Loyal Coalition Protest Over Flag Display At Mount Vernon HQ
War veterans and onlookers protested a display of Swedish American Dutch American and early American flags in front of the Loyal Coalition headquarters. Within an hour a committee of American Legion officials police and spectators secured hoisting of a regular flag while Secretary Telfair Mindon defended the exhibit citing a flag with a British union jack in the corner as the first official U S flag.
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Mount Vernon Street
Loyal Coalition
American Legion
Joy Street
Telfair Mindon
Coalition
Minden
United States
Grand Union
Mt. Vernon Street
Pilgrim Names and Prince Charles as Godfather to New England Towns
The article recalls Captain John Smith’s map and prose that gave English names to New England places such as Plymouth Charles River and Boston. It notes Prince Charles then 15 years old served as godfather by selecting names later cherished by Puritans who would shape American towns. Edward Archer credits Smith's enduring influence on the region's toponymy.
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Plymouth
England
Thomas Fownes
New Plymouth
New England
New World
John Smith
Prince Charles
Charles I
America
Plimoth
Charles River
Cape Anne
Hull
Boston
Ipswich
Cambridge
Edward Archer
Insurance Employee Arrested for Theft at Continental
Moses N. Hanscom, 26, of 2% Jersey avenue Braintree, charged with larceny of 275 dollars from Continental Insurance Company at 99 Milk street. Arrested yesterday by inspectors Morrissey Claflin and Alexander. Second theft arrest from the same company this week. John MacDonald of 2 Tremont street was arrested in Baltimore days ago.
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Continental Insurance Company
Milk Street
Moses N. Hanscom
Jersey Avenue
Braintree
Morrissey
Claflin
Alexander
Hanstom
John MacDonald
Tremont Street
Baltimore
Man Says He Was Crazy After Throat Slashing Attempt
Francis McDonald 61 admitted he did it on impulse while at 56 Hanson Street South End and told officers he must have been crazy for the moment He will recover at City hospital after attempting suicide with a razor at home yesterday.
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Francis McDonald
Hanson Street
South End
Howells Denies Knife Use in Court Testimony
Federal Court heard conflicting accounts from Berisford Howell and seaman William Wing over a knife during a voyage on the schooner Lillian E. Kerr. Howell and Wing offered contradictory statements while Captain George F. Poppe and Mate Miller claimed Howell flashed a knife as the skipper aimed a gun. Howell denied holding a knife. Wing described the scene amidships. Judge Anderson to hear further arguments.
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George F. Poppe
Miller
Lillian E. Kerr
Berisford Howell
Howell
William Wing
Poppe
J. W. Sommerville
Wing
Jacob Wasserman
Tea for Mrs Edwards at YD Club reception
Several hundred members and guests of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Yan kee Division Club hosted a reception and tea for Mrs. Clarence R. Edwards at the YD club on Huntington Avenue. Major-General Edwards spoke on Colonel Whittlesey’s death from overseas strain and urged kindness to returning heroes. Colonel Elon Tandy and Rev. Michael J. O’Connor also spoke.
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YD Women’s Auxiliary
Women’s Auxiliary
Clarence R. Edwards
YD Club
Huntington Avenue
Elon Tandy
Michael J. O’connor
Bromine Quinine Tablets Claim Cold Cured Headache Relief
Ad claims BROMO QUININE tablets relieve headache by curing the cold. It mentions a laxative and germ destroyer with a signature of B. W. Grove and a note to ensure Peart of BROMO. A garbled line “800. ote dvs” remains unreadable.
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B. W. Grove
Peart
Seven Men Nearly Scalded on Steamship Everett
Seven workers repairing a boiler on the steamship Everett at Hodge Boiler Works East Boston escaped severe burns when a boiler plug blew, releasing a torrent of steam that filled the hold. Fellow workers heard the blast, shut off the vapor, and aided the men in the boiler room.
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Everett
Hodge
Boston
Burn Victims Named In Steamship Boiler Room Accident
John Barry 21 of South Boston suffered severe facial head body and arm burns and is on the danger list at East Boston Relief Hospital likely to be moved to City Hospital today. Joseph Brennan 43 of Boston is badly burned on face and hands and expected to recover. Other treated workers include Fred Nordstrom Thomas Olsen Benjamin Berchtold Ollier Barter William Cullen. all employed by the Boston eet lge Company repairing the Everett steamship boiler at Hodge works on Border street.
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John Barry
Third Street
South Boston
East Boston Relief Hospital
Joseph Brennan
Saratoga Street
Boston
East Boston Hospital
Fred Nordstrom
Bowdoin Street
Thomas Olsen
Havre Street
East Boston
Benjamin Berchtold
Brent Street
Dorchester
Ollier Barter
Germain Street
Jamaica Plain
William Cullen
Thompson Avenue
Hyde Park
Boston Eet Lge Company
Everett
Hodge Works
Border Street
Auto thief in bail arrest linked to Horne gang
George Moore 28 of West Lynn, free on bail in a Superior Court case for stealing autos, was arrested in Lynn by Boston police who seek him for three auto thefts, receiving two stolen cars, and conspiring to defraud an insurer. Police tie him to the Horne gang nabbed in Maine and New Hampshire. The candy trade notes a prohibition era uptick.
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George Moore
West Lynn
Superior Court
Lynn
Boston
Moore
Horne
Maine
New Hampshire
Girl Again in Attempt to End Life
Miss Mary Petronio, 19 or 24, is on the danger list at City Hospital after a second suicide attempt by bichloride of mercury in a South End lodging house. Police say she told parents she tried to end her life because she could not do as she pleased. She left a note directing her mother be notified.
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Mary Petronio
Brunet
City Hospital
Jeanette Stocke
Massachusetts Avenue
South End
Dedham Street
Snowhill Street
North End
Agnes Petronio
Harding to Comment On Surtax Provisions
Washington December 2 President Harding is expected to address surtax provisions in his message to Congress. The existing revenue act imposes maximum levies of 50 percent on incomes, a figure Harding previously urged be reduced to 40 percent as a compromise between House and Senate positions.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
House
Senate
There Was Just One Chance
An amusing story by Margaret Cameron titled There Was Just One Chance will appear in full in the Next Boston Sunday Post Magazine. Cameron’s piece is set to entertain readers with light fiction and wit.
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Margaret Cameron
Boston Sunday Post
Kaitz Sisters Write B U College Song
Harriet and Madeline Kaitz of Brighton wrote the college song for Boston University College of Secretarial Science. Harriet, a junior, devised the words, Madeline wrote the music after becoming a freshman. The song was sung at yesterday’s assembly. Harriet helped with the endowment fund campaign and both sisters are promoting the Christmas Fair.
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Kaitz
Harriet
Madeline Kaitz
Brighton
Boston University College of Secretarial Science
Madeline
Harriet Kaitz
Endowment Fund
Harriett Kaitz
College of Secretarial Science
AP News Described as Bulwark Against Sensationalism
Frederick Roy Martin of the Associated Press spoke to business leaders at the Copley Plaza luncheon, stressing accuracy and truth as the agency’s watchwords. He cited armistice timing, the 1916 election, and cautious reporting from Ireland, noting AP’s aim to publish only what is truly worth reporting and to avoid scandal.
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Frederick Roy Martin
Associated Press
Chamber of Commerce
Copley Plaza
Martin
Wilson
Hughes
California
Ireland
Downing Street
le Valera
A. P
Illinois Supreme Court
Uplift Plans in Education Declared at New England Meeting
Delegates at the Association of New England School Superintendents convention in the State House urged more liberal education for the common man as vital to American democracy. Sherburn C. Hutchinson of Montpelier presided, and resolutions honored the late Frank V. Thompson of Boston. President Kenneth C. M. Sills of Bowdoin College urged broader educational aims.
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Association of New England
State House
Sherburn C. Hutchinson
Montpelier
Association
Frank V. Thompson
Boston
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Harding backs subsidy for American Merchant Marine
President Harding endorses a subsidy plan for the American Merchant Marine and plans to urge Congress to act within six weeks. He notes the cost could reach hundreds of millions and links the move to a ten year naval holiday and postwar disarmament pressures. He warns without action U S shipping would falter while Britain and Japan expand subsidized fleets.
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Robert L. Norton
Washington
Harding
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
United States
Congress
Great Britain
Japan
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