Pioneers to land in New York instead of Boston
Boston reception committee received a telegram from General Hines stating it is impractical to divert the Third Pioneer Infantry to New York. The telegram notes most troops aboard the Mexican and Calloa belong elsewhere and cites Camp Devens as inadequate for demobilization. Boston and New England men will still receive a welcome home upon arrival.
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Third Pioneer Infantry
Boston
New York
Charles E. Ware, Jr
Liberty
Hall
Boston Common
Hines
War Department
Calloa
Camp Devens
New England
Illinois
Camps Devens
Grant
Devens
George Holden Tinkham
Silver Gift for Carmody Marks 30th Wedding Anniversary
Friends in City Hall presented a Silver service as South Boston’s John P D Carmody and his wife celebrate their 30th anniversary. Acting Mayor Francis J W Ford visited their home at 929 East Fourth Street. Both natives of the South Boston District, Mrs Carmody was born Elizabeth Coffey.
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City Hall
John PD. Carmody
Donovan
East Fourth Street
South Boston
Mr. Carmody
Francis J. W. Ford
Prize Condensation for Miss Elizabeth M. Lee in Post Contest
Miss Elizabeth M. Lee won one hundred dollars in the Post condensed novels contest. A Roxbury High School graduate and stenographer for the Massachusetts Universalist convention, she edited class notes for the Roxbury High School Enterprise in 1916 and wrote for the Universalist Leader. The fragment includes a lengthy, unnamed fiction excerpt condensed from The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett, with publication details from 1907.
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Elizabeth M. Lee
Miss Lee
Roxbury High School
Massachusetts Universalist Convention
Boylston Street
Boston
Roxbury High School Enterprise
Universalist Leader
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Roxbury
Burnett Works and Plays Push Frances Hodgson Burnett to Fame
The article surveys Frances Hodgson Burnett's novels and plays across years 1877 to 1897. It notes Life in English mining districts and Lancashire manufacturing settings, travels to Washington, and strong titles like A Bee s of Quality His Grace of Ormonde Editha s Burglar Sara Crewe. It credits Little Lord Fauntleroy with broad fame and mentions Esmeralda and A Lady of Quality as notable stage successes.
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Asso’ Lowrie
Lord Fauntleroy
America
Quality
Stephen Townsend
Betty Vanderpoel Seeks to Save Rosy and Mount Dunstan
Betty Vanderpoel, a twenty five year old American heiress, travels from New York to England to rescue her sister Rosalie from the cruel marriage to Sir Nigel Anstruthers. On the voyage she meets a quiet Englishman who vanishes, and in England she discovers Rosy a ruined, aging figure under Nigel's shadow. Betty begins repairs to the manor at Stornham and later learns the Mount Dunstan estate hides a cursed legacy and the Earl beneath the keeper’s guise.
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Delkoff Typewriter Company
New York
Mount Dunstan
Reuben S. Vanderpoel
Stornham
Stornham Court
America
Vanderpoel
England
Rosalie
Betty
Nigel
Riviera
Rosy
Igel
Frances
Hodgson Burnett
Frederick A. Stokes
Bettina Vanderpoel
Nigel Anstruthers
Sternham Court
Betty Vanderpoel
Mauretania
Ughtred
James Hubert Saltyre
Abbe Constantin to Be Printed in Tomorrow's Post
Copyright information and notice detail that the Boston Post will publish Abbe Constantin in tomorrow's issue. It notes rights in the U S A and United Kingdom, and provides pricing for back numbers of Daily and Sunday Post copies, with immediate application requested.
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Zone Supply Office
Iago
Ill
the Post Publishing Co
The
Boston Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
Boston
Mass
Constantin
Halevy
Charles E. L. Wingate
Post
Daily Post
Greater
Sunday Post
North Adams Man Stabbed Dies. Suspect Sought
Francesco Tarantino died at North Adams Hospital after a Sunday night stabbing. Police seek Pasquale Montello for possible first degree murder charges.
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North Adams
Francesco Tarantino
Pasquale Montello
Mexico renews airplane request for arms purchase
Ambassador Bonillas of Mexico met at the State Department with Acting Secretary Polk and Henry P. Fletcher to renew Mexico’s request to buy airplanes and munitions in the United States for its government. He said after the talks he believed the request would be granted.
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Washington
Bonillas
Mexico
State Department
Polk
Henry P. Fletcher
Gould appeals court ruling as testamentary trustee removed
George J. Gould’s counsel filed notice of appeal from Supreme Court Justice Whittaker’s order removing him as testamentary trustee under Jay Gould’s will. The notice was served on Frank Jay Gould’s attorneys, the petitioner in the original action.
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New York
George J. Gould
Supreme Court
Whittaker
Jay Gould
Frank Jay Gould
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