Massachusetts Draft Docks Sept. 19 Arrival Despite Primaries
Massachusetts national army draftees must report September 19 at Camp Devens, despite state primary elections. Officials say no orders to delay. absentee voting not permitted. Recruits show rapid training gains, with distribution planned across several regiments and depots. A bomb scare on Telegraph Hill prompted a search, ending with a black rabbit sighting. Funds urged for artillery batteries in Maine and New Hampshire.
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Massachusetts
National Army
Division
Hodges’ Headquarts
Massachusetts National Army
New England
Hodges
Boston
301St Infantry
Dana H. Russell
Western Union
Telegraph Hill
Maine
New Hampshire
A.S. Conklin
308D Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Sam the Great Dane Brightens Camp Devens Sprawl
Camp Devens reports Sam the mascot of the 301st Infantry keeping spirits high as he tours kitchens and salutes recruits. Maine and New Hampshire troops boast the best streets while artillery garages rise and a camp barber shop plans to open.
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Devens
Sam
301St Infantry
Purp
William H. Kent
Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Colonel Conklin
3Rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
Husky
Maine and
Longys Return From War Front Bring Paris Notes
The Longys recount their Paris visit after the Battle of the Somme, noting Pershing’s welcome, high bread prices, and hunger for better bread. They describe a new war language mixing French and English, Hindoo soldiers, and a German air raid over Abbeville. They attended Faure’s Promethee and a Ravel ballet with Valse Noble. They were not torpedoed and saw no submarines.
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Pershing
Paris
France
General Pershing
M. Longy
Abbeville
Amiens
Prince of Wales
Somme
Mlle. Longy
Faure
Promethee
Albert Lambert
Comedie Francaise
Chevillard
Grovlez
Longys
Address Letters to Soldiers Properly
At Camp Devens on Sept 14 mail delays persist due to misaddressed letters to soldiers. Recruits and officers must include name, company, and regiment on every letter or telegram to ensure delivery. Battalion numbers are useless.
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Western
Massachusetts
Alfred Hersey
South Boston Fish Pier
Camp Devens
James Jones
Camp Devens Open to Visitors Sundays
Visitors may access the cantonment Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until further notice. Reveille Sunday through 5 p.m. Monday leave is granted to recruits who apply, as long as unit strength for police and guard duties remains adequate.
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Devens
Cantonment
Colonel Promises Pro Rata Fund Distribution For Subscriptions
Colonel Conklin says he will handle subscriptions and distribute funds pro rata among companies from the donor's state or city. Major Reginald Barlow reports rapid progress of the men’s own theatres fund and says theatres are assured. Promises of moving picture machines come from Herbert Brenon and interest from Paul Keith B F Albee and J J Murdock.
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Conklin
Reginald Barlow
Barlow
3024 Infantry
Herbert Brenon
New York
Paul Keith
B. F. Albee
J. J. Murdock
German Documents of Means Seized in New York
Assistant District Attorney Dooling reports seized papers in the Means case include documents signed by high German officials. The notes pertain to wire tapping war contracts and factories producing large quantities of war materials, valuable to federal authorities.
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New York
Dooling
Gaston Means
Federal agents probe widow’s death in cross‑state case
The investigation into Mrs. King’s death widens from Chicago to North Carolina. federal officers seize Means apartments and seek a bench warrant while authorities dispute whether the death was murder or accident. Coroners differ on motive and a second will involving Gaston Means emerges, with ties to a million‑dollar estate and forged documents.
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Chicago
North Carolina
South Carolina
King
Mazie Melvin
Means
Chicago Trust Company
Swann
Henry Deitsch
Afton Means
Gaston
Criminal Courts
Mr. Swann
James C. King
Schurz
Harvard Waiter Sentenced for Cambridge Assault
Clarence L. Perry, once a Gore Hall waiter, received four to five years in State prison for brutal assault on Miss Nora Mahoney in a Cambridge Gore Street store on March 4. He is already serving time at the house of correction for a larceny offense and will begin the State prison term after completing that sentence.
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Clarence L. Perry
Gore Hall
Harvard University
Nora Mahoney
Cambridge
Gore Street
Perry
House of Correction
Miss Mahoney
Strange Shooting Of Mrs King A Wealthy Chicago Widow
Mrs Maude A King a Chicago widow was shot near a Concord North Carolina spring while with friends on Aug 29. A coroner s jury ruled the death accidental though Gaston Bullock Means her confidential agent testified he placed the gun in a tree fork and a post mortem showed the bullet pierced the brain.
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Means
Federal Department of Justice
New York
Salisbury
N. C
Concord
Gaston Bullock Means
Maude A. King
Chicago
King
Reopen Inquest Into Mrs King Death Near Concord
Salisbury N C Sept 14 State Solicitor Hayden Clement said new evidence prompts reopening the inquest into the August 29 death of Mrs Maude A King a wealthy Chicago widow. The coroner of Cabarrus county will hear Sept 24 after documentary material is secured from means NY apartment search tied to Mrs Kings death.
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Salisbury
N. C
Concord
Maude A. King
Chicago
Hayden Clement
Cabarus County
Swann
New York
Gaston B. Means
King
General Krymoff dies after self-inflicted wounds
Petrograd report states General Krymoff, commanding Korniloff troops, shot himself after learning of his fate from Premier Kerensky. He had just been informed of impending consequences following an interview at the Winter Palace and died from wounds he inflicted last night.
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Petrograd
Krymoff
Korniloff
Premier Kerensky
Kerensky
Winter Palace
Extremist Programme Sparks Kerensky Crisis In Russia
Extreme radicals push for a democratic republic and confiscation of capital while Kerensky faces disillusionment and possible resignation. Kornilov revolt wanes as support shifts to the provisional government with naval Baltic Fleet crews pledging backing. Rostov detainment of Kaledines and releases of war minister suspects follow countersignals.
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Kerensky
Korniloff
Alexieff
Baltic Fleet
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Russia
Rostov on-the-Don
Alexander J. Guchkoff
Octoberist Party
Marine Ad Interim
Novoe Vremya
Wartime ultimatum and rallying cry for patriotism
A president and Congress declare wartime resolve after warnings to Germany. Citizens must support the war, halt opposition, and denounce antiwar actions as treason. Pacifists, draft opponents, and naturalized citizens resisting mobilization face strong condemnation as traitors to the United States.
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France
Belgium
Germany
United States
Officers Allied With Korniloff Killed by Soldiers in Viborg
General Oranov ski and General Stefanov leaders of the Korniloff movement in Viborg Finland along with five other officers were killed by their troops after being seized from guards. The incident followed their arrest and a storming of the Town Hall by several thousand soldiers who delivered the officers to the Council of Workmen and Soldiers' Delegates. Captain Jehsanov named to replace General Orawavski.
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London
Oranovski
Stefanov
Viborg
Finland
Korniloff
Council of Workmen’s
Jehsanov
Orawavski
Autocracy Versus Democracy Declares Urgent Path Forward
The speech frames the struggle between autocracy and democracy as a battle over law and morals. It asserts that only victory or humiliation will follow if democracy is not upheld, and states that America has committed to the fight for human rights and liberty with no room for retreat.
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Congress
Germany
United States
America
Europe
Uruguay approves action by Argentina on passports
Uruguay's government, replying to a notice from Argentina, says it approves of Argentina handing passports to Count von Juxburg the German minister.
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Uruguay
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Count von Juxburg
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Relief
Marysville Pennsylvania reader Mrs George R Naylor describes twelve years of crippling cramps and bed rest before Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief and urges other women with irregular periods back ache and fainting spells to try the remedy based on personal experience.
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Marysville
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
George R. Naylor
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