Funeral of William T. Sheridan Held at St Ann's Church
The funeral for William T. Sheridan of Somerville was held from his home at 69 Adams Street. Services at St. Ann's Church featured Rev. Thomas R. Reynolds and Rev. John C. Kearns. Delegations from Elks and Knights of Columbus attended, with Western Union and Boston Lodge members among pallbearers. Burial followed at St. Mary's Cemetery in New London with escort from train arrivals. Floral tributes came from Western Union employees, Elks, Knights of Columbus, and friends.
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William T. Sheridan
Adams Street
Somerville
St. Ann’s Church
Thomas R. Reynolds
John C. Kearns
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Stevere
James I. Madian
Elks
Knights of Columbus
Bill
Cupid
Joe Burns
Taunton
Joan J. Harvey
James 3. Madigan
John L. Murdock
William Jf. Sullivan
Peter F. Keiley
Peter McCarron
Boston Lodge of Elks
Allen W. Austin
James Driscoll
Willian Barth
Edward Smullen
James Shannon
Western Union
Emmett Sullivan
Rockland
Hot Springs
Billy
Red Sox
Ozarks
Francis
Service Station Agents Hold New England Convention
New England and Canadian service station agents gathered in Tremont Temple for the Wil lard Storage Battery Company convention. A second session is planned today. a dinner at Quincy House featured remarks by Cleveland executives William W. Wyneken and Harry S. Bentley. An educational film demonstrated proper operation of a storage station and battery production.
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New England
Willard Storage Battery Company
Cleveland
Tremont Temple
Quincy House
William W. Wyneken
Harry S. Bentley
Willard Company
12 000 Troops Depart for Home From War
The War Department announced seven transports and two warships carrying about 12 000 troops are sailing home. They will reach New York or Newport News between February 16 and 20. Ships include Ortega Canopic Rotterdam Northland West Durfee for New York and President Grant Tiger for Newport News. Georgia goes to Newport News and St Louis to New York.
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Washington
War Department
New York
Newport News
Ortega
Canopic
Rotterdam
Northland
West Durfee
Grant
Tiger
Georgia
St. Louis
World War I Naval Transport Lists and Dismissed Officers
The ships Georgia, President Grant, Northland, St Louis, Canopic and Rotterdam arrive with troops across Camp Dix and New York ports. Thousands of infantry, machine gun units, medical detachments and support staff sail or dock, including brigadiers General Albert C. Blanding and Edward Burr. Casualties and wounded aboard exceed seven hundred, with numerous officers among the passengers.
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Georgia
Newport News
161St Infantry
Camp Dix
New York
President Grant
Dun
104Th Infantry
162D Infantry
Albert C. Blanding
183Th
Northland
W. Solst
St. Louis
161St
Rotterdam
267Th Infantry
92D Division
16D Infantry
Edward Burr
James B. Isrwin
Anxious to Do Church Work Rally Highlighted by Cleric
Dr Robert M Pierce told an Epworth League audience at First Methodist Temple Street Beacon Hill that recruitment for Christian service abroad will be easier. He cited returning war veterans and a Portland soldier who now seeks foreign mission work as evidence that youth will answer the world program. The speaker urged mobilizing schools hospitals and churches for missionary leadership in India Africa and Japan.
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India
Africa
Japan
Robert M. Pierce
Epworth League
First Methodist Church
Temple Street
Beacon Hill
France
Seld
Italy
Portland
Methodist Church
24,000 Have Tuberculosis Discharges Cited
Washington February 11 Twenty four thousand soldiers have been discharged from the army as tubercular since the beginning of the war the Senate building committee was told today by Dr W G Stimpson of the United States Public Health Service He said tubercular patients typically stay in hospitals about one third of the time Plans to add 2000 beds to existing hospitals were outlined by the service
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Washington
Senate Building Committee
W. G. Stimpson
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Novelty in the Boston Post style Munchausen tale at Mount Etna
A reader visits Mount Etna after reading Baron Munchausen and encounters Vulcan and his Cyclops. The tale describes crater sights, eruptions explained as Vulcan's forge fires, and a visit that ends as jealous mischief drives away the narrator.
Journey Through Earth to the South Seas Adventure
The narrator recounts being carried into a mysterious apartment and dropped into a vast sea. After surviving a fall and a submerged trance, he reaches a paradisal cold expanse, encounters a colossal ice rock, and is later rescued by a ship in the great Southern Ocean. He concludes he has traveled from Mount Etna to the South Seas via a center-earth route.
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Paradise
Vulcan
Southern Ocean
Mount Etna
Earth
South Seas
Baron’s surprising adventure teased for tomorrow’s Post
Tomorrow’s Post promises another installment of the Baron's surprising adventure with continued serialization in the Daily and Sunday Post, extending day by day until the tale is completed.
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Daily
Sunday Post
Plans for South Boston Evacuation Day and court rate suit
South Boston abandons Evacuation Day parade as 26th Division may not return by March 17. a dual celebration organized by the South Boston Citizens' Association includes a March 1 program led by M J O Leary and a March 17 banquet with General Clarence R Edwards as guest. A Supreme Judicial Court sitting will hear the Public Service Commission case opposing the New England Telephone Company over recently set rates, exploring whether Congress reserved rate control to states.
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South Boston
East Broadway
M. J. O'Leary
Association
Peters
Brewster
Boulton Street
Clarence R. Edwards
Charles M. Cole
Edward Lt. Logan
Supreme Judicial Court
Rugg
Public Service Commission
Zngland Telephone Company
Burleson
Massachusetts
Congress
Tobacco Growers Plan Regional Cooperative Organization
Springfield report announces steps to form a parent tobacco growers organization covering Hampden Windsor West Windsor Windsor Locks and Wifield Conn to unite smaller Connecticut valley growers in a cooperative not to oppose buyers but to sell crops collectively.
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Hampden County
Windsor
West Windsor
Windsor Locks
Wifield
Conn
Connecticut Valley
Jealous Youth Shoots Two, Then Self in Suringfield
In Suringfield on February 11 George V Papadakis, 19, shot Miss Nancy Pratt, 16, and Victor Legue, 19, in the street. Pratt was hit in the jaw and leg, Legue in the leg, and Papadakis then wounded himself in the stomach. authorities say Pratt may die.
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Suringfield
George V Papundakis
Nancy Pratt
Victor Legue
Papadakis
Saxon Delegation Seeks Union With Romania
A Saxon delegation representing Transylvania and Banat German settlements arrived in Bucharest on February 11 and requested union with Romania. They rejected uniting with Germany, citing eight centuries of separation from Germany.
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Bucharest
Havas
Transylvania
Banat
Rumania
Germany
Vermont Company Arrives With Troops in Newport News
Newport News Virginia February 11 The transport Princess Matolka arrived from France with over 2000 troops aboard half of them reported sick or wounded A Vermont company is listed among the casualties The 65th Base Hospital unit was aboard confirming the unit’s presence with the convoy.
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Vermont Company
Newport News
Princess Matolka
65Th
California Syrup of Figs Ad Explains Laxative Use for Children
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It instructs mothers to check a coated tongue, claims the syrup cleanses liver and bowels, and warns to ensure the bottle is made by the California Fig Syrup Company and not a counterfeit.
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California
Ringgold man praises Sulpherb Tablets in thankful letter
Ringgold Georgia resident John M. Plemons writes he suffered stomach trouble and constipation until using Sulpherb Tablets. He reports rapid improvement and perfect health now, noting others also experience good results. Druggists sell Sulpherb Tablets nationwide. avoid ordinary sulphur tablets.
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John M. Plemons
Ringgold
Georgia
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Cyclops
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Sitna
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Baron
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