Reunited Veterans Honor Pickett’s Charge With Hands Clasped
The ceremony marked 50 years since the Confederate assault on Gettysburg as veterans from Pickett’s division and the Philadelphia Brigade met near the stone wall. Major W. W. Bentley led a weary march while the crowd watched a faded flag bear witness to past sacrifices. Speakers including Vice President Marshall and Champ Clark urged national unity and brotherly love, while Governors and other dignitaries praised American valor and longed for reconciliation.
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W. W. Bentley
Fourth Virginia
Pickett
Phila
Cress
Ptay
Dixie
Sw. H. Turpin
Philadelphia
Killen
All
Champ Clark
Ernor McCreary
Kentucky
Sulzer
York
Mann
Virginia
Connecticut
Hanna
North
Miler
Delaware
Haines
Ralston
Indiana
Ernor Cox
Ohio
Minnesota
Eberhart
Marks
Senate
Clark
House
New York
Ernor Eberhart
Dixon
State Health Department
Swope
Wilson
Ral Liggitt
Five Men Rescued After Drowning Ordeal at Elks Carnival
At Wrights Pond Medford on the second day of the Malden Lodge of Elks carnival a top heavy float capsized. Five men struggled for three quarters of an hour before rescue. Only two could swim, the others clung to wreckage as Elks members swam out to save them. B F Gillispie later reached shore and was unconscious briefly.
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The
Malden Lodge of Elks
Wright’s Pond
Medford
Elks
B. F. Gillispie
Tomorrow's Citywide Fourth Festivities and Parades
A detailed program lists events from midnight bonfires in Malden and Melrose to parades in Dedham Medway and Forest Hills. Activities include bells salutes flag raisings field days band concerts fireworks and dancing across Boston neighborhoods with numerous gatherings for children and veterans.
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Malden
Melrose
Forest Hills
Chelsea
Dedham
Medway
North Church
Oakdale Square
Horribles
West Medway
Brighton High School
Coast Artillery Corps
D. of V
Boy Scouts
Boston Common
Boston
Weymouth
Neponset
Charles River Basin
Ola State House
Frank G. Ymiontague
Wood Island Park
Vine Street
Roxbury
Faneuil Hall
Grenville
S. Macfarland
Ernest S. Meredith
John F. Fitzgerald
Mission Church
Church of the Advent
Brimmer Street
L Street
South Boston
Winthrop
Oak Square
Wardroom
Brighton Centre
Thomas Gardner
Allston
Patriotic Moving Pictures
West End
Bowdoin Square
Franklin Field
South End
Rcises
Castle Island
Franklin Park
Roslindale
Brighton and Allston
City Point
Old North Church
English Guild of Bell Ringers
America
Nevins’ Hill
Brighton
Winthrop Playground
Dacia Street
Bryan to Act as President on Fourth of July
Washington July 3 William Jennings Bryan named Acting President for the holiday as President Wilson and most Cabinet members leave for Gettysburg events. Senate and House recessed until Saturday with departments closed. Underwood-Simmons tariff bill work continues in the Capitol.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
Wilson
Marshall
Gettysburg
Cabiet
State Department
Senate
House
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
Sailors Arrested for Theft Despite Heat in Charlestown
Two Allan liner Numidian sailors Peter Houston and John Collins were arrested in Charlestown after guards spotted them sweating heavily in 100 degree heat. Plummer found blankets wrapped around their bodies and charged them with stealing the Numidian’s blankets. they were fined $5 each in court.
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Charlestown
Peter Houston
John Collins
Seaven
Allan Pier
Willam F. Plummer
Plummer
New Englanders Return to Gettysburg Ridge in Reenactment
On July 3 at Gettysburg Pennsylvania New England veterans from six regiments reenacted Pickett's Charge on Cemetery Ridge with careworn faces and joined hands with Confederate veterans led by Commander Young. Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and others held reunions and unveiled a Wells statue as part of Governors Day while illness and heat affected several elderly attendees.
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Gettysburg
Penn
New
New England
Commander Young
Confederates’ Veteran Association
Pickett
Old Vermont Brigade
Allen N. Fletcher
First Vermont Cavalry
Vermont
William H. Wells
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Carr
Sickles
New York
Edward L. Bailey
Isaac Pp. Gregg
Boston
Echusetts
Merritt
Asbury Grove
Lynn City
Provisional Field Hospital
John E. Gilman
Edward O. Skelton
L. B. Beitler
Beitler
United States Army Equipment Department
Maine
Frank Furber
Clinton
Miah Weiss
Furber
F. H. Shaw
Mountfort Street
John H. Shaw
Gettysburg Post
Foss
Haines
Fletcher
Felker
Bay State
Toss
Simmons College Woman Re-Elected President of Home Economics
Sarah Louise Arnold of Simmons College Boston was re-elected president of the American Home Economics Association at the session in Ithaca New York Martha Van Rensselaer of Correll was re-elected first vice president Abbie L Marlett B R Andrews Isabel Ely Lord and C J Longworth were chosen for other officers including second and third vice presidents secretary and treasurer respectively
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Ithaca
N. Y
Sarah Louise Arnold
Simmons College of Boston
American Home Economics Association
Martha van Rensselaer
Correll
Abbie L. Marlett
B. R. Andrews
Isabel Ely Lord
C. J. Longworth
City operates seven ice plants to ease strike
Cincinnati July 3. Seven non union ice plants seized by Mayor Henry T Ifunt are now operated by the Board of Health to relieve suffering from the engineers and firemen strike. Ice making machinery is in charge of striking engineers and firemen who were ordered to return to work by union officials.
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Cincinnati
Henry T. Ifunt
Board of Health
Union Offi
Float accident at fair ends with rescues and repairs
Four men on a large diving float were injured when the platform toppled and sank in about 30 feet of water near the shore. Lynde, Hawkes, Lovejoy, and Franz were pulled from the wreckage and later land to safety as carpenters began rebuilding the float. Police and onlookers recall a prior drownings nearby as spectators salvage pieces for souvenirs.
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Lynde
W. A. Hawkes
Frank
Frank Lovejoy
Franz
The
Elks
Boston Men for Lobby Witnesses
Two short Senate sessions considered Wall Street operations and California lemon growing as the lobby inquiry paused. The committee adjourned until Monday to prepare for the Mulhall testimony on alleged lobbying by the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Washington
Wall Street
California
Senate
Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Wall Street Lobby Probes Expand With Mulhall Ties
Wed or Thursday hearings extend into sugar and wool lobbying with Edward Lauterbach David Lamar and A B Baldwin among those to be questioned The Wool lobby witnesses include William Whitman Winthrop L Marvin and Thomas O Marvin from Boston and others The Senate and House plan joint action on Mulhall materials and a wider inquiry into lobbying and currency legislation aims at the National Association of Manufacturers and related figures
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Wall Street
Edward Lauterbach
David Lamar
Morgan
A. B. Baldwin
Cleveland
W. J. Bass
Charles D. Westcott
Washington
William Whitman
Winthropl
House
Capitol
Rules Committee
Henry
T Taverner
Illinois
Van Nostrand to Resume Battle Over P. B. Trademark
A. G. Van Nostrand, proprietor of Bunker Hill breweries, pledges to resume fights against dealers who substitute cheap ale or lager for P. B. beer. He cites long-litigated rights, a strong trademark, and efforts to protect quality over profit from infringing products.
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A. G van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
P. B
van Nostrand
American Countess Sues Her Husband in Versailles Courts
Countess de Gasquet James seeks authorization to liquidate her husband Duke Henry Borwin of Mecklenburg Schwerin's French automobile factory. The 1911 England marriage ties her to the venture. she is widow of Count Amedee Gasquet James. The Paris action targets control of assets. Menus for summer dishes to be in next Monday's Post.
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Paris
Versailles
Countess de Gasquet James
Elizabeth Pratt
New York
Amedee Gasquet James
Henry Borwin
Macklenburg-Schwerin
England
France
Underwood Simmons tariff bill advances in Senate
After three months of tinkering the Underwood Simmons tariff revision moves toward a Senate launch. The Democratic caucus approved the measure after finance committee edits and plans a final meeting Saturday to select senators for support.
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Senate
House
Finance Committee
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Simmons
Wilson
Washington
Ghost Walk at Customs House Triggers Pay Delay
Boston Custom House workers and officials received overdue two weeks pay after June funds ran out. Treasury Secretary McAdoo approved about 35000 to cover wages through July 1, ending a holiday pause as officials anticipated the Fourth of July.
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Boston Custom House
Treasury McAdoo
Curtis
Emi
Baby Poisoned by Fly Paper at Home
Marvin Speney aged 15 months at 33 A von Park Revere touched fly paper and was poisoned. Mother removed the sticky substance and George A. Wilkins gave an antidote before rushing the child to Lynn Hospital. Prompt treatment saved the baby's life and he was discharged that night.
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Marvin Speney
Avon Park
Revere
Atterp
George A. Wilkins
Lynn Hospital
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