Keyes of Concord Relates War Front Experience
Joseph B. Keyes son of Road Commissioner John M Keyes of Concord serves with the American Ambulance Field Service in France and writes his mother about a recent perilous mission in which he estimates he collected about forty gray hairs. He describes dodging shells and a thrilling scene during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Keyes
John M. Keyes
Concord
American Ambulance
France
Near Miss in World War I Shelling and Plane Flight
A correspondent recalls ducking shells near the Bosche lines after dinner observation from a concrete trough. He and Apollu dodged five shells, felt debris shower, then fled to shelter as 30 more shells landed nearby. He also describes a first ride in a French observation plane over 30 kilometers of trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brnch
Apollu
Abris
Bosches
Five Pinioned Under Auto in Medford Crash
One man critically hurt and three men and a woman badly injured when two cars traveling the same direction collided at Golden and Mystic in Medford. Driver John Tugman fractured skull and others sustained injuries. occupants of the overturned car pinned beneath it. The other car carried Levi W. Adams and three women who were unharmed. Both vehicles damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden and Mystic Avenues
Medford
John Tugman
Forest Street
Watertown
Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard Hughes
French Street
Thomas McLaughlin
Waverly Avenue
Raymond Burns
Main Street
Levi W. Adams
Adams
William O Dilligan
Catherine Churchill
Mrs Letts Jr Wins Chicago Golf Title Over Mrs Jones
Mrs Fred C Letts Jr, Western women's golf champion, defeated Mrs Melvin Jones of Glen Oak CC 2 up and 1 at Midlothian course to claim the Chicago championship after a test round at Indian Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts, Jr
Jones
Chicago
Fred C Letts, Jr
Melvin Jones
Glen Oak Country Club
Indian Hill
Midlothian
Marriage Intentions Filed at City Registrar Office
The register lists numerous proposed marriages with names ages occupations and addresses of brides and grooms including Joseph W. White and Helen Angell, Arthur Damon and Margery Spicer, John Dwyer and Elizabeth Sullivan, and many others across Boston neighborhoods. Several entries note parental links and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. McGlewen
Joseph W. White
Humboldt Avenue
Helen Angell
Forest Street
Arthur H. Damon
Mann Hill Road
Egypt
Mass
Margery M. Spicer
Linwood Street
Roxbury
James Spicer
John F. Dwyer
Revere
Elizabeth F. Sullivan
Clerk
Harbor View Street
Dorchester
William J. Sullivan
Samuel P. R. Rosenburg
Chambers Street
Sadie Stone
Lorne Street
Isiah J. Williams
Albion Street
Barbara Larkin
Robert Musantry
Barber
No. Russell Street
Ida Kadliff
Candy Packer
Russell Street
Joseph Doherty
Laborer
Washington Place
Charlestown
Anne Doherty
Cook
Rutherford Avenue
Giovanni de Englielmo
Thatcher Cet
Franceschina Fabiano
Endicott St
Severino Albanese
Prince St
Angelina Rupa
Ralph W. Langill
Rosseter St
Bertha F. Robson
Massachusetts Ave
Charles H. Robson
Robert A. Lynch
Sehon St
Lillian F. Virgin
Linden Park St
Stephen F. Virgin
Edmond W. Doyle
Milk Wagon River
Dorset St
South
Boston
Grace F. Nelson
Cashier
Franklin St
John P. Nelson
Adam Asmenskas
Fourth St
South Boston
Eva Asmenskas
St. George
Jacob Ruddick
Havelock St
Minnie Aronovitz
Seneca
South ‘End
Abraham Daitch
Blue Hill Ave
Iva Politsky
Otisfield Sr
Simon Politsky
William J. Battilana
Robinwood Ave
Jamaica
Pisin
Marjorie Whidden
Commonwealth Ave
Brighton
Arthur €. Whidden
Edward Mera
Salesman
Jamaica Plain
Mary Kelley
Creighton
Michael Jacobmere
Rochester St
South End
Anna Piskin
Salespili
Walcott St
Harry Piskin
Joan H. Crichton
Baker
Savannah Avenue
Mattapan
Evelyn &. Gillen
Kensington Street
John H. Gillen
Thomas Morrison
Gradt Avenue
Hamilton
Ontario
Marguerite A. Roethe
Douglas Avenue
Toronto
Ernest Shorrock
S. A
Sheridan
Eugenia R. Skinner
Anstale Terrace
Erenest
M. Skinner
Henry G. Moerk
Broadway
Sarah €. Nolan
Thomas Nolan
Charles
Brackett
Harvard Street
Everett
Florence B. Taylor
Richfield Street
Ray &, Adams
General Edwards Warns of Draft Evasion
Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards voices concern over drafted men dodging service after receiving reports of evasion efforts at the front. He states his position on sending the slackers into barbed-wire defenses as part of disciplinary measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Edwards
Edwards
Boston War Recruitment Struggles and Field Visit
In Boston recruiters report hard work and volunteer aid for wartime efforts though enlistments lag with only a dozen joiners. heat blamed. General Edwards to visit Squantum aviation field to inspect troops and equipment and suggest improvements. Navy to fill its weekly quota of 11 men at Tremont Street offices amid waiting applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edwards
Squantum
Army
Marine Corps
Hayti
Tremont Row
Navy
Tremont Street
Fish pier market sees price dips as vessel activity rises
Yesterday 16 vessels reported fresh catches at the fish pier with total arrivals of haddock 6600 pounds and cod 181000 pounds among others. Groundfish led with ten vessels while four seiners brought mackerel and a dozen steamers waited outside amid thick bay haze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock
Santino
Oregon
Chesapeake
Rask
Argentina
New York
Norway
Diphtheria Quarantine Enforced Around Newport Forts
A five day quarantine is set for Fort Greble Adams Naval Training Station and nearby towns due to a diphtheria outbreak. Guards guard the Jamestown ferry and service members are forbidden ice cream and unboiled milk. Forty three local cases reported, none in naval or military establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Greble
Adams
Naval Training Station
Portsmouth
Middletown
Jamestown Ferry
Commonwealth bids sought for harbor dredging and hospital work
Sealed proposals by the Massachusetts Commission on Waterways and Public Lands invite bids for dredging Ellisville Harbor basin and Herring River in Harwich with material removal and stone placement. Also listed are contracts for a nurses home at West Group Boston State Hospital. War Department invites triplicate proposals for fuel forage oil and gasoline at Ayer Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Commission On Waterways and Public Lands
State House
Boston
Ellisville Harbor
Plymouth
Herring River
Harwich
Mass
Commission
John N. Cole
Jesse B. Baxter
William
M’nary
William FF. Williams
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts —Commission On Mental Diseases
Massachusetts Commission On Mental Diseases
West Group
Boston State Hospital
Kendall, ‘Taylor & Co
Federal St
Commonwealth
Geo. M. Kline
M. J
WAR Department
Ayer
Huntington Ave
Names and notices from city obituaries and marriages
A Norwood and Boston region notices column lists numerous births marriages and funeral details. Items include Brisbane birth July 29. Esther H. Tiers and Bache Hamilton Brown marriage July 31. Corrigan Haggin Aug 1. Nunan Richards Aug 1 in New Jersey and Summit. many locals James Comerford Ellen Cain Timothy Dunn William Halligan Michael Hogan Caroline Johnson Sarah Jordan Ada Kedy Annie Kelly and Fannie Kelly obituaries. plus services and funeral details for Kempston Keohane Langan MacLennan Maguire Mallory Gamm McNeight Mullett Nourse Palmstrom Phillips Poole Royal Sanderson Sullivan Swenson Tiews Torrey and others across Roxbury Dorchester Everett Cambridge Somerville Medford and surrounding areas. Relatives invited. Funeral mass times and place references included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown—Tiers
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Martin
Esther L. H. Tiers
Alexander Harvey Tiers
Bache Hamilton Brown
New York City
Corrigan—Haggin
Abbot Charles
New York
Faith Robinson Haggin
Jeremish Potter Robinson
Jeremish Potter Robinson and Mrs. Robinson, To Joseph E. Corrigan
Rickard—Nunan
Spring Lake
N. J
Walter Leahy
Eugenia Thomas Nunan
Richard D. Richard
Summit
Ellen A. Cain
Laurence Cain
Waumbeck St
St. Hugh's Church
Blue Hill Ave
Comerford
Dorchester
James
Mary A. Comerford
Mosely St
St. Margaret’s Church
Dunn
Timothy F
Margaret Dunn
Woodlawn Cemetery
Everett
Kelly
Hough's Neck
Annie
Hugh D. Kelly
Nee Murray
Dorchester Ave
Bird St
Most Blessed Sacrament
Worcester
Mass
Charlestown
Fannie
Nee Gill
Join Kelly
Union St
St. Mary’s Church
Kempston
Somerville
Elizabeth Kempston
Cambridge
M. Degrave
Boston Nave
Keohuane
Roxbury
Lawrence T
Catherine T
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Five
Auto
Europe
United States
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
BAY State Motor Car CO
B. H. Wickes
Berkeley Street
Tel
Beach
Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane
St. Leo's Church
Langan
Thomas J
Annie Langan
Portland St
Maguire
William B
Margaret Maguire
McPherson
West Lenox St
St. Philip’s Church
Mallory
Mary Mallory
Cross
Terrace St
St. Francissian Church
M'Gamm
Jin
Mullett
Alfred E. Mullett
King’s Chapel
Nourse
Florence G
Ralph
Rose M. Nourse
Washington St
Roslindale
Palmstrom
Sven Palmstrom
Nordling
Tremont St
Scandinavian Mechanical Society
Swedish Benefit Society of
Philadelphia
Phillips
James Phillips
Mary
Vincent
Charles St
St. Joseph's Church
Chambers St
Poole
West Medford
Artemas Poole
Jerome St
Trast
Thomas J. Royal
East Cambridge
Patrick McMahon
Webster St
Church of the Assumption
Sullivan
Malden
Patrick J
Catherine
Shea) Sulivan
Oakland St
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Swenson
Hanna
Nils Swenson
Medford St
Emerald St
P. D. Estabrook
Old State House
St. Francis Court No
M.C.C.F
William Malloy
Columbus Ave
Rox
William,ho Sullivan
Co RR
Go Connell
Memoriam
James W. Mackenzie
Marks & Avery
Wash. St
Workingmen’s Town Association
Treat Paine
Treas
Beacon St
Court ST
III. Loan CO
Cailds & CO
Heleny L. Sweney
the Post
Belmont
Geneva Painting CO
Geneva Are
Rorris Pianos
Chas. S. Norris
New
Brooks
Boylston
Continental Clothing Co
Rosken
T. M. CO
Hinllet & Davis
Hinllet & Davis Rent Dept
Boylston St
Bennett Fox
Jahitor
Back Bay
THE
Home Upholstering Co
West
Peach
American Writing Machine CO
Franklin, Tel
Main
Model Typewriter CO
Corona Agents
Devonshire St. Main
Office Appliance CO
Devonshire St
Remington Typewriter
State St
Sunbeam Motion Picture Corporation
Society Film Players
Bay State Film Stockholders
Ford
Berkeley St
Studebaker
Outlet Clothing CO
Barszins
Sze
Yse
Psec
Tronks
Gse
Northampton St
L Sta
Wolf Cohen & CO
Goodwell
Wolf Cohen & CQ
Dudley St
Sta
Marks & Chester
New England
Cer
Dudley Sq
Max Keezer
Mass. Ave
Mar- Yard
Lerat Allen
School St
Husssinbin
Paddock Bidg
Rederick A. King Arms and Country Homes
Allstead
N. H
Chas
E. Davis
South Acton
Weymouth
New Hampshire
O. Elliott
Coombsbridge
Haverhill
Geo. W. Hall
ANT
Falvey Paint Warehouse
Pearl St
Canal St
Ee Seig Tee Hough
W. A. Dunham
Casey
Traynor & Cregg
Bay State
Lawrence
Mattapan Sq
F.F. Hovey
State
Rin
Ft. Hill
Albert Ammann
State At. Rich
Henry A. Brown
Franklin Park
Sand Hills
Scituate
O. BE. Reynolds
Randolph
Wass
Newburyport
Parker River
C. F. Hill
H. A. Tucker
Ocean Ave
Oak Bluffs
P. O
Hingham
Government Inspection Board
Commonwealth Armory
Fort Hill
Jos. Roy
L. H. Burack & CO
Bromfield Pt
Wim. A. Thompson Co
Hamilton Pl
Alberts
Summer St
South Station
Alberts & Co
Bammer St.atu
Washington
Adams Express
Atlantic Ave
Kneeland St
Ledger
Pring
Hallet & Davis
Neponset
Plainfield
Niles-Bement-Pond Coo
Pond Works
Hawley_ Engine
N. Y
Luders Marine Construction CO
Stamford
Conn
Malden Hospital
Knox
L. A. Belisle
Lowell
Shaw Furniture Co
Second St
Arthur Stern
Union
Lynn
Privileg Press
Ansels & Son
Carpenters
Boston Common
Ance
West St
MR. Brooks
North
Washingtton St
William Tarrell
M. J. Wanley
Pier
Northern Ave
Seasa Loston
Northern Agency
Kneelands
A. W. Cox & Co., Inc
Hayward St
North Cambridge
Park St
Reed St
Saginawave
M. 38
R. B
Eliot
Arlington
Reading
A. D. Reynolds
Pine St
Stoneham
Purchase St
H. M. Hight
Green Flatbor
Bay St
Catholic Church
Cli Fon Cottage
Winthrop
Purse
Miss Brigham
Linnaean St
Gilchrist’s
Poston
Norfolk St
Green Stone Centre
Associaton
Hotel Westminster
Annie Davis
Westminster
Franklin Cock
Siakgabel
Myston St
Beach Llu
BAY State Motor Car
Strout
FB. A. Strout Farm Agency
Dept
A. BE. Roderick
Skowhegen
Chapin Farm Agency
Old South Bldg
Dippers
Schrafefts
Washington St. North
Lovell & L Ovel CO
Fulton St
R, A, Packard
Scoling Sq
Forest Hills
Eastern Steamship Lines
Metropolitan Line
Cape Cod
Buzzards Bay
Long Island Sound
North Side
India Wharf
Bangor
Pockland
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Blue Hill
Portland Line
Central Wharf
Portland
Kennebec Line
Foster's Wharf
Bath
Gardiner
Boothbay Harbor
International Line
Mons
Weds
Fris
Eastport
Lubec
St. John
Yarmouth Line
Boston & Yarmouth U. S. Co., Ltd
York
Providence
Post Office
BAY Latetery
Via Rail
Providence Colonial Line
Wash
F. H
VASAT
Georgia
Tennessee
School OF Practical Electricity
Hawley Electrical School
Willys-Overland
Chestnut Street
Springfield, Mass
Mead- Morrison Mfg. Co
Prescott St
E. Boston
United States Employment Service
MFG. CO
Bristol
Washington Et. North
Buffalo
Boston I
International Railway
A. Buckley
Parmenter St
Hanover
National Manulfacturers' Syndicate
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