Malden Corporal Hyde Returns With French War Bride
Corporal Fletcher Sprague Hyde of Malden arrives home at 70 Chestnut Street after 22 months overseas with a French war bride, Georgette Gerard-Veret, daughter of Rennes University president Louis Gerard-Veret. They wed at Rennes with military rites after Hyde studied international law and served in the 1084 Headquarters Company and the 103d in Mexico.
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Fletcher Sprague Hyde
Common Council of
Malden
Chestnut Street
France
Rennes University
Rennes
Hyde
Georgette Gerard-Veret
Louis Gerard-Veret
Legion of Honor
Corporal Hyde
1084 Headquarters Company
Law Academy
Mile
Gerard Veret
Harvard College
Boston University Law School
Fletcher Hyde
Mademoiselle Georgette Gerard Veret
Bride from France Adapts to American Life in Malden
Mrs Fletcher, 23, daughter of the Bens of Veterans, comments on America calling it civilized as New York looms large. She speaks French with ease when her husband confirms Malden residents all speak French. The couple will live in Malden and Fletcher resumes law practice at Barristers Hall.
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Mrs. Fletcher
America
New York
Malden
Fletcher
Barristers’ Hall
Pope Honors Pelletier Knighthood by Pope in 1919
District attorney Joseph C. Pelletier receives an apostolic brief from Cardinal O Connell announcing knighthood in the Order of St Gregory the Great. The Boston letter, dated August 5, 1919, praises Pelletier and urges continued devotion to the church.
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Pelletier
O’connell
Archbishop
Granby Street
Boston
Joseph C. Pelletier
Suffolk
Holy Father
Order of St. Gregory
Holy Mother Church
Cardinal O'Connell
Grocer Fined for Sugar Profiteering in New York
Washington reports the first federal profiteering conviction. District Attorney Lucey telegraphed that a retail grocer in Binghamton, New York, was fined $500 in federal court for selling sugar at 15 cents a pound.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Lucey
Palmer
Binghamton
N. Y
Plumb Plan Called First Step to Soviet Control
Stephen Mason of the National Association of Manufacturers warned the House interstate commerce committee that the Plumb plan to reorganize railroads amounts to a gateway to State socialism. He urged Congress to define limits on how business and labor may use transportation to enforce economic or political demands, or risk private power overriding public rail interests.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Stephen Mason
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Romance of Musicians Ends in Beacons Street Wedding
In Clark Memorial Hall, Beacon Street, Margaret V. Stedman of Cary Indiana, a New England Conservatory student, married Julius L. Chaloff of the Conservatory faculty. Rev. Martin D. Kneeland officiated, with attendants Eleanor Keith and Alice White, fellow Conservatory students.
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Boston
Clark Memorial Hall
Christian Endeavor
Beacon Street
Margaret V. Stedman
Cary
Ind
New England Conservatory
Julius L. Chaloff
Martin D. Kneeland
First Presbyterian Church
Stedman
Eleanor Keith
Alice White
Conservatory
High Cost of Living War Pushed With Vigor
Article reports ongoing dispute over living costs with forceful push by supporters. No specifics on case details or governing law are provided in the readable text.
Palmer pushes expanded food act to curb profiteering
Palmer urges an amendment to the food control act extending penalties to clothing and food containers. He seeks $1,000,000 for investigations and state admins aiding the Justice Department. Governors report storage stockpiles and calls to ease red tape. Congress' subcommittee to act soon as price controls color debate.
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Palmer
Agriculture Committee of Congress
Haugen
House Committee
Wilson
Congress
Redfield
Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Seize Food Hoards as War on Hoarders Expands
Government prosecutors plan to seek writs in federal court to seize surplus cold storage food supplies and sell them to the public. The move targets meat poultry fish butter and eggs held by brokers and speculators in Chicago.
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Markets
Betrothal Of Noted Musical Student To Renowned Instructor
Marked interest attends the betrothal of a prominent musical student to her instructor, a nationally known pianist and composer. The pair’s union draws attention from music circles and wider society due to the couple’s status and influence.
Protest Over De Valera Visit To Newport Estate
Ministers in Newport county protest Governor Beeckman inviting Eamon De Valera to Land's End summer estate. About 20 signatures urge the governor not to receive the Irish president officially or unofficially, calling him a revolution leader and warning it would threaten the governorship's dignity.
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Newport
Newport County
Beeckman
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
Land’s End
de Valera
British Board of Trade to Fix Food Prices
The House of Commons approved an amendment to the profiteering bill granting the Board of Trade power to fix wholesale and retail prices after an investigation. The vote stood 122 to and drew sharp denunciation from Lord Robert Cecil and Sir Donald MacLean who argued the amendment would undermine the bill and upset trade.
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British Board of Trade
London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Board of Trade
Robert Cecil
Donald MacLean
Captain Harrigan Receives General's Praise Before Discharge
Captain Francis P. Harrigan Morale officer at Camp Devens receives a letter from General Harry P. McCain commending his work and the excellent results achieved. Harrigan, slated for discharge next week, will enter campaign work in Dorchester after contesting State Senate in the seventh district against Charles A. Winchester.
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Francis PD. Harrigan
Camp Devens
Seventh
Charles A. Winchester
Army
Harry P. McCain
Harrigan
Francis D. Harrigan
Dorchester
McCain
Brockton Tax Rate Hits City High Mark for 191%
Brockton officials announced a tax rate of 26.90 per thousand for 191%, an increase of 1.10 over last year, marking the highest levy in the city’s history despite not meeting anticipated taxpayer figures.
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Brockton
Cambridge official honored by Mary’s Association
Jeremiah S. Downey Cambridge superintendent of public buildings received an arm chair from the Mary’s Association of Cambridge in recognition of his four years as treasurer. The presentation was made by Mark W. Ryan who presided at the reception.
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Jeremiah S. Downey
Cambridge
the & Mary's Association of Cambridge
Mark W. Ryan
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Jack O’ Lan
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