Hospitality House for Men in Service Prepared by Agencies
The Jewish Board for Welfare Work and the West End Young Men's Hebrew Association arranged to use 47 Mt. Vernon Street as a hospitality house for soldiers and sailors. The building will be renovated to include reading and writing rooms pool gymnasium showers dormitories and reception rooms for servicemen to meet wives sisters and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Board For Welfare Work
United States Army and Navy
West End
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Mt. Vernon Street
Fuel Chairman Not Hoarder of Coal
Charges by socialists of Malden that Fuel Commissioner Erskine I Bickford hoarded coal were groundless after a careful investigation. The panel found a little over five tons at his Main street home with four tons egg coal one ton nut coal and about a half ton Franklin coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Erskine I. Bickford
Main Street
Blodgett
Crew Thrown From Launch at Deer Island Rescue
Crew members of a Boston navy yard ship were thrown into the water when their launch capsized off Deer Island. They were rescued by patrol boats and towed to the yard. The vessel had just arrived from the Pacific coast and the men, CC M Day, R G Nelson, A J Nielson, and H P Johnson, were cold but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Navy Yard
Deer Island
Pacific Coast
CC. M. Day
Cox Swain
R. G. Nelson
A. J. Nielson
H. P. Johnson
Wellesley Girls Begin Farm Duty Squad to Fight Weeds
Dorothy Greene and 15 other volunteers from states including Indiana New York Texas and Virginia join a first squad to farm at Wellesley College. The June 17 start and July 17 final push will involve farm chores and bird guardianship to protect crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley College
College Farm
Dorothy Greene
Indiana
Mona Mathews
Londa
Alice Wharton
New Jersey
Ruth M. Addams
New York
Isabel Bassett
Helen Blake
Christine Dixon
Texas
Frances Grinnan
Virginia
Agnes Lange
Iowa
Maude Luddington
Ellen Montgomery
Illinois
Eugenie Sachs
Cincinnati
Olga Snyder
Pennsylvania
Bess Whitmarsh
Catherine Hughes
Miss Hughes
Charles &. Hughes
Premier Borden Arrives in Washington for Talks
Sir Robert Borden the Canadian premier arrives in Washington for official conferences with Lord Reading and war mission members. He plans a meeting with President Wilson and other government officials the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sir Robert Borden
Lord Reading
United States
Wilson
Funeral for Mrs. Thompson Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Reed Thompson wife of Captain Fred H Thompson will be held at noon today at her home 51 Waldorf road West Newton The Rev T W Davison of Pilgrim Congregational Church Atlantic will officiate Interment will be in Mount Wollaston Cemetery Quincy Mrs Thompson died after sudden illness Captain Thompson with the 318th Infantry at Camp Meade rushed home to be at her side She was 1 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry W Reed of Atlantic and leaves seven children five sons and two daughters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Reed Thompson
Fred H. Thompson
Boston Post
Waldorf Road
West Newton
T. W. Davison
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Atlantic
Mount Wollaston Cemetery
Quincy
Thompson
Harry W. Reed
Funeral services for airman killed in Dallas accident
Funeral services were held for Victor L. Dennis killed in an airplane crash near Dallas Texas just days before his commissioning as a pilot. Prayers were offered at his Newton Lower Falls home before services at St Mary's Church and burial in the church cemetery with a firing volley from Company A of the Eleventh Regiment M S G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor L. Dennis
Dallas
Tex
St. Mary’s Church
Newton Lower
Washington Street
Newton Jlower Falls
Eleventh Regiment
Remembered Foreman Dennis Sullivan Dies of Heart Disease
Dennis Sullivan 60 a longtime foreman for the Metropolitan Park Commission collapsed and died of heart disease yesterday in the Fellsway Malden He lived at 8 Quincy Street Malden and is survived by two daughters and four sons One son Miah Sullivan is a seminarian at St Johns Seminary Brighton another son Michael Sullivan serves at Malden central fire station
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sullivan
Metropolitan Park Commission
Quincy Street
Malden
Fellsway
Miah Sullivan
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
Michael Sullivan
Central Fire Station
Woman testifies in Cambridge divorce case over abuse
Mrs Viola A Hersey of Pepperell tells Cambridge Divorce Court that her husband William J Hersey came home dirty and drunk needing her to wash his face. She recounts past threats with a revolver and fear to continue living together. Judge Fox took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola A. Hersey
Pepperell
Cambridge
Hersey
Fox
William J. Hersey
Dr Bustard Given Informal Reception
The Rev W W Bustard D D pastor of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church Cleveland formerly of Boston preached at Tremont Temple in an informal reception marking his visit and address.
Informal Reception for Dr Bustard in Roxbury
Sunday an informal reception was held at the home of Mr and Mrs John N Spinner at Roxbury Mountain Hill. John L Thomas rendered solos. The Rev Charles L Page executive secretary of Colby Academy, associated with Dr Bustard, addressed him, conveying the esteem of old friends and a striking address on church meeting the wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Spinner
Ountain Hill
Roxbury
John L. Thomas
Charles L. Page
Colby Academy
Bustard
Fisher to Discuss War Time Prohibition at Tremont Temple
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale will speak at the Social Sanitary conference at Tremont Temple Lorimer Hall on Friday afternoon and evening under the League for Preventive Work. He is a noted economist and mathematician and will discuss War Time Prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Fisher
Yale
Lorimer Fall
Tremont Temple
League For Preventive Work
Fisher
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Wellesley
Dorothy S. Greene
Crawfordsville
Ind
Wellesley Farmers
Olga, Snyder
Wellesley College Farmers
Port Alleghany, Penn
Ruth M. Addoms
Caquerine Hughes
Washington, D. C
Premier Borden
White House
Paris Point
Georgette
Batiste
Aeeds
Hilled
Rt Ear Best
Pet
School of Ashington Air
DR. Bustard
DR. Fisher
Butler
Butler’s
Vila
Serge
Barks Dell
Pede
Remus
Goodyear
Ues
Clark’s
O.N.T. Spool
Cupon
Ostermoor
Leo
Ce Asea
Marvel Phonograph
Butler’s Children’s
Chita Butler
Sildren’s Wear
Womeings
Childrings
N’s
Butie
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