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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1917
Page
3
Rev James H Holden denounces strikers and other groups as traitors and slackers in a Roxbury Universalist Church sermon He likens them to Civil War Copperheads and charges selfish actions threaten national welfare and world peace He singles out workers farmers and nonvoters as unpatriotic.
The Rev. Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple urged rapid naturalization of aliens within a week and immediate drafting or expulsion. He claimed aliens would gain wages and soldier positions during wartime, applauded by an overflow crowd urging Washington to act quickly.
A Sunday session of Senate and House conferees drafted a compromise on excess profits rates and exemptions for the war tax bill. Details were not made public but the proposal came from House negotiators demanding higher rates and is expected to yield a report within days with concessions from both sides.
The Senate plans to report conclusions tomorrow after a night session. Exemption of all charitable and educational contributions from income tax is approved, a move affecting many colleges. The Gore amendment on grain for liquor is dropped, beer tax set at 2.75 per barrel and whiskey at 3.20 per gallon. Second class mail rates for advertising and reading matter pose zones with varied charges, plus county weeklies and religious publications exempt from advertising rates. Amusement tax disputes persist as Senate shifts revenue from admissions from 60 million to 19 million.
A letter forwarded to Miss Alice Stone Blackwell from Mme Catherine Brezhkovsky urges Moscow to acquire a large rotary press to print millions of pamphlets for Russians. She says exiled in Serbia she seeks to counter false ideas spread by enemies and rally a peaceful, patriotic public toward a victorious war end and freedom.
Adjutant Charles Booth of the Volunteers of America told a Charlestown audience of over 600 in the YMCA prison chapel that gossip about ex convicts blocks reform. Colonel Fred A. Lindsay spoke, with his daughters Myrtle and Gladys and mother Pattie Watkins Lindsay contributing to the program.
Celebrated Franco-American actress to appear in W Malcome Dutilly's The Heart of France in Manchester by the Sea next Monday night. Proceeds aid the Provincetown Fund.
Arrangements for transferring the Provincetown fund for dependent women and children of fishermen lost at sea to a permanent board of trustees give them full authority to dispose of the funds in the future. Due to previous success and many calls for other funds, the public appeal will cease tomorrow.
A regional relief drive for Provincetown’s fishing families closes in on its goal as donations surge after Aug 10 tragedy. Boston and Provincetown committees coordinate efforts, with children and adults hosting events from lawn fetes to dances. Funds top $15,000 amid continued contributions and benefits.
Businessmen and women raise weekly allowances for families at Provincetown. Funds, headed by John J. Martin in Boston, support widows with many children to keep children in school. Major event at Manchester by the Sea features Madame Yorska in W Malcolm Dutilly's Heart of France.
In HavreHILL a seven year old, Patrick Jordan son of James J Jordan of 64 Primrose street, had both legs amputated while playing near a stalled freight train at Bradford station and died hours later at Hale Hospital. He likely was caught in a frog as the train stood and could not free himself. Six playmates were nearby but not witnesses and returned home. A yard employee found him unconscious.
More than 25 000 people from across New England flocked to Camp Bartlett in Westfield on September 23 for a farewell style visit to the soldiers. The crowd sought the coldest day yet and both troops and spectators kept activities lively to stay comfortable as the encampment neared departure.
Miss Edith T. A. Gracie becomes engaged to Dunbar Adams and receives a ring described as a pure white diamond weighing about eight and one half carats. The article compares it to the famed Mrs. Vincent Astor ring as one of the finest in the United States.
Miss Gracie receives a diamond circlet engagement ring set in platinum amid a cluster of small IEe diamonds. No wedding date yet but Mr. Adams, called to the colors, hopes to join the aviation corps. He is noted for swimming, yachting, and aviation.
The American Foundrymen's Association and American Institute of Metals begin their annual convention in the Mechanics' building with Mayor Curley delivering the welcome at 8 this afternoon. R A Bull of Duquesne Steel Foundry will respond on behalf of the association as about 3000 delegates from across the country converge for the event.
A prize drill between Lexington and Arlington State Guard companies will be followed by a war relief concert organized by Lexington Council No. 94 Knights of Columbus. The event occurs in Lexington Town Hall on Wednesday evening October 3 with John F. Welch as committee chairman.
A garbled OCR item mentions Winship Strunks and bags costing less in a repair context tied to U1 Summer. The fragment suggests a shopping or price note with minimal readable details. No clear names, dates, or locations beyond the terms shown.
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