Medford Priest Drowns While Bathing at Wheelers Point
Father Shevlin 36, born in Belfast in 1885, drowned at Wheelers Point while swimming with friends after an earlier day’s boating. Sister Alice tried to help as the current pulled him under, and bystanders recovered the body within about an hour. He had studied at St John’s Seminary and taught before his priestly assignment at St Joseph’s Church.
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Melvin Healy
Cody Finherty
Father Shevlin
Sarah Shevlin
Pleasant Street
Malden
Alice Shevlin
Wheelers Point
Mr. Thayer
Belfast
Irc
Queen's School
Ireland
St. John's Seminary
Brighton
Shevlin
St. Joseph's Church
Mrs Dyer of Castine Dies After Long Illness
Frances Wescott Dyer widow of Captain William P. Dyer and mother of Attorney William P. Dyer of the Boston Post staff died at Castine aged 80 after a month of illness. Funeral at 4 p.m. Friday in the Castine home with burial in the family plot. She had long ties to Castine and Boston and survived by her son William P. Dyer.
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Castine
Frances Wescott Dyer
William P. Dyer
Boston Post City
Maine
Willam P. Dyer
Belfast
Charlotte W. White
New Orleans
Liverpool
John
Knights of Columbus Vows Massive Push Against Foreign Propaganda
Supreme Master John H. Reddin told the 39th annual Knights of Columbus convention in San Francisco that the organization will mobilize its 800,000 members to end foreign propaganda in America whether European or Asiatic.
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San Francisco
Knights of Columbus
America
John H. Reddin
Denver
the Knights
Knights pledge pamphlets to reveal origin and greatness
Reddin warns of pamphlet campaigns to show America's true origin and greatness without European or Asiatic coloring. Edward F. McSweeney accuses Japan of propagandist activity in the U S alongside European nations. Archbishop Hanna criticizes lax divorce laws and urges Knights to oppose divorce as a social evil, while a cablegram to the Pope declares readiness for welfare work in Italy.
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Reddin
Edward F. McSweeney
Boston
National American History Commission
Order
Japan
United States
Knights of Columbus
Edward J. Hanna
Catholic Archdiocese of
San Francisco
Knights
Convention
Italy
LeSCORDS PAL TO TAKE STAND IN MURDER TRIAL
Windsor County Court hears testimony identifying William Lescord as the man at the George Race store in Gassetts on May 5. Accomplice William Gibson faces separate trial and is expected to testify against Lescord. Lescord showed nervousness and spoke briefly with his mother in court.
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Woodstock
Windsor
William Lescord
George Race
Gassetts
William Gibson
Lescord
Mary Weatherbee
South Ashburnham
Mass
Sinn Fein to Accept London Peace Terms Reported
Dublin sources say the Dail Eireann will be convened within about ten days to select plenipotentiaries for a London conference that would conclude peace between England and Irish factions. Reports claim the cabinet's London proposals are broadly acceptable and that the Dail will submit far ahead plans while preserving substantial Irish independence within the British empire.
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Dail Eireann
London
England
Ireland
Lloyd George
de Valera
Dall Eireann
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