Wrong name on hero grave sparks recognition error
Portland reports a World War I case where Private Silas H. Lotfey, who changed his name to Murad and lied about his age to enlist, is buried in Flanders with a grave marker reading John S. Murad. War Department is notified to correct records and officially recognize the fallen.
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Portland
War Department
Silas H. Whotfey
Flanders Fields
John S. Murad
Lotfey
Murad
Fidie Murad
Congress Street
Fidie Loffey
Protests and talks mark Boston church events week
The Rev Dr William Harman van Allen of Church of the Advent speaks to the Boston Credit Men's Union on Bolsheviks at Home and Abroad. He also lectures Bible Lands and the Turkish Blight and Perils of Peace at the Boston Art Club. The Rev Nathan Matthews speaks to the Episcopal Diocesan Women's Auxiliary. Future meetings include the Brotherhood of the Kingdom January 21 at Tremont, Women’s Universalist Missionary Society at Everett, and Dr and Mrs Ayres honored as new missionaries to Japan. Chaplain David Couve to address Tre Mont Temple mass meeting for the league of nations January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harman van Allen
Church of the Advent
Boston Credit Men’s Union
van Allen
Boston Art Club
Milton Academy
Nathan Matthews
Cape Palmas
Liberia
Episcopal Diocesan
Cathedral Church of
St. Paul
Boston
The
Brotherhood of the Kingdom
Tremont Building
Women’s Universalist Missionary Society of Massachusetts
Everett
Samuel G. Ayres
Japan
Ayres
David Couve
League of Nations
Tremont Temple
The Sunshine Land
The best old land is the sunshine land around our feet with azure skies and morning winds. When the heart grows gray and hair turns white the dear land brings cheer and rose blooms in dells and deeps, with no sigh or tear.
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Rompoon
Yang Sing
Casualties Rise Across War Department Release
War Department figures show an uptick of several hundred names in today’s release compared with yesterday. Despite the higher totals, the overall fatalities for the nation decline slightly.
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War Department
Correction lists names of nine local men killed in action
The corrected roll shows nine local men killed in action and includes Lieutenants John S. McCormick and Raymond C. Taylor among the fatalities. The roster segments cover killed in action, died of accident, died in airplane crash, severely wounded, and missing in action with unclear OCR fragments.
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New
Cibbrag Scocides
New England Boys on Casualty List
Casualty list from New England includes numerous soldiers and officers from Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Maine Vermont and New Hampshire. Names and home addresses span Medford Cambridge Pawtucket Norwalk Hartford Worcester and other towns with several lieutenants and a colonel listed among the casualties.
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NEW England Boys
Casualty
War Casualties and Recoveries List Across Several States
A compiled list reports numerous personnel with ranks and addresses across Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and Vermont. Entries include severely wounded and slightly wounded cases such as Lt John F McCormick Pt Carmine Capellupo Lt Edward J Carroll and others with locations from Norwich Torrington Arlington Heights Hartland Providence Westerly Brattleboro New Britain and Dorchester.
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John F. McCormick
Perkins Ave
Norwich
Conn
Carmine Capellupo
Park Theatre
Torrington
Edward J. Carroll
Massachusetts Ave
Arlington Heights
Charles H. Crocker
Hartland
John W. Diston
Eraster St
Providence
R. I
Peter Duchame
Railroad
Hairirisville
Thomas McCaffrey
DITSON COMPANY LOST NO BAND INSTRUMENTS
The Oliver Ditson Company states no band instruments are missing despite a New York Post story claiming owners of a full set were sought. New York officials reportedly search for the owners. The store's staff deny any such incident occurred on the premises.
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Ditson Company
Oliver Ditson Company
New York
Ditson
Measure for War Courts
A War Department bill introduced by Senate military committee Chairman Chamberlain would suspend death dismissal or dishonorable discharge sentences by courts martial pending revision. The measure also enlarges authority for the judge advocate general to review sentences.
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Washington
War Department
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Catholic Church Notes and Lectures At North End
The Rev. Robert Swickerath S. J. of Holy Cross College Worcester will lecture again on The Christian Home at St Marys Church North End Sunday night at 745. A post office employees retreat is planned January 24 27 at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton. Leadership roles named for the Guild of St Catherine and Teachers Association met at the Convent of the Cenacle on January 18.
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Robert Swickerath
S. J
Holy Cross College
Worcester
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Father Swickerath
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
Brighton
William J. O’neil
John Purcell
Father George
C. P
Washington Street
Teachers’ Association
Bay State Street Railway split favored in House order
An order filed in the Massachusetts House by Rep Shaw of Revere calls for dividing Bay State Street Railway Company into its constituent lines. The Attorney General would appear before federal courts to seek a decree dissolving the company into several separate entities. The measure was sent to the Rules Committee.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
House of Representatives
Shaw
Revere
Committee On Rules
Chaplain Praises Mt. Vernon Crew After Torpedoing
Chaplain Walter A. Hopkins recounts the Mt. Vernon troopship episode detailing its torpedoing en route to Brest and the ship's crew who kept morale high and safely navigated the crippled vessel back to port. He notes the ship’s role in transporting more than 50 000 troops and returning wounded and officers for training.
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Mt. Vernon
Walter A. Hopkins
Brest
Woman's Seaman’s Friend Society
Old South Church
Hopkins
Navy
U. S. S. Mt. Vernon
Kronprinzessen Cecile
Dear Miss Champagne on Young Love and Kissing
A senior high school girl age 19 asks if she may kiss her older beau before engagement. The adviser says if they are too young to wed they are too young for kisses, noting 19 and 21 year olds are in a fever of romance. She should abstain to avoid lasting blemish from youth's fevers.
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Miss Champagne
Boston Woman Settles $50,000 Breach of Promise Suit
Mrs Izetta M Small of Skowhegan Maine and Boston settles the $50 000 breach of promise suit against Newton contractor Robert A Vachon without a trial. The case had been pending for weeks after her divorce and employment in a Boston restaurant where they met.
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Izetta M. Small
Skowhegan
Boston
Robert A. Vachon
Newton
Etiquette Qs on Breakfast Guests and Public Rooms
A column answers common etiquette questions. It advises asking guests about breakfast preferences if desired but not pressuring them. It states mothers enter public rooms first, then daughters, then fathers, with a chaperon entering first if present. It notes avoid looking over others’ cards in bridge and that most hostesses prepare for callers by 3 30 on an at home day.
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Wincarnis
Somerville Police Seek Higher Salaries After 1918 Vote
Somerville police seek a raise after a committee presented their case to Mayor Eldridge. At the last meeting of 1918 the aldermen voted to raise salaries for police and firemen.
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Somerville
Eldridge
Marked Down Men’s Shirts Pajamas and Ties at Low Prices
Readable fragments show a sale on men’s shirts with soft cuffs and madras weave, marked down. also deals on Percale shirts, full-cut plain color pongee pajamas, and silk ties at reduced prices. Prices indicate low cost items like 65c to around $1.10. The note resembles a newspaper sale blurb.
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Oxford
Men's Calf Lace and Blucher Boots Discounted Price
Boots for men described as calf lace and blucher styles priced at eight pounds. The listing includes unclear garbled text but indicates a sale price around eight to six pounds on the item.
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Fellsway
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John C. Rice
Broadway
Pawtucket
Timothy J. Donavan
Sherman St
Cambridge
Carlo Bianchi
Barre St
Montpelier
Abram BE. Burbance
South Kent
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Babcock St
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Hast Hardwick
Florence McCarthy
Woodbine St
William Zoeller
Lincoln Ave
Norwalk
Willie J. Bacon
Rumney, Me
William Nyquist
Riverside Drive
Naugatuck
Deran Gudogon
First St
Hast
William J. O’connor
Higganum
Joseph C. E. Beaudry
Illinois St
Edward J. Hogan
Zeigler
Roxbury
Joseph V. Normandin
Main St
Willimantic
Arthur W. Paine
Alexander’ Peneau
Plain St
Stoughton
Frank J. Pellinger
Endicott St
Robert J. O’brien
Park St
Brockton
Calvin Struzziery
Orange St
Roslindale
Bernas Yachima
Second St
Chelsea
Col. Walton
J. Goodwin
Vanness Hotel
Burlington, Vt
Herbert. R. Crandal
Brownville Junction
Raymond ©. Taylor
Commonwealth Ave
Allston
Corr
Michael Sullivan
Columbia Rd
James Howard Fountain
Corea
Henry T. Tiellander
Wood St
Waterbury
Peter A. Crowley
Forrest St
Cherry Valley
Freeman LeValley
Third
Hunters
Brattleboro
Joseph C. Sinkiewicz
Durght St
New Britain
Henry R. Mosher
Little Compton
Maine
Bangor
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association
Penobscot Exchange
Maine Coast
Edward Lassere, Inc
U. 8 S
West 23d Street
Boston Post
Sale Pork
Mohican Markets
Sale Steak
Choice
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Ceed
Guild of St. Catherine
Theresa G. O’brien
Miss Gavel
Miss Wichorn
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Miss Campbell
Anne Mahan
Mary Keyes
Miss Holland
Mary Carty
Ella Costello
Laura Ells
Katherine P. Kelley
Margaret McCormick
Margaret Murray
Rose Carrigan
Mary McLaughlin
Monica Foley
Mary Cahill
Grace McGrath
Agnes Kelley
Bay State
Vernon
Mildred Champagne
Miss Alice Stuart
E. P. Dutton & CO
Fifth Ave
Jordan Marsh Company—The Mercantile Heart of
New England
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Jordan Marsh Company
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