Raise Flag on Lafayette Day Observed in Philadelphia
The 160th birthday of Lafayette was marked at Independence Hall with raising a special flag, duplicated in Paris. French ambassador Jules J. Jusseraud attended and praised Lafayette's ideals, noting Independence as a mankind slogan. Cable greetings from Pershing Joffre Poincare and Beatty were read and cheered.
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Lafayette
Independence Hall
Paris
France
Jules J. Jusseraud
General Pershing
Joffre
Poincare
Admiral Beatty
New York
Lafayette Committee
Suit Brought Over Foot Injury at Arlington Stop
The allegation that Mrs. Margaret Mead of Arlington lost 5000 dollars due to a conductor stepping on her foot and injuring it forms the basis of a suit against the Boston Elevated filed yesterday in Superior Middlesex Court at East Cambridge.
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Margaret Mead
Arlington
Boston Elevated
Middlesex Court
East Cambridge
Twenty two Headed Cabbage Prize Freak
A 22 headed cabbage grown by C. D. Hill on Sagamore Hill Nantasket was brought to the Post by Miss Anna McGrath. The stalk weighs over nine pounds and produced many heads instead of one as expected. Mr Hill notes it will require much corned beef to match the prize produce.
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Hill Farm
Sagamore Hill
Nantasket
C. D. Hill
Anna McGrath
Anna M’'Grath
Shipping Board Plans Immediate Ocean Freight Rate Control
Washington announces immediate control of ocean freight rates charged by American vessels. A general chartering board will approve all charters, with rates cutting 65 to 75 percent from current tariffs. Allied and neutral vessel rates may be regulated via export and bunker coal controls. Present rates are $17 to $18 per ton, with some reports of higher charges under the new scale.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Lynn Shoe Employers Reject Unions and Close Factories
Twenty Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association members vote to not deal with Lynn shoe workers' unions and may keep factories closed through winter. They plan to mail former employees application cards to join the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union in Lynn, with the aim of reopening once enough applications are received and pledged to protect workers' interests.
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Lynn Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Lynn Shoe Workers’ Unions
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Lynn
FEW CANDIDATES FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY
The Democratic organization in the state shows collapse with no candidates in seven of eight council districts, 24 of 40 senatorial districts, 76 of 159 representative districts and 10 of 13 county commissioner contests. Governor candidate Frederick W. Mansfield says he will announce a state ticket slate to run on stickers.
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Frederick W. Mansfield
Ducharme Death Sentence Stands in Chicopee Case
The Governor and Council rejected commutation and a two week reprieve for Frank Ducharme, the Chicopee man on death row for murdering a 38 year old woman last October. The defense claimed insanity and mental state at crime time. only Councillor Buckley favored commutation and both Buckley and Harris supported a brief reprieve.
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Frank Ducharme
Chicopee
Ducharme
Crumee
State Insane Hospital
Bridgewater
Buckley
Harris
Italians Hold Prisoners as Front Stays Hot near Gorizia
Official war bulletin reports ongoing fighting northeast of Gorizia with 26 officers and 500 men captured yesterday. Carso attacks south of Brestovizza valley were repulsed by firm resistance, yielding about 200 more prisoners.
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Gorizia
Carso
Brestovizza
Fund for 101st now at thirty five thousand eight hundred eighty five
Relief fund contributions for the 101st Regiment Infantry continue, with many gifts over one hundred dollars. Names include J H O Neil treasurer, society and business supporters, and total receipts reported as 35 885 dollars. Checks to be sent to the treasurer at Federal Trust Company Boston.
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101St Regiment Infantry
J. H. O'Neil
Federal Trust Company
Devonshire Street
Boston
Soldier letters urge tobacco for troops
Arthur Lord of this town now in England with the Fourteenth Regiment of Railroad Engineers writes home urging the soldiers to take tobacco along. He notes the five cent package sells for 25 cents in England and the ten cent cans go for high prices there.
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Maynard
Arthur Lord
England
Fourteenth Regiment of Railroad Engineers
Tuberculosis Decline in Boston Public Schools
Tuberculosis in Boston public schools is on the decline with a 50 percent drop during the last season ending in June compared to 1916 1917. The improvement is credited to more efficient medical inspectors and school nurses per Dr William Devine director of medical inspection.
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Boston Public
William Devine
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