Firemen Vote to Walk Out at Boston Rus Sell Fire Club Meet
At a packed Rus sell Fire Club meeting in Commercial Hall Boston fire fighters voted unanimously to quit the city service unless wage demands are granted before Monday. Thomas G Spellacy urged disciplined action and plans for all to quit their posts if no raise is approved.
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Russell Fire Club
City Firemen’s Union of Boston
Commercial Hall
Washington Street
Thomas G. Spellacy
International Association of Fire Fighters
German Retreat Rapid Across Vesle Forces Aisne Crossing
German forces fall back along a 150 mile front from Ypres to Rheims under General Foch strategy. The Vesle River retreat from Soissons to Rheims prompts a northward German withdrawal toward the Aisne to avoid disaster as fires blaze behind the Hindenburg Line.
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Aisne
Hindenburg Line
Ypres
Rheims
Flanders
Champagne
Foch
Artois
Picardy
Soissons
Fire Department Raises Sought for New Recruits and Vets
Officials demand higher pay for first-year firefighters from 900 to 1200 per year and veteran maximum from 1400 to 1700 after five years of service. Mr Spellacy reported a tense conference with Mayor Peters to convey the seriousness of the situation. Continued on Page 2-First Column.
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Fire Department
Peters
Spellacy
Honors to Lafayette on Friday
Governor McCall issued a proclamation calling on citizens to observe September 6 as Lafayette Day marking the 161st birth anniversary of General Lafayette and the fourth anniversary of the Battle of the Marne. The proclamation lauds Lafayette as a knight errant of humanity and democracy and cites his service to the nation.
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McCall
General Lafayette
the Marne
Lafayette
The
Marne
Washington
Boys' 2 Knicker Suits 7 to 18 Years Ad
Advertisement for boys 7 to 18 years old suits in worsteds tweeds serges from F Gray Co Boston trade with Washington corner Hanover. Largest department in Boston promises savings about half by trading.
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Boston
F. Gray Co
Washington
Cor
Hanover
Explosion at federal building kills four injures many
Chicago reports a noon blast at a federal building entrance killing four and injuring over 75. Authorities blame the I W W with immediate raids on two I W W headquarters yielding nine arrests and more detainees.
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Chicago
Federal
Philip J. Barry
Department of Justice
Draft draftee Thomas Lawlor hanged himself at command
Thomas Lawlor a draftee from South Norwalk hanged himself after being ordered to Camp Devens. He had claimed conscientious objector status and dependency of a wife, but the draft board moved him from Class Four to Class One and ordered him to camp.
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Conn
Thomas Lawlor
Camp Devens
Italians Repulse Austrian Attack Near Mantello
Italian forces repelled a significant Austrian assault north of the Noce Valley south of Mantello. The war office reports the attack was checked with heavy Austrian losses, with gains limited to two observation posts.
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Noce Valley
Mantello
War Office
World Series Opener Delayed by Rain at Comiskey Park
Chicago reports a damp day as rain drenched Comiskey Park delaying the world championship opener. Flags hung limp while persistent showers kept fans away and postponed the start of the marquee baseball event.
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Chicago
Comiskey Park
World War I Anniversary Row and War Notes
A 1914 wartime recap notes British cruiser Pathfinder sunk by submarine with 259 lives lost and the British steamer Runo blown by a mine with 10 dead. It also records Allied powers agreeing not to seek separate peace and a Russian retreat along a 40 mile front near Riga. The piece mentions German air raids on a hospital near Verdun with 19 killed and 26 wounded.
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Runo
England
France
Russia
Riga
Melope
Pvina
Friedrichstadt
Vandelaincourt
Verdun
Boston Area Weather Forecast With Rain Then Cool
Forecast notes rain for Thursday in southern New England with clearing and cooler conditions by Friday. East coast areas may see persistent rain. northern New England expected cloudy Thursday with Vermont and New Hampshire rain by night, Maine Friday, and improving conditions later.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
If you can't shoulder a gun shoulder a bank account
An advertisement urging individuals to open a savings account at Cosmopolitan Trust Co in Boston. It promotes saving as an alternative to military service and cites the bank's Devonshire Street location.
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Cosmopolitan Trust Co
Devonshire St
Boston
U S Army Ready for Big Drive
Washington Sept 4 General March chief of staff announced more than 1 600 000 American troops embarked for all fronts up to Aug 31 New shipments include forces sent to Italy and Siberia General Graves arrived at Vladivostok with nearly 1400 men From the United States leaving over a million troops available for the supreme commander in the great battle
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Washington
March
Marshal Foch
Italy
Siberia
Graves
Vladivostok
United States
France
Hearing Restored by Invisible Ear Drum Invention
A. O. Leonard of New York claims his invisible ear drum device, a miniature megaphone placed inside the ear, restores hearing and silences head noises. He notes hundreds in New York City have benefited and invites inquiries at Suite 104, 70 Fifth Ave.
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A. O. Leonard
New York City
Mr. Leonard
Fifth Ave
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