Canadian Navy Airman Proposes Sea Assault on U Boats
A recovering Canadian naval aviator, son of a millionaire, shares a theory on defeating German U boats. He favors daring sea assaults on U boat bases using swarms of small submarines, risking heavy losses but aiming to cripple harbor defenses and allow larger ships to attack. He emphasizes volunteers, driven by striking the enemy at their own shores and the hope of return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Times-Star
Wong
England
Yegoit
Plentiough
German Schooling and the Path to Cooperation
Winthrop Talbot argues in Century Magazine that German schooling pressures mass obedience and fails to foster genuine cooperation. He asserts real cooperation arises when training and schooling become a common privilege, enabling wider civic vision and voluntary collaboration among all citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Talbot
Century Magazine
The Crow as King of Ground
John Burroughs reflects on the crow’s grounded grace and regal, unthreatened presence. He contrasts the crow with hawks and other birds, noting its self‑possessed gait, dominion over crops and land, and ease in earthly spaces. The piece praises the crow’s inherent authority and comfort on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
Mystery of Love in Life and Death
A reflection on love as life’s great mystery, not bound by time. The piece muses on beauty, faces, voices, and the emotional weight that love carries beyond fashion. It suggests love as a universal, powerful force shaping existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Herald
Fascination of Air Life by an Aviation Student
An aviation student describes the first airplane trip as an utterly new, unmatched experience. He compares flying to cavalry of the air, notes the sensory rush from ground to sky, and recalls mixing fear of illness with the thrill of ascent.
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Fhe
Vhe
Kaiser’s Birth Sparks Joy for Queen Victoria Tale
A correspondent recalls Queen Victoria’s elated reaction upon learning of her first grandchild, Kaiser Wilhelm II. The royal scene shows the queen rushing along a room and waving a telegram, exclaiming “I am a grandmother!” as her entourage struggles to keep pace with her happiness.
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Queen Victoria
Jesvas
Login
Kaiser Wilhelm IT
A Race of Cripples and the Body's Value
Renard Macfadden reports from Physical Culture that military medical exams show one in five is sound, four are crippled, with organs like heart stomach and kidneys affected. The essay urges readers to respect and care for the body, criticizing neglect and dirt in the home and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renard Macfadden
Can't Lose Glasses Military Eyeglasses Invented
Dr Robert J James a Seattle physician unveils war glasses designed for rugged use. The device prevents jarred loosening while avoiding nose pressure, using three natural suspension points and two side extensions with a firm plate that avoids vital nerves. Removal can be done with one hand.
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Robert J. James
Seattle
Espionage Law and its Harsh Penalties
The text cites the espionage act as punishing acts interfering with foreign relations neutrality and commerce of the United States and enforcing criminal laws. It states that material advocating insurrection is nonmailable and that attempts to mail prohibited matter may incur fines up to 5000 dollars and imprisonment up to five years or both.
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United States
Mediation in War by Popes Through the Ages
A historian notes that since ancient times popes have acted as mediators in temporal disputes. Early efforts include 409 peace talks with Alaric, Leo I halting Attila in 452, and Benedict XII on mediation during Europe’s long conflicts, with later efforts by Gregory X and Paul II aiding Christian unity against Turkey.
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Alaric I
Rome
Innocept I
Honorius
Ravenna
Gregory I
Italy
Theudulinda
Attila
Leo I
Muncio
Mantua
Geneseric
Leo
Benedict the
Holy See
Charles IV
France
Philip VI
Edward III
England
Benedict XII
Turkey
Gregory
Germany
Paul II
Spain
Clement IX
Venice
Louis XIV
The Outlook notes fashions and fur wraps in broadsheet style
Readers are invited to study a Brooklyn farrier’s catalogue that markets fur wraps from chinchilla at 10 000 to Russian sable at 75 000. The piece contrasts masculine interest in pictures with the pages showing fur options for different budgets while warning of cheaper inferior garments at 25 000.
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Brooklyn
Overalls and Petticoats Replace Bloomers in French Factories
A French industrial letter notes bloomers are fading among women in munition plants, returning to skirts unless machines demand otherwise. After work, many revert to powder, frills, and beauty routines, despite grease and dirt from factory shifts.
Paper Money Nicknames Across Nations
The Lonton Chronicle notes paper money will acquire a nickname as coins once did. While greenbacks became Westminster in 1862 due to a palace lithograph, future names are expected to emerge. In the army the notes are jokingly called C3s after the narrow chest of the Saint George figure fighting a dragon.
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Lonton Chronicle
Atlantic
Westminster
Palace
St. George
Maynard First Glass Called To Ayer For Examination
Registrants of the first class are called to Ayer for physicals by the exemption board. Named from Maynard are Dr Frank May Edward Mahoney Albert Hendrickson Samuel Meade Myles Tierney Orville Tucker Cliff Downey Harold Quitten William Jones Luke McCarthy Everett Toop Joseph Martin Philip Bower James Whalen Leo Comeau William H O'Brien Albert Parker George E H White Joseph Kaler Walter Murray Louis Bamford Frank McCormack Job Doel David McCormack. The board will meet again Friday and many locals have been called for examination.
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Ayer
Maynard
Frank May
Edward Mahoney
Albert Hendrickson
Samuel Meade
Myles Tierney
Orville P. Tucker
Cliff Downey
Harold Qutten
Exemption Board
B. J. Coughlan
Legal Advisory Board
National Congresa
National Congress
Concord Junction Woman Dies After Illness at 76
Mrs. Caroline M. Clark widow of George Clark formerly of Chelsea died Friday at her sister Mrs. Henrietta Hop of Jamaica Plain after a pneumonia illness. She lived with her daughter Mrs. W. H. Kingman in Concord Junction and had long ties to Chelsea Congregational and local women’s groups. Funeral services were held at Kingman home conducted by Rev. Alfred W. Stone with Miss Mildred Stone singing. Interment Sleepy Hollow cemetery. She leaves daughters Dora H. Dolliver and Ella F. Kingman and son George Clark.
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Caroline M. Clark
George Clark
Chelsey
Henrietta | Hop
Jamaica ‘Plain
W. H. Kingman
Main St
South
Acton
Ladies’ Sewing Circle
Congregational Church
General Congregational Church
Chelsea
Ladies’ Union
Union
Alfred W. Stone
Mildred Stone
Sleepy Hollow
Honolulu Bride Weds U S Army Lieutenant in Military Ceremony
Miss Gertrude M Knowles of Honolulu became the bride of Lieut Harold H Yost U S A in a quiet All Souls chapel ceremony attended by immediate family. The couple had met in Honolulu where Knowles taught music and Yost managed a farm program before joining Camp Lewis. The bride, a Concord Massachusetts native and Boston Conservatory alumna, has deep ties to musical circles in Honolulu and Concord.
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Galigentans
May Friends
Ae M
Bowles
California
Miss Knowles
Concord High School
New England Conservaory of Music
Honolulu
Gertrude M. Knowles
Harold H. Yost
All Souls’ Chapel
W. R. H. Hodgkin
Yost
China
Lewis
Mid-Pacific Institute
University of California
Knowles
Islands
Kaméhameha School For Girls
Concord
Mass
Boston Conservatory of Music
J. H. Yost
Scenicave
Presidio
el Centro
Mrs Anna F Chase Dies After Operation at Deaconess
Mrs Anna Frances Chase died Monday morning at Deaconess Hospital following an operation performed the day before. Born in Saxonville in 1846 she moved to town as a child and married Josiah Manson Chase in 1807. Funeral services were at Main Street home conducted by Rev Alfred W Stone. She leaves a daughter Mrs Vincent Hubbard of Ipswich a son Harald W of the town and Capt George H Chase of Los Angeles stationed in Chattanooga. The community shares in the family bereavement.
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Deaconess Hospital
Anna
Frances Chase
Mrs Chase
Saxonville
Josiah Manson “Chase
Main St
Alfred W. Stone
Union Church
Vincent Hubbard
Ipswich
Harald W
George H. Chase
Los Angeles
Cal
Chattanooga
Tenn
West Acton Red Cross Notes
At the last meeting the ways and means of replenishing our treasury to buy yarn for 112 knitters were discussed and committees for new activities appointed. Members may be asked to earn a dollar, a silver collection for the pot, and an early pie supper are planned. Junior Red Cross interest grows with plans for a local department as children have knitted squares and pillow fillings. A pledge card system will start soon to gain weekly support. George Weaver and George Blume attended the New England Hunt Club drive in Bedford. C J Holton suffered rheumatism in his right arm and could not attend to work.
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RED Cross
George Weaver
George Blume
New England Hunt Club
Foxes
Bedford
C. J. Holton
Union Church to Start Year With Wide Interest
Rev Alfred Wheeler Stone preaches Sunday morning on The New Life in Christ Jesus with Miss Mildred Stone to sing, and a evening address on Being a Christian in the Year 1918 The church quartet sings and the church school meets after the morning service with Jesus at Work The Endeavor societies meet at 3 30 4 30 and 5 46 p m topic Young Christians Reaching Outward Midweek prayer Tuesday 7 30 Are Overcoming Faith All welcome
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Alfred Wheeler Stone
Union Church
Christ Jesus
Mildred Stone
Church
Jesus
Concord club meeting draws large audience
The Concord Woman's club held a largely attended meeting with Mrs Elizabeth Pooler Rice delivering a four act dramatic reading The Two Virtues Next Friday January 18 the annual guest night features The Bluebirds at West Concord Woman's club Several members and guests attended social visits occurred among local residents including Misses Loring Norton Hayes Lyons and Mrs Feeney with various relatives and guests noted
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Concord Woman's Club
Elizabeth Pooler Rice
West Concord
EB. J. Lyons
Oro Amora
Hawthorne Chapter Holds Annual C E S Installations
Hawthorne chapter C H 8 held its annual installation at 1 O O F hall on Wednesday evening. Past Grand Matron Sophie J Fowle assisted by Kittie Daniels Clara Maynard and Amory Maynard installed officers for the year. Retiring matron Beatrice Elmes received a past matron’s jewel. A supper by Caterer Anderson of Hudson preceded the ceremony.
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O. O. F. Hall
Hawthorne Chapter
C. H
O O. F. Hall
Sophie J. Fowle
Kittie B. Daniels
Clara Maynard
Amory Maynard
Minerva Dee
Clara Willis
A.M
Josephine Brown
Bertha Whidded
A. G
Agnes Clark
Rice Elmes
Marshal
Alice Lowery
Carolyn . Kingman
Ada
Florence Duren
Ruth
Louise Hosmer
Esther
Louise Shaw
Martha
Mabel Pratley
Electa
Lottie Lapham
Oscar Wood
Sentinel
Harriet B. Keith
Emma Sylvester
Beatrice Elmes
Anderson
Hudson
Will Conserve Coal and Friday Evening Entertainment
Public buildings must extinguish lights at 10 o clock to save heat and power. Friday night’s program starts promptly at 7 5 o clock with attendees urged to be seated early. Mrs. David Simpson departs for Long Beach California to join her husband and plan a future home. A clearance sale ad highlights exceptional values. A children’s verse depicts a dispute over floor pounding between two boys whose fathers pay the rent. A Southern camp vignette notes soldiers and two seerentories of long ago the kitchen floor.
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David Simpson
Long Beach
Cal
E Levery
Enterprise Adv
Bedford Red Cross Articles to Lowell and Peter Bent Brigham
Bedford Red Cross reports shipments to Lowell and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from 1917. Items include sweaters, mufflers, socks, wristers, helmets, bed socks, face units, cloths, pillows, tampons, dressings, bandages, and various hospital supplies. Additional notes mention French wounded care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Bedford
American Red Cross
Lowell
Peter Bent Brigham
13th annual New England Fox Hunters meet opens amid bad weather
Poor weather kept many home as the 13th annual winter meet of the New England Fox Hunters Club opened Monday January 7. Only about 30 hunters participated led by William H. Simonds with several notable riders including Harry W. Hutchinson of Pepperell and masters like Mose and Ringo. The drive to McGovern's Hill produced a fox. others found no quarry in nearby White Rabbie swamp. The event included a Bedford Inn banquet, later foxes were captured, and attendance gathered additional club members. Bedford Union School reopens Monday. St Michael's parish reunion set for February 2. B&M railroad schedule changes do not affect Bedford trains.
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New England
Fox Hunters
William H. Simonds
Harry W. Hutchinson
Pepperell
Mose
Ringo
W. B. Simonds
Miner
Edward L. Tarbell
Blaze
Sing
Percy R. Foss
Concord
Frita
Everett L. Walling
Providence
R. J
Leon W. Campbell
Woonsocket
Fred N. Rule
Hollis
N. H
Unknown
Fred M. Jamieson
Milford
Jed B. Maynard
Boston
F. Carl Colburn
Faneuil
C. H. Shaw
Somerville
George Gale
Frank Grimes
Lowell
Edwin N. Rand
Bedford
Ralph C. Glidden
Dorchester
George M. Robinson
Marion
S. L. Blood
McGovern’s Hill
George W. Piper
Andover
Exeter
Elmer W. Fletcher
Littleton
Robert D. Perry
Brunswick
John Kerin
Bedford Inn
Wm. B. Simonds
Winifred McNamara
St. Michael’s' Church
Town Hall
B & M.& Railroad
Bedford Union School
Y. M. C. A. Defeats Middlesex Cigar Team At Alleys
The Y. M. C. A. defeated Middlesex cigar team before a large crowd at the local alleys Tuesday night, setting a league and alley record. Roy Lent rolled 136 in a string and 844 total for the night. Miller led Middlesex as high roller.
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the. Y
Middlesex
Roy
Miller
Concord Red Cross Movie Fundraiser at Armory
Concord hosts a Red Cross benefit film evening at the armory with US Navy and Marine features and submarines. The event highlights patriotic support as Concord men serve in all branches, with proceeds aiding Red Cross relief for European battlefields. Seating is oversold and more chairs will be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Armory
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Concord
Favor Coarse Bread
The refined white flour now generally used is a modern innovation developed in the last half century. This flour makes bread more appealing in look and taste than coarse brown bread, but dietetic students and physicians increasingly denounce white bread as detrimental to health and vigor.
Kansas State war council meets in Topeka for two days
A Kansas State war council convenes in Topeka for a two day session beginning today. The report notes that women employed as street railway conductors in New York City work eight hours daily and receive the same pay as men.
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Kansas State War Council
Topeka
New York City
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West Acton
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C. Glover
Penniman
Panton
Kielinen
R. Lent A
Middlesex Clea
White
Farrell
Tucker
Billet
RED Cross Movies
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