New Trade Ships Boost Boston Waterfront Activity
Six steamers from Canada Norway the Orient and the tropics arrived, signaling a busy period for Boston ports. The British steamer Suruga from the Philippines delayed by war coal shortages, the United Fruit Sixaola with a huge fruit cargo, and Canadian coal vessels Wagama and Stigstad joined arrivals. The Leander from Stavanger sought coal, and the Evangeline carried 254 passengers and freight from Charlottetown Hawkesbury and Halifax for Boston.
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Globe
Boston
Canada
Norway
Orient
The
Tropics
Suruga
New York & Oriental Line
Philippines
Algiers
Barry
Wales
New York
United Fruit
Sixaola
Glenn
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Havana
Leander
Stavanger
Cape Breton
Wagama
Sidney
Stigstad
Louisburg
Evangeline
Charlottetown
Hawkesbury
Halifax
Universal disarmament urged by ex governor at guard convention
Curtis Guild former Massachusetts governor and former ambassador to Russia told the National Guard Association of the United States that universal disarmament could follow the European war. He defended the National Guard as a policing reserve and urged no abolition of the militia. Three hundred fifty officers attended with many spouses at the Somerset banquet.
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Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Russia
National Guard Association of the United States
Somerset
Guild
Mr. Guild
Europe
National Guard
Army
Navy
United States
Union
No Rifle Practice In School Board Opposes Plan
The School Board at its first meeting after vacation opposed rifle practice in public schools. Dr. Harrington and Colonel Benyon reported against it, stating no place for target shooting in the education system.
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Henry Breckenridge
National Board For the
Thomas F. Harrington
George H. Benyon
English High School
South Boston High School
Fresh Groundfish Prices and Docks Report From Boston
Fresh groundfish prices fell yesterday with Haddock at 81 4 cents, market cod 31 4 cents, and hake 21 2 to 41 2 cents. Nearly a million pounds were landed by 27 vessels. notable arrivals included pollock, swordfish, and mackerel, plus bananas and citrus from United Fruit transit changes. The Sixaola will swap to American registry, schooner Little Elsie carried lobsters, and North Star sails to Portland replacing Old Colony.
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Haddock
Nat Nelson
Nat Hammond
Eer
PS Oued Vis Oak
Ckacces
R. Dorothea
Icc Aeass
W. H. Moody
Heckman
Virginia
Actor
Myrtle
E. Sears
R. Brown
E. Sterling
Long Island
Preaker
United Fruit Company
Sixaola
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Havana
North Star
Boston
Portland
Helmes
Old Colony
New York
Friendship
Tvo
Kennebec River
Stemship Corporation
City of
Rockland
City of Bangor
Dorothy Bradford
Here
Provincetown
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed in Atlantic Steamers and Tugs
Shipping reports list steamers including Leander Pettersen Stav and Suruga with routes to New York and Manila, plus Br ships Sixaola and Glenn to Port Limon Havana and Sydney. Also notes schooners and tugs with tows, barge operations, and multiple calls at Philadelphia New York Norfolk and Newport News.
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Leander
Nor
Pettersen
Stavanger
New York
Suruga
Chamberlain
Iloilo
Manila
Sixaola
Glenn
Port Limon
Havana
Wagama
Osterwold
Sydney
Stigstad
Larsen
Louisburg
C. B
Ieander
Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
Governor Cobb
St. John
N. B
Calvin Austin
Portland
Eastport
Ontario
Baltimore
Newport News
Bunker Hill
City of
Apple River
N. S
Georgietta
Rockland
Marcus L. Urann
Norfolk
Eleanor A. Percy
Mary A. White
Rockport
Monocacy
Richardson
Henry Clay
Dutch Island
Swatara
Spring
Salem
Glendower
Portsmouth
Kimberton
Philadelphia
Eawin L. Pillsbury
Bethayres
Lynn
Nemasket
Nesquehoning
Sharon
Solus
British Capture 17 Howitzers Amid War News
The London Daily Express reports British forces seized 17 howitzers and various smaller guns yesterday. German cavalry losses are described as appalling with two thirds of horses wasted in the Belgian campaign. A captured German officer notes cavalry shortages and abandoned guns falling into British hands as the cavalry marches with infantry.
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London Daily Express
Paris
France
French Aviator Poiret Describes Wartime Flight Over German Lines
Petrograd reporter recalls M Poiret a French airman with the Russian army relaying a 20 minute mission over German positions. The craft took fire bullets pierced wings and stays shells burst near it and the captain was wounded yet observations continued before a safe landing with ten bullet marks and shell fragments aboard.
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London Daily Mail
Petrograd
M. Poiret
Poiret
German Spies Near Toulon Fight Dense Patrol Action
A World War I correspondent reports daring German spying near Toulon. A patrol fires on suspected movement among vines, engaging three men. one is killed. A small petrol launch departs as alarms rise and two attackers are caught attempting to blow a railway bridge.
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Toulon
French bluejacket stands out among British sailors
A foreign shipmate arrives at Boulogne to join the navy amid a crowd. He shows courage and patriotism, kisses his mother, bids farewell, and heads to the marine department to serve his country afloat as shipmates look on admiringly.
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Boulogne
Marine Department
Goodby
Marine Department of War
British Sailors Save All After Drinking Whiskey Incident
In France a party of British bluejackets entertained ashore faced a risky night. A bottle hidden under a jumper was thrown overboard by a petty officer and a sailor jumped in after it. Most of the boat's crew dived in to retrieve the bottle, but all were saved and praised by the captain who noted SeamanRobert Hodge’s presumed safety yet the men joked they followed whiskey to the know how to look after themselves.
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France
Robert Hodge
Bob
Blacked Like Turcos in Front Line Charge
A wounded soldier reports German troops feared black American soldiers who darkened their skin with burnt cork before a charge. He recalls how the Germans fled the next day when the unit advanced, mistaking them for real blacks.
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Paris
Boston Transfer Privileges Expanded With Subway Opening
The Boston Transit Commission approved expanded free transfer privileges tied to the Boylston Street subway. Rules detail transfer checks between Newton Brighton, River Street Cambridge Street, Washington Beacon Streets, Market Streets Brighton, and Watertown carhouse routes, with specific cash or ticket restrictions for outbound and inbound trips.
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Newton-Brighton
Beacon Street
River street-Cambridge
Newton- Brighton
Washington and
Beacon Streets
Brookline
Washington Street
Boston
Washington and Market Streets
Brighton
Market Streets
Market Street
Western Avenue
Watertown
Watertown Square
Mt. Auburn
Newton
Nonantum Square
Free transfer privileges tied to Boylston street subway opening
The Boston Elevated Railway Company gains approval to establish additional free transfer privileges linked to the Boylston street subway opening. Transfers apply at Massachusetts station inbound Ipswich street, Harvard Bridge, Cambridge Cottage Farm, and Commonwealth avenue cars not entering the subway. Transfer checks issued for surface to subway and subway to surface connections at multiple points including Union Square Allston and Newton Brighton routes.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boylston Street Subway
Boston
Massachusetts Station
Ipswich Street
Harvard Bridge
Cambridge Cottage Farm Bridge
Commonwealth Avenue
Boylston Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Public Garden
Huntington Avenue
Boyston Street
Boylston
Ipswich
Beacon Streets
Union Square
Allston
Newton-Brighton
Cambridge Street
Beacon Street
Cambridge street-River
Stores Close for an Hour for Mandell Funeral
The funeral of William D. Mandell of C. F. Hovey & Co. will be at Mt. Auburn Chapel Cambridge at noon. To honor him, several Boston stores will close from 12 to 1 pm, with Hovey’s closing all day. Jordan Marsh, Filene's, White Co., and Stearns will close for the noon hour.
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William D. Mandell
C. F. Hovey & Co
Cohasset
Mt. Auburn Chapel
Cambridge
Mandell
Boston
Jordan Marsh Company
William Filene’s Sons Company
R. * White Company
R. H. Stearns Company
Mrs W E D Stokes Critically Ill in Denver
Mrs W E D Stokes wife of the New York millionaire is critically ill at her Denver mother’s home. Formerly Miss Helen Ellwood of Denver she wed Stokes three years ago while attending an art school in New York.
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Denver
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Helen Ellwood
Stokes
Death Notice Walsh John F. at home on Fourth Street
At his home 758 Fourth street John F Walsh husband of Catherine in his 65th year funeral to be announced later
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Walsh
Fourth St
John F
Catherine
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