Bradley elected Massachusetts department commander
J Payson Bradley of Post 2 South Boston was nominated and elected department commander at the Massachusetts G A R encampment. The session also chose senior and junior vice commanders and other officers, with a large delegate slate and speeches by leaders and allied groups. The gathering adjourned for the afternoon and resumed next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Payson Bradley
South Boston
D. H. L. Gleason
Natick
Alfred S. Roe
Worcester
Robert A. Blood
Charlestown
W. C. Litchfield
Ladies of the G. A. R. Elect New Officers at 14th Convention
The 14th annual convention opened at Park Street Church with over 200 delegates. Mary L. Kimball of Springfield elected president, Antis P. Quinby of Salem senior vice president, Lena Palmer of Haverhill junior vice president. Commander in Chief James Tanner attended the evening meeting and praised Massachusetts leadership under J. Payson Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the
Park Street Church
Mary L. Kimball
Springfield
Antis P. Quinby
Salem
Lena Palmer
Haverhill
Jennie Austin
Martha Washington Circle
Lynn
Mary N. Kimball
Mary A. Lowell
Newburyport
Martha F. Gilmore
H. Maria Ward
Henrietta Dixon
Grand Army
James Tanner
Massachusetts Department
J. Payson Bradley
Massachusetts
James H. Wolff
John E. Gilman
John Hershey
The
Council On Administration
Frank Battles
Ladies of
Massachusetts Ladies' Auxiliary Convention Holds 15th Session
Seventy one delegates attended the 15th annual convention at Tremont Temple. Div President Miss Laura Ernest chaired as H. M. Spielman, S. of V. Commander-in-Chief, addressed the gathering. New committees and officers to be elected today. total Massachusetts division up to 28 camps with 670 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary, Sons of Veterans
Tremont Temple
Laura Ernest
Holyoke
Massachusetts
H. M. Spielman
S. of V
Cincinnati
Samuel G. Pickering
Lowell
W R C Convention Opens With Elections In Massachusetts
The seventh annual Massachusetts Women's Relief Corps convention opened at People's Church Boston with Harriet A Ralph in the chair. Clara Barton and Abby Adams attended. Officers were elected including Alice M Goddard as president and Annie C Shattuck as senior VP. Membership reached 14 718 with 176 corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickering
Alice M. Goddard
The
Women’s Relief Corps
Annie Shattuck
Women's Relief Corps
Department of Massachusetts Women’s Relief Corps
People’s Church
Columbus Avenue
Harriet A. Ralph
Clara A. Barton
Elizabeth Haywood
Fannie E. Palmer
Medford
Mary A. Beal
Rockland
Charles Crane
Abby Adams
Nurses greet Daughters at 16th annual convention
A delegation of three US army nurses escorted by guards presented greetings to the Massachusetts Daughters of Veterans at Tremont Temple Chipman Hall. Miss Nina A Littlefield presided as reports were read showing tent and member totals rising from 16 tents 774 members to 20 tents 910 members. Senior Vice President C Millie Leighton was nominated for the presidency with the election due today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Nurses’ Association
Fanny T. Hazen
Cambridge
Roe
New York State
Gilman
Innis
Sons of Veterans
W. A. Stevens
Massachusetts
United States Army
Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
Massachusetts Department of the Daughters of Veterans
Nina A. Littlefield
Daughters of Veterans Convention
Miss Littlefield
C. Millie Leighton
Clinton
Anna Aymar Delaney
Daughters of Veterans
Sons of Veterans Hold 24th Massachusetts Encampment
Nearly 300 members including all division officers attended the 24th annual encampment of the Massachusetts division Sons of Veterans at Lori mer Hall Tremont Temple. Division Commander Everett H. Lynds opened the meeting at 2 o'clock with a prayer by Chaplain Hosmer F. Keeney. An adjournment to 2 this afternoon precedes the officer election. Lynds read his report urging select membership of high moral character and warning against admitting objectionable candidates. Two contenders for division commander were named Walter H. Penney and William H. Brigham, with a spirited race expected. other division officers reported the organization thriving with more than 4000 members and 126 camps, 120 in good standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Sons of Veterans
Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Everett H. Lynds
Holyoke
Hosmer F. Keeney
Plainville
Lynds
Walter H. Penney
West Lynn
William H. Brigham
Marlboro
Herbert R. Thorpe
Frank L. Kirchgassner
James H. Wentworth
R. H. Smith
E. M. Brown
Frederick E. Burnham
Walter Penney
William O. Cutler
Boni Talks Cash in Paris Divorce Talks Secrecy
Count Boni de Castellane and the countess Anna Gould discuss finances in Paris as a mutual separation decree is anticipated. The wife seeks temporary custody and a separate home, with possible future divorce after three years. Boni plans no cross complaint and remarriage rumors are denied by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Castellane
Avenue Due Bois de Boulogne
Count Boni
Sullivan Will Not Seek Third Term in Congress
Washington DC February 13 To the Editor Sullivan states he will retire to practice law and will not run for a third term in the 11th district. The news stirs talk of possible successors among Democrats ex Senator Peters Josiah Quincey and Republicans ex Mayor Curtis ex Speaker Frothingham. Curtis says he has not decided and has no wish for Washington life while Ward 11 Senator Lane and Senator Seiberlich pursue the Republican bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Babson
Andrew J. Peters
Josiah Quincey
Edwin M. Curtis
Louis A. Frothingham
Curtis
Washington
Boston
Dan Lane
Ward 11
Seiberlich
Frantic husband shoots wife in West Canton Street home
Robert L Blair 21 living with wife Mary at 59 West Canton street fired two shots at her noon. A bullet grazed her left shoulder and she fainted. Neighbors restrained Blair as police arrived. Mary left hospital later. Blair jailed on assault with intent to kill charge. Police note Blair had been drinking and was unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Blair
Mary
West Canton Street
Blair
Lawson's Dogs Prize Winners
New York February 13 Thomas W. Lawson of Boston won the grand trophy prize of 250 for the best bulldog or bitch with La Roche. He also captured the Clifton Kennels cup worth 150 for the best pair dog and bitch owned by one exhibitor, Fashion and La Roche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Fire panic at church movie sparks wrath judgment claim
In Trenton New Jersey on February 13 opponents of a moving picture at the First Methodist Episcopal Church argued the fire and ensuing panic from an explosion were divine wrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Pekin Medical School Opens at Lockhart College
The Lockhart Medical College opened in Pekin with unprecedented attendance by high Chinese officials and the diplomatic corps. The Dowager Empress sent congratulations and contributed 10,000 teals to the building fund, reflecting strong support from international missions and the Foreign Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Lockhart Medical College
Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Missions
London
Foreign Office
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Ladies’ Aid
Fannie J. Wilson
Lizzie C. Flavell
Estelle Ware
Olive L. Lynds
Flora Staples
Minnie A. Sykes
M. A. Bosworth
Lillian Bowen
Howard
N. B. Hubbard
Mabel M. Bradley
Bessie Holbrook
Lottie Ford. Richards
Burnham
Arabella
CIBC
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Wareham
Whitinsville
Chelsea
Department Council of Administration
Minneapolis
Tanner
Bradley
Gleason
Tweedale
Battles
Preble
Department
Arthur A. Smith
Colrain
Post Department
Horace Binney Sargent
California
Committee On Delegates
Charles R. Kafelinger
John Gilbert
Nathan C. Underwood
Ruel Dunbar
A. G. Tinkham
George E. Noyes
F. B. Dunbar
George O. Hosley
Manuel H. Bush
William P. Innis
S. Keyes
J. H. Haskell
J. R. Merritt
Luther Waite
James A. Wright
T. P. Mills
James Frye
Darius Pierce
G. H. Driver
W. H. H. Howe
A. B. Pierce
A. M. Stickney
A. Lovejoy
Henry Parsons
W. H. Hinman
W. C. Smith
T. K. Parker
C. W. Hildreth
H. L. Dempsey
W. Steiner
G. E. Stockwell
N. W. Farrar
A. J. Hurst
George W. Nason
Rufus A. Soule
Charles S. Armstrong
Warren B. Stetson
C. L. Stevens
J. W. Abbott
George H. Fletcher
A. F. Rich
E. S. Davis
A. D. Smith
Dennis Linnehan
Theodore Lentz
Benjamin Savory
Charles S. Noyes
John Russell
FE. P. Standley
R. J. Nichols
Eliot Adams
G. C. Fiske
Charles Thompson
William E. Merritt
Barnard Fletcher
Henry Worcester
George H. Reed
A. S. Haynes
George 8. Bliss
Sidney Sibley
Albert Mason
Silas Newton
K. Proctor Pierce
W. L. Currier
R. B. Diepel
John White
George W., Emery
Charles H. Shattuck
Albert Keating
Walter R. Marsh
David N. Damon
George F. Williams
William J. Hennessy
John G. Meserve
John ST. Mooney
F. E. Parker
Greater
Oxford
Credit Reporting CO
Wastington Srt
Portland and Sudbury Sts
G. A. R. Elect
Mary L. Kimball of
Mr. Tanner
Ladies
Fannie Wilson
Mary L. Warren
Wakefield
Eva Barnett
New Bedford
Mabel Braley
Sarah L. Davis
Lillian F. Burnham
Arabella W. Bowen
Mary Warren
Clara Barton
Mrs. Shattuck
Blackmar
Annie C. Shattuck
S. Jennie Tirrell
Elizabeth P. Sawyer
Sue Wentworth
Mary E. Knowles
Emma Weston
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Somerville
Fannie FE. Palmer
Mary E. Elliot
Boni
Gong
South End
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Pekin Medical School
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