Mongolia Docks 4688 Troops in Boston Transport Return
A rainbow convoy of nearly 5000 personnel from overseas arrived aboard the Mongolia at the South Boston army supply base. The ship carried 39 nurses, 30 officers, and 4688 troops from multiple units, including the 28th Engineers and 1st Engineers, with Consul-General John Q. Wood and his family among the passengers. Members of the Red Cross and YMCAs welcomed them ashore before they headed to Camp Devens.
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Mongolia
Army
South Boston
Military Service
Union
John Q. Wood
St. Michaels
Azores Islands
Harriet Goddard
Boston
Italy
Manon
Yonne Gauthier
Lowell
Elsie G. Hunter
Dorchester
Lydia Gelinas
Nashua
N. H
28Th Engineers
Second Army
Meuse-Argonne
St. Mihiel
Toul
Stuart R. Eliot
Beaufort, S. C
1St Engineers
R. G. Moses
Regular Army
Chaumont
P. A. J. Crumbly
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
General Headquarters
France
M. F. Scanlon
Scranton
Penn
Fifth Army Corps
Scanlon
Fifth Corps
Irving M. Saunders
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ancient University of
Marseilles
E. P. Baillot
Dean Baillot
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Brest
William H. Kruitbosch
Passaic
N. J
President Roads
Red Cross
K. of C
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army
Camp Devens
Fisherman explains cause for strike in letter to editor
An old subscriber recounts rising costs in boat operation from groceries to lines and bait, noting trip expenses triple while dockside prices for fish stay low. He argues workers gain little, while merchants and middlemen profit, urging action for fishermen’s benefits.
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South Boston
Events Today in Cambridge and Boston
Morning events include Cambridge playgrounds opening at 9 a.m. A 10 a.m. conference of Episcopal secondary school headmasters at Union Club features a talk by Rev. Dr. William E. Gardner. A 10 a.m. State House meeting will discuss expanding the army supply base at South Boston. Major Birdside R. Cape Cod Canal and Temple on Cape Onset are planned for a 7:30 p.m. reception and banquet.
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Cambridge
Episcopal Church
Union Club
William EB. Gardner
State House
South Boston
Birdside R. Value
Cape Cod Canal
the Temple
Roxbury Post
American Legion
Vine and
Dudley
Roxbury
Dorchester
Hamilton
Bowdoin
Meeting House Hill
Irish Freedom Movement
Club
Poles Protest Peace Treaty Over Polish Government Clause
Members of the Polish National Defence Committee in a Franklin Union capacity meeting denounced parts of the world peace treaty They voiced loyalty to President Wilson and America while angrily opposing Poland's government provisions and the clause demanding part payment of the Russian foreign loan.
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Wilson
America
Polish National Defence Committee
Franklin Union
Poland
Polish and Irish leaders pledge support for independence
Telegrams were sent to President De Valera of Ireland and President Pilsudski of Poland as the Polish National Defense Committee cites oppression and seeks self rule. Massachusetts Senate President Edwin McKnight extols Poland, calling for justice and fair play, while Building Commissioner Herbert Wilson and Dr. B D Kulakowski honor President Pilsudski.
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Poland
Russia
de Valera
Irish Republic
Pilsudski
Edwin McKnight
Massachusetts Senate
Fraea
Ireland
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Herbert Wilson
Peters
B. D. Kulakowski
Polish National Defence Committee
Joseph Pilsudski
Funeral for John Bowers in Bedford
John Bowers aged 79, retired officer of the Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord Junction, died from heat exposure last Friday. His funeral was held this afternoon from his Hartford street home and he was buried in Shawsheen Cemetery.
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Bedford
John Bowers
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord Junction
Hartford Street
Shawsheen Cemetery
Boston Elks Depart Silent. 100 Members Headed to Atlantic City
The Boston Elkdom delegation of about 100 members and their women left on the six oclock South Station train to attend the 65th grand lodge session in Atlantic City. Weather caused a quiet departure with no Elks band or many relatives. Former Mayor Curley and other leaders stayed behind, taking autos, while Fall River connections join en route by boat to New York. The group aims to win best dressed delegation honors at the parade.
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Boston
ELKS
Atlantic City
The
Order
Vicinity
Elkdom
South Station
Grand Lodge
Edward C. Carr
Curley
Fall River
New York
New England
Wets face fight over beer strength and intoxicating liquor
Washington July 6 The House faces a last stand this week to preserve the right to manufacture two and three quarters per cent beer. The outcome hinges on the term intoxicating liquor. Congress may define the phrase and enforce prohibition beyond mere intoxication, risking beer if sentiment does not shift.
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Washington
Congress
Committee On Judiciary
Town Up Early But To No Avail In Blimp Landing
Chatham residents flocked to aid the B-34 dirigible as it limped toward New York, with Lt. Lang lacking enough crew to land the 640 foot airship. The Bancroft guided the blimp for miles, while Ensign Stuart devised a flicker blinker to signal the craft.
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Chatham
Jess Willard
New York
Lang
Naval Aero Station
Naval Station
Paul Reveres
Chatham Fire Department
Yarmouth Harbor
Bancroft
H. S. Haislip
G. J. Stuart, Jr
Re34
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Digby
Yarmouth
N. S
Haislip
Clergy Transfers See Hurley Move to Swampscott Parish
The Rev. James A. Hurley who served at St. Bridget's Lexington since a recent transfer began duties at the Church of St. John the Evangelist Swampscott yesterday. The Rev. Peter J. Conlon, curate at Swampscott since May 1918, succeeds Father Hurley.
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James A. Hurley
St. Bridget’s Church
Lexington
Swampscott
Peter J. Conlon
Swamp Scott Parish
Father Hurley
He Was Thinking of Sadie by Harold Burr
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine profiles a veteran major league umpire revealing a personal moment tied to sadness. Burr explores the man behind the mask and his private thoughts during a difficult period.
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Harold C. Burr
Boston Sunday Post
Sadie
Taxed as intoxicating how states treat alcoholic drinks
The passage discusses how every state and the federal government tax or prohibit beverages with more than half a percent alcohol as intoxicating. It argues the amendment embeds a clear mandate to ban intoxicating liquor taxed as such, since equal quantities affect people differently.
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Union
Haga
Congress
Noonan's Hair Petrole Advertised For Scalp Care
An advertisement promotes Noonan's Hair Petrole claiming it removes dandruff and acts as an antiseptic and scalp invigorator. It cites benefits of healthy circulation for hair growth and notes barbers use it at fifteen cents per application, with bottles sold for one dollar.
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Noonan
Petrole
T. Noonan & Sons
Portland St
Boston
Mass
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Abyssinia
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Nebraska
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Ralph G. Wilmot
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Base Hospital 101
James A. Duff
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Johns Hopkins University
Florence Graves
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Marie Barrett
Adams
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Rose McGonagle
Jamaica Plain
Olie Nauss
New London
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