Last Honors For Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Service
A solemn funeral and burial were held for Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill with dignitaries from the nation and state in attendance. The service included brief prayers, scripture readings, and the committal at Youngs Memorial Cemetery as wreaths from Wilson and others filled the church.
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Young’s Memorial Cemetery
Boston Mourns Roosevelt Funeral Held in Oyster Bay
Boston and New England honored Colonel Theodore Roosevelt with church services, halved mast flags, and cannon salutes. Memorials were held by Home Market Club officers, Massachusetts Legislature, fraternal groups, and public schools paused for the funeral hour.
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Roosevelt Memorial Resolution Adopted by Home Market Club
At a Union Club meeting, Home Market Club officers adopted a resolution on former President Theodore Roosevelt. It lauds his virile leadership as author reformer soldier statesman and notes his energy inspired American thoughts and activities. Roosevelt had been a guest of honor and long time director of public affairs.
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Home Market Club Re-elects Officers Amid Public Policy Talk
The Home Market Club re-elected Thomas C. Marvin as secretary and Frederick B. Hill as treasurer. Guests included Major Hyatt and Captain Chandler from General Edwards' staff as speakers praised leadership in business morality and civic virtue.
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America
Old Nurse Ledwith Missed Roosevelt Funeral
Mrs. Mary D. Ledwith, 88, longtime nurse and governess in the Roosevelt family, could not attend Colonel Roosevelt’s funeral in Oyster Bay due to age and weather. She sent a niece in her place and recalled the colonel’s devotion to family and fellow man, and his lively personality.
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English Labor Party Accepts Role as Official Opposition
London Jan 8 The English Labor party decides to assume the official opposition position to the government. William Adamson will lead the opposition from West Fife with John Robert Clynes as deputy leader. The party, though numerically ahead of the Liberals, notes many Liberals remain in the coalition. Three of seven officers are miners.
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Greeks Seek Missing Children From the Turko Armenian War
Reports from Constantinople say Greek and Armenian patriarchates formed committees to find tens of thousands of minor children seized by Turks during the war. A Greek commission traced 120 children in one day, 85 in a government orphan asylum, with orders to return to parents, many of whom were massacred or deported.
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Saloniki
Constantinople
First Naval District in Mourning for Roosevelt
On Navy Department orders, officers in the First Naval District wore three inch crepe armbands on the left arm in mourning for Colonel Roosevelt. Guns fired hourly at the navy yard and 21-gun salute at 8 o'clock, with flags at half mast.
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Reds Shot Down in Berlin Riots
Leaders urge Berliners to back the present government as crowds surround the chancellor's palace. They denounce the Spartacans as insane and criminal while pledging firm resolve to meet the danger.
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Wilson to act as prime minister at peace conference
Paris dispatch says President Wilson informed Premier Clemenceau he does not seek head of state role at the peace conference but will claim the prerogatives of head of government. He outlined the duties for American delegates and their assigned tasks.
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President Wilson Moves Toward Peace Talks in Paris
President Wilson and aides press to hasten peace discussions in Paris with Colonel House and Secretary Lansing in talks with Lord Robert Cecil. Japanese delegates participate, first talks focus on representation in the peace congress and the league of nations as groundwork for a permanent treaty. Vance McCormick and War Trade Board experts head to Paris for consultations. Wilson, despite illness, walks with Mrs. Wilson to the Hotel de Crillon and is recognized by crowds.
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Drive for $60,000 ends today with Tag Day effort
The Associated Y M H A s of New England wrap a $60 000 campaign as Tag Day closes today with hundreds of young women on streets hotels and stores soliciting funds. A committee led by Mrs Eva Olim Goldberg and others coordinates sales and volunteers while Albert Hurwitz announces Y M H A agencies to aid re employment and education for returning service members. Bishop Lawrence shows improved health and may ride out soon under care of Dr William L Richardson.
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Keep Looking Young with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets
An advertisement touts olive tablets as a liver and bowels remedy to prevent a sallow complexion and dull eyes. It claims 90 percent of sickness stems from inactive bowels and liver and promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle effective substitute for calomel. Sold in 10c and 25c boxes by all druggists.
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