Stolen Auto Recovered in Gardiner Maine
Morris B. Hobbs of Orient Heights tracked his stolen car to Gardiner Maine after a Post advertisement. The vehicle valued at 1000 dollars was found abandoned near a farm following a Watts Detective Agency tip and Gardiner police
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Morris B. Hobbs
St. Andrews
Orient Heights
Post
The
Gardiner
Hobbs
Washburn Avenue
Bayswater Street
Watts Detective Agency
William Tozier
Watts
Captain Black Leads 18th Provisional Field Artillery
Captain Percy G. Black, formerly an aide to General Johnstone, has gone to Fort Ethan Allen to command a company in his old regiment now the 18th Provisional Field Artillery. He was born at Totten Fort, New York, where his father Brigadier General G. H. Black was stationed.
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Percy G. Black
Johnston
Fort Ethan Allen
18Th Provisional Field Artillery Regiment
Captain Black
Totten, N. Y
G. H. Black
Dandruff Causes Hair Loss in Young Girls Warns Ad
Warning from an exaggerated advertisement claims dandruff triggers hair loss in girls. It promises a miracle solution to double hair beauty in moments, using sensational language typical of mid century beauty pitches.
Danderine promises dandruff cure and new hair growth
An advertisement claims Danderine removes dandruff within minutes and stops itching. It promises new hair growth after weeks, showing hair becomes light, fluffy, wavy, and lustrous. It urges readers to buy Knowlton's Dandeline at drugstores and prove hair can become beautiful again.
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Knowlton
Advt
Deserter from New England Army Sought Nationwide
Oct 30. Private Joseph Deltore of Headquarters Company Boston's Own 301st Infantry Regiment is the first deserter from New England's national army being hunted by federal and secret service officials. Deltore, who boasted he could avoid kitchen duty, lived at 32 Westland Avenue Boston and was certified for service by Division 12. The desertion penalty in wartime is death.
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Camp Devens
New England
National Army
Joseph Deltore
Boston
301St Infantry Regiment
Secret Service
Deltore
Westland Avenue
Division 12
Tompkins
Virginia
Deltore Flees Army As Court-martial Schedules Honor Service
Deltore, a disciplinary problem from G Company, disappeared after promising reform. He faced desertion charges and was assigned kitchen duties as punishment. Rumors say he was captured in Virginia. Also reported are sentences for 94th Infantry garrison brawl and full honors planned for Private Charles Curtin's funeral with a wet procession in Littleton.
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Frank Keenan
Nicholas Costello
94Th Infantry
Carl Krog
Waterbury
Percy W. Arnold
801St Infantry
Hodges
Charles Curtin
201St Field Artillery Regiment
Waltham
Curtin
Littleton
Camp transfer upheaval shocks New England soldiers
Soldiers disciplined and relocated amid a nationwide reorganization that splits units and redraws commands. Washington orders aggressive speech restrictions as 8000 depot brigade troops move to Camp Gordon, with 4800 remaining to follow. A sergeants school opens at the cantonment to train diverse recruits into non commissioned leaders. Dudley P. Ranney of Boston Harvard class appears among attendees.
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Washington
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Army cantonment to hold half holiday and Liberty Loan Day meet
Acting Sergeant Abraham Gray and West End newsboy join Captain Smith's command with Jack Harding Charles Parker Cornelius Fahey and H M Baker among attendees. Weather permitting the cantonment will observe a half holiday and in the afternoon an army athletic meet now titled Liberty Loan Day was scheduled for last week.
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the Lampoon
Abraham Gray
West End
West End House
Boston Post News
Jack Harding
Charles E. Parker
Cornelius J. Fahey
Boston & Albany Railroad
H. M. Baker
Ohio Wesleyan University
Dorchester Pie Parade For Dorchester Boys At Camp Devens
Dorchester, Massachusetts sends 200 Dorchester pies and 15 to 20 guards to Camp Devens in a Pie Feast Day for H Company 301st Infantry. Dr. Fred W. Hardwick led the effort with pies a 40 pound cheese apples and a Dorchester apple pie recipe. Notables including ex Mayor Fitzgerald and War Services Association members will accompany the convoy leaving Peabody Square in Pie rode formation today at noon.
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Camp Devens
H Company
301St Infantry
Dorchester
Dorchester Boys
Fred W. Hardwick
Devens
Ayers
C. D. Morse
Dr. Hardwick
Walter B. Grant
Herbert W. Burr
William R. McCarthy
War Services Association
King Apple
Mince
Mayor Fitzgerald
Stephen Keith
Robert Miller
Henry J. O'Keefe
John H. Stonely
Wilbur H. Adams
Stephen R. Casey
Paul Kane
Henry de Lorie
W. R. McCarthy
Peabody Square
Aliens Who Waived Rights Must Serve in Draft
Provost Marshal General Crowder telegram to Colonel Barrell states aliens who signed waivers giving up rights to be considered aliens in the draft and later revoke them must be held for military service. The message notes multiple cases in the Bay State mobilization.
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Crowder
Thomas D. Barrell
Bay State
Aliens Waive Draft Rights Then Seek Exemption
General Crowder’s telegram states that any alien who signs a waiver of exemption when summoned for examination and later claims exemption can be kept in service. The note notes draft officials’ puzzlement over these cases where aliens change positions on citizenship.
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Crowder
Germany Lost 6 000 000 Men in Three Years of War
In a Reichstag declaration Independent Socialist Ledebour estimated Germany's war losses at 1 500 000 dead 3 000 000 to 4 000 000 wounded 600 000 crippled for life and 2 000 000 invalided totaling 6 000 000 lost over three years. Washington reports say official confirmation has been with American officials for some time.
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Washington
Germany
Reichstag
Ledebour
Switzerland
Greek King as German Agent
Telegrams between King Constantine of Greece and Emperor William show Constantine acted as a German agent. He forwarded military and political intelligence from Greek diplomats and Saloniki officers to Berlin. The Berlin directive ordered bands of 5000 men to disrupt Sarrail and harass his rear.
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London
Constantine
Greece
William
Athens
Saloniki
Berlin
Sarrail
Fin Com Counsel Accuses Mayor over City Business
The fin com counsel charges Mayor James M. Curley with violating a city ethics statute. He warns Curley could face a $1000 fine or one year imprisonment for holding membership in a company doing business with the city.
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FIN. Com
Ing
Hurlburt
James M. Curley
Boston Mayor Curley Loan Evidence at Commission
Testimony details loans and alleged improper funding from 1913 to 1918. Witnesses cite a $4000 Curley loan at Mutual National Bank and connections to Daly Plumbing Supply and Sullivan interests, with questions about loan purpose and repayments.
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Francis L. Daly
Fourth Atlantic National Bank
Daly
Chelsea
Curley
Daly Plumbing Supply Company
Sullivan
Slattery
Willcox
Daniel H. Coakley
George A. Crocker
Mutual National Bank
Mr. Hurlburt
Hurlburt
Mr. Crocker
U Boats Recalled in Plea to South America
Reports quote Secretary Lansing as listing despatches that urged sending U boats to South America and Caribbean areas to threaten Latin American nations while seeking to flatter others, reflecting renewed wartime diplomacy efforts.
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Lansing
Brief note attached to copies comments on contents
A lone remark appears on the statement accompanying the copies, stating only a general comment about their contents. No further detail or specifics are provided in the readable text.
Luxburg Telegrams Published About South American Policy
The State Department releases full texts of Luxburg telegrams to Berlin. Messages dated July 7 1917 and August 4 1917 discuss Brazil open markets in Argentina and South Brazil, Chilean friendship, and submarine presence. Argentina may demand publication and Luxburg to sail home November 1 with safe conduct.
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Count Luxburg
Brazil
South America
Paraguay
Chili
Santiago de Chili
Luxburg
Argentina
State Department
von Luxburg
Washington
United States
Berlin
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
Hamburg Colonization Company
Germany
Bueno Ayres
Let Our Representative Do Your Shopping for You
The ad promotes a shopping service for gifts to soldiers. It explains costs in Paris stores plus a 10 percent service fee, with refunds or replacements for leftovers. Readers are urged to give money to a representative or meet her in person, and to call today.
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France
Personal Service Bureau
Paris
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