Boston Prepares Grand Welcome for 26th Division Vets
Boston and Massachusetts mobilize for a grand parade and reception for the Yankee Division heroes. Merchants form the Washington Street Reception Committee for the 26th Division to finance and stage arches, banners, and color schemes by April 21 ahead of the Fifth Liberty Loan drive. Cars are requested for sightseeing and Red Cross transport, with 5000 letters sent to local auto owners offering three hours of service each afternoon from 2 to 5.
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Washington Street
Young’s Hotel
On Motors
Yankee Division
Boston
Committee On Entertainment
Red Cross
Charles Street
Automobile Entertainment Committee
J. H. McAlman
Massachusetts Avenue
George B. Kimball
Beacon Street
L. C. Pryor
Lenox
Joseph D. Donovan
Commonwealth Avenue
H. D. Cormerais
Edwards
Hale
Greenlaw
Loughrigge
Washington Street Fairily Festooned Parade Plans
The city plans include sixty flowered arches between State and Boylston with laurel banners and heroic faces to frame the parade. Volunteers coordinate rides for YD members on Charles Street, with cars provided for the afternoon. Grandstands contracts target April 25 completion, while multiple theaters schedule matinees for the division. A holiday designation for homecoming is set to be Friday, following a Senate action.
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Washington Street
State
Boylston
Charles Street
Park Square
Beacon Street
Mayor's Entertainment Committee
Tremont Theatre
Blame on Italians in Spalato Incident
A Belgrade telegram reports an American allied commission found Italian naval command responsible for the Spalato March incident where armed Italian sailors wounded Serbian civilians and soldiers. It also cites arrests of Jugoslav deputies doctors priests and teachers in Istria Trieste and other areas and notes Jugo Slav Paris committee claims Italian sailors killed or wounded residents at Spalato before retreating to their ships.
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Paris
Belgrade
Special Commission of
Istria
Triest
Jugo-Slav
Spalato
Dalmatia
Inter-Allied Commission
Two Platon 's Fire Department Bill Advances in Mass House
The Massachusetts House passed to be engrossed a two platoon fire department bill for cities and towns after amendments were rejected. The vote was 90 to 28 on the peace resolutions and the bill includes civil service veteran preferences while excluding army nurses. A Public Service Commission investigation into Boston Elevated Railway valuation is ordered with a report due by May 15.
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House of Representatives
Massachusetts
House
Senate
League of Nations
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Public Service Commission
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah Mahan Charlestown
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah Mahan who died Sunday at her home 89 Decatur Street Charlestown was held at St Catherine s Church Charlestown. Bearers listed Bart Horty Thomas Horty William Feeley John H O Brien Joseph Brennan and Thomas Coppinger. She was a long time Charlestown resident widow of William Mahan and is survived by two daughters Mrs John McAuliffe Chelsea and Miss Sadie Mahan Charlestown.
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Sarah Mahan
Decatur Street
Charlestown
St. Catherine’s Church
Bart. Horty
Thomas Horty
William Feeley
John H. O’brien
Joseph Brennan
Thomas Coppinger
Portland Painters Refuse Wage Increase Demand
Master painters in Portland decided to reject the workers demand for higher pay. The strike began Monday with about 120 painters walking off the job to press for wages rising from 4.80 to 6 dollars per day.
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Portland
New Grand Army Proposed At G A R Banquet
Chaplain-in-Chief P A Nordell urged a new army of the republic founded on equal rank and service for all veterans during the G A R banquet at the Quincy House. The event honored Clarendon E Adams national commander in chief and his staff as Massachusetts G A R convention programming continued alongside allied group gatherings in Boston.
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Army of the Republic
P. A. Nordell
Grand Army of the Republic
Quincy House
Clarendon E. Adams
Department of Massachusetts
Sons of Veterans, Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the G. A. R
Boston
Grand Army of Massachusetts holds 58th encampment at Faneuil Hall
Chaplain Nordell voices hope for a united veterans platform as the 58th Massachusetts Grand Army encampment opens in Faneuil Hall. Officers elected include George A. Wilder as department commander and Horace Goodwin as senior vice commander. The meeting reports 6597 members with 695 deaths this year and three posts disbanded due to dwindling ranks.
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Department of Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
George A. Wilder
John A. Andrew Post
Boston
Horace Goodwin
Lynn Post
Westfield
State of Massachusetts
Edwin P. Stanley
Manchester
J. Payson Bradley
Grand Army
Philip A. Norden
Massachusetts Department
G. A
Otis Chapman
Chicopee
George C. Strong
Easthampton
Mountain Miller
Plainfield
Walter S. Swan
Dorchester
George W. Pratt
Stoughton
Eugene D. Sanborne
Charles Almeder
Charlestown
B. H. Ham
South Boston
Sons of Veterans
Tremont Temple
Daughters of Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Shawmut Congregational Church
Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary
Hotel Bellevue
American House
Army
Paul Revere Hall
Chipman Halls
Anna Norton
Margaret Farley Smith
Arcadia Street
Ella G. Fosgate
Hudson
Mass
Angie Schurman
Roxbury
Stella Frost
Swampscott
Frances Linnell
Somerville
Schurman
Coolidge
Peters
Col Hale Improving at Devens Camp
Colonel Richard K. Hale, ill with bronchial pneumonia at Devens base hospital, was reported as "coming through very favorably" with normal temperature. Visitors included Major-General Hale, commander of the 26th, while Hale serves as General Hale's chief of staff.
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Camp Devens
Richard K. Hale
Feldstein
Hale
Woman Dies From Sleeping Sickness in New Bedford
In New Bedford Massachusetts on April 25 the first death from lethargic encephalitis in southeastern Massachusetts occurred. Victim was 25 year old Mrs Francis Cunningham who had been ill about two weeks. Dr Charles W Milliken district health officer and the local board of health physicians agreed in their diagnosis.
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New Bedford
Massachusetts
Francis Cunningham
Charles W. Milliken
Board of Health
Hero dog Brownie to lead infantry parade in Boston
Camp Devens April 8 Brownie a hero dog wounded carrying water to a comrade will head the 108d Infantry Supply Company in a Boston parade. He wears three gold service chevrons and a wounded stripe, will receive a ceremonial collar inscribed with his war record, and is paired with his master a French officer who perished.
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Devens
Brownie
Boston
I. M. Eaton
Massachusetts College
Elmer Childs
Bridgeton
Pals
Soissons
Childs
Payments to 26th Division Soldiers at Camp Devens
About 3 million dollars will be disbursed at Camp Devens this month with over 2 million for the final Yankee Division payroll and bonuses. March payments exceed 600 thousand. 250 to 300 thousand go to the permanent garrison. In two days, beginning April 28 or 29, about 18,000 men will be paid off. Captain M. E. Toews will oversee settlements and disbursements.
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Camp Devens
M. E. Toews
Gallant War Heroes Praised by Senior Officers
A battlefield tribute lauds the 104th Regiment and its junior officers for gallantry and heroism. The speaker credits lower ranks with the victory, noting the regiment's colors were richly decorated for their glorious conduct in combat.
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104Th
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