Gas Squad Heroically Aids Fire at Connor Company Warehouse
Boston fire crews battled a smoky warehouse blaze at the John T. Connor Company storage facility on South Street. Ammonia fumes forced Engine 25 to withdraw, injuring several firefighters. the gas squad, aided by air helmets, located the leak, cut the supply, and controlled the two hour fire, sparing stock though $20 in groceries were lost.
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Boston
John T. Connor Company
South Street
Engine 25
Connor Company
Funeral of Deputy Sheriff J. F. Kelly
Chief Deputy Sheriff John F. Kelly served 32 years in Suffolk County. Funeral services were held at St. William's Church Dorchester with state and city officials in attendance. Pallbearers included Sheriffs Fennessey Gallagher Sillsby Whelton Crowley and O'Donnell. Buried in Calvary Cemetery.
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John F. Kelly
Suffolk County
St. William’s Church
Dorchester
Jeremiah G. Fennessey
Henry Gallagher
Joseph Sillsby
Daniel J. Whelton
Jeremiah Crowley
Edward O’donnell
Calvary Cemetery
Pershing Confers on Training Camp Plans
General Pershing and his staff in Paris discuss plans for the permanent training camp in France and American participation at the front. One battalion trains at the camp. the rest of the first expeditionary force is expected behind the lines within a week. Pershing to confer with Field Marshal Haig later this week.
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Pershing
Paris
France
General Pershing
Douglas Haig
Field Mershal Haig
Magazine Park
Marshall Field's Grandson Henry Field Dies in New York
Henry Field grandson of Marshall Field Chicago merchant and financier died at Presbyterian Hospital New York after an operation for a lung access. His body to be taken to Chicago tomorrow.
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New York
Field
Chicago
Lewiston Man Drowns as Canoe Overturns on Lake Auburn
Antonio Ward of Lewiston drowned when his canoe overturned while fishing Lake Auburn in Auburn Maine. He was among visitors to the lake on July 8.
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Henry Nelson
Harold
Henry
Charles
Auburn
Antonio Ward
Lewiston
Lake
Two Men Arrested for Highway Robbery on Charlestown Bridge
Patrolman Flaherty arrested two men after a brief chase on the Charlestown Everett bridge. They are charged with robbing Thomas Powers of 2.10 dollars from 8 Hadley street Everett. Suspects are Patrick J. Flaherty 20 of 17 Beecham street Everett and Timothy Flynn 34 of 35 Mystic street Everett.
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Flaherty
Charlestown
Charlestown- Everett Bridge
Thomas Powers
Hadley Street
Everett
Patrick J. Flaherty
Beecham Street
Timothy Flynn
Mystic Street
Government boosts Yellowstone delight with roads and transport
Government plans for Yellowstone Park feature automobile travel replacing horse coaches and integrated hotel, camp, and transport management. The Cody Road is highlighted as a premier scenic route, with travel planning services offered by Alex Stocks of New England Pass. Agt. through the Chicago Burlington and Quincy.
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U. S
Yellowstone Park
Cody Road
Park
Yellowstone
Alex
New England
Park Crowds Fill Cambridge Beach On Summer Day
Paul Waitt describes Maga zine Park Cambridge drawing thousands of Cambridge youngsters to its small beach along the Charles River Basin on a perfect summer day. Families picnic and relax under trees while youths swim and play near Cottage Farm bridge.
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Cambridge
Magazine Beach
Boston
Little Magazine Park
Charles River
Cottage Farm Bridge
The
Charles
Magazine Park Playground Needs Big Boost for Cambridge Youth
A Post reporter portrays 10 000 Cambridge youths using Magazine Park a cramped acre with a tiny beach bathhouse and bushes for changing rooms. He notes an adjoining 15 acre undeveloped plot and calls for action by city leaders to create a real, less crowded playground for the city’s children.
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Magazine Park
Post
Cambridge
Cottage Farm Bridge
Children of
Old Fort Washington
Wendell D. Rockwood
John F. Donnelly
University City
Rockefeller Turns 78 Quietly At Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 78th birthday at Pocantico Hills N Y reading newspapers and strolling the estate. He did not attend church and received many congratulatory telegrams from friends and business associates. He looks forward to returning to Cleveland next Tuesday.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Seal Harbor
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Lonely Soldier Seeks Pen Pal in Panama Zone Letter
In a Panama Canal Zone letter dated June 30, 1917, Wagoner Edward Pyle of Supply Company Fifth Infantry pleads for a writer to ease his loneliness. He notes he is 25, 145 pounds, 5 feet 4 inches, with brown hair and blue eyes after three years and ten months in the U.S. Army. He asks the editor of the Post to help him find someone to write to him, effectively seeking a mother figure replacement.
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Panama Canal Zone
the Post
United States Army
Wagoner Edward Pyle
Fifth Infantry
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GAS Squad
J. F. Kelly
Magazine Berach
Marshall Field
Lake Auburn
L.p.hollander &Co
Boylston Street
BY Paul Waitt
Greater
R. O. Morgan
Oliver Chilled Plow Works
South Bend
Ind
Elliott-Fisher
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Elliott-Fisher Company
Winter St
Plattsburg
Cliff Haven
Rutland Railroad
North Station
Burlington
Lake Champlain
GEO. E
Keefe
Columbus Ave
Col
Dartmouth Sv
Weel
Back Bay
D. J. Keefe
Con
Prop
Victor Walking Machine Company
Sans
Victor
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Victor Records
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