Bennett Will Creates Memorial Home for New York Journalists
James Gordon Bennett in France this spring died and probate opens in New York. The will provides annuities of 50000 to his wife Maud and 50000 to his sister Jeannette Bell, with a plan to form the James Gordon Bennett Memorial Home for New York Journalists to aid and house newspapermen in Manhattan. Executors Eugene Higgins Rodman Wanamaker and James Stillman would serve as directors and receive 5000 annually. Stillman has since died, leaving a vacancy to be filled. Additional gifts include 2000 annuities to Carrie Wright and Lily May Lady Bagot, and the will includes protections against contests.
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National City Bank
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Bride Reunited After Boston Honeymoon Row
Harvard graduate Edson Tuck French 21 and his wife Lillian Harrington were reunited at the Copley Plaza Boston suite after a day of separation and alleged abuse. French plans work and possible home in Boston or Manchester while his family cuts off support. The couple reconciled after a late afternoon visit and renewed vows, with both expressing happiness and plans to discuss a permanent home.
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Post
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Lou Miclin
Cambridge
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Manchester
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Anne McElholm
Newport
Amos Tuck French
Pauline Leroy French
Paris
Julia
Jack” Geraghty
Connecticut
Central Village
Geraghty
Brookline
Bel leau Wood Named for Americans in Paris
July 3 The commanding general of the French army on the Marne front reviewed American troops returning from the Bel leau wood attack and announced that Bois de Belleau would henceforth be known as Bois des Americans.
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Belleau Wood
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Bois de Belleau
Discovery of asthma cure offered in Kansas ad
Advertisement by chemist D. J. Lane of 533 Lane Building St Marys Kansas claims a home remedy cures asthma and hay fever. He offers a $1 postpaid bottle to testers with payment only if it works and asks recipients to report results within ten days.
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Death Takes Sen. Tillman
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina died early today after a cerebral hemorrhage last Thursday. He had served in the Senate since 1894 and his term would have expired next March. The fiery figure known as Pitchfork Ben left a long and dramatic career highlighted by episodes including a famed clash with Senator McLaurin over an executive session incident.
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Shipyard Workers Face Draft Under New Rules
Philadelphia July 3 The draft office plans new regulations to remove shipyard exempt status for thousands of workers. Lieutenant Colonel J S Easby Smith says Provost Marshal General Crowder is in the city reviewing selective draft conditions. The measure aims to draft workers now exempt due to shipyard employment and fill their roles with men from other deferred classes under work or fight.
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Washington
J. S. Easby-Smith
Crowder
Yale Football Coach Commissioned in Medical Reserve Corps
Dr Arthur Brides, Yale football team coach and Brockton native, has been commissioned a captain in the Medical Reserve Corps. He will report at once to Mineola, New York, for assignment and will score touchdowns in a different arena as he serves.
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Fourth of July Observances Mark Global War Effort
Washington reports Independence Day celebrations abroad and at home as Wilson attends a multi national allegiance renewal with 30 nationalities. The U S launches 100 merchant ships and 14 destroyers while American troops abroad mark the day with flag displays and joint events.
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Wilson
George Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
More Than Two Million Men Now Under Arms
A wartime report notes wartime mobilization totals with over two million men under arms, contrasting with 9524 officers and 202,510 enlisted in regulars and National Guard 14 months prior.
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National Guard
War Production Pace and Army Morale Report
The document notes 286 combat aircraft delivered by June 8 with a weekly production of 8, over 200 Liberty motors delivered at a 115 weekly pace in early June, and more than 900 heavy Browning guns plus 1800 light Brownings in May. It cites rifles totaling 1,300,000 delivered by June 1 and discusses morale in France with the term No Man's Land being called Yankee Land. Hospital capacity and staff totals are given, along with training planes delivered and air gun production. It also describes artillery production challenges and large quartermaster purchases including tools, wagons, horses, shoes, boots, cloth, stockings, and railroad equipment for France.
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No Man’s Land
Baker
Commission of Classification of Personnel
United States
Army Hospital Corps
Sanitary Corps
Army
Mr. Baker
Quartermaster’s Department
Nee
Battlefront
Concord Rifle Club Independence Day Shoot at Bristol Hill
The Concord Rifle Club holds its annual open Independence Day shoot this morning at the Bristol Hill range in Concord with prizes awarded for winners across several events.
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Bristol Hill
Concord
Kerensky’s Cousin at Ayer Camp Independence Day Plans
Devens July 3 soldiers at Camp Hodges bans fireworks within five miles. In Camp grounds no public celebration by uniformed men. Fitchburg hosts a Red Cross benefit horse show with 300 soldiers and mounted detail attending.
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Hodges
Fitchburg
Transfer arrivals and officer reassignments at military post
Mor ris Krinsky arrived from Camp Upton and joins B Company of the Ammunition Train. Krinsky says he was born in Minsk in 1895 and came to New York six years ago. Gilbert R. Gibson, who admitted giving a false age, was discharged and sent home. Several officer transfers were ordered with new commands to report tomorrow, including Greenhalgh Sherwood Sadle Hayes to the 304th Infantry and Bart er McGladry Bell to the 303d Infantry. Major Lowe to command the 11th Battalion Depot Brigade and Captain Kendall to the 303d Infantry.
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Russia
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Minsk
New York
Gilbert R. Gibson
Federal Street
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Gibson
Frank E. Greenhalgh
Clinton E. Sherwood
Richard W. Sadle
George E. Hayes
Dorchester
304Th Infantry
C. H.barter
Ira McGladry
Samuel W. Bell
303D Infantry
Ralph Lowe
11Th Battalion
Alexander Kendall
Endicott Called to Settle Lowell Textile Strike
The Lowell strike leaders delegate resolution to Henry B. Endicott of the Public Safety Committee for a final decision. Golden notes no prior proposition from the War Labor Board and Skeffington of Boston, here as a conciliator, says any satisfactory outcome to strikers will likely satisfy Secretary Wilson. Former Senator Vahey and John F. Stevens observed arrivals from Endicott’s office.
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Watertown
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Public Safety Committee
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Boston
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New American Hotel
Manchester
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King George and Independence Day 1918 Celebrations
The article depicts King George V warming up for a ball game at Buckingham Palace and British preparations for American Independence Day. American Red Cross women sew baseball uniforms as flags, bunting, and The Star Spangled Banner are embraced by British crowds. Thousands of American servicemen in Britain will celebrate July 4 as at home, with the King encouraging this welcome.
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American Red Cross
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British Isles
Americans Celebrate Fourth of July in Britain
Americans in Britain prepare for a grand Independence Day with 20,000 expected to attend the army navy league game in Hyde Park. The King will toss out the ball as regimental bands play and theaters host special performances while American songs echo across London and other cities.
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Safe and Sane Fourth Planned in Boston
Boston plans a safe and sane Fourth with no firecrackers rockets or cap pistols. Parades band concerts and sports events will replace noisy devices. The day begins with a flag raising at 9 o clock on the Common led by the Mayor.
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Declaration read at Old State House prompts meeting at Faneuil Hall
Walter Whalen of English High School read the Declaration from the balcony of the Old State House. An Americanization meeting will be held in Faneuil Hall with Mayor Peters presiding, while William H. P. Faunce, president, is noted in the report.
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Walter Whalen
English High School
Faneuil Hall
Peters
William H. P. Faunce
Boston to host multi group parade and sunset colors ceremony
A celebration on Boston Common features a sunset ceremony with a military review, a representative parade of foreign birth groups leaving Park Square at 7 PM, and a night festival centered on Frog Pond. Military personnel receive special regard with prizes at a 10 PM athletic carnival on the Common. James H. Phelan chairs the sports committee. A mid afternoon water carnival runs at the Charles River basin.
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Motorcycle Rider Killed by Train at Kitteridge Crossing
Beverly report states James Warner aged 30 of Doane Avenue was instantly killed at 11 pm when his motorcycle was struck by a freight train on the Boston & Maine line at the Kitteridge grade crossing. His wife, following on another bike, was overcome by the scene and taken home by police ambulance.
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James Warner
Doane Avenue
Kitteridge
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hardware Firms Dana and Bigelow Dowse Join in Boston Deal
Announcement states Dana Hardware Company is absorbed by Bigelow & Dowse Company both of Boston. Cash amount not disclosed but described as substantial.
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Bigelow & Dowse Company
Boston
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