Acton Centre Nashoba club stages gym exhibition
Acton Centre and North Acton youths formed the Nashoba club and staged an athletic exhibition in the town hall under Rev. Schneider. The program featured drills calisthenics wand routines and a Reds vs Whites basketball game won by the Whites 19 to 11. Plans call for another town hall showing and more matches with nearby teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashoba Ib
Ba Club
Acton Centre
Acton
North Acton
John F. der
Cl Ub
Nashoba Club
Schneider
Sohneider
George Smith
Iaa Petersen
Leonard Warden
Ivan Serviss
Rolanid Flagg
Allen Frost
Reds
Wesley Flagg
Merritt Farrar
John Millan
Ralph Smith
John Mekkelsen
Acton Grange Vows Service Flag and Dues Exemption
At a Grange gathering Acton Grange voted to buy a service flag for members in U S service. Mrs Gertrude C Daniels donated a hand made flag presented to the executive committee. Eleven stars include one red for nurse Lillian E H Frost with others named for enlistees. the Grange will exempt serving members from dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Henry
A. Benere
William ‘C. Coughlin Jr
Raymond F. Durkee
Frank HE. Greenough
Hugh C. Hodgen
William #. Marchant
J. B. Nims
A. Hardy Payson
R. Irving Prentiss
The
Grange
Acton Grange Reds hold second contest program
Acton Grange No 259 met in town hall Tuesday evening with the Reds presenting a varied program. Mrs Bertha White gave a piano solo and a recitation by William Dunn, L H Tuttle spoke on thrift and war savings stamps, and the event included ensembles, solos, recitations, and a short farce. The third contest is planned for March 26 under Mrs Maria Loker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Grange
Town Hall
Bertha White
William Dunn
L. H. Tuttle
Kelley
Acton
Nellie Norris
John Holland
Elwin Hollowell
Ralph W. Piper
England
Eliza J. Tenney
Ralph Smith
J. W. Teele
EB. T. Stanley
Stereopticon Lecture At Church Sunday On March 24
A Sunday evening lecture at the church titled A Study in Black and White will illustrate the work of the American Board among mountaineers and Negroes. A collection will be taken.
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American Board
West Acton Red Cross report for February actions
West and South Acton Red Cross branches report February deliveries to Concord chapter including 45 comfort pillows 25 pajama suits 10 hospital sheets and 81 trench candles. Surgical dressings to Peter Bent Brigham Hospital include 560 compresses 1660 eye dressings 37 muslin bandages. Junior auxiliary produced 21 pillows 37 bandages 81 trench candles. Community notes two births and local illness.
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West and
South Acton
Red Cross
Concord
Peter’ Bent Brigham Hospital
West Acton
Doctor Edward Salmon Dies After Illness in Maynard
Dr Edward L Salmon 40 died after a ten day pneumonia illness in his Maynard block rooms. A Southboro native and Harvard Medical School graduate, he practiced in Marlboro before moving to Maynard about 18 years ago. He was a former baseball pitcher and a Hudson lodge Elk. He leaves a mother two brothers a sister and many friends from several towns. Funeral at St Anne s Church Southboro with burial in Rural Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Salmon
Edward L. Salmon
Maynard Block
Grim Reaper
Southboro
Patrick Salmon
Peters High School
Harvard Medical School
Marlboro
Maynard
Massachusetts
Vermont
Marlboro Nine
Hudson Lodge
Patrick
Frank
Nellie McIntire
Shrewsbury
Arthur J. Coughlan
Howard Case
John Connors
Ellis
Joseph Farrell
B. J. Coughlin
Albert Smith
George Hack
Patrick H. Murphy
Edward Flaherty
Mortimer Paine
Leonard Smith
James Coughlan
George O’brien
Physicians
Maynard Elks
St. Anne’s Church
P. H. Boland
J. P. Lawless
Henry J. McCann
William
Thomas Salmon
Myles McLaughlin
S. J
Boston
Frank Finnerty
Chopin
F. A. McGill
Fr. McLaughlin
Michael&. Maley
Michael McEvoy
Francis McNeil
Arthur J. Coughlin
Howard B. Case
Local Fuel Committee Issues Coal Purchase Forms
The Fuel committee distributes consumer coal forms to dealers and instructs two thirds supply limits for orders over six tons. Customers must declare past and projected yearly usage, building type, heating, room count, and reasons for higher demand. Violations risk a $5000 fine or two years' imprisonment under the Lever Act. Local officials urge reporting shortages to the committee to address consumer needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Sey
Eti
Ates
Joshua Naylor
James J. Ledgard
Thomas Breck
Paris Bombardment by Sixty Gothas Returns Night of Terror
Passengers arriving on a French steamship recount a German air raid on Paris with sixty Gothas, two hours of bombing, and a death toll near 245. Bombs exploded on a doorstep and hospitals and public buildings suffered extensive damage during the night of darkness.
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Atlantic
Paris
Vincennes
Yankee Nurses in Warfront Huts Share Grim Yet Gracious Service
Letters from American Red Cross nurses with British and French units describe cold corrugated iron huts heated by stoves in Flanders. They recount long nights of bandaging, warming, and attending wounded Tommy’s and Jocks, with tales of trench warfare, deserters, and hospital life. A bright red comfort stole mood and light in the wards, easing morale despite brutal conditions.
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Red Cross
Flanders
Y M C A Fork in War Front Dugouts
Eight Y M C A dugouts along the trench line in France provide hot drinks meals and letters to American troops. The Y M C A secretary often bids farewell and greets returning soldiers and tends wounds. The organization runs the entire canteen system in France as ordered by French and American forces.
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Chicago
France
National War Work Council
Political Leader in Ranks
Len A. Scott, three time Republican representative from Hardin County Tennessee and minority floor leader, has enlisted in the Marine Corps for the duration of the war. He waived exemption as a state legislative officer and went to training at Port Royal South Carolina. Scott is known for authoring the first House resolution pledging support to President Wilson at the onset of German neutrality.
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Port Royal
S. C
Len A. Scott
Hardin County
Tennessee
Marine Corps
Scott
House of Representatives
Wilson
Germany
Woman Army Officer Dr Anita Newcomb McGee May Retain Distinction
Dr Anita Newcomb McGee of Washington DC, the only woman commissioned to serve in the U S army, is likely to keep that distinction. The judge advocate general ruled women physicians cannot join the officers reserve corps but may serve as contract surgeons, a role she held during the Spanish American War.
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Anita Newcomb McGee
Washing
D. C
United States Army
Army
Judge Advocate General
McGee
Army Nurse Corps
Simon Newcomb
Association of Military Surgeons of
United States
Japan
Army Barbershop Rules at Camp Sherman
Division headquarters issues guidance to cantonment barber shops at Camp Sherman. Each customer gets a clean towel and barbers must wash hands after every shave. Combs and brushes must be thoroughly washed and only powdered soap may be used after current stock is consumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Camp Sherman
Lincoln Steffens in Petrograd Morale Mob Story
In Chicago at the City Club Steffens recounts meeting Petrograd mobs moving at night. He describes reporters hearing shuffles and voices, asking what the mob seeks. The crowd, without a leader, responds they are searching for what is wrong in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Steffens
Tor
Petrograd
Chicago
Soft Snap for Prisoner under county jail order
Judge Kenneth Mackintosh orders Joe Ambrose a petty larceny defendant to thirty days confinement in the county commissioners office describing the jail as insanitary and unfit. Ambrose refused Canadian army enlistment to suspend sentence and will be watched by deputies during his stay with meals at a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Mackintosh
Joe Ambrose
Mackintosh
Ambrose
United States
Canada
Commissioners’ Office
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Belgian lace exhibition opens at British embassy London
Displays show lace made in Belgium since the war under the Comite de la Dentelle. Princess Napoleon opens the event. The effort supports 50 000 women and girls, aided by the relief commission, with lace to be exported for continued charity work and sale later. None of the lace will be sold during the exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
London
Napoleon
Comite de la Dentelle
Commission For Relief
Man of the People Ferris Seen Saving Face in Osage County
Representative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma is described as a man of the people after a roadside shelter stay in Osage County. He and a companion were served breakfast as the household poured coffee into saucers to cool it, a detail noted by a renter’s family and a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Ferris
Osage Country
Elisha Hangon
Cartoons Magazine
Ghostly Legend Tells of Hever Castle Heritage
Viscount Astor owner of Hever Castle in Kent famed for a romantic past. The English manor, bought by the American born peer, sits where Anne Boleyn grew up and is said to be haunted by her ghost each Christmas. Astor restored the ancient fortress into a charming residence.
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Astor
Viscount Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Hever Castle
Kent
Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
Henry VI
Henry
Anne of Cleves
Anne
NO PLACE IN PARK SYSTEM Opinion on Inglewood library site
The author argues against placing a Carnegie library in the center of Inglewood’s park, warning it would ruin the view and set a precedent for congestion. He urges preserving open lawn centers and securing a separate library site to maintain the park’s breathing space and orderly city planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Inglewood
Cal
REMEMBER SPRING CLEANUP FOR BIRMINGHAM LAWNS AND LANES
The Birmingham Age Herald urges residents to plan a new educational drive for spring cleanup. It highlights the city’s need for well kept yards, green strips along curbs, and tidy sidewalks to maintain civic beauty and sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
City Beautiful Association
Ala
Age Herald
Urges Need of Play for Health and Relief
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon health commissioner of Pennsylvania urges ample play to relieve daily strain. He notes play should produce something useful, be wholesome, done in healthy air and sunlight, and stimulate both mind and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Dixon
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Women Take Active Hand In Home Building
Women planners lead in home construction and interior work, with the text arguing wives spend more time at home and tend to have better taste. It notes the husband benefits by avoiding the phrase I told you so and supports the idea of shared domestic responsibility.
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Athletic “Hall of Fame
BUICK
Dice Buick Co
Worcester
Mass
H. F. Perrin
J. J. Collier
Worcester Buick CO. CG
M. Stanley
Mgr
Main Street
Commercial St
Worcester, Mass
Mike Mason
Camp Devens
Hall Bros. Mill
W. G. Lawrence
B. E. Hall
di Stasio
Maynard, Mass
Wwé
Frank E. Taylor
Mapleef
Wilbur
Hamblin
Concos
Raymond Hamblin
Bloomfield
N. J
Edward Ryan
Deaconess
Irs
N. Canfield
Lowell
Charles ‘Stockbridge
Linden St
Durme
Fred Carlton
Forest Hills
Edward Carlton
Summer St
Gothas
Fritz
No Man's Land
Dardanelles
Scotland
American Red Cross
South Carolina
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