Dr Anna Howard Shaw's final appeal for League of Nations
New York report says the last message from Dr Anna Howard Shaw urged support for the League of Nations. The manuscript, much in her own handwriting, was received and will be published. Shaw died last night at her home near Philadelphia and was a member of the League to Enforce Peace and honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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New York
Anna Howard Shaw
Women of America
League of Nations
League To Enforce Peace
Shaw
Philadelphia
League
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women urged to push ratification of Paris covenant
Dr. Shaw appeals to women to influence ratification of the peace treaty calling it the most marvellous document. She urges women and men to ensure the covenant is ratified and to replace Senators blinded by partisan gain, demanding action to prevent future wars.
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Shaw
Man says he shot in self defence in Roxbury incident
George G. Brown of Chadwick street Roxbury presented himself to Inspectors Smith and Concannon claiming he shot William Simpson of Warren street through the head last Monday night in self defence.
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George G. Brown
Chadwick Street
Roxbury
Smith
Concannon
William Simpson
Warren Street
Children Tend Garden Plots at Jamaica Parkway School
Jefferson School students, guided by Miss Mary A. Lury and F. L. Hames, plant beans, potatoes, and cabbages in public school gardens at Jamaicaway Park. They hope for rain, log daylight saving aids, and pursue farming knowledge with 100 feet per child.
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Jamaicaway Park Gardens
Jefferson School
Mary A. Lury
F. L. Hames
Jamaica Parkway
Independence Day in France Opens with Paris Reception
July 3 in Paris marked the formal start of Independence Day celebrations with a reception at the Hotel de Ville honoring General Pershing and Rear Admiral Knapp. Attendees included Hugh S. Wallace, Marshal Foch, General Weygand, diplomats, and US and French military officers.
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Paris
France
Hotel de Ville
General Pershing
Harry S. Knapp
Hugh C. Wallace
Marshal Foch
De Valera Visits Mayor Hylan in New York
Eamon de Valera visited Mayor Hylan at City Hall with an American and Irish flag decorated car procession. He was joined by Rev. Francis P. Duffy, chaplain of the 165th Infantry, and a unit of New York's famed Trish regiment amid a band of Irish pipers.
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New York
Eammon de Vallera
Hylan
City Hall
No Invitation Planned for Irish Leader Visit
Kammon De Valera, president of the Irish Republic, will not be invited by Springfield city officials to visit as a guest of the city. Mayor A. A. Adams and the two city council boards decided the invitation would be unwise and set a risky precedent despite requests from local Irish societies.
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Springfield
Kammon de Valera
A. A. Adams
Trish
Braves Field to Host Major Boston Fireworks Display
The city’s only large fireworks show is at Braves Field this evening with a program costing over 3000 dollars. It features set pieces including a Battle of the Marne reproduction and a noisy finale. A band concert begins at 7 45, and the display starts after dark at 9.
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Boston
Braves Field
Battle of the Marne
Dr True's Elixir Advised for Stomach and Bowel Health
An old advertisement promotes Dr True's Elixir as a family laxative and worm expeller. It urges regular bowel action and worm prevention, claiming the remedy tones the stomach and restores normal function for adults and children.
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Dr. True
Saloonman Hart Fined in Central Court Assault Case
Jennis McDonald of Tremont street with a sombre moustache and gold spectacles testified yesterday in Central Court. Saloonman John S. Hart of Dover street was fined $25 after appeals, with three hours of proceedings and ten witnesses before Judge Bennett.
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Jennis McDonald
Tremont Street
John S. Hart
Dover Street
Central Court
Bennett
Hart and McDonald Fight at Hart's Emporium
Testimony recounts McDonald’s overworked day ending with a pie, whiskey, and a street brawl at Hart's Emporium. He says Hart struck him and a later unknown man was knocked down. Hart was arrested after officers observed the scuffle and bleeding.
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Hart
McDonald
Pope Makes Appointments and Appeals for Catholic Missions
Pope Benedict presided at a consistory in Rome naming Cardinal Boschi bishop of Frascati and Monsignor Cadi patriarch of Antioch. He urged peace delegates to modify clauses infringing Catholic missions and called for famine relief prisoners' repatriation and unity in Christian charity.
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Rome
Associated Press
Pope Benedict
Sacred College
Monsignor Bonzano
United States
Cardinal Boschi
Frascati
Monsignor
Cadi
Antioch
Bonaventura Cerretti
Paris
Turnkey Shot by Prisoner in Baltimore
July 3 Baltimore John J Lana han turnkey of the Central police station was shot and killed as he prepared to search a prisoner in front of the desk. A second shot narrowly missed Police Lieutenant Klinefelter. The slayer Frank Wraniak of East Baltimore was beaten unconscious by officers nearby after firing. A second loaded pistol and about two dozen extra cartridges were found on him.
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Baltimore
John J. Lanahan
Central Police
Klinefelter
Frank Wraniak
Scotch Lassies Arrive to Wed American Fiances in Boston
Four Scottish brides arrived on the Massilia at Boston Harbor to marry American sweethearts. Miss Jean Hay of Edinburgh wed Walter J. Jakubouski of the battleship Florida after meeting in 1918. Jakubouski will reside in Boston temporarily as his ship stations nearby and the couple plan a home at 168 St. Botolph Street. Other brides include Miss Elizabeth Moore Smith to James Smith of Lowell, Miss Mary Cameron to James Allen of Flint, and Miss Agnes Cuthill to George Turridge of Raleigh.
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Massilia
Glasgow
Jean Hay
Edinburgh
Walter J. Jakubouski
Florida
City Hall
Jakubovski
Scapa Flow
Miss Hay
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
St. Botolph Street
Jakubouski
Elizabeth Moore Smith
James Smith
Lowell
Mary Cameron
Bayslie
James Allen
Flint
Mich
Smith
Allen
Agnes Cuthill
Dundee
George Turridge
Raleigh
Wic
Prisoners on Transport Missing Three En Route
Sixty nine military prisoners were aboard the Wilhelmina when it docked at New York on July 3. One prisoner, a convicted murderer sentenced to 99 years, mingled with enlisted men and three escaped. Two were found hiding and one in sailor uniform. All inmates were sent to Fort Jay on Governor's Island.
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New York
Wilhelmina
Fort Jay
Governor's Island
Porter Is Injured In Elevator Accident At Old South Building
Harry Taylor, 44, of 24 Pleasant Street Cambridge, working as porter, was raised by an elevator in the Old South building yesterday morning and was crushed between the elevator and wall, suffering a fracture of the right leg.
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Cambridge
Old South Building
Harry Taylor
Pleasant Street
Americans mourned murder of LeRoy Moye in Tampico
LeRoy Moye an American citizen employed by Mexican Gulf Oil was murdered last Tuesday night. Acting Secretary Phillips contacted the embassy in Mexico City to urge swift arrest and punishment of the killers and protection for Americans in the Tampico district. Moye was from Alabama and resided in Livingston Texas.
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Washington
LeRoy Moye
Mexican Gulf Oil Company
State Department
Phillips
Mexico City
Tampico
Moye
Alabama
Livingston
Tex
New Earth Tremors Felt in Mugello Valley Italy
Several new earth tremors occurred in the Mugello Valley today with no loss of life. Some buildings damaged by Sunday quake collapsed into ruins in Borgo San Lorenzo as authorities assess aftershocks.
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Borgo San Lorenzo
Italy
Associated Press
Mugello Valley
Famine on Fish Begins Next Week at Port Strike
Union fishermen at Provincetown Gloucester and Portland went on strike yesterday after months of worsening conditions. About 35 vessels in port quit work at 10 o clock, with ships at the Fish Pier discharging their catch before crews joined the strike.
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Provincetown
Gloucester
Portland
Fishermen strike to halt Atlantic catches and layoffs loom
The Fisherman's Union of the Atlantic votes a June 2 strike causing 6000 workers to lose jobs and 175 vessels to pause. Some fleets may be sent overseas while others await settlement. Bay State and East Coast firms discuss high pay offers, but workers reject them as a long, bitter dispute looms. A fish famine and rising prices are anticipated next week.
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Fisherman’s Union of the Atlantic
New
East Coast Fisheries Company
Grimsby
Eng
Bay State Fishing Company
Union Hall
Atlantic Avenue
Runaway 13 year old Elizabeth Plumer sought in Boston
Thirteen year old Elizabeth Frances Plumer recently adopted by Arthur St Onge of Leominster ran away after telling friends she would. Police departments have her description and photo. she wore a blue sailor dress with a long skirt and a fur cape.
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Elizabeth Frances Plumer
Arthur St. Onge
Leominster
Boston
Extradition Hearing Set for Thaw on July 9
Harrisburg July 3 Attorney General Schaffer fixed July 9 as the date for a public hearing at his office on the extradition application of Harry K. Thaw to New York.
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Thaw
Harrisburg
Penn
Schaffer
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Pilot N P Oakes Flies to Providence from Washington
Lieutenant Nathan P. Oakes arrived in Providence at 1 PM from Washington in a De Haviland aircraft. He departed Washington yesterday at 4 15 PM but had to land at Hempstead Long Island due to engine trouble. He carried one passenger and came to visit his mother.
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Capital
Providence
R. I
Nathan P. Oakes
Washington
de Haviland
Hempstead
L. I
Five Hurt in Auto Upset Near Morris
Mrs Ida Arkush age 65 of New York City was fatally injured when her car overturned today in Morris Conn Edward Meagher an instructor at Camp Columbia and Miss Dorothy Langdon of New York City were injured Mrs Frank McIndoe driver and Murray Saunders a Camp Columbia student received contusions in the crash
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Boston Board of Health
Boston Chamber of Commerce
National Civic Federation
Women’s Municipal League
Special Aid Society
Boston Committee For Public Service
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League For Preventive Work
Brookline Health Centre
Boston Social Union
League of Catholic Women
Salvation Army
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Peace Conference
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Miss Jean Hay
W. J. Jacobursk
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