Land in Peace and Petty Politics Across the Water
Lieutenant Grant H. Code writes from Toulouse France to Harvard professor Copeland recounting the armistice night, the relief of peace, and the shift from war unity to postwar petty politics. He urges Americans to uphold courage devotion and national spirit, warning that dogged politics endanger the alliance and future reconstruction.
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Grant H. Code
United States Infantry
Harvard
Charles Townsend Copeland
Cambridge
Copeland
Grant
University of Toulouse
Toulouse Haute Garonne
France
Copey
America
the Argonne
Republican Party
Taft
Metropolitan Opera
Wilson
U. Ss. A. Tntty
Toulouse
Hau Garonne
Welcome Railroad Regiment Back From Twenty One Months Service
New England railroad men returned after twenty one months of service with the 14th Engineers. Story highlights courage on a February 1918 frontline run transporting anti aircraft shells to the British front near Boyelles south of Arras. Crew saved shells after a shelling, aiding three German planes downed by the shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Railroad Regiment
Hell
New England
Arthur P. ‘Lerrell
Atlantic
New Haven
Ray Ricketts
Albany
Boston & Albany
Thomas J. Arbuckle
Boston & Maine
Richard Parkinson
Boylles
Arras
Terrel
Ricketts
Arbuckle
Parkinson
Terrell
Post
Billy’ Galvin
South
Boston
Dorothy
Billy
Abbeville
Louis de B. Lovett
Upland Road
Brookline
Robert G. Henderson
Garden Street
Cambridge
Henderson
Engineers
James H. Hustis
Rockingham Park
Salem
N. H
France
Hoboken
Liverpool
Salisbury Plains
London
England
George
Buckingham Palace
NEW England Railroad
Commonwealth Pier
Frank C. Pelletier
Oakdale
Alvah W. Race
Mansfield
John M. Townsend
Robert Sturgeon
Portland
Charles R. Welch
West Springfield
St .Dgar
14Th Engineers
Dakotan
Will trial tests Cassidy millions in Bangor court
Bangor Maine April 27 a record crowd is expected as the Cassidy will contest resumes in the supreme court. Three Cassidy children seek to set aside the will and codicils while James W Cassidy, the eldest son and executor, opposes them. Prominent Bangor businessmen may testify about John Cassidy mental and physical condition. Mary Murphy, a contestant, finished cross examination and John F Cassidy is expected to testify at the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Cassidy
Supreme Court
John Cassidy
Maine
James W. Cassidy
Penobscot Valley
Mary Murphy
John F. Cassidy
Military officers listed with home addresses in several states
First Lieutenant Dowd Holyoke Mass. Bracker Clinton Mass. Libby Portland Me. Higgins Green Island N Y. Moynihan Holliston Mass. Beaudette Eau Claire Wis. Schultze Chicago Ill. Benkendorf Chicago Ill. Kendrick Schenectady N Y. McMillan Dedham Mass. Marcoux Sanbornville N H. Vahey Eastport Me.
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Michael J. Dowd
High Street
Holyoke
Mass
John W. Bracker
Main Street
Clinton
Albert E. Libby
Husworth Street
Portland
Daniel R. Higgins
Hudson Avenue
Green Island
N. Y
Walter R. Moynihan
Holliston
Walter A. Beaudette
Mappa Street
Eau Claire
Wis
Louis Schultze
Kenmore Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Bernard Benkendorf
North Kostner Avenue
Patrick F. Kendrick
Cedar Street
Schenectads
N.Y
George C. McMillan
Court Street
Dedham
Oscar Marcoux
Sanbornville
N. HH
Austin A. Vahey
Eastport
Fisherman Drowns When Boat Capsizes in Sebago Lake
Portland Maine April 27 Fred F E Hollis 40 of this city a Maine Central engineer capsized his small boat in Sebago Lake while standing to put on his coat and drowned His twin brother Frank Hollis also of Portland and Sebago guide Guy Lombard swam a quarter mile before rescue Hollis was unconscious and resuscitated after about 30 minutes by a physician.
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Portland
Fred FE. Hollis
Maine Central
Sebago Lake
Frank
Hollis
Guy Lombard
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Buzancy
Se- Can
Montfaucon
Sedan
Amiens- Somme
Verdun
Chateau Thierry
Yankee Division
Banda
Plier
Camp Devens
Brest
Governor Coolidge
Devens
Alvah W. Rice
Samoset Avenue
Pemberton Street
Washburn Avenue
Theodora C. Thogerson
Custom House
St. Louis
Alphonse J. Stude
Congress Street
Houston
Tex
Harold P. Childs
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Charles M. Burr
Norfolk
James Avenue
Edgar B. Pitts
Walden Street
Jamaica Plain
George M. Trumbull
Rockingham
Henry W. Jones
Manchester
Dallas E. Abraham
Union Avenue
Otis B. Ruggles
Reading
Charles J. Ferguson
Arlington Street
Newton
Rethel C. Wilkerson
Oak Street
Memphis
Tenn
Lth Engineers
Boston Railroad
L1th Engineers
Arthur P. Terrell
Sidy Case
BY Roy Atkinson
Castoria
Coatick
Uae
Sa Ae Exer Angina
Liberty-Loan Committee of
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Building
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