Boston Prepares to Lead YD Veterans in March Through City
Boston readies for a parade led by General Edwards and his returning veterans as they march through city streets in a show of undying glory. Belmont fires gut a Main Street building. market and grocery downstairs suffer heavy losses amid unknown cause. Flora W Patterson heads pathology collections with over 97000 specimens at the Washington Bureau of Plant Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
General Edwards
New England
Hall of Fame
Josiah P. Wiggin
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Flora W. Patterson
Boston Welcomes Yankee Division Veterans Reunion
Boston hosts a three day Yankee Division reunion with 15000 attendees in uniform parading downtown from Dartmouth street through Arlington and Boylston to City Hall and Boston Common. Notables include General Edwards and Governor Cox with veterans from New England states honoring fallen and wounded comrades.
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Logan
Cole
Sherburne
Keville
Foley
Herbert
Edwards
Dartmouth Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Arlington Street
Boylston
Tremont
Temple Place
Washington
School
Beacon
New England
Cox
State House
Peters
Boston Common
Michael J. O'Connor
General Edwards
Humidity and Heat Hit Boston as City Sees Crowds
The day reached 81 degrees officially with higher street temperatures and high humidity. Three hospital prostrations occurred including a 15 year old Dorchester boy hit by a golf ball and suffering a concussion. A 27 year old South End woman and a 2 year old Dorchester girl also collapsed from heat strain. Bathhouses at Nantasket and Revere reported fewer bathers due to the steamy air as crowds gathered along the South Shore with 150 000 at Nantasket and 10 000 to 15 000 cars aiding access. Police reported one drunken arrest and several missing children reported later found as crowds remained orderly.
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Boston
Maurice Trojedo
Paige Street
Dorchester
Franklin Field
City Hospital
Anna Edwards
Sawyer Street
Dover Street
Rose Gaglio
Conrad Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Edison Electric
Nantasket
Revere
Nantasket Beach
Military units and Cambridge cadets listed in a town notice
A compiled list names multiple Army units including 101st to 104th Infantry and various field artillery, MG battalions, engineers, trains, and support sections with attached Cambridge Commonwealth and city addresses and a billet committee. Also appears a roster of individuals such as W J Blake J D Corbiere Co R Cabot Walter Austin Erland Fish Lawrence Page Alden Parsons and others.
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J. L. Howard
John Perrin, Jr
W. G. Gatchel
101St Engineers
George W. Bunnell
Bist Artilery
J. H. Sherburne
101St Atillery
Cocores Goodwin
Commonwealth Avenue
Dartmouth Street
51St
101St Infantry
102D
52D
Commonweath Avenue
108D
104Th Infantry
Wight
61St
Boxeter Street
Exeter Street
51St Artillery
Exeter
Fairfield Streets
101St
Fairfield Street
Gloucester Street
W. J. Blake
J.D. Corbiere
R. Cabot Walter Austin
Erland Fish
Lawrence Page
Alden D. Parsons
John H. Agnew
Co. C
Stanchfield
L. R. Hogan
Landon A. B. Pearson
Cushing
BE. L. Murtagh
James Lynch Ray C. Smith
Charles Hodges
James V. Kelley
Karl Bailey
Children Escape at Revere While Six Drunks Taken In
Four children slipped away from their parents at Revere street as six intoxicated individuals were placed under care to sleep off the effects of hard drink.
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Revere
New York Swelters Atop Mercury 91 As Beach crowds surge
Terrific heat and humidity push nearly a million visitors to three Long Island beaches. Coney Island crowds storm pools after bathhouses fill. 100000 of 400000 swim in the ocean. Police report 106 lost children. Long Beach draws 250000. Rockaway 200000 vacationists.
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Ins Island
New York
Weather Bureau
Long Island
Coney Island
Long Beach
Rockaway Beach
Gloucester Dedicates Wass Post Monument to 57 Local Heroes
Major General Clarence R. Edwards attended the dedication of Captain Lester S. Wass Post American Legion and the unveiling of Gloucester’s monument to 57 fallen heroes. Ten thousand gathered as Edwards arrived by destroyer Murray. The ceremony featured speeches by State Legion Commander James Duane and Colonel A. Pratt Andrews, a portrait presentation by Eben F. Comins, and a palm-leaf tribute with 87 volley shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Clarence R. Edwards
Lester S. Wass
Post
American Legion
Plymouth
Murray
Middle
Washington
Edward L. Loran
James Duane
State Legion
Boston
A. Pratt Andrews
Wheeler
General Edwards
Eben F. Comins
Cambridge
Wass
Elizabeth Wass Foster
Edwards
Tornado Devastates Frederick Town in South Dakota
A July 3 tornado struck Frederick Aberdeen area killing Arne Anderson, injuring none reported, and causing more than $100,000 in damage. Practically every building in the town was demolished as residents sought shelter in basements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Frederick
Arne Anderson
Dorchester Man Arrested in Prohibition Raid
William F. Morrell, 43, of 855 Adams Street Dorchester, was arrested during a raid by Sergeant Hines and Field's Corner police. Two stills, a 12 gallon and a 14 gallon, were seized, both in operation, along with a small quantity of fum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Morrell
Adams Street
Dorchester
Hines
Field’s Corner
Boy Seriously Hurt by Golf Ball at Franklin Park
A 15 year old youth, possibly Morris Propedo of Dorchester, was admitted to City Hospital after a golf ball struck him at Franklin Park. He suffered a brain concussion and a large head bruise, found by David Cohen near West End. Miss Mary Peterson won the Red Cloud mayoral race by seven votes, a first for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plains
City Hospital
Morris Propedo
Page Street
Dorchester
Franklin Park
David Cohen
Poplar Street
West End
Mary Peterson
Red Cloud, Neb
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Belmont
N. H
Main Street
Moses Bassett
Yankee Division
Beacon Street
France
Pacific Coast
Texas
Alaska
Alonzo B. Cook
Commonwealth
Parade
Francis V. Logan
Crawford J. Ferguson
Ades
William J. Blake
John W. Casey
Paul H. Hines
Ralph Harwood
Spaulding Bisbee
Gerald Courtney
Edward ©. Fletcher
Lewis Morse
Edward Murtagh
Michael McCullough
Thomas Lew
D. T. Hopkins & Son
New Yorke
W. W. Winship Ti Summer St
Boyisten St
YD Outfits
102D Infantry
103D Infantry
101St Field Artillery
1024
Field Artillery
108D Field Artillery
M. G
101St Mil. Pol
Trn
101St Field Sig. Bn
Inf
Dumn
Ge South South South
Copley Square
Brunswick
Legion Home
Onrad
Winter St
Horsford
Lady Dainty
Or Bamnahebiy
Onrad &C
Chambray
Percale
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