Final Parade Details for 26th Division in Boston
Field and staff officers and regimental commanders will ride in the 26th Division parade through Boston on Friday. Many horses were sent from Camp Devens to rest and groom for the event. General Edwards will ride the Huntsman horse. General Hale will view from Columbus Square and the junction of Columbus Avenue and Chandler Street. Both generals will bid the division farewell as Hale departs for Camp Dix. Edwards stays to command the Northeastern Department. Officers rehearsed the route by car, and detrain/entrain duty details were assigned at Huntington Avenue and Front Street yards to avoid congestion.
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Boston
Camp Devens
Edwards
Newport News
Huntsman
Alexander Higginson
Darple Gray
Hale
Columbus Square
Columbus Avenue
Chandler Street
Camp Dix
Grandstand
South Station
Huntington Avenue
Charlestown
Lewiston
101St Trench Mortar Battery
26Th Division
Massachusetts
J. A. Walsh
Roxbury
Northeastern Department
Cape May
New Jersey
New York
Big General Hospital
Churches Urged to Stay Open for Parade Night
The hospitality committee asks downtown churches to remain open on parade night to shelter and feed troops and civilians. Soldiers from the 26th Division bound for Boston will be housed by the Knights of Columbus and receive meals. Red Cross and Salvation Army will supply box lunches en route and at camps.
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Ralph H. Hallet
Suffolk County
Edwards
Washington
Hallet
Bunnell
101St Engineers
Boston
Longerquist
State Guard
Camp Devens
Red Cross
Salvation Army Deavy TM
Knights of Columbus
Berkeley Street
Methodist leader praises 26th Division as shock troops
Bishop Theodore C. Henderson of Detroit hailed the 26th Division as shock troops for the Allied advance along the Marne at a Boston Methodist Social Union meeting. He linked American civilization to the Christian home and church and noted orphanage work in France and Italy. He said the church plans to spend 1,000,000 to aid orphaned children and that Methodist commissioners may open primary schools in Italy.
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Marne
Theodore C. Henderson
Detroit
Boston Methodist Social Union
People's Temple
Henderson
Little Red
France
Italy
Methodist Church
Flags to decorate parade route as 1500 distributed
The decoration committee for the State and city begins distributing over 1500 American and allied flags along the parade route. Flags will hang from third story windows and two per 30 feet front, with massing of 100 colors planned near the Commonwealth and Massachusetts avenues.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Massachusetts
Columbus Avenues
Grand Army
Massachusetts and
Commonwealth Avenues
Columbia Theatre Offers Daily Changing Film Bill
The Columbia Theatre management presents a varied motion picture bill this week with daily changes in the lineup.
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Columbia Theatre
Soldiers get two grandstand seats for parade in Boston
Limited state control over the parade seats for the 26th Division reduces soldier allotments from three to two for parents and relatives. The statement says fathers, mothers, wives and sisters will receive preference in ticket awards.
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Boston
Distribution of army grand stand tickets to 26th Division relatives
A state ticket committee controls seats for relatives of soldiers in the 26th Division with about 52 000 seats available after allocations to G A R veterans and New England governors. About 15 000 men have requested tickets, with many more to apply. most seats go to immediate relatives, chiefly fathers mothers wives and sisters. The committee strives to assign two tickets per soldier and may cut allocations further while working through holiday periods.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Arlington Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Old Technology Buildings
Copley Square
New England
New Jersey
Camp Devens
Red Cross Mission Attacked in Kovno Lithuania
German troops attacked the American Red Cross mission at Kovno Lithuania. One Lithuanian soldier was killed defending the Americans and a funeral protest erupted. The Paris based mission to Poland and Lithuania is unconfirmed by Red Cross authorities.
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New York
American Red Cross
Kovno
Lithuania
Lithuanian National Council
Paris
Red Cross
Poland
Hyde Park Woman Hangs Self Using Sweater Noose
Mrs. Mary Brown age 75 of 110 Dana avenue Hyde Park was found dead yesterday in woods off Washington street extension. She boarded her son’s home early Sunday then walked 300 feet into the woods and hanged herself with a sweater noose. Police report a man and woman found the body and notified Patrolmen Jelley and Connolly. This is treated as a suicide.
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Mary Brown
Dana Avenue
Hyde Park
Washington Street
Jelley and
Connolly
General Sherburne Receives Honorable Discharge
Army orders released in Washington state the honorable discharge of Brigadier General John H. Sherburne effective April 27. He commanded the 51st Field Artillery Brigade, 26th Division.
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Washington
John H. Sherburne
51St Field Artillery
Writer to Speak on Life of Paul Revere
William Justin Mann will give a free lecture at 7:30 PM in the North End branch Boston Public Library on The Life of Paul Revere. He will cover lesser known rides and career milestones, illustrated by lantern slides, with Dr. Rocco Brindisi presiding.
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William Justin Mann
North End
Boston Public Library
Paul Revere
Mann
Lexington
Rocco Brindisi
Barron Attacks Wilson and Bolshevism at Civic Federation
Clarence W. Barron denounces President Wilson and Bolshevism before the National Civic Federation at Mrs. F. Lothrop Ames’s Dartmouth Street home. He blames Bolshevism for Russia’s turmoil, condemns French fears of a League of Nations, and urges support for war bonds to ensure victory.
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Clarence W. Barron
National Civic Federation
Dartmouth Street
Wilson
Grand Duke
Alexander
Russia
United States
Barron
Bolsheviks Who Didn’t Know It. Mr. Barron
League of Nations
Meat and Kidney Health Tip From Authority
A noted authority warns daily meat can form uric acid that paralyzes kidneys and causes dull kidney pain, dizziness, sour stomach, and rheumatic twinges. He recommends Jad Salts to flush acids, cleanse kidneys, and improve urine, noting its grape lemon lithia base creates a pleasant effervescent drink.
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