Rest Room for Odd Fellows Gets Camp Devens Flags
Massachusetts Odd Fellows approve a $6000 appropriation to provide rest facilities at Camp Deven s for 9000 or more soldiers. Flags costing $250 each will be given to the 101st and 103d regiments, with the 101st expected to carry the first American flag in France by a National Guard unit.
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Devens
Grand Lodge
Massachusetts
Tremont Street
Lavater W. Powers
Weltham
Samuel K. Walker
West Lynn
Boston
William M. Webber
Rhedre S. Lovell
Clifford L. Mahoney
E. Bentley Young
J. Herbert Simpson
William H. Ralph
Odd Fellows’ Home
Joseph Belcher
Randolph
101St
103D
France
101St Regiment
Logan
Colonel Hayes
Westfield
Wilson & Co Fined for Selling Eggs Unfit for Food
Wilson & Co a foreign corporation based at 19 Commercial street appealed a $100 fine after being found guilty of selling eggs unfit for food to Isaac Lifshin of 32 Spring street West End Lifshin was fined $50 for exposing the eggs he bought from the firm and also appealed the lower court finding.
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Wilson & Co
Commercial Street
Sheehan
Central Court
Isaac Lifshin
Spring Street
West End
Lifshin
Wilson
Daughter accuses husband of inappropriate ties with sister
Mrs Hattie Drinkwater filed a complaint alleging her sister Mrs Hattie M Drinkwater and her husband Joseph J Morgan fostered unduly friendly relations. The action states the wife was told of concern when twenty two.
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Joseph J. Morgan
Hattie M. Drinkwater
Letters in divorce case read to Superior Court judge
Letters written by Joseph J. Morgan of Newton to Mrs Hattie Mae Drinkwater of Maine sister of his wife were read to Judge O Connell at the trial of Mrs Marion Frances Morgan of Needham in Dedham Superior Court yesterday Morgan testified she learned last February that her mother was living and that she had a sister in Maine
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Joseph J. Morgan
Newton
Hattie Mae Drinkwater
Maine
O'Connell
Marion Frances. Morgan
Needham
Dedham
Adopted Child Case Details in Morgan-Morgan Suit
The sister Mrs Drinkwater is described as friendly with Morgan and Mrs Morgan testifies he failed to provide money. She says she was adopted at 18 months by Mrs Catherine Shepherdson of Needham and viewed her as legal mother until about age ten. Morgan left homes twice, last Feb 12, and Mrs Morgan has not lived with him since. Letters show Morgan’s actions. proceedings occur in a jury waived Superior Court session and Morgan does not contest the suit.
Protest Over New Cemetery Plan in West Roxbury
West Roxbury residents and Brookline officials urged the City Council to deny a permit for a cemetery on a triangular Baker Street lot. The Boston Burial Society led by David Harfield faces objections that the cemetery would devalue nearby properties and harm the neighborhood, while water-board chair Nathaniel Walker and Brookline selectman member Walter Cusick warned of potential water contamination.
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West Roxbury
Brookline
Boston Burial Society
David Harfield
Baker Street
Nathaniel A. Walker
Water Board
Walter F. Cusick
Board of Selectmen
Acton Tax Rate Set For 1917 at $18 40 Per Thousand
Acton officials announce the 1917 tax rate as $18.40 on each $1000 of assessed valuation. The assessors released the notice today, outlining the new levy and its application to town property and residents.
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Acton
Plan to bar wartime strikes and wage changes by agreement
Manufacturers representatives urged the Council of National Defence to adopt a wartime pact between employers and employees to prevent strikes and lockouts and maintain open or closed shop conditions. They called for a war committee with binding powers to settle labor disputes and retain existing health and safety provisions, wages, hours, and shop status during the war. The delegation cited groups including the American Cotton Manufacturers Association and National Association of Manufacturers and named L A Osborne as spokesman.
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Washington
Council of National Defence
Council
Advisory Commission
Ing
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Defence Council
L. A. Osborne
New York
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
American Paper and Pulp Association
Electrical Manufacturers’ Club
Manufacturing Chemists’ Association
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
National Council For Industrial Defence
National Erectors’ Association
National Founders’ Association
Rubber Association of America
Silk Association of America
United Typotherae and
Franklin Clubs of America
Council Deliberates Early Conference of Union Officers
The council considers calling an early conference of national and international officers of American trades unions to discuss proposals. About 150 members of the National Industrial Conference Board, representing 16 manufacturers associations and over 650000 workers, were involved.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Chicago Mayor Sues for Libel in City News Battle
Chicago Mayor Thompson filed a praecipe for $250,000 damages against the Chicago Herald Company and publisher James Keeley. The action follows harsh criticism of the mayor’s anti war stance and signals possible additional suits.
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Chicago
Thompson Today
Chicago Herald Company
James Keeley
The
Herald
Statement on rally absence and alleged surveillance plots
A statement claims the absence from a Kankakee rally was due to suit preparations. It accuses newspapers of branding him a traitor and alleges enemies infiltrated his living spaces with dictagraphs, tapped phones, and spies in a claimed conspiracy against him.
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Kankakee
Chicago
Defence Folk Seek Hearing on German Insurance Plan
Richard M. Hurd, head of the American Defence Society trustees, asks Senator Fletcher for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on allowing German insurance firms to operate during the war. He asserts these firms possess secret information about the United States, draw about 55 million dollars a year in premiums, and bolster the enemy.
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New York
Richard M. Hurd
American Defence Society
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
United States Senate Committee On Commerce
United States
Insurance transfer proposal faces Allied and German firms
The document argues for moving insurance carried by German companies to American allied firms to counter risks in the country. It cites a figure near 85 million dollars and contrasts with over 1a, 000.00 in risks.
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Joy Allied
Boxing Bouts Aboard Commonwealth Pier Night of Matches
Boxing cards drew naval reservists and regulars at Commonwealth pier with chief boatswain Lavan officiating. Notable pairings included Robson versus Dowd, Donovan versus Hanlon, Wilson versus Brennan, Meyers versus Marino, Farland versus Ric, and others such as Durette Owens, Brooks Fitzgerald, Miller Young, Vatlin Cadore, and McIntyre Karem.
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Commonwealth Pier
Ao Entertainment
A. Glivan
Yankee Mack
Co. A
Johnny Bald
Ray Durette
Pat Owens
George Brooks
Eddie Fitzgerald
Char Miller
Young Cy
Green
Jerry Gardner
Tom Kelly
Tony Vatlin
Yo Cadore
Billy McIntyre
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Warner
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He Ginter Co
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Overseas Banking Service
Paris
State Street Crust
State Street
Copley Square
Boylston Street
Mass. Ave
Cor. Mass. Ave
Boylston St
City Council
Baker CO
Telephone Beach
Washington Street
Boylston
Hollis Sta
Defence Board
Gompers
ASK
Filene’s
Serge
Filene's
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Filene
ST Vrae Ee
Oss
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Concord
Silvertip
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Pueblo Path
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