Sweeney Returns Wounded From Foreign Legion Honor
Sweeney of the Foreign Legion arrives in New York on the Lafayette with a bullet wound in the left lung a first lieutenant’s commission the Croix de Guerre and the gold Legion of Honor cross. He heads to Spokane after two days in town on three months leave.
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Lafayette
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Spokane
Wash
Federal Smelting and Refining Company
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Champagné
Johnny Poe
Princeton
Loos
Kenneth Weeks
Souchez
Polish Relief Bazaar Sends Help to Poland War Victims
The Polish relief fund bazaar at Mechanics' Building raised several thousand dollars for food for Polish war sufferers. Boston merchants and society women contributed, while Polish children and choirs from East Cambridge Chelsea performed folk dances and songs. The event closes tonight with a final concert, hand balancing exhibition, and an auction of remaining items.
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Mechanics
Boston
Poland
East Cambridge
Chelsea
Zenon Wojciechowski
Pauline Mason
Maine Savings Banks Association Elects Officers
At the annual meeting in Portland on February 22 Carleton F. Merrill of Skowhegan was elected president Albert R. Drummond of Waterville chosen secretary and Joseph Dane of Kennebunk treasurer.
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Maine Association of Savings Banks
Carleton F. Merrill
Skowhegan
Albert R. Drummond
Waterville
Joseph Dane
Kennebunk
Veteran Falls Dead Saluting the Flag at Parade
John H. Wetherbee a 79 year old Brooklyn charter member of the old volunteer Truck No. 2 fire company died suddenly while saluting the American flag during Washington's birthday parade. He had attended the annual event for 25 years and collapsed in the ranks.
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New York
John H. Wetherbee
Brooklyn
Washington
Ten Days Union Mission Attends Dudley Street Church
Large crowds attend the Ten Days Union Mission at Dudley Street Baptist Church Roxbury led by Rev. Lewis M. Roper assisted by Rev. C Farnham Rev. Mark Wayne Williams and Rev. Charles L. Page The union involves St James Street Christian Advent Christian churches with evangelistic meetings planned at Harvard Street Brookline and noonday services at King's Chapel with Unitarian leaders planning liberal evangelism events in Boston churches.
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Roxbury
Lewis M. Roper
D. D
Petersburg
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Dudley Street
C. O
Presbyterian Church
Harvard Street
Brookline
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Methodist
Presbyterian
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Willis Odell
William Whitffe
Unitarians
Boston
Charles E. Park
First Church
Samuel R. Maxwell
Second Church
Sydney B. Snow
King's Chapel
Catholic Notes cardinal to address moon street meeting
Cardinal O Connell will address a large gathering of the Catholic Federation at St Johns Hall North End Sunday March 12 at 8 pm The event is under Ausonia Council 1513 Knights of Columbus the only Italian council in the state Monsignor Splaine will speak Italian language expected. James Walsh will lecture at St Cecilia Guild Hall Back Bay Sunday March 5 at 3 30 pm on This Greatest Wars and Struggle for Existence.
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Catholic Federation
St. John’s Hall
Moon Street
North End
Ausonia
Knights of Columbus
Monsignor Splaine
Federation
James J. Walsh
New York
St. Cecilia College Club
St. Cecilia Guild Hall
Belvidere Street
Back Bay
Walsh
Commemoration of Mexican President Madero in El Paso
Exercises in memory of Francis I Madero and his Vice President Pino Suarez were held in Juarez today. Speeches parades and music highlighted the program recalling the 1913 assassination when Victoriano Huerta seized power in Mexico City.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francis I. Madero
Mexico
Pino Suarez
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Juarez
Miss Pom-Pom Hat Ad at Wolf's Clothier
An advertisement touts the hat Miss Pom-Pom in silk with a fur pom-pom priced at 1.50, now 0.79 at Wolf's Corner Hanover and Portland Streets. Wolf's offers double postage stamps all day.
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Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland
Wolf's
Triumph of Peace Depicted by Children at Barnard Festival
Miss Molly Maccormack impersonated "France" in a dance in costume by 157 children and young women. The Triumph of Peace was the feature of Barnard Memorial’s 68th annual children's festival at Mechanics' Building yesterday.
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France
Barnard Memorial
Europe
Barnard
Mechanics’ Building
Austria-Hungary
Parent
Spirit of Peace dance finale brings dove to Miss Mann
Over 6000 spectators attended the morning and afternoon performances directed by Mrs. Lilla Wiles Wyman. The program featured a "Flag March" with hundreds of children waving flags. A climactic moment showed Miss Helen Mann as the Spirit of Peace receiving a dove released from the hall ceiling, sent by Miss Agnes Weir ag America to the nations.
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Lilla Wiles Wyman
Helen Mann
Washington farewell address sparks Senate applause
Washington's farewell address, typically read to the Senate on February 22, drew a surprised reaction today when Senator Johnson of Maine finished the reading. Senator Borah began applause and the Senate, surprised out of its usual decorum, joined in with both Democrats and Republicans clapping.
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Senate
Johnson
Maine
Senator Borah
Ambassador Gerard Hurt Skating in Bavaria
Berlin Feb 22 via wireless Sayville James W Gerard American ambassador fell yesterday while skating at Partenkirchen Bavaria and broke his left collarbone. He returned to Berlin with medical care and will wear a sling for three weeks or more though he continues embassy duties.
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Sayville
James W. Gerard
Partenkirchen
Bavaria
Karl Chneford
Gerard
Lafayette passengers report sighting German raider in Bay of Biscay
On the Lafayette arrival passengers described sighting a vessel they believed to be a German commerce raider in the Bay of Biscay last Wednesday. The raider appeared to head toward a potential intercept with the Chicago, a French steamer carrying passengers and a war-munitions cargo to Bordeaux. French destroyers broadcast a warning, prompting the Chicago to alter course and reach Bordeaux safely.
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Lafayette
Bay of Biscay
Roch
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Bordeaux
The Case for Sanitol Dentifrice in Health Routines
Modern science links most diseases to germ origins and mouth decay. Sanitol Tooth Powder or Paste are antiseptic cleansers that destroy germ life, neutralize mouth acidity, and polish teeth. They won a Gold Medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition. free samples offered with 4c stamps.
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San Francisco
POMEROY ENJOYS VAUDEVILLE AT STATE PRISON
Jesse Pomeroy, long inmate at the state prison, attended vaudeville in the chapel yesterday morning. It marked his first such show in 40 years. Courtesy of the Governor and the Council permitted the outing. After the performance, inmates enjoyed yard time and a meal of roast pork with onions and mashed potatoes and rice pudding for dessert.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Vauderville
Pomeroy
Revere Conductor in Triple Car Crash Near North Station
Peter C. Hanagan a 24 Hail Street Revere railway conductor may lose his left leg after a collision near North station yesterday. He was taken to the Relief Station with a badly shattered leg and was caught between the car.
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Revere
Bay State Railway
Hanagan
Old South essay contest awards honor area students
About 400 onlookers attended the Old South Meeting House ceremony as winners from Roxbury Dorchester Jamaica Plain Malden Roslindale Auburndale and Lexington received prizes. Richard W. Hale spoke on Washington Education and Use of It urging boys to join the militia.
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Louis F. Ranlett
Lexington
Lillian Adlow
Roxbury
Mary A. Klein
Roslindale
Priscilla Thatcher Colby
Malden
Edward A. Joy
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Auburndale
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Richard W. Hale
Washington
Boston English High School
Elm Hill Park
Latin School
Louis F. Tanlett
Central Street
Newton High School
Peacevale Road
Dorchester High School
Mildred M. Reilly
Union Avenue
West Roxbury High
Trolley Car Collision Ends in Conductor's Death
Conductor Hanagan, No. 13, was crushed between his own Bay State line car and a Reservoir car after attempting to reattach a trolley in the subway. A Pleasant street car struck the Reservoir car from behind, triggering two collisions and the fatal incident.
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