Take Property of Enemies at Hand in U S
President Wilson and A Mitchell Palmer arranged today to activate the trading with the enemy law for custody of enemy property. Administrative steps set to place millions of dollars in the custodian s hands with an executive order and a 100 000 fidelity bond to empower Palmer and fund branch offices for reception of enemy assets.
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Washington
Wilson
A. Mitchell Palmer
Germany
Palmer
Textile Workers Open 17th International Convention in Lowell
The 17th annual international convention of the Textile Workers' Union opened in Lowell with about 150 delegates from the United States and Canada. A patriotic parade capped the first day with about 1000 textile workers marching and carrying American flags.
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Lowell
The
Textile Workers’ Union
United States
Canada
Educator Shoes Promoted as Patriotic Foot Health
Doctors reject thousands for flat feet and say shoes with narrow pointed tips worsen the condition. The ad urges switching to Educator healthful shoes by Rice & Hutchins Inc Boston to improve comfort and efficiency, claiming a distinctive trademark on the sole guarantees the entire shoe and its quality.
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RMY
America
Rice & Hutchins, Inc
High Street
Boston
Mass
Model Man Contest At Hull Draws Wide State Interest
State wide demand for model man grows as young girls widows and sedate spinsters enter a free-for-all competition in Hull. The identity of the mysterious X Y Z of the Hull East Wind advertisement remains secret.
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Hull
East Wind
Ayer Camp Soldiers Face Court Martial
Trial by court martial opened at Ayer Camp for Private Frank Keenan and Private Nicholas Costello of Bridgeport, both charged with serious offences after the beating of Corporal Carl Krog of Waterbury. Witnesses testified of intoxication in a Lowell pool room purchase of liquor and the attack during guard duty. The court-martial will resume tomorrow as transfers reorganize the division.
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Camp Devens
Connecticut
304Th Infantry Regiment
N. A
Carl Krog
Waterbury
Frank Keenan
Nicholas Costello
Bridgeport
Krog
Costello
Keenan
Lowell
Women seek long lost husband hunter in Hull post office
The Hull area postal rush centers on the mysterious advertiser seeking a wife. Mrs E J Sirovich reports more than two letters arrive daily from Boston Malden Cambridge and Somerville. Local widows and a 20 year old girl join the matchmaking bid with a 40 year old Marshfield entrant asking about dancing rules.
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Boston
E. J. Sirovich
Hull East Wind
Hunter
Malden
Cambridge
Somerville
Hull
Marshfield
Ordered back to regiment in habeas corpus case
Judge Morton remands Carl A. Blackington a private in the Maine Heavy Artillery at Westfield back to his company after a writ of habeas corpus petition. Blackington, from Waterville Maine, sought discharge claiming an examining physician passed him despite a lowered height and a skull fracture from a horse kick.
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Morton
Federal District Court
Carl A. Blackington
Waterville
Maine Heavy Artillery
Westfield
Blackington
Beaten with Gun Barrel in Army Court Trial
The corporal was struck with a steel gun barrel after two privates smashed his rifle. Keenan and Costello face charges of insubordination and assault with possible murder intent. Keenan, a former boxer, is to be tried after Costello. their cases hinge on alleged threats and refusals to obey officers. A third man, Amos Tommesetti, is also mentioned in relation to liquor in Lowell.
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Krog
Keenan
Percy W. Arnold
301St
51St
Costello
Open Nostrils Relief Ad for Ely's Cream Balm
A vintage ad promises instant relief from head colds and catarrh by applying Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils. The fragrance antiseptic cream supposedly clears air passages, soothes inflamed membranes, and ends nasal congestion for quick breath.
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Ely
Pie Day Call Aboard For Soldiers In Massachusetts
Former Mayor Fitzgerald rallied support for Mansfield and Hale in Natick and Marlboro while urging pie for Massachusetts soldiers at Camp Devens as Pie Day. He praised Dorchester volunteers and urged other towns to provide pie and to prepare Christmas packages for American troops in France. He urged enrolling every service member on city and town records.
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Fitzgerald
Mansfield
Hale
Natick and Marlboro
Massachusetts
Camp Devens
Dorchester
France
Dawson Named Supply Chief by Civil Service
The Civil Service Commission approved Mayor Curley’s appointment of Thomas H. Dawson of East Boston as municipal superintendent of supplies. Dawson, ex‑Boston Elevated Railway purchaser, fills the post left vacant by D. Frank Doherty after a year’s vacancy amid mayoral disagreements.
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Civil Service Commission
Curley
Thomas H. Dawson
Saratoga Street
Boston
Dawson
Boston Elevated Railway Company
D. Frank Doherty
Doherty
Saugus Mission to Be Separate Parish
The Catholic mission of the Blessed Sacrament at Saugus will be established as a separate parish this week. Rev. M. J. Coffey of St. Mary's Brookline will be pastor and assume duties Sunday, replacing Rev. T. J. Holland who previously directed the church under St. Joseph's Maplewood.
Warfield Triumph Returns in The Music Master Revival
David Warfield charmed Boston at the Colonial Theatre in a revival of The Music Master by Charles Klein. The actor’s calm, simple artistry drew sweeping applause from a rapt audience, supported by Auguste Aramini Francis Gaillard Howard Taylor Hazel Lowry Marie Bates and Helen Weer in strong performances. Warfield’s portrayal of Herr von Barwig was hailed as deeply affecting and memorable.
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David Warfield
Colonial Theatre
Boston
Charles Klein
Mr. Warfield
Auguste Aramini
Francis Gaillard
Howard Taylor
Hazel Lowry
Helen Stanton
Marie Bates
Miss Houston
Helen Weer
Jenny
Colonial
Herr von Barwig
von Barwig
Irving
Shylock
Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Fenway Theatre Schedule Showcases Stars This Week
The Fenway Theatre presents Maxine Elliott in Fighting Odds and William Russell in Sands of Sacrifice for the first half of the week. Later, Ann Murdock performs The Beautiful Adventure and Charlie Chaplin stars in A Jitney Elopement for the week’s latter half.
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Fenway Theatre
Maxine Elliott
William Russell
Ann Murdock
Charlie Chaplin
FugitiveFelix Peloquin Brought From Worcester in Boston
Felix Peloquin of Chicago, named by federal officers as one of two masked robbers who stole $20,000 from an express car in Chicago, was brought to Boston from Worcester by Deputy U S Marshal Bancroft and jailed in East Cambridge as a fugitive.
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Felix Peloquin
Chicago
Windy City
Boston
Worcester
United States
Bancroft
East Cambridge
Lumber Mills Offered for Aircraft Stock by Federal Demand
In Seattle on October 29 the Lumbermen's Protective League representing 225 mills voted to place all Washington and Oregon mills at the government’s disposal for airplane stock. The executive committee was empowered to meet the demand. They disclosed a plan to thwart spruce and fir cutting and to damage equipment, including emery dust in bearings, spikes in logs, and releasing boiler water while fires were banked.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Oregon
Lumbermen’s Protective League
Killed on His Way to Boston in Connecticut Crossing
Bliss A. Price of Dorchester Massachusetts was killed when his automobile was struck at an unprotected railroad crossing in Windsor Locks Connecticut. He was en route from Bridgeport where he had just bought the car. His wife followed in a second car and pressed on after his death. Police say Price was an automobile dealer living at 477 Columbia Road Dorchester.
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Windsor Locks
Conn
Bliss A. Price
Dorchester
Mass
Boston
Bridgeport
Mr. Price
Columbia Road
Boy Dies In Hunting Accident In Saco
Leo Cooney aged 16 died from injuries after a hunting accident Saturday. Police say he was shot by companion William Donahue who did not know the gun was loaded.
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Saco
Leo Cooney
Cooney
William Donahue
Pine lumber firms pledge timbers for wood ship program
Washington Oct 2 Southern pine lumber producers agreed in a conference with Shipping Board officials to furnish ship timbers for the wood shipbuilding programme as the last 45 needed by builders. The board had threatened to take over mills unless timber was supplied in larger quantities.
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Washington
Southern Pine Lumber Producers
Shipping Board
Johnston to Fort Ethan Allen for Cavalry Regiments
Brigadier General John A. Johnston commander of the Department of the Northeast with his staff left by auto for Fort Ethan Allen Vermont to inspect the 18th and 19th Cavalry Regiments converted into provisional field artillery regiments. They will soon proceed to Mississippi for training.
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John A. Johnston
Department of the Northeast
Fort Ethan Allen
Mississippi
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Textile Workers
Educator Shoe
Dyssien
Liam Ao Gade
Ayer
Herbert L. Baldwin
New England
State House
302Nd Infantry
Henry P. Briggs
Brookline
Henri Amann
T. Mallet
Paul Pirogord
Frank L. Hiller
Hiller
Harvard
Paul A. Wood
Holyoke Street
Maine
Lowell Amos Tommesetti
California
Washington and
Essex Streets
Charles G, Bancroft
Civil Service Board
Saugus Mission
Warfield
VENUS
American Lead Pencil Co
Lumber Producers
Gen. Johnston
Fort Ethan
Allen
Paine
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
American Tobacco Co
N.Y
American Tobacco Company, Inc
Iute
American Tobacco Company
Mona
Frank N.nathan Co
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