Patriots Day in Boston Observed with Parade and Veterans
Boston marks the 144th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington with lantern lightings, a Paul Revere re-enactment, and a day of parades, speeches, and receptions. The Yankee Division hosts banquets, and Colonel Logan is honored at the Hotel Somerset. The day includes Mass singing, Marathon preparations, and Victory Loan events with federal and local dignitaries.
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Boston
Lexington
Old North Church
Paul Revere
New England
Gveater
Patriots’ Day Committee
Old Town
Cavalry
Massachusetts State Guard
Greater Boston
South Boston
The
Knights of Columbus
Edward S. Logan
101St Infantry
Fifth
Ninth National Guard
Somerset
Andrew J. Peters
Paul Leavers
North Square
Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Faneuil Hall
America
Joan
Letts
Boston Y. M. C. A
Battle Green
Missionaries Protest Brewing Machinery Transfer to China
A protest signed by American missionaries in China and natives urged the State Department to stop transferring American brewing machinery to China. The International Reform Bureau presented the appeal, asking the department to prevent a business and evil condemned by the American people and government.
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Washington
China
State Department
International Reform Bureau
Department
Challenges Planters Right to Reduce Production
Attorney General Palmer was asked by Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture for an opinion on the legality of a move by Southern planters to reduce cotton acreage to prop up prices. The inquiry suggests a strategic effort to influence market levels.
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Washington
Palmer
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Patriots' Day Schedule of Events
A detailed list of activities across Lexington Boston Somerville Melrose Cambridge and more for Patriots Day. Includes dawn ceremonies flag raisings parades athletic events banquets dances and concerts with times and venues such as Buckman Tavern Copp's Hill Park Braves Field Battle Green and Memorial Park.
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Lexington
Lexington Minute Men Rifle Club
Munroe
Buckman
Reading
Memorial Park
Copp’s Hill Park
North End
Massachusetts Avenue
East Lexington Station
North Square
Peters
Athletic Field
Toy Dog Club of
New England
Malta Temple
Cambridge
Queen Quality
Bickford Street
Jamaica Plain
Wells Memorial Checker Club
Dexter Hall
Washington Street
Boston East Baptist Bible School Convention
First Baptist Church
Melrose
Paul Revere
Victory Loan Courier
Eliot and
Hancock
North End Park
Winter Hill
Somervile
Charles W. Eldredge
Massachusetts Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Faneuil Hall
Braves
Brooklyn
Medford Square
Benjamin F. Haines
Arlington Town Hall
Arlington Committee
Transatlantic flight wagers rise with aviation risk and hopes
The article notes growing bets on transatlantic flight attempts by Harry G. Hawker and Captain Frederick P. Raynham as delays boost public interest. It mentions a Bay of Biscay launch site off Newfoundland near Cape Race and introduces Brigadier General L L O Charlton as the new British air attaché with a distinguished wartime record and honors.
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Harry G. Hawker
Frederick P. Raynham
Martinsyde Corps
England
Bay of Biscay
United States Naval Aviation
Newfoundland
Cape Race
Atlantic
Europe
L. L. O. Charlton
Royal Air Force
Charlton
W. C. Charlton
Legation
Washington
Brighton College
Sandhurst Royal Military College
West African Frontier Force
Leeward Islands
India
Good Friday Services Held at Three Churches
Three hours of solemn Good Friday services were held from noon to 3 p m at the Cathedral Church of St Paul Trinity Church and the Church of the Advent with large congregations. Each church divided the service into nine 26 minute periods and ended each with a hymn to allow entrances and exits without disruption.
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St. Paul
Trinity
Dean Rousmaniere
Dr. Mann
First Bolshevik Paper in France Emerges
Paris April 18 The first Bolshevik newspaper in France appeared as Le Titre Censure after the proposed Le Bolshevik name was banned. The weekly is edited by Georges Asquetil who calls himself a Bolshevik doctrinaire and vows to defend Bolshevism while denouncing current society.
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Paris
France
le Titre
Georges Asquetil
Japanese Divisions Ordered to Korea Amid Uprising Suppression
A Tokyo cablegram reported by the Japanese American cites two divisions of Japanese troops marching to Korea to quell revolutionary uprisings. A separate dispatch from Fusan, Korea via Tokyo notes 6000 Japanese troops and 40 gendarmes landed there.
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Korea
San Francisco
Tokio
Fusan
Good Friday Observances Across Boston Churches
Protestant churches in Boston held Good Friday services last night with notable preachers at Cathedral Church Trinity Church St James Roxbury Emmanuel Church Church of the Advent Old North Church Old South Church Shawmut Congregational and King’s Chapel. Noted speakers included Rev M P S Huntington Rev Rolfe Crum Rev John S Moses Rev Reuben Kidner Rev Elwood Worcester Rev George Nattress and professors Bowen Foote.
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Boston
M. P. S. Huntington
Cathedral Church
Dean Rousmaniere
Rolfe P. Crum
Johns. Moses
Trinity Church
Reuben Kidner
St. James Episcopal Church
Roxbury
Elwood Worcester
Emmanuel Church
George Nattress
Church of the Advent
Old North Church
Salem Street
W. H. Dewart
George Gordon
D. D
Old South Church
Shawmut Chorus
Maunder
Olivet
Calvary
Shawmut Congregational Church
King’s Chapel
Clayton R. Bowen
Meadville Theological School
Henry Wilder Foote
Harvard Divin+ity School
King Dog to Feature at MacMillan Lecture in Boston
Arctic dog Ka-she-we-a-how will appear in Boston as Donald B MacMillan discusses the Dash for the Pole at Huntington Chambers Hall Monday evening April 21. The Emerson College Students Association presents an illustrated lecture featuring the king dog who led a sledge team that covered about 8000 miles across the Northland.
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Boston
Donald B. MacMillan
Huntington Chambers Hall
Emerson College Students’ Association
Ka-she-we-ahow
King Dog
Northland
History of 26th Division in World War I timing
A tabloid history detailing the New England soldiers for the 26th Division will appear in the coming souvenir section of next week's Boston Sunday Post.
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New England
Boston Sunday Post
Food prices rise in March after February dip
Washington reports March food stuffs price increase following a February decline as the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a shift in consumer costs and public expectations of return to normal levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Food prices show March increases despite February dips
Across all foods 22 items rose 2 percent from February and 14 percent from March 1918. Over the six year span March 1913 to March 1919 retail food prices climbed 80 percent with flour bacon lard and cornmeal up more than 100 percent. Butter fell 19 percent in February then rose 16 percent in March. Other March gains included sirloin and round steaks and duck roast up 1–2 percent coffee and tea up 3 percent while Navy beans potatoes rice and milk declined.
Berlin Strike Spreads to Stores and Shops
The metal workers and bank employees strike has reached department stores and specialty shops in Berlin. Police confiscated 200000 copies of the Red Flag from Leipzig and halted a large Spartacus edition aimed at Berlin, both urging broader upheaval and government overthrow.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Leipzig
Spartacus
Frankfurt
Express
Redfield Pleads for Patience on Global Trade Readjustment
Springfield April 18 Secretary of Commerce William C Redfield urged Rotary Club listeners to show patience in adjusting international commerce He cited the large debt of about 10 billion dollars owed to the United States and warned that swift wrong moves could hinder recovery and stability The speech emphasized calm perseverance amid economic disputes and postwar financial strain.
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Springfield
William C. Redfield
Rotary Club
United States
Bolshevik Agents in Bucharest Imprisoned
Four Bolshevik agents arrested in Bucharest have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment by a court martial. Trials continue for other Bolshevik agents and for those accused of circulating enemy propaganda.
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Bucharest
Richardson Arrives at Archangel with Ice-Breaker Vessel
Archangel April 17 Brigadier General Wilds P. Richardson U S A arrived with his staff aboard the first large ice-breaker to reach the Archangel docks since winter began.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Wilds P. Richardson
Pershing Praises American Expeditionary Forces in North Russia
General Richardson announces a Pershing telegram commending American troops in North Russia for valor and discipline. The message lauds the EFP record in France, pledges relief efforts in the north, and urges soldiers to return home with unblemished reputations as Richardson plans a front visit.
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Richardson
Russia
General Pershing
America
France
Coal Fleet Will Run From Philadelphia
C H Markham regional director of railroads announced that starting May 1 the Philadelphia and Reading Railway coal fleet will operate to New England and other ports from Port Reading New Jersey. During German submarine activity along the New Jersey and New England coasts transfers had shifted to Port Reading.
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Philadelphia
C. H. Markham
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
New England
Port Richmond
New Jersey
Port Reading
N. J
Romanian Troops Advance in Transylvania at Request of Inhabitants
The Romanian government announces that at inhabitants’ request troops in Transylvania have been ordered to advance. The forces will occupy the land allotted to Romania by the Supreme War Council in Paris.
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Transylvania
Bucharest
Romania
Supreme War Council
Paris
Purity week drives Wilson Co. moral food pledge
The piece urges a Wilson & Co. Purity campaign for ethical business and pure foods. It links Purity to Easter traditions and promotes CLEARBROOK EGGS, CERTIFIED HAM AND BACON, BLUE LABEL COFFEE, MAJESTIC LARD and CLEARBROOK BUTTER as trusted food choices from the company.
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Wilson & Co
Clearbrook
Wilson
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