Clergymen Rally for Provincetown Seafarers Fund Relief
Clergymen urge support for a permanent relief fund after the Provincetown fishing disaster. The town and New England faith communities organize collections, auctions of artist sketches, and prayers, with Red Cross aid and local officials coordinating long term help for widows and orphans.
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Provincetown
New England
Provincetown Art Association
Father Reposa
Saint Peter's Catholic Church
Plant Juice remedy praised by Boston Italian in testimonial
A long advertisement highlights Plant Juice benefits with a featured case of Everist Farioli at 170 Paris street Feast Boston. He details four years of indigestion, pain, constipation, and rheumatism before using Plant Juice, claiming it cured him and improved his health. The Plant Juice Mart operates at Houghton & Dutton Drug Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everist Farioli
Paris Street
Boston
Lodge
Plant
Houghton & Dutton
Chorus Girls to Picket Fish Pier for Fishermen Relief
Chorus girls from Oh Boy will picket South Boston and Commonwealth piers soliciting funds for Provincetown relief. They aim to aid dependents of 19 fishermen lost last Friday when the Nathalie J. Nelson and Mary C. Santos schooners sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Commonwealth Pier
Provincetown Fund
Nathalie J. Nelson
Mary C. Santos
Gift of 300 for Massachusetts Artillery horses
Colonel John H. Sherburne announced a 300 donation from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the First Massachusetts Artillery Regiment. The gift funds a shelter for horses on picket lines and protection from weather. Dr. Francis H. Rowley pledged further funds and fly spray if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Guild
Boxford
John H. Sherburne
First
Massachusetts Artillery Regiment
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of
Sherburne
Francis H. Rowley
Society
Cardinals Defeat Collegians 4 to 3 in Waterbury
The St. Louis Nationals beat the Collegians 4 to 3 in Waterbury Connecticut. Errors fueled the Collegians' loss as May Watson Brock and Waters worked the batteries while Tous provided solid defense.
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Cardinals
Collegians
Waterbury
Conn
St. Louis Nationals
R.H.E
May, Watson
Brock
Ana Waters
Wealth not men: call to fund war through wealth levy
Former Governor David I Walsh told a crowded Forrest Theatre audience that the nation must conscript wealth from rich men alongside soldiers. He urged Rockefeller and Morgan wealth to fund wartime sacrifice, praising Catholic enlistment and urging continued support for the American cause.
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Philadelphia
Forrest Theatre
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Catholic Young Men's National Union
Walsh
Rockefeller
Morgan
Republic
United States
Week’s Drive in Recruiting For National Guard Units
Recruiting for the National Guard and auxiliary army bodies intensifies this week. Local officers have authority to enroll men for infantry and artillery in Bay State regiments to boost war strength before the draft. Large enrollments are planned for quartermaster corps units to support overseas fighting force quotas. Colonel McCoy, head of the Boston recruiting district, calls for more red blooded men to form ready working units promptly.
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National Guard
National Army
Bay State
Quartermaster Corps
McCoy
Boston
Army
Florence M. Cummings to Become Bride
Florence Marian Cummings, longtime secretary to the Malden superintendent of schools, will marry Franklin Milton Davis of Medford on September 1. Davis is a draftsman at the Boston navy yard, and Cummings previously served with the Division 2 exemption board in Malden.
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Malden
Franklin M. Davis
Medford
George W. Cummings
Highland Avenue
Florence Marian Cummings
Franklin Milton Davis
Nathaniel Davis
George Street
Cummings
Davis
Boston Navy Yard
Spain's King Alfonso Suffering Knee Lameness
Premier Dato announced King Alfonso of Spain is lame from knee inflammation caused by a trifling synovitis. The condition worsened to require rest, prompting concern for royal duties during the Madrid crisis period.
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Madrid
Alfonso of
Spain
Dato Today
Cambridge Man Engaged To Jamaica Plain Bride Before Front
George W. Gadman a Cambridge resident in the Canadian Mounted Rifles plans to wed Miss Cecilia V Strecker of Jamaica Plain before departing for France Gadman formerly served in the U S Ninth Regiment and U S Field Artillery and Massachusetts cavalry Troop D now awaiting a furlough to marry Miss Strecker 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Strecker
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France
George W. Gadman
Cambridge
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Boston
Cecilia V. Strecker
Jamaica Street
Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts
Gadman
Ninth Regiment
U. S. Field Artillery
Massachusetts Cavalry
Miss Strecker
Louis Strecker
Cecilia Strecker
Torpedo Misses Steamer Near Irish Coast
An American passenger liner arriving from England reported a near miss off the Irish coast after a U boat fired two torpedoes. The first torpedo narrowly missed the rudder by about a foot and a second shot also failed. Navy gunners opened fire but did not hit. The submarine submerged after the attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
England
Mystery surrounds death by attempting Lena Nathan at South Boston drugstore
A North Boston girl Lena Nathan aged 15 Dwight Street South End drank cleaning fluid in a South Boston drugstore Saturday night. The landlady says no such tenant ever lived there. Mrs Nathan, daughter of a former police chief, claims widowhood and long residence in Boston. Police offer no motive or details.
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Lena Nathan
North Boston
South Boston
Dwight Street
South End
Post
Two Unusually Long Cucumbers from Dedham Gardener
Mrs. T. Scott of Dedham grew two cucumbers nearly ten inches long in her garden. The unusual specimens were noted for their size and origin.
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T. Scott
Dedham
War gardener grows record cucumbers in Dedham home
A Dedham gardener Mrs. T. Scott of 228 Marlboro Street raised two record breaking cucumbers in her kitchen garden and expects more large specimens to wow neighbors.
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T. Scott
Marlboro Street
Dedham
Miss Stanley Engaged to Army Officer Hugh Knowlton
Mrs William Stanley of Great Barrington announces the engagement of her daughter Christine to Lieutenant Hugh Knowlton O R C son of Mr and Mrs Daniel S Knowlton of Brookline Miss Stanley is a daughter of the late William Stanley the electrical inventor Lieutenant Knowlton a Yale graduate was commissioned second lieutenant field artillery at Plattsburg
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William Stanley
Great Barrington
Christine
Hugh Knowlton
Daniel S. Knowlton
Brookline
Miss Stanley
Knowlton
Yale
Leutenant
Field Artillery
Plattsburg
Ninth Elks Review in Framingham Honors Boston Unit
The Ninth paraded at Framingham in honor of the Elks of Boston drawing 2005 men, the largest in line under the Ninth's flag. Colonel Logan and staff reviewed the troops while nearly 100 Elks and families stood behind him. Exalted ruler Sr Joseph Santosuosso and four Flatbush graduates in the national army were honored guests. Lieutenants Paul Keller Hines Fleming and Kirkwood identified among the guests.
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Framingham
Elks of
Boston
Yeblowish
Framingham Plain
Logan
Elks
Joseph Santosuoss
Boston Elis
Flattsburg
National Army
Paul Keller
Paul Hines
John Fleming
Robert Kirkwood
Ass't Armorer Flanigan of East Armory Dead
Capt Benjamin J. Flanigan assistant armorer of the East Armory died yesterday at his home 133 West Concord street South Ind after a long illness. He was a Spanish War veteran who served in the 9th Massachusetts Infantry and rose to first lieutenant. Funeral in Immaculate Conception Church on Tuesday morning.
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Benjamin J. Flanigan
East Armory
East Newton Street
West Concord Street
South Ind
Flanigan
Co H
9Th Maesachusetts Infantry
George F. Murray
Ife
Mast Armory
Gra
Immaculate Conceptio
Harrison Avenue
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Helen Deen
Red Cross
Ramiro Pimentel
Ramizo Ninini
Amelia Pimentel
Ramiz
Miss Dean
Fred R. Johnson
Civilian Relief Committee
The
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James Jackson
American Red Cross
Helen Dean
Johnson
Artists’ Colony
Board of Trade
M. C. Atwood
Fred G. Young
Groveland
Fred Carbone
Haverhill
Richard F. Bailey
Cranston
R. I
E. L. Rowe
West Somerville
Gertrude Taylor
Plant Juice Man
Fish Pier
Bay State Infantry and Artillery
Florence M. Cummings
Miss Florence
Dr. True
Wee Norrat
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