portland
Worcester
Springfield
Haven
Hartford
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Thalc
Baby Parker
ONEAL
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School of Dancing
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