Stories of the 26th Division Narratives
A series in The Post presents actual World War I experiences by members of New England's 26th Division. This installment is by Sergeant Archie J. Bradley of Company A 104th Infantry based in Haverhill, sharing memories for daily publication.
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the Post
New England
Daily
Sunday Post
Archie J. Bradley
104Th Infantry
New Hampshire Avenue, Haverhill
Bradley
Henry M. Robinson & Co., Inc
Winthrop Sq
Boston
Mass
American Glue Company
Beverly St
War Diary Excerpt Details Fierce Battle at Royaumont
The narrator recalls tending to friend Elvin Rice after a shell hit near the first aid station and surviving a chaotic ride with a wounded man. He describes shelling at Royaumont, leadership by Colonel Sheldon, Chaplain Danker’s fatal wounds, and his three hours directing civilians and wounded to safety.
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Haverhill
Elvin Rice
Steed
Royameaux
Y. M. Hut
Sheldon
Danker
A World War I Soldier Recalls Trench Warfare at Belleau Wood
A WWI veteran recounts the Normandy and St Mihiel campaigns. He describes fighting in No Man's Land near Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood, the toll on his unit, gas mask use, and ration hardships. He notes a knee wound, a coolness under fire citation, and a dramatic retaking of Petruny woods before the St Mihiel drive.
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Belleau Woods
Bowie
28Th
la Ferte
California National Army
St. Mihiel
Run-Down Describes Causes of a Weakened Vital State
The piece defines run-down as a state of low vitality and fatigue from worry and overwork. It warns that persistent stress leaves the nerves on edge and even minor exertion tires the body.
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Wincarnis
Major Tully Named Chairman of Boston Chamber Americanization Panel
Major Frank W. Tully, a prominent figure in Boston retail, was appointed chairman of a new Americanization committee formed by the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Weekly meetings will shape a forthcoming program, with members including Frank V. Thompson, Alexander Whiteside, Captain Daniel Mackay, Edward F. McGrady, Charles Blampied, Albert M. Chandler, John Morton, George W. Tupper, Samuel Spring, Merle Riffeth, and Alfred Hallam.
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Frank W. Tully
Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Frank V. Thompson
Alexander Whiteside
Daniel Mackay
The
Shipping Board
Edward F. McGrady
United States Labor Service
Charles Blampied
Boston University
Albert M. Chandler
John Morton
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
George W. Tupper
State
Samuel Spring
Merle R. Griffeth
General Electric Company
Alfred Hallam
War Camp Community Service
Christian Endeavor backs bills in Sunday law clash
A large Park Street Church gathering endorsed two bills and opposed a third before the Massachusetts Legislature. The group unanimously opposed a bill permitting Sunday baseball, endorsed a bill to end Sunday moving picture shows, and backed raising the unattended amusement age from 14 to 16.
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Massachusetts
Christian Endeavor Society
Park Street
Bolshevism and the Solution
Hugh Frayne AFL general organizer proposes a plan to stop Bolshevik propaganda relating to labor in an upcoming Boston Sunday Post. He outlines a strategy to counter perceived radical influence and unify labor groups against Bolshevik ideas.
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Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Boston Sounday Post
Thirsty Soul Takes Liquor From Former Agency
A thief broke into Phillips Missouri’s former town liquor agency and stole whiskey gin and brandy worth 25 dollars before war taxes. Two one dollar bills pinned with a shoemaker’s awl were left on the window to cover the glass, with a note stating the money would pay for the glass not the liquor. The agency had been closed years earlier by legislative action and the stock forgotten except by the thief.
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Phillips, Mo
Arcanum Warns Against Bolshevism
C Arch Williams supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum pledges 150 000 members to support the government. He calls national state and local officers to halt distribution of inflammatory Bolshevist literature quietly circulating in cities and to warn members against listening to propagandists targeting returning soldiers and former munition workers.
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New York
Royal Arcanum
C. Arch Williams
America
Bishop Lewis Urges Church Stand Against Anarchy
Bishop Wilson S. Lewis of China in a Malden Centre sermon urged Christians to oppose rising anarchy or the world will suffer. He called Christianity the counterforce and urged Christian democracy for every race.
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Wilson S. Lewis
China
Malden
M. FE
Christian Church
Vatican Holds Back From Pan Christian Unity Plan
Rome April 13 The Vatican states semi officially the Holy See did not endorse the proposed pan Christian congress. It notes Rome’s dogmatic position means equal footing with other denominations is impossible. The Pope is open to greeting dissenters while urging return to Rome. Pope Leo XIII previously wrote encyclicals on unity.
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Rome
Vatican
Holy See
Leo XIII
Shipping Board seeks qualified first mates and engineers
The United States Shipping Board calls on all mariners qualified for first mate positions to report to the Sea Service Bureau at major ports and provides for training in officer ranks. A shortage exists in first mates and first assistant engineers with high pay awaiting capable individuals.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Sea Service Bureau
Shipping Board
Missing handbag valued at 2500 in subway theft
Mrs. Viola M. Schumacher reported a subway theft of a black silk handbag containing jewels valued at 2500. Detectives questioned a woman who pawned a ring and pins for 9, using the name Tina Hide at 205 West 89th Street. she was charged with grand larceny.
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New York
Viola M. Schumacher
Wayne Avenue
West Plains
Edward Conroy
John Shields
119Th Street
Third Avenue
Tina Hide
West 89Th Street
Bayer Cross Aspirin: generations trusted pill
A newspaper notice warns that only Aspirin tablets bearing the Bayer Cross are genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. Fraudulent pills sold by a Brooklyn dealer were largely talcum powder. Consumers are urged to request Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and verify the Bayer Cross on the package and each tablet.
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Bayer
Brooklyn
Remarkable relief from monthly suffering with Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Miss Cora Lee Hall of West Plains Missouri credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months long indigestion cramps and general illness after doctors failed. The testimonial urges other women to try the root and herb medicine, claiming it saved her life and improved her health.
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West Plains
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cora Lee Hall
Mrs. Hall
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