Maynard Selectman Frank Binks commended for anti license vote
Allied Temperance Societies praise Frank Binks for voting against granting pony express licenses in Maynard Massachusetts. They urge continued enforcement by local police and officials, noting public desire for a dry year and citing concerns over liquor sales. A copy was sent to The Enterprise editor for publication.
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Frank Binks
Allied Temperance Societies
Meynard
Mass
Board of Selectmen
The
Enterprise
Annual Meeting Of Woman's Club Elects Officers
The Woman's club held its annual meeting at Masonic hall on Tuesday afternoon. Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs. Alfred S. McCleary as president and Mrs. George Merrick as vice president. The program featured a dramatic recital and piano selections. The club authorized $50 for Red Cross work and $10 for the Maynard Grange prize. Delegates were named to the State Federation, and a bazaar project with West Acton was approved.
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Woman's Club
Masonic Hall
Mira, Gertrude, Bartlett
Boston
Palinka L. F. Tagliabue
Alfred 5
McCleary
George Merrick
William Litchfield
Great Barrington
Maynard Grange
West Acton
Assabet Institution for Savings Elects New Officers
The annual meeting of the incorporators held at the bank Monday evening elected Charles H. Persons as president, replacing the late Clarence J. Bodfish. C. S. Fowler named first vice president and W. B. Case second vice president. New directors include Frank W. Holt, Frank H. Stevens, Tavob Laurilla, with Hiberty, Ingham, Rachtzer of South Acton, and Oswald C. Dreschler added as corporation members.
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Assabet Institution For Savings
Charles H. Persons
Clarence J. Bodfish
C. S. Fowler
W. B. Case
Frank W. Holt
South Acton
Frank H. Stevens
Tavob’ Laurilla
James Ax ‘Hiberty
John Ingham
William Rachtzer
Oswald C. Dreschler
Socialist congress invitation extends to Russian parties
Petrograd May 9. Danish Socialist leader M Borgbjerg arrives to announce an invitation for all Russian Socialist parties to attend the Stockholm international Socialist congress. He also disclosed peace terms from the German Socialist Democratic party advocating compulsory arbitration, territorial restitution, plebiscites, and redrawn borders in Europe including Alsace Lorraine and Macedonia.
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Petrograd
Stockholm
M. Borgbjerg
Borgbjerg
Socialist Democratic Party
Nationalp
Germany
Poland
Russia
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Adriatic
Alsace
Lorraine
Bridgeport Declares Restricted Zone for Germans After June First
Bridgeport officials announce a city wide barred area for German residents over 14 after June 1. Those without permits will be treated as alien enemies and prisoners of war, with factories making munitions placing the city in a high risk zone.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Govereneer
Try
Disguised as a Man Case From Haverhill May 9 Report
In an early 20th century Haverhill report a case involves Harry B. Perkins and Ame er Kelly in a disguise incident. The brief notes a major development or confrontation tied to a larger scene.
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Haverhill
Mass
Harry B. Perkins
A Ameer Kelly
Food campaign praised as state plans crop expansion
The Committee on Public Safety lauds broad public support for a heart of food production drive. Officials expect a large rise in cultivated acreage barring crop failures and aim to collect local reports to estimate final results.
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Committee On Public’ Safety
Committee On Public Safety
James J. Storrow
State House
Local Food Production Form Request for Acreage Details
A handwritten note requests residents to fill out a form listing acreage planted in potatoes field beans corn and root crops such as turnips beets and carrots. It is to be mailed to the local Committee on Food Production for the year.
Help the Farmer Massachusetts Credit Drive Boosts Agriculture
Massachusetts farmers gain strong support from the Core Committee on Public Safety and sub committees. Chairman Storrow urges banks to extend credit to farmers for winter crops and to visit farms to promote loans. Weak past food laws face push to expand production by adding acreage and crops statewide.
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Massachusetts
Storrow
Dahimegh
Farmers Mobilized to Boost Crop Production
Farmers face no fear of overproduction as committees and county farm bureaus pledge support. Authorities say state and foreign buyers will need every bushel raised, framing farming as patriotic duty and promising influence on future legislation.
Banks urged to expand farmer credit in Massachusetts
Massachusetts banks are urged by Chairman Storrow to actively target farmers for increased staple crop acreage and broader credit. George C. Gill notes a road program begun in 1914 and plans to deploy a car or Cadillac to reach farmers, while Worcester banks hire an expert to assess farmers’ needs and fund seed, fertilizer, and livestock initiatives.
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Massachusetts
Storrow
Public Safety
Every
Bank and Trust Company
George C. Gill
The
Holyoke’ National Bank
F. A. Drury
Merchants’ National Bank of Worcester
Advice to Women on Food Conservation by Dean Arnold
Dean Arnold of Simmons College urges Massachusetts women to conserve food to aid families and allies. She advises identifying essential foods, reducing costs, preventing waste, tracking purchases, learning substitutes, and sharing knowledge to teach others in a patriotic effort.
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Dean Arnold
Sarah Louise Arnold
Simmons College
Women’s Committee On Food Conservation
Massachusetts
Crimea the Black Sea peninsula in old Russia history and lore
The article surveys the Crimea as a strategic peninsula between Europe and Asia. It details its geography, population of about 855,000 mainly Tatars with Russians, Greeks, Germans and Jews, and notes its subtropical agriculture, elite housing, and social seasons. It discusses Crimean history from Scythian rule through Tartars and Turks, Russian annexation in 1783, and the Crimean War with Sebastopol. Florence Nightingale’s nursing during the war is highlighted as a turning point in battlefield care.
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Black Sea
Russia
Crimea
Perekop Gulf
Sea of Azov
National Geographic Society
Washington
For Geographic Research
Florida
Europe
Witc
New Hampshire
Vermont
California
Portugal
Cochin
China
America
Riviera
Aegean
Crimean
Crim
England
France
Turkey
Sebastopol
Tolstoy
Florence Nightingale
Livadia
Have the Habit and Late Trains Joke in Exchange
A suburban real estate agent jokes about trains always running late when a prospective buyer asks about late trains. The exchange leans into colonial ancestry and a proverb about laws, coarse and fine, reflecting humorous old sayings.
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Philadelphia Record
Surgeons Describe Lion Battle Relief Work Off Jutland
The Kansas City Star reports that two surgeons aboard the British battlecruiser Lion during the Jutland engagement detailed relief efforts amid smoke and flames. The mess deck became dressing stations as ventilating fans cleared air, morphia eased pain and bleeding, and many burns from cordite and high explosives were treated with picric acid dressings.
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Jutland
Eally
Kansas City Star
Thorough mastication aids digestion, says physician
A prominent physician explains that chewing fully helps digestion not by grinding to powder but by mixing more saliva and ptyalin with food. Prolonged attention during eating supports saliva flow and better digestion, even with larger meat particles, as shown by lab and animal observations cited.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Caribou Feeding Habits in Alaska Detailed
Alaska caribou rely on reindeer moss a greenish white food scattered across hills and mountains. They feed mainly on treeless tundra along the Arctic coast and Alaska peninsula coast then migrate in summer and form herds in fall with leaders guiding each group. If a herd leader dies the others panic and stampede until a new leader emerges.
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Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Pacific
Alaska Peninsula
Fragmented quip on Miss Oldstyle age claim and gossip
A newspaper column quotes a reader question about Miss Oldstyle claiming to be twenty eight. It notes a claim a decade ago involved a supposed banknote in a newspaper column. The piece reflects sensational gossip style from Buffalo press.
A Fresh Start Paragraph Sparks Father Son Exchange
A Boston Transcript item reports a contrite youth requesting money to escape trouble. The father rejects the plea, crumpling the plea with a firm assertion that money would not restart the boy’s life. The brief exchange captures a moment of parental resolve.
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Boston
Lost Range of Mountains and Knot Tying Tips
A historical fragment notes a great range of mountains once running from Lake Superior's eastern end to beyond the south river. Weather wore them down and left high traces. The text also gives a knot tying caution: insert a soft stick to help knot closure under strain and advise breaking the knot to untie.
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Lake Superior
South River
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