Memorial Services for 264 War Dead in Hoboken
Nation mourns at memorial services on the army piers in Hoboken with 7264 fallen soldiers laid out in flag draped coffins. Congress sends a joint committee led by Senator Lodge. Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright and General Pershing speak on the duty to free mankind as the fallen are honored.
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Hoboken
sa@ifice
France
Congress
Senator Lodge
Army
Wainwright
General Pershing
War dead honored by gold star mothers and veterans
Scores of gold star mothers and hundreds of war veterans attended a ceremony. Every unit that saw active service in France was represented among the dead. Directly in front of the speakers were the caskets of the first three United States soldiers to die in battle against Germany.
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France
United States
Germany
Silent array of World War I fallen returns home
Corporal Herbert J. Gresham of Evansville Indiana Private Thomas F. Enright of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Private Merle D. Hay of Glidden Iowa of the 16th Infantry First Division were killed in November 1917 in Lorraine. Funeral rites included prayers and wreaths by General Pershing and Maurice Casenave. Relatives identified coffins as families searched the pier for their loved ones.
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Herbert James D. Gresham
Evansville
Thomas F. Enright
Pittsburg
Penn
Merle D. Hay
Glidden
16Th Infantry
Luneville
Lorraine
General Pershing
France
Railway Express Clerks Hear Address on Wages
Lodge 2028 members heard N F Chamberlain of Bridgeport and Fred L Downey of Providence discuss wage reduction proposals before the U S Railroad Labor Board in Chicago. The meeting endorsed actions by grand lodge officers after a Board decision.
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Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Boylston Place
N. F. Chamberlain
Bridgeport
Railroad Labor Board
Three Cut During Melee In Sullivan Square
Policeman Carl J. Turner 29 of Jamaica Plain suffered a knee and scalp wound while detaining a knife-wielding man in Sullivan Square Charlestown. Turner, in civilian clothes, was attacked by bystanders as he restrained the suspect. Anthony and Fred Saccardo, brothers of North End, were treated for head and hand wounds and later jailed for drunkenness pending ownership determination of the knife.
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Carl J. Turner
Sylvia Street
Jamaica Plain
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Anthony
Fred Saccardo
Causeway Street
North End
Haymarket Square
Fifth Child Born to Mr and Mrs Kennedy
A fifth child was born yesterday morning at the Audubon road residence in Brookline to Joseph P and Mrs Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. The couple married in October 1914. The Kennedy children are Joseph P born July 1915 John F Kennedy age four Rose Marie age three and Kathleen who was 18 months old yesterday. Mrs Kennedy is the daughter of former Mayor and Mrs John F Fitzgerald.
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Joseph P
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Audubon Road
Brookline
Two Men Injured in Cambridge Store Mixup
In Cambridge shortly before midnight at L Spearri’s store 183 Third Street two men were injured. Benny De Premer 10 Fourth Street alleged to have hit Dinny Biase 4 Chestnut Park with a tonic bottle Biase then knocked down and De Premer stabbed Biase in the upper left arm Both men were taken to Cambridge City Hospital and will be arraigned today Biase on assault and battery and De Premer on assault with a dangerous weapon.
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L. Spearri
Third Street
Cambridge
Benny de Premer
Fourth Street Place
Dinny Biase
Chestnut Park
Biaso
de Premer
Cambridge City Hospital
Exhibit of Sweet Peas and Iris Delights Boston Crowd
Massachusetts Horticultural Society staged a July exhibit in Horticultural Hall featuring sweet peas as the main attraction and a large display of Japanese iris. The show highlighted new species, graded prizes, and abundant berries including blackberries raspberries and cultivated blueberries drawing large New England attendance and curious families.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
New England
Boston
Dorchester Bay Yacht Club Outing At Peddock’s Island
Three hundred yachts gathered near Nantasket steamers to kick off the annual Dorchester Bay Yacht Club Association outing at Peddock’s Island in Boston harbor. A military review by soldiers on the island featured drills and parade work for the spectators. The event, also called the association’s annual ladies’ day, drew members from South Boston Columbus Mosquito Savin Hill Old Colony Concord Valley and Milton Yacht Clubs along with other clubs.
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Dorchester Bay Yacht Club, Association
Peddock’s Island
Boston
Dorchester Bay Yacht Club Association
Haber Trial to Be Resumed Today
Cleveland July 10 The trial of Eva Katherine Haber on a charge of murdering her husband Daniel F Haber will resume tomorrow with a possibility the State could conclude its testimony by late evening.
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Cleveland
Eva Katherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Field Day of Parish Rescheduled to Today at Salton Stall Park
Monsignor Ambrose F. Roche of St. Patrick's Church Watertown announced the parish field day, postponed from last Saturday due to rain, will be held today at Saltonstall Park. If rain continues, arrangements exist to move the event to tomorrow afternoon and evening. The annual fundraiser benefits the parish.
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Ambrose F. Roche
St. Patrick’s Church
Watertown
Saltonstall Park
Monsignor Roche
Shopper's Matinee Featuring Bowdoin Square Theatre Event
Bowdoin Square Theatre starts a Shopper's Matinee on Monday offering bargain day benefits. Women patrons can combine shopping with a show noted for restful entertainment and acceptable pictures and vaudeville for women and young folks.
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Bowdoin SQ
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin
Falls From Tree Injures Melrose Boy by Spot Pond
Daniel Sullivan aged 12 of 38 Tappan Street Melrose fell from a tree on the banks of Spot Pond Stoneham. He struck a jagged rock and landed in the water sustaining painful injuries yesterday afternoon.
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Daniel Sullivan
Tappan Street
Melrose
Spot Pond
Stoneham
Harding's Mayflower Cruise Heads Back to Washington
President Harding and the Mayflower party return to Washington after a Sunday cruise from Lookout Point down Chesapeake Bay. A wireless despatch placed the ship on course at 9 AM, with expected dock by noon Monday, as weather turns hot again in the capital.
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Washington
United News
Harding
Potomac
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Lookout Point
Chesapeake Bay
Capital
Man Held For Observation After Eccentric Pranks
Norman B. Douglass a 22 year old Malden man is held for observation by police after a day of disruptive stunts in Saugus and Melrose Highlands. He pulled a false fire alarm in Saugus and halted traffic by lowering railroad crossing gates. On a Melrose bound trolley he removed a passenger’s pipe and later a cigarette. In Melrose Highlands he claimed to be working under orders from President Harding and refused to pay fare at Franklin Square.
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Norman B. Douglass
Rockingham Street
Malden
Saugus
Melrose Highlands
Douglass
Melrose
Franklin Square
Harding
Sudden Death of Samuel Walensky at North End Home
Samuel Walensky aged 55 of 10 Wiggert Street North End died after being found ill at his home early yesterday. He was taken to Haymarket Relief Station where he died shortly after arrival. The body was moved to Northern Mortuary. Death attributed to natural causes.
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Samuel Walensky
Wiggert Street
North End
Haymarket
Suitor Fired At By Father In South Boston
Five shots were fired on Dorchester street near Ninth in South Boston after an altercation driven by an ongoing feud over a man’s attention to another’s daughter. Michael De Callo fired five shots. John Micciantuone was arrested for attempting to kill.
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Boston
John Micciantuone
E. Street
South
Boswick
D Street
Michael de Callo
West Ninth Street
South Boston
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Park Street
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Temple Place
West Street
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Haber
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Hardingson
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Indian Refining Company
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