Veterans honor Russian mission at Boston encampment parade
The G A R confirms guests will join the parade without admitting outsiders. The Russian War Mission, led by Boris A Bakhmetieff, will escort and review the G A R parade with Commander in Chief Patterson. Thousands of veterans and allied groups gather as the 51st encampment opens with a New Old South Church service.
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Tremont Street
G. A
R. Parade
Patterson
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Faneuil Hall
Bengough
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
New Old South Church
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California
Nevada
South Dakota
Boston
Hotel Vendome
Boy Scouts
Greater Boston
Blue Army
Seaman Arrested For Possessing Liquor Near Nantasket
Seaman Joseph E. McLaughlin of the U S Navy stationed at Bumkin Island was arrested by Metropolitan Park Police Officer F J Philbrick on Nantasket Metropolitan Park boulevard for liquor in possession. He was in civilian clothes and allegedly sought to supply liquor to soldiers. the bottle was discarded as the patrol pursued. The soldiers escaped.
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Joseph E. McLaughlin
United States Navy
Bumkin Island
Metropolitan Park
F. J. Philbrick
Nantasket
McLaughlin
Philbrick
Blaze at Luna Park Damages Toboggan Slide
Fire at Luna Park in New York caused about 15000 dollars in damage when a water pressure overload threatened Coney Island amusements. Firemen rapidly fixed the system and contained the blaze to a toboggan slide and the Burro Trail which were destroyed. Eleven infants in the incubator building nearby were safely moved to a nearby hotel.
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New York
Luna Park
Coney Island
Police Sergeant Allison Dies After On Duty Hemorrhage
Police Sergeant William J. Allison of the Boston Police Department died at his home 225 Lexington Street East Boston after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on duty with the harbor police a week earlier. Funeral will be at the Church of the Sacred Heart East Boston with a 9 30 high mass. He is survived by his widow and three adult children.
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William J. Allison
Boston Police Department
Lexington Street
East Boston
Harbor Police
Church of the Sacred Heart
Proud of His Aged Hard Tack at G A R Camp
William H. Dunlap a 78 year old Civil War veteran from New Brighton Pennsylvania arrived in Boston to attend the G A R encampment in his war uniform. He carried a fragment of hardtack dated 1861 saying it is one of the oldest bread pieces in the country and a keepsake from his service.
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New Britain
Penn
G. A. R. Convention
William H. Dunlap
New Brighton
Boston
Mr. Dunlap
Germany
Sam
Captain Dunlap Treasures Old Bread at Church
Captain Dunlap loves a relic bread and carried it to church yesterday morning. He nearly lost it when he displayed the loaf to a patriotic group of women admiring the artifact.
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Dunlap
Veteran recounts Civil War relics and wartime camaraderie
A veteran, Captain Dunlap, displays a canteen from campaigns in northern Virginia and Vicksburg. He recalls Gettysburg drinks shared with 100 Confederate veterans and notes the Blue and the Gray reunion. He cites moth holes in his coat and expresses support for the draft.
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Boston
Virginia
Vicksburg
Dunlap
Gettysburg
Johnny Rebs
Pennsylvania
Questions Patrolman on Shooting of Mills
Police Commissioner Edwin C Burbank of Malden began an investigation into the shooting of Charles F Mills a Somerville carpenter who failed to stop his car when ordered by Traffic Officer George W Phillips Phillips pursued Mills in a commandeered auto firing two shots one believed to have struck Mills in the back of the head Mills fate unclear Phillips is suspended awaiting the inquiry and a hearing will be held within a few days after Commissioner Burbank questions Phillips.
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Edwin C. Burbank
Malden
Charles F. Mills
Somerville
George W. Phillips
Phillips
Mills
Burbank
Infant Found In Bag On Dorchester Lot
Raymond Gallup found a one day old baby wrapped in a blanket inside a straw bag near a vacant lot on New England avenue. The infant, taken to City Hospital, was pronounced in perfect condition. Earlier, Vincent Alloci saw a young man in a blue suit and straw hat sitting on the sewer pipe with a straw bag.
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Raymond Gallup
Colonial Avenue
Dorchester
New England Avenue
City Hospital
Vincent Alloci
Swampscott Man Rescues 10-Year-Old From Surf
Fred Blanchard of Swampscott swam into dangerous surf yesterday to rescue Kitt Margaret Burns, 10, daughter of Mrs Minnie Burns, from a strong undertow off the local beach. A crowd cheered as he brought the girl to shore unharmed.
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Fred Blanchard
Orient Stree Swampscott
Kitt
Margaret Burns
Minnie Burns
Humphrey Street
Swampscott
Blanchard
Auto Struck by Medford Bound Electric Car
An automobile driven by John Blake of East Boston was struck and badly damaged by a Medford bound electric car on Main street Somerville yesterday afternoon. Two women and a 6 year old child were in the auto. All were frightened but suffered no injury. The car was dragged about 20 feet before stopping.
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John Blake
East Boston
Main Street
Somerville
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