Major Stebbins Walks Miles For Boston Post
In August Major George B. Stebbins of the 201st Regiment in France writes to a Municipal Civil Court clerk that letters and newspapers from home are highly prized by soldiers. He describes once walking several miles to see a seven week old Boston Post and asks for more copies.
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George B. Stebbins
201St
France
William F. Donovan
301St
Boston Post
Major Stebbins
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad
Mrs Elsie G Lewis of Brooklyn testifies that after a year of displacement and related weakness she found Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helpful. She endorses it as a tonic for similar female troubles, noting improved strength and health as evidence.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elsie G. Lewis
Vernon Ave
Concord Boy William J Mara Promoted in France
Wagoner William J Mara of 101st Engineer Train has been promoted to sergeant at a school detachment in France. He was the first Concord boy wounded in France, and his parents, Mr and Mrs James J Mara of Bedford Street, Concord, received word of the promotion.
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Concord
101St
France
James J. Mara
Bedford Street
Wagoner
William J. Mara
Minimum Wage Law Upheld by Supreme Court Bench
The Supreme Court full bench upheld the Acts establishing the Minimum Wage Commission. A writ of mandamus was ordered to compel William F. Creamer and laundries to show wages paid to women for commission review. Chief Justice Rugg noted the statute does not impair liberty of contracts and falls within legitimate public interests.
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Supreme Court
William F. Creamer
Rugg
General Court
Indictment of Shiplacoff and Reed for disloyal remarks
Abraham I. Shiplacoff a New York Assemblyman and Socialist congressional candidate in Brooklyn and John Reed magazine writer recently in Russia were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York for making disloyal remarks at a Socialist mass meeting. The indictment charges them with reflecting on US motives in joining the Allied expedition in northern Russia.
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New York
Abraham I. Shiplacoff
New York State
Congress
Brooklyn
John Reed
Russia
Federal Grand Jury
Mrass
United States
A Young Man's Game of the Destroyer Fleet
In recalling wartime service a veteran destroyer commander, aged about 45, describes the strain of the pace and the toll on nerves. He survived a collision that nearly split his ship, and he must sleep little while dreaming of outdoor life and a return to sea in a non destroyer role.
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Blomeward
Atlantic
Annapolis
Ship Narratives Of Rescue And Rescue Tugging In A Heavy Sea
In a wartime account from 1918 Ralph D. Paine describes sailing with a destroyer that rescued 49 shipwreck survivors amid a gale. The crew towed a battered British destroyer to safety, enduring constant peril as they sought port and shelter before returning home.
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Fritz
To be continued in tomorrow's Post andy
Daily and Sunday editions will carry the continuation until the story is completed.
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Tomorrow's Post
Andy
City Council Delays Relief Funds Transfer for Soldiers' Dependents
Mayor Peters seeks an extra 242 575 for soldiers relief by transferring 96 000 from Parkman fund income 122 675 from the reserve fund and 25 000 from granolithic sidewalks. Council to meet to resolve legality of the transfer as hundreds of dependents await payment and 1918 budget needs rise toward 1 500 000 for next year.
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Peters
Soldiers’ Relief Department
Parkman Fund
Greater Lynn Fair Opens Today With War Charity Focus
The Greater Lynn Fair opens today to benefit war charities. Highlights include community singing of war songs with Miss Marjorie Moody of Sousa's Band, displays of cattle pigs poultry flowers and fruits, and exhibits in industrial and women's activities tents. Guests include Governor McCall ex-Governor Walsh and Thomas W Lawson with aeroplane flights vaudeville and Liberty Loan speeches scheduled for afternoon and evening over the three days.
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Lynn
Marjorie Moody
Sousa
McCall
Walsh
Thomas W. Lawson
Hun Cannon Parade In Hub Today
Boston prepares for a public display this afternoon of German artillery captured by American and allied forces. The parade will showcase cannons of several calibers and ordnance seized within the last year along routes including Summer and Tremont streets and surrounding avenues.
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Hub
Boston
Liberty Loan Parade Moves Through Boston Aimed at Bond Sales
A 16 millimetre gun headed procession led by the Fort Warren Band travels from South station to the State House and City Hall to meet the Governor and Mayor. It showcases war material from 200 New England cities for the Fourth Liberty Loan with Krupp cannons and other artillery, escorted by guards and sailors. Subscriptions to the drive are scored in a city contest with cups awarded to top ward chairmen and points assigned by subscription timing through Oct 7.
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Fort Warren
State House
City Hall
Postoffice Square
Liberty Loan Committee
New England
U. S
Minnewerfer
Germany
Krupp
United States Guard
Government Urges Saving Nut Shells and Fruit Stones
The government calls for widespread collection of nut shells prune pits date stones and olive pits to produce carbon for gas masks. Citizens are urged to save every shell and stone and turn them into the proper channels with no easing off in the supply or determination.
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Sam
Lifeboat With Body Washes Ashore Near Atlantic Port
A battered lifeboat and the body of a Negro sailor were washed ashore near an Atlantic port on September 23. Officials believed the craft originated from a distant vessel in the area. The incident remains under investigation.
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Atlantic
Fourth vessel missing after voyage reaches shore
A ship reached shore safely while the fourth vessel, under the third officer and carrying ten crew members, had not been heard from previously.
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Stevensburg
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Hoover
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Greater Lynn
Dewey
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Pyrene Mfg. Co
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