Spin In Brother's Car Triggers Driver Arrest in Seaside Park
James Oletson of 590 Warren Street was arrested after noon for three counts of violating state automobile laws. He drove a car in Seaside Park without an operator license, valid registration, or markers. He claimed the car belonged to his brother George and that he was just taking a spin. The vehicle was stored at police headquarters and he was jailed until the city meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oletson
Warren Bireet
Seaside Park
Flynn
Oletson
George
Never Lay Down Arms, Answer of French Minister
In Boston on Aug 5, the French ambassador J J Tusse rand told Governor McCall that American and French soldiers will not lay down arms until victory. He noted the Croix de Guerre resolution and Poincare’s reception, praising the commitment of both nations in their struggle against tyranny.
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Boston
United States
France
J. J. Tusserand
McCall
Poincare
Commonwealth
Italians Take Cantives Halt Hostile Raids
The war office reports from Rome that on Dosso Alto two enemy officers and a few men were captured. Enemy detachments attacked Monte Corno and Rio Freddo but were repulsed with some prisoners taken. An attack by hostile parties at Cornone was repulsed.
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Rome
War Office
Dosso Alto
Monte Corno
Rio Freddo
Cornone
Vigorous Ambition Pills Ad From Hindle Pharmacy
A historical ad promotes Wendell's Ambition Pills as a nerve tonic to restore energy and vigor. It promises a money back refund after one box, with claims of rapid improvement in two days and a week, urging purchase at The Hindle Pharmacy and Jos D Hartigan.
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Hindle Pharmacy
Jos. D. Hartigan
Ufer
Wendell
Delatone Hair Removal Home Remedy Ad
A beauty advertisement advises women to keep delatone powder for hair removal. Mix with water into a paste, apply to hairy skin, rub off after a few minutes, wash, and achieve smooth skin. Ensure you use the relief product alone to avoid disappointment.
Lieutenant Colonel Peck Assigned to Gorgas Office duties
Dr Charles Hi Peck recently returned to Newtown from France on a service commission and will serve in Washington in the surgeon generals offices. He joins the surgical advisory board alongside Mayo and Mayo of Rochester. He may stay three months with brief home visits. Peck, son of late Capt Albert W Peck, volunteered early, sailing from Roosevelt Hospital and was among the first to ride the first hospital ship to the field with nurses, enlisted men, and officers aboard.
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Charles Hi. Peck
Newtown
France
Washington
Surgeon General
Surgical Advisory Board
Dor. W. J. Mayo
C. EL. Mayo
Rochester
Minnile
Peck
Albert W. Peck
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Dr. Peck
Trench
Sailor from Milford Honored for Bravery
Milford Aug. 5 Specially Tinton EE Emro, one of the sea ten of the U S S Dodger II, is among the men commended by the Secretary of the Navy for heroism in saving lives aboard the Spanish steamer Cervantes destroyed by fire at New York July 13. Other recipients include Chief Boatswain's Mate John K. Gallagher and Seaman George F. Grady, both of Brooklyn.
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Milford
Tinton EE. Emro
U. S. S. Dodger II
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Dodger Tt
Boatavain
John K. Gallagher
Brooklyn
George F. Grady
Obituary notices for Stephen Ennis and others
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with funeral details. Stephen Ennis age 13 died in July in Den Colorado with services at Cul linan Mullins Buckley firm and Sacred Heart church and burial in St Michael's. Other notices include Mary Garrity, Bessie Kennedy, Blanche Canfield, Irving Hill, Harold Howard, Robert Short, and Edward Hayt with service venues River City churches, cremations, and interments named. Red Cross plans 39 new army hospital annexes in the United States.
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Stephen Ennis
Den
Colorado
Cullinan, Mullins, Buckley and Company
Golden Hill Street
Sacred Heart Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Lafayette Street
Mary S. Garrity
William Garrity
Greens Farms
Church of the Assumption
Westport
Father Duggan
Earl Bradley
William Haggerty
J. Fennell
John Shannon
H. Quinn
Earl Quinn
St. Michael's Cemetery
Manche
Canfield
Blanche
William Canfield
Myr
Charles Randolph
William ‘Street
Stephen J. Sherman, Jr
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Irving Hill
Irving Hull
Read Memorial Chapel
F.C. H. Wendell
Mountin Grove
Harold I. Howard
Harold F. Howard
Maartisen Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
Edward M. Hayes
William Conley
Arnold Jones
George Holand
John Stevens
John Halpin
Francis Hitler
St. Michael's
Joseph Ileming
Rose Street
Edward J. Wayt
Edward J
Elias L. Hayt
Frank Street
Park Cemetery
Red Cross
United States
Million In Training Here Sec Baker Plan Statement
Secretary of War Newton D Baker, en route to Leavenworth, said the War department aims to keep at least one million men in training camps in the United States as long as the war lasts. He placed the number now training at 1,500,000 and said extension of the draft age would not overturn deferred classifications, with Class One supplying all needed men. A judge remark is noted about his wife managing his funds.
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Kansas City
Aug
Leavenworth
Kas
Newton D. Baker
War Department
United States
Baker
M Fayden Blames Seeley Board Over Macadam Delay
Alderman MacFayden blames the Board of Apportionment for halting macadam work on Federal Street, saying the committee received only 6500 dollars for water bound macadam this year and most funds are saved for a roadway to the isolation hospital. The committee cannot spend more on macadam roads and streets, but should not be blamed. O A Stevens seeks a wife for marriage aid in Omaha.
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Board of Apportionment
Committee On
H. Jaeckel & Sons
New York
Bridgeport
Meigs & Co
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Theo. P. Swift
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New England
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Leslee
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Ligut
C. H. Peck
Bessie M. Kennedy
Bessie M
Herbert R. Kennedy
Stratford Avenue
August G. Baker
Daniel M. Lewis
Tnion Cemetery
Stratford
Walter Nichols
Nelson Shaw
John Fountaine
Wilbur Hine, Jr
Sec. Baker
M’fayden
Seeley Board
Federal Street
Apportionment Board
O. A. Stevens
Omaha
U.S. Food Administration
Meat Department
Howard's
Durkee’s
Allspice
J. A. King, Inc
Grant
Attenance
Tel Ar
Lucille
Kolinsky
Taupe
Georgette
Poiret
Main ST
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