50th Grand Review to Honor GAR in Washington
In Washington on August 16 the grand review of the Grand Army of the Republic was announced. About 40 000 marchers will pass before the President and Cabinet during the GAR encampment in Washington from September 27 to October 3, announced Colonel George A. Bosley of Boston national chief of staff.
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Washington
Grand Review
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
George A. Bosley
Boston
Grand Civil War Veteran Review Set for Washington Parade
A grand postwar review will march from the Capitol to the White House along Pennsylvania Avenue. Veterans of the Blue and other corps will lead the procession with additions from Sons of Veterans Marine Corps sailors cadets and civilian escorts. Washington hosts veterans families and visitors with full arrangements for housing and entertainment.
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Washington
Capitol
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Johnson
General Staff
Army
Veterans of the Blue
Sons of Veterans
Regular Army
Marine Corps
Returns Home While People Hunt For Him
EAST WEYMOUTH August 17 Scores of police firemen and citizens scoured the woods all day and into the night in search of Edward Clough 70 of 48 Cross street Lowell who disappeared from his nephew Patrick H McLaughlin’s home several days ago He returned to his Lowell home amid reports a man seen entering the woods near Essex street on Friday was him suggesting confusion rather than foul play
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Weymouth
Edward Clough
Cross Street
Lowell
Patrick H. McLaughlin
Essex Street
Captain Horace Berry Dies at West Hardwick Home
Captain Horace N Berry aged years, who resigned last week as a Boston port warden after a service of % years, died yesterday at his summer home in West Hardwick.
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Horace N. Berry
Boston
West Hardwick
Arlingtons new high school opens with modern features
Arlington completes a $300000 high school project ready for the fall session beginning September 8. The building, debated for five years, is a businesslike model school with an 850 seat assembly hall, lunch room, domestic science rooms, four study rooms, nine classrooms, a library, retiring room, and a complete commercial and typewriting teaching setup. Architect: Howard B. S. Prescott.
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Arlington
Howard B. S. Prescott
Four Injured When Staging Collapses at Temple Site
In Brockton on August 16, four mason's gang members were seriously injured when staging at the new Pythian Temple under construction gave way. They fell 50 feet to the ground and were unconscious for about an hour before hospitalization. James De Carlo sustained severe head body and leg injuries with internal trauma. All remained in serious condition.
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Brockton
Pythian Temple
James de Carlo
Mystery Sinks Ocean Tug Lackawanna Near Vineyard Sound
The ocean tug Lackawanna sank after a collision with an unknown steamer while towing barges from New York to Portland. Crew fate is unknown and wreckage posed navigation hazards until a warning was given by Captain Decker of the Metropolitan Hiner Bunker Hill. Owned by Delaware Lackawanna & Western, chartered to J. B. & Co. of New York.
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Vineyard Sound
New York
Portland
Decker
Hiner
Bunker Hill
Here
The
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway
Secretary Daniels to Attend Governors Conference in Boston
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Mrs. Daniels will arrive in Boston aboard the Dolphin for the Governors of the United States conference to be held at the State House from August 24 to 27. He will review the North Atlantic squadron and the fleet off Boston light with Governor Walsh and visiting governors.
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Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Boston
United States
State House
Walsh
Governor Walsh
German sub fires on Iberian killing six aboard
Dr Patrick Burns, surgeon of the Leyland freighter Iberian, reports U 58 shelled the vessel after Captain Jago tried to stop. A shell struck near Burns, killing six men and wounding others as the Iberian halted amid the attack. The submarine appeared to be a new boat.
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Patrick S. Burns
Providence
Boston
Burns
Jago
Dr. Burns
Hold Man on Charge of Felling Son-in-Law
Nicholas Thomas and his son Peter were held in 1590 bonds by Judge Marden in Sharon for a hearing August 25 after an attack on Daniel Carpino, son-in-law of Nicholas, who remained in Brockton Hospital with critical injuries from the assault. Carpino reportedly bit off Peter Thomas's first finger before the strike with a wooden stick.
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Sharon
Nicholas Thomas
Peter
Marden
Daniel Carpino
Thomas
Brockton Hospital
Carpino
Mrs. Emma J. Wellington Dies in Milton at 66
Emma J. Wellington of Brook Road Milton died at her home aged 66. She was a longtime Milton resident and widow of Walter L. Wellington. Survived by one son and three daughters. Daughter of Jacob F. Eaton and Annie J. Eaton of Quincy and sister of the late Hon. William N. Eaton former senator.
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Emma J. Wellington
Brookroad
Milton
Walter L. Wellington
Jacob F
Annie J. Eaton
Quincy
William N. Eaton
Norfolk
Customs tower vandalism arrest of two Bostonians
Federal officers moved to curb graffiti on the new customs tower balcony. Leo J. Theall and Leon H. i of Boston were arrested for defacing government property by scratching names or initials. Deputy Bancroft charged them before Commissioner Hayes. Theall held for August 24, Flint held for August 28, both released on recognizance.
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Custom House
Leo J. Theall
Leon H. #i
Boston
Aj Charles Bancroft
Hayes
George W. Doherty
South Boston
Theall
Flint
Motorcycle collision claims death of Frank Sousa
Frank Sousa of Lowell was killed on the State road north of Nashua in a two bike crash. The rider on the rear seat, Frank Silver of Peabody Mass, survived with injuries and Elmer C Carleton of the Dorchester district Boston, driving the opposite motorcycle, was also hospitalized with non fatal injuries.
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Frank Sousa
Lowell
Here
Frank Silver
Peabody
Mass
Sousa
Elmer C. Carleton
Dorchester
Boston
Carleton
Weirs
Silver
Retiring Dorchester Fire Chief Murphy After 30 Years
District 10 Dorchester Chief John W. Murphy plans retirement September 1 on a pension of 1500 dollars per year. A 55 year old active firefighter who entered the department in 1886, Murphy has risen from firefighter through the ranks to district chief and resides at 761 Columbia Road.
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John W. Murphy
Dorchester
Murphy
Columbia Road
Veterans Hear Defence Urged At Convention in Detroit
United States Representative Thomas S Crago urged a two-tier army of 100000 men for homeland defense and 100000 more as a second line citing wartime experience. Chaplain Samuel J Smith noted progress toward Filipino self rule under American oversight. The Dragon veterans join the meet for an eighth annual reunion.
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United States
Thomass. Crago
Waynesburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
Russia
Drago
Philippines
Samuel J. Smith
United States Army
Imperial Order of the Dragon
Riveters Sought as Navy Yard Race Heats Up
The Charlestown and Philadelphia navy yards race to complete a supply ship. Both yards laid keels the same day. Charlestown led early, then Philadelphia led in shop material. The Navy Department has advertised for shipfitters and riveters for a month but cannot fill the demand due to high Atlantic coast shipbuilding activity and many oil tankers under construction.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Charlestown
Navy Department
Navy Yards
Atlantic
Clinic on Mercy Ship Holds Albert Pierce Fenn Day
A clinic aboard the Boston Floating Hospital led by Dr John W Hammond with 16 physicians and Harvard Medical School students. The White Ship filled its beds with 107 permanent patients 86 day patients and equal number of mothers. The Fenns hosted the children as guests and named Albert Pierce Fenn Day. Tonight Theresa Pierce Day and Cataumet Berry Club night are planned by named organizers.
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Boston Floating Hospital
John W. Hammond
Harvard Mevstrial School
H. W. Fenn
Albert Pierce Fenn
Fenn
Theresa Pierce
Walter L. Pierce
Cataumet Berry Club
Jews to Hold Mass Meeting at Tremont Temple
Speakers from around the world will address a mass meeting at Tremont Temple this evening to form a Jewish congress to ease suffering and conditions of Jews worldwide. Phineas Ruttenburg a leading Jew of Russia will speak. Jacob de Haas director of the Zionists Bureau of New England will preside.
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Tremont Temple
Phineas Ruttenburg
Russia
Jacob de Haas
Zionists’ Bureau of
New England
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