French Honor Norton Corps for Verdun Ambulance Service
American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps led by Dr. Richard Norton of Cambridge received a Croix de Guerre for its Verdun duty near Douaumont. Three men were wounded in a disputed order, while Wendell, Hollinshed, McCreery, and Harden were decorated for bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps
Richard Norton
Cambridge
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
Norton
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton
Mt. Vernon Street
Douaumont
Dr. Norton
As Jr. Norton
Wendell
Hollinshed
McCreery
Hardeen
Laurence McCreery
Poste de Secour
Pollus
Jac Wendell
Wendell and
T Huskier
Hey
Brancardier
Neuilly
Harden
DROWNS IN BIDDEFORD SURF UNDERTOW
Louis E. Browne of Roslindale Mass a superintendent at Farrington box factory Roxbury was drowned in Biddeford Pool surf today. He swam with others when drawn beneath the undertow and died despite rescue attempts. Medical Examiner said death due to heart disease. Browne lived at 22 Walter street Roslindale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Louis E. Browne
Roslindale
Mass
Farrington Box
Roxbury
Biddeford Pool
Browne
Trainor
Walter Street
Boy found asleep in woods after days of searching
Two-year-old Stephen Ryder was found asleep in a dense thicket near his Ashland home after a weekend of frantic searching. He had berry stains on his lips and hands, but was unharmed and eating after being cared for by a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Stephen Ryder
Stephen
Thomas Ryder
Ryder
E Company
the Sixth Regiment
Miss Farmer Escapes Sanatorium In Controversial Case
Urban Ledoux and former Senator Chandler released statements to the Post about securing evidence against Dr Cowles sanitarium amid Miss Farmers removal. Ledoux described feigning illness to enter the facility and abduct her to Eliot. Miss Farmer spoke with reporters expressing relief at leaving the sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Urban Ledoux
Peace Advocate
Miss Farmer
Post
Dr. Cowles
Medical exams may end many Massachusetts troops' careers
In El Paso on August 6 a board of regular army surgeons will begin rigid examinations of the Ninth Regiment and later the Eighth Fifth, with many officers and men likely to be disqualified for underweight, flat feet, or poor eyesight. A two hour Catholic mass and dedication of St. Catherine's Chapel drew about 2,500 soldiers and 500 civilians, led by Bishop Anthony J. Schuler, beside the camp near the Mexican border. An auto accident injured Sergeant L. B. O'Reilly and W. Gilmore of the Fifth. The Ninth will assume border patrol duties next Tuesday after the Eighth plan fell through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Massachusetts
Anthony J. Schuler
St. Catherine's Chapel
Colonel
Logan
Ninth
Meredith
Highth
Bouve
Sweetser
Stover
Fifth
Bishop Shuster
Thomas J. Boles
J. W. Mahoney
Lawrence
Bishop Schuler
Michael J. O'Connor
Ninth Regiment
Patrick Dunigan
Thirty-second
Michigan Regiment
Frank Lederlee
Robert M. Libertini
James Coupal
L. B. O'Reilly
W. Gilmore
Fifth Regiment
O'Reilly
Gilmore
Charlestown
Eighth Regiment
Border Patrol
New York Car Strike May Be Settled Today
The New York street railway strike nears resolution after discussions among the Federation of Labor leaders, Mayor Mitchel, and Railways Company officials led by Theodore P. Shonts. A tentative settlement basis will be presented to both sides for ratification with service to resume on the entire system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
New York Railways
Mahon
Mitchel
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Staten Island
Richmond
Straus
A Surface Car Corporation
William B.wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Investigation of Miss Farmer removal from sanitarium
Chandler's letter to Governor Cowles accuses officials in Portsmouth of illegally seizing Miss Sarah J. Farmer from a New Hampshire sanitarium and transporting her to Eliot Maine. Ledoux recalls gaining access by pretending illness to gather internal evidence for a formal inquiry. The document urges joint state action to punish the wrongdoing and prevent further conflicts between Maine and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowles
Green Acre
New Hampshire
Maurice Leach
Eliot
Donnell and
Packard
Kittery
Ledoux
Miss Farmer
Portsmouth
Chandler
Sarah J. Farmer
Edward S. Cowles
Maine
Supreme Court of
Farmer
Boston
Sanborn
Massachusetts
Washington
Bay State
Drowning Tragedy Strikes Beach Resort Sunday
Lifesaving crews and physicians labored for hours to revive Livermore after a drowning at the beach. Passersby, nurses, and officials including Senator Tufts and General Darling aided in the rescue attempts before the effort was halted at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livermore
Miss Brown
North Scituate
William Groverstein
E. O. Parker
Scituate
Philip A. E. Shepard
Dorchester
Fern Cliff
Charles M. Long
Old Colony Gas Company
Nathan A. Tufts
Charles K. Darling
87 Year Old Irvine Hunter Dies After Harbor Swim
Irving Hunter aged 87 drowned off Gloucester after swimming twice across the harbor from Cunningham Thompson wharf to Rocky Neck and back. Accompanied by Otis Subbay he called for help as exhaustion set in and was later pronounced dead from shock and heart failure after two hours of attempts to revive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Irving Hunter
Otis Subbay
Hunter
Cunningham & Thompson
Rocky Neck
Subbay
James McKay
Tony
D. J. Finnigan
Six Save Near Dorchester Bay Dory Incident
Six Roxbury boys narrowly escaped drowning in Dorchester Bay when a sudden wind shift capsized their frail dory and dropped them into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
Dorchester Bay
Brave swimmer saves companions after capsized boat mission
Charles B. Carver of Plymouth Court led a rescue by swimming from a capsized craft to City Point pier as others gave their names to the coast guard. Life Guard Christopher Sullivan spotted him at dawn and alerted a 28 foot launch from Dorchester Bay Coast Guard. Carver, exhausted, was pulled from the water after signaling for help and uttering a plea for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Carver
Plymouth Court
City Point Pier
Coast Guard
Harry Hughes
Alexander Woolhouse
Hammond Street
George C. Doyle
Sarsfield Street
Hugh Muir
Washington Street
Joseph Thomas
Carver
Christopher J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Dorchester Bay Coast Guard
Robert
Pearce
Joseph George
John Dever
Interborough Grants $1 a Day Extra Pay to Subway and L Train Workers
After talks between Theodore P. Shonts and Frank Hedley, Interborough Rapid Transit announces each employee about 12 000 will receive an extra $1 per day until further notice due to surge in subway and elevated traffic from strike conditions. Hedley notes return of former workers enables surface lines to run about 60 percent of normal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Frank Hedley
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Hedley
New York Railways Company
Rescue at Sea Returns Six Boys to Shore
The launch under Carver rescued six boys missing after a drowning alert. Woolhouse was found floundering and saved, Doyle was picked up about 100 yards farther, and the three others clung to the dory near Thompson's Island. They were warmed and sent home after rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carver
Dory Woolhouse
Doyle
Thompson’s Island
Woburn Car Crash Leaves Mrs Taylor Critical
Mrs. George W. Taylor of Chelsea is in critical condition at Choate Hospital Woburn after a Cambridge street crash the same day that Louis K. Waitt of Malden was arrested for reckless driving held on $600 bail. Waitt and a companion were uninjured. Another collision on Lake street left Hubert Kaine with facial bruises at Choate Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Taylor
Clark Avenue
Chelsea
Choate Hospital
Woburn
Cambridge Street
Lexington Street
Louis K. Waitt
Porter Street
Malden
Waitt
Lake Street
Kaine
Two At City Point Rescue At Head House Bay
Richard Cregan 22 and John O'Brien 23 were rescued from drowning near Head House Bay City Point. Life-Saving Corps members with boatman H. A. Spratt aided Cregan and O'Brien with first aid before both men returned home. Cregan lives at 15 Warner Street Newburyport and O'Brien at 65 Pearl Street Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Head House Bay
City Point
Richard Cregan
Charles Mackey
H. A. Spratt
Cregan
Warner Street
Newburyport
John O’brien
Pearl Street
Cambridge
Joseph Wolymer
Lfe
Boatman
Spratt
O’brien
Corps
Riverside Hero Policeman Rescues Drowning Canoeist
A canoeist on the Charles River near Riverside nearly drowned after his canoe capsized. Officer Charles Hendrickson, new at Riverside station, jumped in and rescued him after he sank twice. the man was revived. About 4000 canoeists were on the river between Waltham and Watertown. six accidents occurred but others reached shore unaided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hiver
Riverside
Charles Hendrickson
Riverside Station
Metropolitan Park Police
Charles River
Waltham
Watertown
Bay State Girl Weds at Border
Miss Jane G Dolan private secretary to Dr John Houston traveled 2500 miles to marry Corporal Leigh C Stuart of I Company Second Massachusetts Regiment in a border ceremony. Stuart requested and received a furlough to El Paso, then returned to duty after the wedding moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
N. M
Jane G. Dolan
John Houston
Northampton State Hospital
Leigh C. Stuart
I Company
Second
Massachusetts Regiment
Stuart
el Paso
Outpost News and Border Duty Amid Desert Camp
The report covers a Northampton insurance man Stuart and fiancée Miss Dolan marrying in El Paso with a border furlough. It notes General Pershing’s near-time word on Private Hugh Clark facing trial for alleged misrepresentation, and captures patrols, a crater climb by Second Regiment officers, a murder escape ruse, and Sunday border visits plus two baseball games and medical foot inspections for 1500 troops amid ingrown toenails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Northampton
Dolan
el Paso
J. C. Stuart
General Pershing
Hugh Clark
Holyoke
Louis J. van Schaick
Intelligence Department
Clark
Pershing
Mexico
Tres Hermanas Mountains
William C. Stevenson
Eugene F. Burr
Howard W. Robbins
John A. Jones
Worcester
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Losi Boy
Charles Mowe
Howe
Newin Ginn
Cowles Sanitarium
Arnold Bennett
Gilbert Parker
M. P
Statesman
Sanatogen
Bauer Chemical Co
Irving Place
London
Edward J. Dunn
Ninth’s
Rio Grande
Gulf
Woods
Mary R. Sanford
Edwin Ginn
Ginn
Ford
Europe
Fred Allen
Sandford, Me
Mr. Ledoux
Harbor
Brave Lad
Dory
Miss Dolan
T. E. Hedlund
Herbert F. Hartwell
Harry Doane
Orange
Palomas
Hayes
M Company of
Adams
C Company
Arthur Bibeault
A Company of
EH Company of
Greater Boston
Potatoes Ser
Brookside
Armour’s
Lea & Perrins
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