Boston Seeking $25,339 in Two Days for War Library Fund
Boston must raise 25,339.34 today and tomorrow to reach 50,000 for the national library fund aiding cantonment libraries. Yesterday's receipts bring total to 24,660.66, with 500 gifts from First Church of Christ Scientist and Gordon Abbott. A public appeal from W. F. Kenney urges wealthy citizens to donate for books, magazines, and educational works for soldiers and sailors.
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Boston
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Gordon Abbott
Beacon Street
United States
W. Murray Crane
W. F. Kenney
Boston Public Library Trustees
Boston War Library Council
Mr. Kenney
American Library Association
William A. Gaston
National Shawmut Bank
Kenneth C. McDonald
Sherwin L. Cook
Herman Paige
D. J. Gallagher
Stone
Navy Yard
Emil Mollenhauer
Parkman Bandstand
M. L. Crawford & Sister
W. TP. Furpegs
PW. R. Galacari
Charles E. Benton
Edward
Anderson Emily I. Hargrave
Lab. Corp
Frederick J. Daggett
Frave Cotsen Se
Tulla Crouse Houser
R. Sherburne Co
Prien Vseks
Elmer Booth
Dr. Eart
Charles T. Lovering
Cavens
Superior Knitting Mills
Townsend W. White
Serseeee
Arthur
Hinehliffe Motor Co
TOGA
Mra
E. A. Goodwin
Tae
Molly Davidson
Miss H. A. Hardy
Esegens
Winton Co
Chandler Motor Car Co
Locomobile Co
M. Sy
Aaron Bire
Frances and
Joseph
E. P. Harnden
Mary Wheelwright
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Albert S. Burroughs
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Caroline W. Evans
Eliot Savings Bank
Sea Paed
Mary
Five Licenses Suspended by City Licensing Board
Five liquor licenses were suspended after hearings by the licensing board. The longest ban affects A. Marotta at 249 North Street from 11 p.m. tonight to 6 a.m. November 1 for improperly marked liquor. Andrew Berry & Co. at 148 Lenox Street faces 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. October 4, A Berkman & Coe at 18 Cross Street from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. October 3, and William Zakon & Co. at 21 Cross Street from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. October 3. Jeremiah F. and James F. O'Brien at 7 Washington Street are banned from 11 p.m. October 1 to 6 a.m. October 9 for selling liquor to an intoxicated person.
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Licensing Board
A. Marotta
North Street
Andrew Berry & Co
Lenox Street
A. Berkman & Coe
Cross Street
William Zakon & Co
Jeremiah F
James F. O’brien
Washington Street
Five Inhaling Turpentine Fumes Die On Steamer Whitney
One man is dead and five others are seriously ill at Hay Market Square relief hospital after inhaling turpentine fumes in the hold of the steamer H. M. Whitney at Union wharf. Two of the injured may die.
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Haymarket Square Relief Hospital
H. M. Whitney
Eastern Steamship Company
Union Wharf
Longshoremen Poisoning Tragedy Claimed One Life
Thomas Marshall 42 of Floyd Avenue West Everett died after a fume incident aboard a ship unloading turpentine cargo from New York. Three other workers Dominick Connievicz 38 Matthew Mentes 30 were badly hurt or seriously ill, while six more were treated and listed as on the dangerous list or seriously but not certain to die. Police and steamship officials will investigate the cause and possible broken turpentine cask.
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Thomas Marshall
Floyd Avenue
West Everett
Dominick Connievicz
Second Street
South Boston
Matthew Mentes
Dover Street
Samuel Barrous
Castle Street
South End
Philip Martacenz
Billerica Street
West End
Antonio Parras
Fleet
Z. F. Dillon
Dillon
Jenkins
Marshall
Mentes
Donisevicz
H. V. Field
A. C. Townley
National Non-Partisan League
New Farmers’ Party
New York World
League of Farmers
Literary Digest
Herbert Hoover
Germans Repulsed Three Times in Argonne
Paris dispatch reports German forces attacked the Argonne region last night and were repulsed three times by French troops with heavy losses. The official statement confirms the repeated assaults and casualties.
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Paris
Argonne
Ashburnham Countess Devotes Life to Red Cross Work
The Earl and Countess of Ashburnham visit their relatives Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Thompson in West Somerville. The countess says she organized a Fredericton Red Cross branch in May with 120 members and that 32 000 soldiers were trained in her deer park. Fourty four of fifty three men sent from the estate were killed. England hosts weekly fetes in support of Red Cross, raising thousands of pounds.
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Earl
Countess of
England
Red Cross
Vimy Veteran Enlists in Hub Reignites Service Offer
Major Donald M. McRae, Minnesota native and son of Col J H McRea, visited General Johnston and offered to serve the U S in any capacity. A 1914 West Point graduate, he earned a Canadian infantry commission in 1915 and fought at Somme and Vimy Ridge, receiving the war cross. He has resigned to serve under the American flag. Medical Recruiting Station reports four enlisted men. Captain John A Pearson commands at 3 Tremont Row, replacing Col Frank B McCoy. Six men sent to Fort Slocum, two to Syracuse, five to Fort Banks. two Marines accepted, one reenlisted.
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Donald M. McRae
Minnesota
J. H. MccRea
Hawaii
Johnston
United States
West Point
Mth Canadian Infantry
Canada
France
Belgium
Somme
Vimy Ridge
John A. Pearson
11Th
United States Cavalry
Tremont Row
Frank B. McCoy
Merrimac
Lawrence
Lowell
Haverhill
Fort Slocum
National Army Engineers
Syracuse
Infantry
Fort Banks
Coast Artillery
United States Marine Corps
War tax bill ready today
Washington Sept 28 Plans were completed tonight for presentation to Congress tomorrow of the war tax bill. The conferees revised it to levy about 2.7 billion dollars more in taxes. Delays in final drafting pushed back the program, with debate expected to begin Monday and enactment likely within the next week.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
News Stand Operator Refused War Exemption
William Murphy a Chicago news stand operator was denied exemption from war service after investigators reported to Appeal Board No 1 that his worth exceeded $190000, despite his claim of dependent parents.
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Chicago
William Murphy
Appeal Board No. 1
Best American Fiction for 1917 Highlights Immigrant Tales
Upton Sinclair's King Coal and Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky dominate lists of strong American fiction. Other notable titles span Mary Roberts Rinehart’s Long Live the King and Basil King’s The High Heart, with short story collections from Anton Tchekoff and Katharine Holland Brown, plus poetry by W. M. Letts.
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Macmillan
Upton Sinclair
Colorado
Sinclair
Mary Burke
Jessie Arthur
Houghton, Mifflin
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Europe
Zenda
Nikky
Livonia
Harper
Basil King
New York
Newport
Scribner
Anton Tchekoff
Katharine Holland Brown
Mississippi
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H. G. Wells
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Gloucester
Mr. Connolly
John Fox, Jr
Happy Valley
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Algernon Blackwood
Dutton
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