Walter S. Glidden Dies After Illness in Somerville
Walter S. Glidden, four years a Governor's Council member and head of the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Co, died at his Somerville home 380 Broadway after a yearlong illness. He had recently returned from Whitefield New Hampshire and last visited the Charlestown bank July 24. Survived by daughters Anne E. Glidden and Abby Glidden Parkhurst and sister Mary E. Glidden. formerly of Charlestown, he chaired Somerville's Public Safety Committee in the first war year.
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Walter S. Glidden
Governor’s Council
N. E. Hollis and Company
New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank
Broadway
Somerville
Mr. Glidden
Whitefield
N. H
Charlestown
Somerville Public Safety Committee
Anne E. Glidden
Abby Glidden Parkhurst
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary E. Glidden
Boston
Army in France rated cleanest in history says Major Thompson
Major Alec N. Thompson of the USMC told 1000 Boston retail workers at the City Club that education and discipline cut the social disease rate in the American expeditionary forces by two thirds since 1916. He introduced the War Department photoplay Fit to Fight to the audience.
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France
Alec N. Thompson
War Department
Boston
City Club Auditorium
Massa
Mass health effort to combat scourge described
A speaker urged collaboration with the War Department and the State health department to educate and mobilize men to stay fit for work, signaling a broad public campaign to eradicate the scourge.
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War Department
State Health Department
Meeting House Hill Hears Curley Tonight
Former Mayor James M. Curley seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 13th district and invites district voters to a rally at the Meeting House Hill ward room in Dorchester. The invitation accuses the current congressman of absenteeism and disloyalty and urges support for Curley.
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James M. Curley
Congress
Ward Room
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Curley
America
France
Registration Day urged for men ages 18 to 45
Notes for men call all males from 18 to 45 to register on September 12 or join the nation’s armed forces. The piece promotes patriotic duty and urges men to save peach stones as a family effort, noting 100 stones provide carbon for a gas mask.
Thrift Stamps Drive Spurs War Savings Efforts
People save every quarter in change and convert to Thrift Stamps to support the war. The effort grows as more men participate and contribute to the savings drive.
Knitted and Solero Coats Sell Fast at Filene’s
Knitted topcoats from 22 to 35 dollars in grays tans blues and greens promise rainproof wear with little pressing. Solero green brown coats priced at 25 dollars join rich Scotch homespun tweeds and heathers from Thex ton Wright and Filene’s golf fit. Not many coats remain for the golfer market.
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Filene
Solero
Thexton & Wright
Casualty List Names 600 War Department Casualties
Six hundred of General Pershing's soldiers were named on the War Department casualty lists. The notices list service members from several states plus numerous towns and units, with many from Connecticut and nearby areas. Names include Sgt. William Carlisle, Sgt. Daniel Wright, Amb. Driver Clayton Ellis, and others in infantry, engineers, aviation, and navy categories.
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General Pershing
War Department
New England
William
Carlisle
Beaconst
Clinton
K Co
Daniel B. Wright
Auburn
R. ST. U
Train Artillery
Clayton M. Ellis
Somerville
Henry Dauphinais
Main St
Indian Orchard
A Co
Sixth Engineers
Henry J. Schmidt
Pine St
New Haven
F Co
James A. Wood
Reed St
Warren
Local Casualties Signal 302d Infantry Ties to 58th Unit
The day’s update lists an unofficial casualty report from the 302d Infantry. A North Stoughton soldier in the 302d is wounded in action with the 58th Infantry. Members of the 301st Boston’s Own are known to be with the 165th Infantry.
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76Th
North Stoughton
302D
58Th Infantry
301St
Boston
165Th Infantry
Wounded and Missing in Action From World War Fragments
A sister receives news Corporal Thomas Mazza of H Company 101st Infantry was wounded in July. Corporal Hugh V. O Neil of the Thirtieth Infantry is reported missing in action. Private Charles Marino died of wounds. Sergeant William J Kearney and Clayton M Ellis killed in action. Sergeant Daniel B Wright also killed. Private Charles S Johnson died of disease. Names, ages, and hometowns listed.
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Hugh V. O’neil
John O'Neil
Jamaica Road
Brookline
Thirtieth Infantry
Camp Greene
N. C
O'Neil
Elizabeth Pattinello
Thachercourt
Charles Marino
Marino
Greenfield
M Company
104Th Infantry
William J. Kearney
K Company
101St Infantry
John W. Carlisle
Beacon Street
Clinton
Daniel B. Wright
Auburn, R. I
Wright
Honolulu
United Train of Artillery
New England Soldiers Named on Casualty List
Official casualty roll lists numerous New England servicemen with statuses including killed in action died of wounds and severely wounded. Names span towns from Westfield to Bridgeport with units from the 26th 30th and 104th Infantry.
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New England
Stabilize Cotton Prices Under War Board Plan
The War Industries Board with President Wilson's approval will soon appoint a committee to study stabilizing cotton prices and crop handling. Baruch says a short crop worsens the need to satisfy national and allied demands and to secure equitable distribution for war needs.
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Washington
The
War Industries Board
Wilson
Baruch
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General Lafayette
the Marne
Faneuil Hall
Andrew J. Peters
John L. Fates
Charles A. DeCourcy
William Crozier
Louis J. A. Mercier
Harvard University
Ramon Blanchart
Elsie Thiede
L. Sherman Adams
Filene’s
Bonnie Scotia
Messrs. Thexton & Wright
London
England
Scotland
Lewis E. Williams
Seeley St
Bridgeport
Conn. Corp
Edward F. McLaughlin
Chelsea St
H Co
Edward Donnelly
Point St
Providence
R. I. Corp
Thomas Mazza
Webster St
Inf. Corp
James V. Kearney
Calumet St
Pittsfield
Inf
Frank M. Flynn
Ontario St. Lynn
Mach. Gun Co
James B. Ballantine
Brackin Terrace
Andover
L Co
Joseph Carardonna
M Co
Joseph F. Marshall
Pembroke Ct
J.co
Charles A. Altiparakis
Thompsonville
Conn
Harry T. Bryant
Lewiston
Eugene T. Cormier
Rand St
Central Falls
Roi
GL Co
John Gogali
Soe Int
Roy W. Reno
Ludlow
Bernard Sprague
Water St
Augusta
Arthur Sprague
Daniel F. Reed
North Ave
E Co
Eng
John Henderson
Rockland
Mass
Paul Balduga
Easthampton
Edward Peterson
Granite St. Rockport
Charles S. Johnson
Husted Ct
R. I
Robert Cushman, Jr
Green St
Pawtucket
R. I. Navy
Dolore K. Lang
Pawtucket, R
Corporal Thomas Mazza
Walter L Maher
Sumner Street
H Company
Mazza
Sth
Corporal Hugh V. O’neil
Private Charles Marine
Charles L Ellis
Somerville Treasurer’s Office
Somerville High School
Boston Normal Art School
Dartmouth
Sergeant Daniel B. Wright
Ward
John Johnson
Hustedcourt
Johnson
Camp Devens
Jesse Fairbrother
Mill St
Westfield
Arthur Gibeault
North Front St
New Bedford
Fleet
St. North End
Harry B. Brown
Hanks St
Lowell
James Chaban
Hill St
Waterbury
Park St
West Hartford
Henry H. Jones
Stephen Kraspero
Hemlock Ave
Hartford
Barre
Windsor
George A. Bodfish
Hyde Park Ave
Hyde Park
Israel N. Charoux
Howest
Haverhill
Albert H. Fowler
Tudor Ist
Lynn
David H. Reid
William F. Cahill
R. FR
Woodbury
Jamaica Id
Foster E. Paul
Auburn St
Springfield
B Co
Shelburn Kincaid
Repilla Ave
Middletown
William A. Litch
Windsor Ave
C Co
James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchester County Hospital
Leslie M. Shaw
Court of Claims of
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Scollay Square
Tremont St
Winter Street
Washington St
Bromfield St
Slater's
Harry H. Aronson
Slater
Paca Nn
Richardson
Army
Boys’ New
Fall Metal
Dr. Whitcomb
Dr. Whitcombb
Tre Oak
Price
U. S. Army
Munson
Bie
Bien Koko
Men’s and Boys
Storm King Dull Gum Boots
United States
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