Boston Exhibition Showcases War Portraits by American Artists
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts hosts a temporary display from a national art committee that records World War I through portraits. It centers on a canvas titled Signing the Peace Treaty June 28 1919 featuring Lloyd George Clemenceau Pershing Foch Hughes and others with a commemorative Woodrow Wilson portrait regarded as outstanding.
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William Justin Mann
Europe
Washington
National Portrait Gallery
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
John C. Johansen
N. A
Lloyd George
Balfour
Clemenceau
Pershing
Foch
Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Dail Eireann to Meet August Sixteenth to Review British Peace Plan
Dublin will host a full dress session of the Dail Eireann on August 16 to study the final revision of Lloyd George peace proposals. Sinn Fein leaders led two weeks of deliberation and expect to accept the British terms, with Ulster’s stance deferred for Britain to resolve.
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London
United News
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Dail Eireann
Lloyd George
Ulster
Northern
James Craig
Arthur O’brien
Michael Collins
Dublin
Dail Éireann
Great Britain
Knights of Columbus urge Ireland freedom at convention closing
In San Francisco the 39th Knights of Columbus convention frames the Irish question as a global conscience issue. Supreme Advocate Pelletier asserts the 800,000 Americans back Irish self-government, linking it to justice and wartime aims, while Egan Pallen and Walsh are named as lecturers for the Dante sextenary celebration with events in 1000 cities.
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San Francisco
Knights of Columbus
Joseph C. Pelletier
Boston
Ireland
Maurice Francis Egan
Denmark
Conde B. Pallen
James J. Walsh
New York
K. of C. Board of
Knights
Mattapan Girls and Boys Raise Poultry in School District
Tileston Poultry Club of Mattapan counts 17 members aged 10 to 15 and claims champion status in the Boston school district. Each child runs a backyard coop, markets eggs, and counts broilers toward Thanksgiving. Club president George Bullard and secretary Susanna Fitzgibbons lead a group whose egg bank accounts thrive as poultry farming began four years ago under Elizabeth G. Lyons.
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Tileston Poultry Club
Mattapan
Boston
Tileston
Mattapan Way
Elizabeth G. Lyons
George Bullard
Susanna Fitzgibbons
Susanna Fitzgibuns
Cardinal O Connell Appeals For Italian Baby Milk Aid
Cardinal O Connell releases a letter urging parishes in the Boston archdiocese to support the American Free Milk Relief Society. He notes the Pope’s blessing on the charity and asks pastors to inform parishioners and accept contributions for starving babies in Italy.
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Cardinal O'Connell
American Free Milk Relief Society
Italy
Pilot
Archdiocesan Organ
William Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
ZR-2 Set to Sail Aug 25 for Lakehurst Station
The British built naval dirigible ZR-2 will depart Howden England on August 25 bound for Lakehurst New Jersey as announced by the Navy Department. The airship is 694 feet long, 50 feet longer than the R 34 and has a 5600 mile cruising radius with speeds between and knots. Transatlantic flight time is forecast at three to five days depending on wind.
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Washington
Howden
England
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
United States
Naval Aeronautical
Scotland
Newfoundland
Uses kick to aid argument in Chicago dispute
Mrs. Peter Riner former wife of Bob Fitzsimmons arrived from Los Angeles and argued over music with Mrs. Dora Berger who was later held on a $100 peace bond by Judge Jacobs. The altercation occurred as Mrs. Edelman and neighbors debated Mme Schumann Heinck and led to Mrs. Berger kicking Mrs. Riner during the dispute.
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Chicago
Peter Riner
Bob Fitzsimmons
Los Angeles
Dora Berger
Jacobs
Change Taste in Literature in Chicago
Librarians report a shift in public literary taste from sex novels to more substantial works. The reading public increasingly favors serious fiction and titles like The.
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Chicago
United News
Reading tastes shift in new book era
Old time books rise in popularity with titles like Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Moon Calf drawing readers. Classics such as David Copperfield Treasure Island Ben Hur and Lorna Doone remain in demand while Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer keep steady appeal. War literature shows weak demand.
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South Seas
Henry Adama
David Copperfield
Will Presented With Thumb and Finger Prints
Ahmed Mamed of Northbridge filed a will probating in Worcester dated February 28, 1921. The document bears his and Hassan Kongsked’s signatures plus thumb and finger prints. The estate is listed as personal property totaling 2725 dollars left to Hassan Kongsked.
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Worcester
Ahmed Mamed
Northbridge
Hassan Kongsked
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