Doles Celebrate 500th Anniversary of Grunwald Battle in Boston
Thousands of Poles gathered in Boston for the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald. The parade to Faneuil Hall drew over 5000 people after Mass at the Polish church as speakers recalled Kosciuszko and Pulaski and Poland's fight for independence.
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Boston
Grunwald
Poland
Teutonic Knights of the Crown
Germany
Kosciusko
Pulaski
Faneuil Hall
Poles Gather at Faneuil Hall in Polish Independence Vision
Crowds at Faneuil Hall reach capacity as about 6000 Poles inside and outside the hall cheer for a free Poland. They envision a future of national independence and recall Poland’s historical glories amid the gathering.
Polish Grunwald parade honors history at Faneuil Hall
A large assembled crowd from Springfield Worcester Lowell Salem and other towns joined a solemn mass at Our Lady of Czestochowa South Boston. The procession and eight fronts depicted Polish history ending at Faneuil Hall with a Washington statue wreath. Congressman O Connell and John Remaszkiewicz led a bold celebration stressing Poland's enduring quest for freedom.
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Grunwald
AN Uhlans
Howard
Salem
Springfield
Worcester
Lowell
Peabody
Webster
Brockton
Boston
Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa
H. Chimielinski
Alexander Lyski
Gazetta
Ladislaus Jagiello
Poland
Teutonic Knights of the Cross
Teutons
Teutonic Knights
Jerusalem
Teutonic Order
John Remaszkiewicz
M. T. West
John Sarafinowicz
Uhlans
Hussars
Cracow
Polish National Alliance
Turners
Pulaski
Kosiusko
United States
Broadway
Dover Street
Berkeley Street
George Washington
John Romaszkiewicz
Charter trains to ship cotton to New York
New Orleans firms charter special trains to move spot cotton to New York for July contracts. The first train of 3000 bales departs tomorrow, with additional trains to follow. It marks the first time express train service is used to transport cotton to a market. Trains run on a 96 hour schedule to New York.
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New Orleans
New York
Bertillon Studies Hair Colors for Crime Proof
Paris July 17 Bertillon the leading criminal statistician and fingerprint pioneer has devised a new study on human hair. He is compiling a complete, classified palette of hair colors and seeks many samples from people worldwide. The system will grade shades and assign numbers to help police identify suspects by hair color. Burglar profiles may become easier as pilots of crime shave heads to avoid description.
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Paris
Bertillon
M. Bertillon
Adamson's Balsam Voted Safest Cough Remedy
The article endorses Adamson's Balsam as the safest remedy for coughs or colds, presenting it as a reliable treatment option.
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Adamson
Concord Collides With Providence Steamship in Harbor
In Providence Rhode Island seven stanchions and part of a ladies cabin on the Colonial line steamer Concord were smashed when bell signal ropes failed and she backed into the hawser tied to the Providence of the New England Transportation Company at the dock. The Concord gained headway as the hawser parted. Providence sustained no damage and no injuries were reported. Temporary repairs enabled the Concord to depart for New York that night.
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R. IL
Colonial Line
Concord
New England Transportation Company
New York
Skeleton of ancient reptile found in Michigan mine
In St. Charles Michigan on July 17 workmen at mine No 2 of the Robert Gage Mining Company uncovered what may be the skeleton of a prehistoric reptile similar to a water lizard. The bones were embedded in rock 225 feet below the surface and appear to belong to a saurian about 10 feet long.
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ST. Charles, Mich
Robert Gage Mining Company
Virginias Farewell Defines Shift of Home Naval Station
The battleship Virginia bade farewell to Norfolk as it heads to Philadelphia for its future home station. Talks of business groups protesting the Navy Department over the planned change accompany the voyage along with South Carolina, also ordered to Philadelphia, indicating a broader shift in home stations for these ships.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
Navy Department
Virginila
South Carolina
Morse May Yet Be Paroled From Federal Prison
Washington July 17 The New York banker Charles W Morse serving a 12 year sentence in Atlanta may be paroled under a new federal parole law approved by Attorney General Wickersham Preparatory steps set up rules for the parole boards at penitentiaries and expected to affect about 200 federal prisoners with others in reform schools and jails across the country A likely two to three months before parole proceedings begin
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York Banker
Atlanta
Department of Justice
Congress
United States
Wickersham
Morse
Board of Parole
Flight by Hililliard Over Plum Island Marshes
Newburyport July 17 William M Hililliard pilot of a Burgess biplane flew about four miles this morning over the Plum Island experimental station marshes at an altitude of 20 feet maintaining a speed of four miles per hour in a demonstration suitable for early aviation observers.
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Newburyport
William M. Hililliard
Plum Island Experimental Station
Liner Strikes Fishing Boat Off Gloucester In Dense Fog
The Hamburg American liner Cleveland collided yesterday in fog with the fishing schooner Reliance off Gloucester. Cleveland reversed engines but struck the schooner a glancing blow then continued. The Reliance wheelman leaped overboard but was saved. the ship survived with no serious damage and resumed its voyage.
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New York
Cleveland
Reliance
Gloucester
Oldest Beverly resident Issachar LaFavor dies at 94
Issachar LaFavor, longtime Beverly resident and Amherst College graduate of 1842, died at his Washington street home aged 94. He spent 50 years in Beverly’s insurance business, served as a deacon for 51 years, and led the Sunday school for many years. A Delta Gamma Upsilon founder in college, he sat on the Beverly school committee and Board of Assessors and left two sons and a daughter.
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Issachar Lafavour
Washington Street
Amherst College
Delta Gamma Upsilon Fraternity
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Chicago
Joseph F. O'Connell
Ireland
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Vienna
Europe
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Kusciusko
Massachusetts
Newton
Arlene McGourty
J. H. McGourty
Newtonville
Arthur Boyd
Crafts Street
Arlene M’gourty
Chase & Sanborn
Seal Brand
Udil
I. Yqning
Banker Morse
Plum Island
Fiake
Blue
Mitchell the Tailor
Lawrence Store
Essex Street
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