Ayer Cantonment Opens as 60 000 Visit Camp Devens
The first inspection day at Camp Devens drew tens of thousands of visitors to Ayer Cantonment. Recruits enjoyed 24 hour leave, religious services, and open houses while motherly crowds sought out loved ones amid vast drill grounds and barracks. Guards relaxed as cameras clicked and scenes of daily camp life unfolded over 15 000 acres.
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Ayer
Boston Common
Framingham
Reveille
Cantonment
Father T. McGinn
Richard Kenner
Officers’ Reserve Corps
First Sunday Dinner at Camp Devens Menu
A camp menu listing a first Sunday dinner featuring tomato soup roast prime ribs of beef mashed potatoes gravy green peas hot biscuits butter ice water rice pudding vanilla sauce. The spread includes classic sides and desserts for a military post dining hall.
Mayor of Dover Among the Recruits
CAMP DEVENS September 9 The head of a city reported as a draft ed recruit today when Mayor Fred N Beckwith of Dover New Hampshire marched into camp shortly before noon. Clean shaven he stood six feet tall heading five other recruits from the same district. Mayors ought to defend the country as well as any other citizen he said I am ready to do my duty.
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Field Artillery
Boston
Brook
Fren N. Beckwith
Dover
N. H
New Hampshire
H. W. Robbins
A. E. Lemire
Somersworth
Rochester
M. E. Hale
J. E. McCarthy
H. V. Clark
Camp Devens
Fred N. Beckwith
Camp Devens Deluged by Visitors and Activity
At Camp Devens on Sept 9 crowds delivered magazines and books to soldiers. Automobiles flood the camp roads with gears grinding on hilly terrain as 15,000 vehicles roll by. Captain Henry P. Briggs leads the 302nd Infantry Regiment, while a new fire engine receives a test run and officers map troop locations. Football emerges as a camp sport and mascots, including numerous dogs, become regimental pets.
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Devens
New England
Boston
Camp Devens
Sweden in question as Argentina-France tensions rise
A Swedish diplomatic rift over Germany's Luxburg in Argentina deepens as calls grow for Sweden to disavow involvement. Reports say Luxburg pressed Argentine officials to destroy ships, while Sweden faces internal pro German influence and neutrality pressures amid US allied expectations.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Germany
Luxbury
United States
Sweden
Stockholm
Legation
Luxburg
Norway
Russia
England
France
Holstein
Baltic
Sweden's Charge Explains on Argentina Message
Baron Åkerheim, charge d'affaires for Sweden, informs New York officials that the Swedish minister at Buenos Aires did not know the content of a German message he sent. The disclosure clarifies diplomatic understanding during the Buenos Aires episode.
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Buenos Ayres
New York
Baron Akerheilm
Diplomatic scandal rocks Argentina over German envoy expose
Buenos Aires reacts to Washington's cipher dispatch from Count Luxburg to Berlin via the Swedish legation. Officials consider the tale grave and wide reaching as newspapers call it sensational, affecting Argentina Germany relations and public trust. The foreign minister is asked for explanations as papers warn of shifted attitudes.
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Buenos Ayres
State Department
Washington
Count Luxburg
Buenos Ayrés
Berlin
Republic
la Nacion
United States
Sweden Aiding Germany Signals Major War Revelation
London reports the Washington State Department exposed a Swedish diplomat in Argentina as intermediary for German messages to Berlin. The finding, linked to earlier Zimmerman note disclosures, underscores Sweden's mixed wartime stance amid German submarine pressure and suspicions about British leaks and Lord Kitchener’s death.
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Washington State Department
Argentina
Berlin
Mexico
Victoria
Germany
Sweden
England
Tower of London
Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Fatal Worcester Auto Crash Kills One Injures Four
Oscar Meffler, Worcester merchant, lost control of his touring car on Pleasant Street. He hit Fred A. Anderson who died instantly and hurled Theresa McCarthy twenty feet with a fractured skull. John Lee, John Meaney, and Fred O Connor were also hurt. Meaney suffered hip and spine injuries while O Connor had a fractured leg. Theresa McCarthy was reported as critical at the hospital.
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Oscar Meffler
Meffler
Pleasant Street
Fred A. Anderson
Main
Pleasant Streets
Theresa McCarthy
Main Street
John Lee
Lee
John Meaney
Fred O’connor
Meaney
O'Connor
Germany Publishes Broad Peace Will Outline
A circulated outline from Germany proposes independence for its colonies under Britain, Alsace and Lorraine as separate states, and returns of Serbia and Romania with a Mediterranean port. It touches on Balkan and Turkish issues, disarmament, freedom of the seas with Britain controlling the English Channel until the Dover Calais tunnel.
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Germany
Great Britain
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Trieste
Serbia
Romania
Adriatic
Balkan
Turkey
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Benedict
Boy 2 falls 40 feet from window at home
Alfred Lazinsky aged two sustained a fractured skull after falling from a front window at 24 Salem Street yesterday afternoon. He climbed to the window sill while his mother was in the rear of the house.
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Alfred Lazinsky
Salem Street
Voters Decide Maine Vote in Suffrage Battle
In Portland Maine the decisive vote on women’s suffrage approaches with the anti and pro camps active. Kate Douglas Wiggin, noted writer, telegrams her shift to support suffrage sparking controversy. Suffragists host open house on Congress Street while anti group rests.
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Portland
Maine
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Antis
Congress Street
Florence Brooks Whitehouse
Campaign Carriers Move Voters By Auto Transit
A city election plan outlines using automobiles to transport every voter to the polls. The effort targets turnout with organized chauffeured rides for those who fail to appear at the ballot box.
Judge Butler Dies Aged 76 After Long Illness
Judge John Haskell Butler longtime associate justice of the Somerville Police Court dies at home after a long illness. A Civil War veteran and Somerville resident for 50 years, he was 76. He influenced the Royal Arcanum and served as supreme regent in 1883 for two years.
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John Haskell Butler
Somerville
Judge Butler
Royal Arcanum
B M Railroad Locomotive Mechanics May Return Tomorrow
Boston and Maine railroad mechanics expected to return to positions after a strike began August 31 but delays from locals not voting may push a return. Billerica locals delay vote while central committee tallies results on a five cent per hour raise and the three cent balance arbitration by Henry Endicott. Notifications will direct workers on next actions.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Billerica
Henry B. Endicott
Ice Mint Foot Remedy Stirring Drugstores Nationwide
A new Ice-Mint foot remedy has sparked strong demand among druggists. It claims to ease corns and calluses with a small amount, shrinking the affected area and allowing easy removal. The product is described as safe for tender skin and helpful for tired feet, with active ingredients imported from Japan.
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