Boston to mark sober Fourth of July amid war effort
Greater Boston plans a restrained Fourth of July with flag raisings, navy and army parades, and patriotic programs across districts. Ice cream replaces fireworks, with extensive public meetings, band concerts, and Americanization events at Faneuil Hall and the Old North Church. A 12 000 strong march and a Glendale Park demonstration highlight the day, followed by war movies and illuminations at parks.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Reserves
National Guard
Old North Church
Arlington Street
Church of the Advent
Mission Church
Christian Science Church
Citizens’ Public Celebrations Committee
Curley
Navy Yard
Grand Army
Old State House
James M. Curley, Jr
Faneuil Hall
Daniel J. Gallagher
Charles River Basin
South End
Franklin Park
Frog Pond
Floral Emblem Society
Abraham Lincoln
Roxbury
Washington Park
Roslindale
West Roxbury
Metropolitan Hill Improvement Association
Metropolitan Hill Associates
Hyde Park
East Boston
Brighton
Allston
Forest Hills
Ashmont
Neponset
Jamaica Plain
Dorchester
North End
South Boston
West End
Russell Field
North Cambridge
Suffolk County
Dedham
Wellesley
Everett
Glendale Park
Thomas J. Boynton
Quincy
Bellevue Road
Boston Common
Guardsmen to Play Ball at Framingham Camp
The Ninth and Sixth Bay State Regiments prepare for a nine inning game at Framingham to mark the Fourth of July. Regimental celebrations included bonfires and camp songs as the units brace for potential duties in Europe.
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Framingham
Europe
Engagement of Richard Pennoyer to Lady Ingestre
London announces the engagement of Richard E. Pennoyer of California secretary to the American Ambassador Walter Page to Lady Ingestre daughter-in-law of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The marriage would be the sixth among embassy personnel since Page’s tenure. Lady Ingestre is daughter of Lord Paget and sister of the Marquis of Anglesey, born 1881 and widowed in 1915 with four children.
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London
Richard E. Pennoyer
California
Walter H. Page
Ingestre
Earl of Shrewsbury
England
Ireland
Ambassador Page
Alexander Victor Paget
Marquis of Anglesey
Viscount Ingestre
Labor Groups Reject Leaders Efforts at Cantonment Camp
Local labor organizations in Chillicothe Ohio held a mass meeting to condemn actions by labor leaders from Cleveland Detroit Toledo and other cities who arrived yesterday to pressure contractors at the Ohio cantonment camp to hire only union workers in the project.
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Chillicothe
Cleveland
Detroit
Toledo
Ohio Cantonment
Berlin Soup Kitchens See Surge in Registrations
Food shortages in Berlin push 21,000 new registrations to municipal soup kitchens seeking better rations. Kitchens report poor supplies and scant, monotonous fare despite the crowd of applicants.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Witness Daly Fumbles Memory in Jamaica Plain Land Deal
Francis L Daly a key witness in the Finance Commission inquiry into Peter J Fitzgerald's municipal bonding business showed a hazy memory while questioned about a complex transfer regarding four parcels in Jamaica Plain held by the Oakmount Land Company. Daly is linked as Fitzgerald’s son in law, former partner of Mayor Curley and treasurer of the Democratic city committee.
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Finance Commission
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Francis L. Daly
Fitzgerald
Curley
Democratic City Committee
Daly
Jamaica Plain
Oakmount Land Company
Attorney Hurlburt
Fitzgeralds
Massachusetts Bonding Company
Daly ties land deals and mayoral ties emerge in hearing
Testimony describes Edwin P. Fitzgerald depositing 10000 credited to Daly, Fitzgerald buying Curtis farm parcels for 41000 with three mortgaged to Fidelity Trust. Daly admits shares in Oakmount Land Company, building a home on one lot, destroying books, and seeking municipal bonding business via Mayor Curley due to daily work and campaign support.
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Curtis Farm
Edwin P. Fitzgerald
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Fidelity Trust Company
Daly
Fitzgerald
Oakmount Land Company
Hurlburt
Commission
Daly Plumbing & Supply Co
Cambridge Police Pay Refusal Sparks Payroll Standstill
Cambridge police matrons and patrolmen were not paid yesterday after City Auditor Charles H Thurston refused to approve the payroll. The council had directed payment at its last meeting, but Thurston said the payroll was not prepared in proper form.
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Cambridge Police Department
Cambridge
Charles H. Thurston
Boston Invites Russian War Mission Visit
Mayor Curley wired Secretary Lansing inviting the Russian war mission to Boston. The exact visit date has not been fixed yet.
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Boston
Curley
Washington
Lansing
Bank Book Shows No Tampering in Bonding Probe
The Post corrected itself after a Finance Commission hearing report claimed Peter J. Fitzgerald's Old South Trust bank book and deposit slips showed tampering to imply deposits by his son Edwin P. as attorney. The error related to testimony about alleged funds once attributed to Edwin.
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Finance Commission
the Post
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Old South Trust Company
Edwin P
Fitzgerald savings account name change clarified
Testimony shows the bank did not alter deposit slips after creation and that Edwin P Fitzgerald opened a savings account on September 1 1916 not in Peter J Fitzgerald’s name. On June 1 1916 he requested the word attorney added to the account so records thereafter read Edwin P Fitzgerald Attorney.
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John P. Whalen
Savings Department
Fitzgerald Savings
Edwin P. Fitzgerald
Old South Trust Company
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Edwin Pp. Fitzgerald
Whalen
Finance Commission
Stars and Stripes Song Featuring Edward Machugh Jr
Lyrics praise the flag and nation with a 1917 copyright note and music by Edward Machugh Jr. The piece declares defense of liberty and loyalty to the Stars and Stripes and mentions White-Smith Music Publishing Company.
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Edward Machugh, Jr
White-Smith Music Publishing Company
Bank records confirm original account holder and deposits
The inquiry notes that the addition of the word attorney appeared with the second deposit nearly a year after the account opened. The first deposit slip bears Edwin P. Fitzgerald as the original account holder and is now with the Finance Commission. The records thus show the deposit slips and bank records were not tampered with.
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Finance Commission
Edwin P. Fitzgerald
Caliban Play Postponed By Rain At Harvard Stadium
Rain forced cancellation of last night's Caliban by the Yellow Sands at Harvard Stadium. Ticket holders may exchange for any other night through July 14, with an extra performance added on that date to make up the postponement.
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Yellow Sands
Harvard Stadium
Four Minute Men to Be Featured in Boston Patriotism Drive
The Boston Public Safety Committee opens the Four Minute Men program in local theaters with prominent Bostonians delivering four minute speeches. Week two features four brief talks each Wednesday and Thursday evening under the banner Food Conservation this week.
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Boston Public Safety Committee
Moving Picture Houses
Robert O. Harris
Boston
Harvard Men in War List Shows Broad Participation
A Harvard War Records committee compiled a complete roll of alumni and students who joined Uncle Sam in the current crisis. The list will be kept through the war and presented to the university for future classes to view Harvard’s efforts in 1917. Harvard claims the largest number of graduates and undergraduates in military service nationwide.
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Harvard
Uncle Sam
United States
New York Official Urges Halt to Fund Drive
After a hearing on National Volunteer Emergency Service collections, acting director-general F. Elbert Davis was advised by District Attorney Swann to stop collection for a Clara Barton hospital unit. About $3170 was raised, $1268 paid in commissions, with $1902 to be turned over to the American Red Cross.
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New York
National Volunteer Emergency Service
F. Elbert Davis
United States Army
Swann
Davis
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Navy Orders Uniform Wear At All Times
Beginning today all members of the United States navy must wear the regulation uniform at all times whether on or off duty except when special permission is granted to appear in civilian dress.
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United States Navy
Funeral of William Winter Draws Stage World
Funeral services for William Winter poet editor and dramatic critic drew stage folk and newspaper men to a Broadway chapel in New York. Honorary pallbearers included Belasco Mantell Towse Defoe Johnson Porter and others who attended in memory of Winter who died Saturday night on Staten Island.
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New York
William Winter
Staten Island
Upper Broadway
David Belasco
Robert B. Mantell
John Rankin Towse
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