Thousands Say Goodbye as New England Soldiers Parade
Thousands of relatives and friends flood Framingham and other camps to bid farewell to the 101st Infantry Regiment in reorganized formations. Mothers sew buttons, mend socks, and hide tearful goodbyes as the One Hundred and First reviews before Colonel Logan to the tune of Where Do We Go From Here.
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New England
Gray
Logan
Massachusetts
Uncle Sam
O’connor
New Haven
Connecticut
Framingham
Twenty- Sixth
United States Army
Massachusetts Infantry
Sweetser
France
Yale Field
Framingham Welcomes Yankee Overseas Division Parade
March crowds, led by Brigadier-General Traub, honor Col Logan's regiment at Camp McGinness Framingham. Families from Boston to Natick watch the birth of the Fifty-first Infantry Brigade as soldiers pledge duty and endure farewells of loved ones bound for France.
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Yraub
Fifty-first Infantry Brigade
Logan
Tommy’’ Murphy
Traub
Camp McGinness
Framingham
Open House at Boxford Camp Curtis Guild Draws Wide Attendance
Open house at Boxford Camp Curtis Guild draws visitors from New England to bid farewell to artillerymen bound for France. Three regiments, Coast Artillery and heavy artillery units, join the Fifty first Artillery Brigade of the Twenty sixth Division. Arrival of contingents from Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont underway.
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Westfield
Maine
New Hampshire
One
Pine Tree
Granite States
Boxford
New England
Ayer
Curtis Guild
Goodby
France
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Rhode Island Coast Artillery Corps
Milliken Regiment
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Andrews
Fort
Ethan Allen
Fifty-first Artillery
Army Farewells Bring Courage to Cloaked Departures
Continued prose depicts awaiting families bidding farewell to soldiers going to war. Wives and children offer final tokens of love as soldiers march to conflict, with tears yet hopeful smiles sustaining bravery amid departure.
London Plays Craps as Allies Swarm City Streets
London was overrun today with American soldiers and sailors. Downtown streets, especially Piccadilly, were crowded with troops mingling with British and Commonwealth allies as they praised Britain and its soldiers.
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London
Piccadilly District
Britain
Americans in London Enjoy Warm Welcome and Games
British crowds greet American soldiers with roses and friendly chatter as they explore the city. Bombarded with the new Eagle Hat, they share money mishaps and carefree spending after payday, while locals and allied troops mingle in buses and hotels across London.
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London
United States
Young Men's Christian Association
Rooster Takes On Hen Duties In Kansas City
John B. Bales reports his rooster has been sitting on two eggs laid by a hen before she left for feed. The bird stays on the nest warming the eggs and returns to care for them, a behavior the owner calls surprising mutiny of sex roles.
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Kansas City
John B. Bales
Fire destroys J A Vais steam plant and ice houses at Plainfield
Fire at Central Village Plainfield destroys J A Vais steam plant and ice houses totally. adjoining residence saved. Loss set at 60000 dollars. The blaze occurred in the evening. Local authorities investigate cause.
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Central Village
Conn
Plainfield
J. A. Bvais
Pleas for Class War Applauded on Boston Common
A 1500 crowd on Boston Common heard John J. Ballam and I. W. W. agitator speakers condemn conscription and declare the war a struggle between classes. They urged a nationwide strike after another outrage, discussed the Montana lynching and Bisbee affair, and denounced police brutality in the Arizona copper camp.
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United States
John J. Ballam
Boston
San Francisco
Cigar Makers’ Union
Boston Common
Italian Socialist Federation
Montana
Ariz
Mooney
J. D. Williams
America
Joseph Murphy
Lowell
Murphy
Labor
FF. R. Lopez
Marine Transport Workers
A. Faggi
The
Proletari
J. Edward Morgan
Bisbee
Arizona
Rally Supports I W W and Anti Conscription
A crowd at a meeting condemned the lynching of Frank H. Little and cheered for I W W, anti conscription, pacifists, and class struggle. Speakers defended conscience over draft, praised red flag internationalism, and denounced government actions as a law factory on Beacon Hill and in Washington.
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Ballam
Beacon Hill
Washington
England
Frank H. Little
Butte
Montana
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Henry Caverly
Manchester
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B Company
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Harry
John Hammersley
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