Plan to Buy Coal Direct
James J. Irwin of Everett promotes a Boston Coal Users' Cooperative Association with 58 subscribers and more pledges. The plan aims to buy anthracite from Pennsylvania, cut costs, and distribute profits to shareholders, with incorporation at about 100000 dollars and a possible mutual if stock sells beyond that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Coal Users’ Co-operative Association
James J. Irwin
Everett
Mutual
Irwin
F. F. Whittier
Brookline
Caroline G. Gray
Cornelius van Koert
Clinton S. Childs
Boston
Pennsylvania
Deny French Mission To Go To Washington
Colonel Paul Azan who leads the French mission at Harvard may stay in Cambridge to oversee military courses next term. Officials deny rumors the group will travel to Washington when the reserve officers battalion camp ends. Six officers currently compose the mission, though not all will remain at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Azan
Harvard
Cambridge
Azan
Washington
Boston
Plant Juice Promises Quick Aid for Stomach Trouble
Plant Juice, herbal stomach remedy, claims to supply natural salts to destroy poison germs and rebuild tissues. In Wakefield Massachusetts resident Mrs Elizabeth Muse reports five years of indigestion and gas resolved after two bottles, with improved sleep energy and digestion. The Plant Juice Man markets the product at Houghton Duton Co store drug department, meeting locals daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Muse
Elm Street
Wakefield
Mass
Houghton & Dutton Co
Remy
President Wilson Tours Gloucester by Yacht and Auto
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson visited Gloucester aboard the Mayflower and via launch. They arrived quietly, met Colonel and Mrs. House, and motored through the north shore in three secret service guarded cars. The visit, unseen by most, ended with a dine aboard the yacht before departure.
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Taft
Beverly
President Wilson
North Shore
Wilson
Colonel
House
Colonel House
Boston
Gloucester
Prietdantte
Mrs. Wilson
New London
Margaret Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
Oswegatchie Summer Colony
Oswegatchie
Boston Schools Open for Fall Term Amid War Leaves
Boston schools begin the fall term serving about 100 000 students with nine new buildings including the Boston Trade building and the High School of Practical Arts addition set to be ready. Anticipated lower attendance due to wartime conditions and several teachers granted leaves of absence for the duration, among them Edward F. O'Dowd and George E. Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Trade
High School of Practical Arts
Edward F. O'Dowd
Frothingham
Charlestown
Biennial of Trolley Men Opens in Providence
Reports at the 15th biennial convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees show the international treasury paid 586,162 in death disability and old age benefits and local branches added 975,091 in the same benefits. About 500 delegates from the U S and Canada arrive with 100 from the West on a special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
International Treasury
Canada
Crown Hotel
Police Raid Bay View Inn In Weymouth Seizes Liquor
Weymouth Chief Pratt and seven officers raided the Bay View Inn in North Weymouth early yesterday taking a limousine filled with beer whiskey champagne and cordials. They found only a frightened maid servant and a porter. A warrant is out for Eugene Clark proprietor who fled. six cases of beer and other liquor were moved to the police station.
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Chief Pratt
Weymouth
Bay View
North Weymouth
Eugene Clark
Clark
Ribot Fails To Form New French Ministry
Paris Sept 9 Premier Ribot abandoned the effort to reform his ministry after Socialist party members refused to cooperate. He had planned a new ministry under Ribot and held talks with Chaumet Painlevé and Thomas plus other ministers, but could not secure a settlement.
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Paris
Ribot
Socialist Party
M. Ribot
Marine Chaumet
War Painleve
Munitions Thomas
True's Elixir promoted as safe worm expeller for children
Mothers should guard against worms as signs show through stomach pains, pale skin, foul breath, and other symptoms. Dr True's Elixir, described as a family laxative and worm expeller, claims worldwide reputation for treating worms and stomach issues in all ages. Customer testimonials from Georgia and Maine are cited.
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Wean 2 Wis Jug
Maine
Fatal crash near Wentworth House on Sagamore road
Charles E. Folsom of Hamilton Massachusetts was killed instantly and Charles Heffenger of Portsmouth injured when a racing car failed to navigate a curve and rolled over near the Wentworth House road. The collision involved a Maine car carrying Francis L. Merkle Miss Perry and Mrs Harlow Haskell of Portland. Folsom, 22, Harvard 1916, grandson of former New Hampshire Governor Hiram A. Tuttle.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Charles E. Folsom
Hamilton
Mass
Charles Heffenger
A. C. Heffenger
Sagamore Road
Folsom
Heffenger
Farragut House
Rye Beach
Wentworth House Road
Maine
Francis L. Merkle
Miss Perry
Harlow Haskell
Portland
Harvard
Hiram A. Tuttle
New Hampshire
Man Blackjacked On Walk With Family
George Christie of Revere road Quincy was walking home with his wife and young son when three men crept up and knocked him unconscious with a blackjack. The trio fled into the darkness, leaving the woman and child unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Christie
Revere Road
Quincy
Boy Killed by Soldiers Car at Jamaica Plain
Eight year old Roger T. Stevens died after a car struck him at Green and Washington streets in Jamaica Plain. He died at City Hospital at 5 PM after being treated since 8 AM. Son of Herbert A. Stevens of 8 Robeson street. vehicle owner was John F. Cogswell of 23 Swan street Lawrence. nine soldiers of the One Hundred and Third Regiment were aboard.
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Roger T. Stevens
Green
Washington Streets
Jamaica Plain
City Hospital
Herbert A. Stevens
Robeson Street
One Hundred and Third Regiment
John F. Cogswell
Swan Street
Lawrence
Night trench drills mark Harvard encampment finish
Harvard Iron Battalion reserve officers begin a week of night exercises as the four week course nears completion. By next Saturday noon the 650 officers have completed maneuvers and drills, with many ordered to move to cantonments or training camps after Cambridge duties end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Cambridge
John Finnegan Commits Suicide in Police Cell
Worcester report states John Finnegan killed himself by hanging in a police headquarters cell today. No additional details were provided about his case or background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
John Finnegan
Lexington Sees First Frost Impact on Crops
Old Jack Frost touched Lexington in the early hours with frost more keenly felt due to elevation. Tender vegetables in war gardens were killed or stunted, while corn fields largely escaped damage. The Clarke Street community garden saw patchy losses among about 60 plots.
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Jack Frost
Lexington
Bunker Hill Monument
Clarke Street
Joe the Blacksmith Found Dead From Gas in Lodging House
The lifeless body of a lodger identified as Joe the Blacksmith was found in his Dover Street room by landlord Nathan Friedman. Gas escaped from an open wall jet, and officials regard the death as likely accidental rather than self-inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Dover Street
Nathan Friedman
Cupid Invades Radio School at Harvard
Official communiques from Cambridge City Hall report marriages among naval radio students at the Harvard naval radio school. Charles E. Kemp of Cincinnati wed Alma Courtney Barrow in under three months, followed by Alexander R. King marrying Janie McGovern. The next couple is Sadie Tuck and Edwin C. Chesley.
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Cup!d
Naval Radio School
Harvard
Cambridge
Charles E. Kemp
Cincinnati
Alma Courtney Barrow
Alexander R. King
Harvard School
Janie McGovern
King
Naval School
Sadie Tuck
South Norwalk
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