Wood Silent On Politics At Harvard Overseers Meeting
Gen Leonard A Wood, commander of the 10th Division at Camp Funston, attended a memorial service for Theodore Roosevelt at the Old North Church and will join a Harvard military committee meeting at Major Guy Murchie's home after the funeral events. The piece notes his silence on politics and his presence at notable ceremonies.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Old North Church
Leonard A. Wood
National Army
Camp Funston
Kan
Guy Murchie
Mt. Vernon Street
Harvard
Whittall's Anglo-Persian Rugs Price List Highlights
A catalog segment lists Whittall's Anglo-Persian and Peerless Brussels and Wilton rug sizes with varied prices. Entries include 2 ft 3 in by 9 ft, 10 ft 6 in by 12 ft, and other dimensions up to 11 ft 3 in by 15 ft, with prices ranging from 17 to 169 dollars.
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Whittall
Setar Sr Sit Eee
Brustele Ringe Oo
Brussels
Teprac
Royal Wilton
Whittall’s
Teprac Royal Wilton
Tepracapitat
Wilton Rugs
General Wood Opens Talks on Roosevelt Funeral Visit
General Wood declines to discuss a 1920 Republican nomination rumor, praises the 89th and 10th Divisions for front work, notes troops from seven states, and plans to travel from Boston to Kansas after Harvard meetings. He visits Harvard friends and attends Colonel Roosevelt’s funeral with Captain George von L. Meyer.
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Wood
United States
89Th
Germany
Arizona
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
South Dakota
Henry L. Higginson
William Roscoe Thayer
Harvard
General Wood
Boston
Western Express
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
George von L. Meyer
the Navy
Dreadful British War Casualties in German Raids
Official wartime summary reports 5511 killed or injured in German raids on the United Kingdom, civilians most affected. Breakdowns include 554 men 411 women 205 children killed and 1508 men 1210 women 772 injured among civilians, plus soldiers and sailors losses.
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London
United Kingdom
Norfolk
Suffolk
West Suffolk
Midland
Lincolnshire
Essex
Margate
Kent
Folkestone
Hartlepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Jack O Lantern to perform for wounded at Devens
Fred Stone and the Jack O Lantern company will give a show for returned wounded soldiers at Camp Devens tomorrow. Arrangements were made by the Boston Stage Women Relief with courtesy of Charles B. Dillingham and Colonial Theatre management. The event aims to entertain troops largely confined to beds, a rare treat for the infirm at the camp.
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Fred Stone
Jack O’ Lantern
Camp Devens
Boston
Stage Women’s War Relief
Charles B. Dillingham
Colonial Theatre
Mr. Stone
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau helps poor seek free legal aid
Elected president Dean Hill Stanley heads Harvard Law School students who operate the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau to assist the poor across Massachusetts. The bureau, based at Cambridge Neighborhood House, fields volunteer lawyers on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, aiding cases in court and providing legal advice to those unable to pay.
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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Harvard Law School
Supreme Court of
Massachusetts
Law School
Massachusetts Bar Association
Bureau
Cambridge
Harvard and
Moore Streets
Dean Hill Stanley
Cincinnati
Ohio
East
Association
Big Dirigible Sets Out On 1500 Mile Ocean Flight
The navy's largest dirigible C-1, commanded by Captain Stanley V. Parker, left Rockaway Point at 9 AM bound for Key West on a 1500 mile voyage with seven crew. After a first leg to Hampton Roads, the ship circled the coast at about 60 mph and later passed over Washington, awaiting smooth weather for the next leg to Brunswick and Key West.
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Rockaway Beach
N. Y
Navy
Key West
Akron
Norfolk
Brunswick
France Exempts U S Soldiers From Taxes
Paris. The French government via its Franco American affairs commission announced that officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces will be exempt from customs duties registry liquor wine and luxury taxes for four months. Officers receive 243 francs monthly while men get 5 francs monthly during the period.
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Harbord
Service of Supply
Paris
Commission For
Catholics in Italy to Act
A Boston bureau of information attaches receives a letter from a leading Italian Catholic party figure. It states the Vatican will soon grant full freedom and responsibility for action, allowing Catholics in Italy to form a political party and participate in next elections, a marked shift from past nonparticipation.
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Boston
Italian Bureau of Public Information
Vatican
Italy
Caporetto
UNION HATCO SALE OFFERS HATS AND GLOVES AT LOW PRICES
U H Co advertises a wide selection of hats gloves and coats with discounts on army soft hats leather gloves fur gauntlets and lined mittens. It promotes traveling bags leather trunks suitcases and an extensive range of outerwear including raincoats oil clothing and fur lined items aimed at men boys and lumber men.
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U. H. CO
BROWN
U. H.co
U. AH. Co
Carter’s
Sweet Orr
H. Co
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Anglo-Indian Rugs
Devens
My R. H. White Co
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U. H. Oo
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Union Hat CO
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Hanover Street
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