Grand Army Protest Over Lee Statue At State Encampment
At the Massachusetts Grand Army encampment in Faneuil Hall the final ballot elected Hosley as junior vice commander while William J. Gillespie and Isaac C. Day won other posts. Commander Parker condemned placing Robert E. Lee’s statue in the Capitol and urged removal, as resolutions calling for withdrawal proceeded with applause.
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Grand Army
Lee
Capitol Hall of Fame
Hosley
William J. Gillespie
Post 7
Isaac C. Day
Haverhill
J. Willard Brown
East Boston
John L. Parker
Granville Clark Fiske
Ashland
Brown
Faneuil Hall
Samuel R. van Sant
Charlestown
J. L. Parker
George E. Lovejoy
Parker
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Massachusetts
Virginia
National Capitol
Congress of the
United States
America
Work Is What Counts Says Van Sant to Sons of Veterans
Ex Governor Van Sant urges in Boston that labor and hands-on effort will shape the country and that true equality comes from opportunity and law obedience. Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham and local officials attend as Sons of Veterans prepare for a contested election today with multiple candidates for department and senior and junior vice commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Sant
Minnesota
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
Quincy House
Frothingham
Walter Ballantyne
Boston
George W. Pollitt
Our Order
William F. W. Wilson
George M. Tucker
Medford
James T. Wellington
Norwich
E. §. Emerson
A. Cook
Frank H. White
W.K. Choate
A. C. Beal
H. Moran
Co. W. Fuller
North Adams
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Begins Two Day Session
Park Street Church hosts a two day meeting of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary. Officers to be elected today. Department President Mabel M Braley opened the session at 9 30 a m with reports and greetings. At 10 15 Miss Mollie Donaldson general president presided.
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Department
Mabel M. Braley
Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary
Park Street
Leman Elected Leader as G A R Protests Lee Statue
Mrs Eliza K Leman was elected president of the Massachusetts Department of the Ladies of the G A R with Mrs Fannie L Barnes named senior vice president The group elected plans for the year and prepared to install officers The meeting approved a protest against placing General Lee's statue in the national Capitol The event included a reception and light supper at the American House in Boston.
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Eliza K. Leman
Ladies OF the
Department OF Massachusetts
Fannie L. Barnes
Eliza J. Leavitt
Massachusetts Department
American House
Women's Relief Corps
General Lee
National Capitol
Obituary notices from East Boston and surrounding towns
Funeral notices list dozens of residents by surname with dates April 5 to 9 across East Boston South Boston Roxbury Dorchester Brookline Hyde Park and Cambridge. Included are Clara Mae Anderson Nora J Barry Catherine F Brown Hugh Brown Charlotte Brackett Mary J Booth Timothy J Donoghue Louisa Gumpright Mary E Harrison Mary Elvira Holt John Johnson Sarah Kaveney Martin Kenney Effie McNeil Mary Rosa Reichert Eliza Stock Eliza C Tilden and other relatives invited to attend with high mass requiems and funeral times.
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Thomas F. Brown
Curley
East Eighth Street
St. Augustine’s Church
Brown
Brookline
Hugh Given Brown
Powell Street
Brackett
Cambridge
Charlotte Brackett
Magazine Street
Cobb
Hiyde Park
Mary J. Booth
Eben Cobb
Fairmount Avenue
Hyde Park
Donoghue
South Boston
Timothy J., Jr
Hannah M
Timothy J. Donoghue
West Third Street
St. Vincent’s Church
Gumpright
Roxbury
Louisa L
Armandus H. Gumpright
Elmore Street
Holy Trinity Church
Shawmut Avenue
New York
San Francisco
Quincy
Harrison
Revere
Mary FE
Thomas R. Harrison
Irwin
Boston
Tapley Avenue
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Holt
Mary Elvira Holt
Reuben L
Sarah D. Holt
Berwick Park
Johnson
East Boston
John
Margaret Johnson
Eastern Star League
Sarah
Austin Kaveney
Felix
Catherine Cassidy
Fifth Street
Gate of Heaven
Chicago
Kenney
Dorchester
Martin
Winifred Kenney
Warren Strreet
Philadelphia
Reichert
Mary Rosa
Joseph A
Sarah C Reichert
Gillis
Boston Street
Woman's Relief Corps elects Florence Haynes department president
More than 500 delegates gathered at Shawmut Avenue Church for the Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps convention. Yesterday opened with committee appointments and officer elections. today reports and resolutions were to be adopted. Rhode Island delegates presented a courtesy delegation. Mrs. Sawyer noted a quiet year with ongoing local and department appeals. The Massachusetts department lists 172 corps and 14,824 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawmut Avenue
Elizabeth P. Sawyer
Massachusetts Department
Woman's Relief Corps
Rhode Island
Annie L. Pender
Mary E. Dexter
Hattie Ford
A. A. Berle
Sawyer
Mem Hood Ss
Salem Women’s Society Elects Officers
Florence Haynes of Salem named department president with Nellie F. Libbey of Lynn as senior vice-president, Mary Holbrook of Weymouth as junior vice-president, and Fannie Jones of Somerville as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Haynes
Salem
Nellie F. Libbey
Lynn
Mary Holbrook
Weymouth
Fannie Jones
Somerville
Wonderful Cure by Hood s Sarsaparilla for Infant Eczema
Mrs Inez Lewis of Baring Maine recounts her four month old baby developing severe eczema that worsened to the face hands and arms. After trying various remedies without relief the family tried Hood s Sarsaparilla and Hood s Olive Ointment, leading to a dramatic recovery and the child becoming healthy. Hood s Sarsaparilla claims to combine many ingredients to strengthen cures and match physicians remedies.
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Hood
Inez Lewis
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Washington St
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