Women Seek To Enlist For Duty As Army Nurses
Recruiting officers in Boston anticipate orders to accept volunteers for service in Mexico. About 1000 men could enlist in a single day in this city. A census shows at least 1000 men delaying enlistment for the war period. Marine Corps orders urge enlisting all possible men, especially ex marines, as Captain W. H. Parker keeps his office open late at 61 Hanover Street. The first batch of newly enlisted.
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Boston
Mexico
Marine Corps
W. H. Parker
New England
Hanover Street
Marines Mobilize as Norfolk Bound From Battery Wharf
Fourteen Boston Marines, enlisted at the recruiting station, march to the Merchant & Miner boat at Battery Wharf to sail to Norfolk for active service. Other efforts push for army nurse enlistment. Navy and Army recruiting see mixed results amid age and health disqualifications. Captain Parker takes command of a marine company aboard the New York, while a Navahoe Club volunteers drill in East Boston.
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Merchant & Miner
Battery Wharf
Boster
Norfolk
A. E B. Hazzard
H. A. Fleming
C. R. Tanner
J. J McCarthy
Allie Stuart
F. J. Ambler
Albert Dubie
Ernest E. Marr
Edward M. Kevaney
G. Malcolm Yeaton
Patrick O’brien
Leslie Barrows
C.A. Douglas
W. C. Coburn
Fred Johnson
R. H. Shiel
Massachusetts Federation of Progressive Women
Alice Carney
Brockton
Marguerite Stackpole
Cambridge
Marguerite Will
Dorchester
Washington
Red Cross
United States Marine
Parker
New York
B. J. Doherty
Captain Parker
Army
Tremont Row
Navy Recruiting Office
Tremont Street
Navahoe Club
Boston
Fred Smith
S. Prairie
Fire destroys barn and stock at Leicester farm
A blaze on Whittemore Street Leicester destroyed the barn shed and two tons of hay along with a buggy two farm wagons and farming tools. James A Fouracre suffered losses estimated between 12000 and 18000 dollars with partial insurance coverage. The fire was discovered by Miss Miriam Touracre. N I.
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James A. Fouracre
Whittemore Street
Leicester
Miriam Touracre
Men Seek Army Commissions in Mexico Campaign
Walter Foster of Cam bridge asks Representative Deitrick to obtain a commission in the army for Mexico hostilities. Frank S. Wilson of Boston seeks a captaincy in heavy artillery after 10 years as a lieutenant and four years as militia captain. Others seeking return to service include E. J. Whelpley of Salem, Herman O. Grotjohann of Beverly, T. R. Murphy of Fall River, J. H. Johnson of Newburyport, and Harold F. Parsons of Gloucester, all with prior Army or Eighth Regiment service.
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Washington
Walter Foster
Potomac Avenue
Cambridge
Deitrick
Mexico
Second
United States Field Artillery
Frank S. Wilson
Irvington Street
Boston
E. J. Whelpley
Salem
Congressman Gardner
Herman O. Grotjohann
Beverly
Philippines
T. R. Murphy
Fall River
J. H. Johnson
Newburyport
Harold F. Parsons
Gloucester
Refugees Hurrying Northward From Mexican Ports
The Navy Department reports steamers Esperanza and Jason leaving Vera Cruz via Tampico for Galveston carrying refugees. The gunboat Nashville heads south to pick up refugees at Puerto Mexico. Cyclops sails to Galveston with 350 refugees. Trinidad and 275 Americans bound for Galveston. About 1100 refugees aboard ships at Tampico and 200–300 on shore. Additional craft slated to assist.
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Washington
Navy Department
Esperanza
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Galveston
Jason
Tuxpan
Nashville
Puerto
Mexico
Mayo
Dixie
Patterson
Peulding
Tuxpam
Badger
Conde
Lancaster
Refugees boarding U.S. war vessels at most ports
Reports from Mexico to the Navy Department say refugees were boarding American war vessels at nearly all ports where ships have been stationed. The fuel ship Justin,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Navy Department
Justin
Americans at Ensenada Safe Amid Mexican Tensions
A wireless dispatch from the monitor Cheyenne reports American sailors in Ensenada after Mexican troops and mobs gathered to resist a potential landing. The Mexican commander guarantees safety for Americans and relocates them inland, with 50 seeking transport north. Telegraphic links were cut as extra troops are mobilized.
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Washington
Ensenada
Mexico
Navy Department
Leon Li Ckenmeree
Jensen
Monument comparisons highlight Washington and canal scale
The Washington Monument is praised as a fitting national memorial while the planned Lincoln Memorial may cost more yet fail to capture the hero’s character. A scale analogy links the Panama Canal’s construction to nearly six thousand monument shafts, illustrating vast effort. The book by Frederick J. Haskin on the canal is available at Boston area drug stores for 50 cents.
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Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Slyapie
Panama Canal
Frederick J. Haskin
O. K
Goethals
The
Post
Riker-Jaynes
Boston
New England
Haskin
Tufts Men Organize Volunteer Militia Amid Mexican Crisis
About 250 Tufts College students on Medford Hill form two volunteer militia companies. Captain of the first is John Leahy of Munson Massachusetts and Philip B Crosby leads the second. Members include James W Flett Carl Linstol and Crosby plus others enlisting in the Massachusetts militia. The old football field near the college gymnasium serves as parade grounds with daily practice.
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Tufts College
Medford
John Leahy
Munson
Mass
Massachusetts
Philip B. Crosby
Methuen
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
James W. Flett
Coast Artillery
Carl. Linstol
Revers
Philip B Crosby
College
Rheumasalts carbonated lithia drink advertised
An advertisement touts Rheumasalts as a scientifically blended lithia drink for run down feeling constipation headaches and indigestion. It promises cleansing action on stomach and intestines a uric acid solvent and saline laxative with no phenacetine caffeine acetylid or calomel and lists price points and ordering details.
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Dept. 166
Minneapolis
Minn
Riker-Jaynes
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Delft
Taupe
Wistaria
Messaline Petticoats
Batiste
Gilco
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Gilchrist Co
Washington and
Winter Sts
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Columbus
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Merchants & Miners
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Scollay Square
Alice L. Carney
Edward Croft
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White CO
HMR
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Dunn
Cheyenne
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Milk Street
TUFTS
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Winter St
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