Deitrick Campaigns On State Ownership Platform
Ex-Congressman Frederick Deitrick of Cambridge announces his Democratic bid for Governor with a platform led by state ownership of the Boston Elevated. He calls for state employment for the disabled at living wages, $5 a day back pay for service members, Irish independence, a 44 hour work week for labor and all government workers, while condemning the act that shifts risk to stockholders in bankrupted enterprises.
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Boston
Frederick 8. Deitrick
Cambridge
Ireland
Deltrick
Passengers Hurt By Passing Auto Near Connelly's Grove
In Pelham New Hampshire two Lawrence bound trolley passengers were badly injured when a car struck the trolley running board near Connelly's Grove. Joseph B. Blackwell and Bernard Cohen suffered crushed legs and were rushed by ambulance to Lawrence General Hospital. The automobile was damaged but its driver uninjured.
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Pelham
N. H
Connelly’s Grove
Joseph B. Blackwell
Hampshire Street
Bernard Cohen
Tremont Street
Lawrence
Lawrence General Hospital
Blackwell
Cohen
Big Ed presses for Liberty Bonds amid war talk
A veteran interviewee denounces peace as slaughter, while the interviewer pushes support for Liberty Bonds. The crowd and a determined woman urge vigorous backing as the veteran recalls frontline danger and the need to fund defense. The scene ends with tension over public fundraising and duty.
War bonds speech sparks massive Liberty Loan push
First Lieutenant Edward Edison Harmon recounts a rousing hotel lobby speech that rallies a crowd in New York. He notes selling thirty five thousand dollars in bonds in ten minutes and vows further effort to beat the Kaiser. He praises President Wilson and mentions Columbus as the Kaiser’s foe.
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Joe
Fifth Avenue
Kaiser
Berlin
Wilson
U. S
Buffalo Bill
Jeanne
New York
Columbus
Edward Edison Harmon
War-time boastful letter from a Harlem visit in New York
A lively wartime missive mixes grand baseball imagery with frontline bravado as the writer reports Bulgaria, Austria and Turkey, then details a New York stop at McDermott's on Lenox Avenue. The narrative ends with a cliffhanger about an auction and a promise of continuation in tomorrow’s Post.
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Harlem
Joe
Bulgaria
Austria
Turkey
France
Hindenburg
Foch
Pershing
Kaiser
Wilson
Berlin
Jeanne
New York
Liberty Loan
McDermott
Lenox Avenue
Eddie Stevens
Catey Miller
Tornado Eagan
Phil Bloom
Stevens
Miller
Bloom
Park Drawing Card Draws Big Attendance in Boston Y.M.C.A. Park Shows
The Boston Y M C A Service Unit reports summer park shows draw 157 345 attendees. Open air gatherings bring together men women and children of all social classes and races.
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Service Unit
Boston Y. M. Co. Union
Park workers seek raise and pensions in city meeting
Metropolitan Park Department employees, 470 strong and members of the Federation of State City and Town Employees, voted yesterday to demand a wage increase from 3.50 to a higher daily rate. They will submit the request to the Metropolitan Park Commission and Governor Coolidge and appoint a committee to press for pensions for retirees without further payment, challenging the present in-service assessment.
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Metropolitan Park Department
Metropolitan Park Commission
Coolidge
Federation of State
Pension Commission
Park
Europe Not Crushed by War Says Crosby From Europe View
Oscar T. Crosby, former inter allied council on war purchases head in U S treasury, reports Europe remains rich and productive despite war. He notes Britain France and Germany show renewed capacity, warns against heavy U S lending and urges Europe to fund recovery largely from private capital and German labor.
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New York
The
World Today
Oscar T. Crosby
Inter-Allied Council On
U. S. Treasury
Crosby
Europe
Mr. Crosby
Paul Hanna
France
Flanders
Verdun
Great Britain
United States
America
Congress
War Finance Non
Today’s Boston Events At A Glance
At 9 a.m. the annual Boston Chinese picnic unfolds at Pine Island Park Manchester N H. Also at 9 a.m. Redemptorist Fathers hold a retreat at the Convent of the Cenacle. At 11 a.m. a committee meets in the Old Aldermanic Chamber City Hall to plan for Italian warship reception. At 3 p.m. a mass meeting for Irish Freedom meets at Blake House Columbia Road and Edward Everett Square Dorchester with speakers William H. O’Brien William S. McEnary and John R. Murphy.
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Boston
Pine Island Park
Manchester
N. H
Redemptorist Fathers
Aldermanic Chamber
City Hall
Blake House
Columbia Road
Edward Everett Square
Dorchester
William H. O’brien
Williams
MceNary
John R. Murphy
Bottomly Announces Republican Attorney General Candidacy
Robert J. Bottomly, recently resigning as secretary of the Boston Good Government Association, announces his bid for the Republican nomination for Attorney General. A Boston meeting set up campaign committees with James F. Cavanagh in charge and Clarence W. Hobbs as secretary. Bottomly says he offers ten years of legal practice and public service to meet new Commonwealth challenges.
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Robert J. Bottomly
Boston Good Government Association
Mr. Bottomly
Boston
James F. Cavanagh
Everett
Legislative Committee
Clarence W. Hobbs
Worcester
Bottomly
Commonwealth
Purse Presented to Former Pastor in Wilmington Ceremony
A $2000 purse was presented to Rev. Richard Boland, pastor of St. Thomas Church, Wilmington, by a committee of Star of the Sea parishioners from East Boston. About 20 cars carried parishioners to Wilmington for the presentation after remarks by Francis Gillespie, Daniel Hart, and Henry Kelly. Boland had been curate at Star of the Sea until last Tuesday when he moved to St. Thomas Parish, formerly a mission church.
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Richard Boland
St. Thomas’ Church
Wilmington
Star of the Sea
East Boston
Father Boland
Philip Malloy
Francis Gillespie
The
Star of the Sea Holy Name Society
Daniel Hart
Henry Kelly
St. Thomas
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Freiberg & Workum CO
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
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Small, Maynard & Company (Inc
Big Ed
Belgium
Heaven
Wrigleys
Tomorrow’s Post
Daily
Sunday Post
Boston Y. M. C. U
Liggett Drug Store
Oscar
England
Hagland
Germany
Castoria
Jordan Marsh Company
Milady
Farina Macaroni
Atlanta
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