Second Regiment M V M Holds First Drill in Three Years
Framingham July 18 The Second Regiment M V M gathered for regimental and battalion drill the first time in three years. Colonel F F Pierce praised the men’s work as officers and sergeants led companies. A standout was Company E Orange led by Captain Harry E Doane with praise from Lt. Marshall. Notables included Rev Frederick H Danker and retired Lt Col P Frank Packard among others. Captain Doane earned high commendations from veteran officers.
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Framingham
F. Pierce
Pierce
Company E
Orange
Harry E. Doane
Marshall
Doane
Frederick H. Danker
Lehigh Gap
Penn
Walton S. Danker
P. Frank Packard
Love Spurned Man Kills Self in Boston Freight Yard
William F. Johnson of Revere killed himself by stepping before a train in the Boston and Maine freight yard around 7:30 pm after a note in his pocket explained the act was due to rejection by Revere young widow Mrs Helen Goodrich. He had previously run a lunch room near the Metropolitan Hotel and had been paying attentions to Goodrich, who rejected him and aided by police, Johnson had been watched recently.
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William F. Johnson
Revere
Boston & Maine
Metropolitan Hotel
Johnson
Helen Goodrich
Campbell Avenue
Goodrich
Metropolitan
Disease of the scalp and hair cleansing remedy ad
An old advertisement extols Birt's Head Wash as a scientific scalp and hair cleanser. It warns against tonics and grower products, claiming they fraudulently promise miracles. The copy highlights the scalp’s oily secretions, dandruff, and the need for a cleansing product, listing ingredients and price.
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Birt
Midnight Alarm Calls Coast Artillerymen to Man Big Guns
A Boston harbor patrol tale describes Fort Warren at night with coast artillery crews awakening to a mock alert. Regular army officers supervise drills, gunnery practice, range finding, and the familiar rookies’ hazing, while militia and regulars share mutual respect and discipline. Governor Draper may inspect forts tomorrow ahead of a postponed night attack for peace time training.
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Coast Artillerymen
Fort Warren
Boston
Reveille
Uncle Sam
Joseph H. Frothingham
New Bedford
William Stitt
Taunton
Alonzo G. Crowell
P. Yost
Regular Army
Massachusetts Coast Artillery Corps
Massachusetts
Harbor
Draper
War College
Coast Artillery Marines Say Fort Warren Is Busy
After three days of coast defence drills for Boston harbor the Coast Artillery Corps reports Fort Warren as the busiest post. Sergeant Major Lovering calls it the busiest he has seen, noting the constant drill and brisk activity as the call to arms echoes across the harbor forts and troops fall into their duties.
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Coast Artillery Corps
Boston Harbor
Lovering
Fort Warren
Obituary notices from Roxbury and surrounding towns
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements from July 17 to 20. Stephen Connolly of Roxbury and other residents including Dana Eames Jones Needham Massachusetts, John O Brien, Issachar Lefavour Beverly, Thomas Magee Quincy, Caleb Mather Grantham New Hampshire, Catherine Monsgre Cambridge, William O Neill Roxbury, Thomas Rafferty Cambridge. Details cover residence, funeral times, mass locations, and invites to relatives and friends.
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Connolly
Roxbury
Stephen Connolly
Margaret Connolly
Norton
Ellingwood Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Portland
Jones
Boston
City Hospital
Dana Eames Jones
Needham
Mass
Maple Street
O’brien
John
Ellen O’brien
Wharf Street
St. James’ Church
Lefavour
Beverly
Issachar Lefavour
Washington Street Congreve
Eb Mageef
North Scituate
Thomas Magee
Quincy
C. B. Tilton
Merrymount Road
Mather
Grantham
N. H
Caleb ¥. Mather
Boston Police Department
Post
Waterman Chapel
Washington Street
Monagle
Cambridge
Catherine Monsgre
Snow Hill Street
North Nd
Henry J. Mahoney
Norfolk Ee
St. Mary's Church
O'Neill
William
Catherine O'Neill
Tuite
Dudley Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Rafferty
Thomas WA Eeeat Beatunetal
Broadway
St. Mary’s Church
Norfolk Street
Maynard
Mase
Boston Harbor War Zone Excursion Plans Amid Naval Maneuvers
The Boston and Nahant Steamboat Co. prepares extra trips for spectators to view sea and land war maneuvers from the Bass Point line. Otis Wharf departures pass the battle zone where a fleet of dreadnoughts and torpedo boats will try to silence harbor forts. Forts Warren, Andrew, Revere, Strong, Banks and Heath defend Boston with 2100 militia. steamer captains expect exciting views today with boats running at frequent intervals and the last from Bass Point at 9 48.
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Boston and Nahant Steamboat Co
Bass Point
Otis Wharf
Boston
Warren
Andrew
Revere
Strong
Banks
Heath
Nahant
Widely Known Railroad Man Charles L Wellington Dead
Obituary notes the death of Charles L Wellington in Denver Colorado at age after a two month illness of pleuro pneumonia and pleurisy. He served as general traffic manager of Colorado and Southern and had a long career with Michigan Central Chicago and Grand Trunk Wabash Interstate Traffic Association Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Chicago and North Western Wisconsin Central and Western Freight Association and Colorado road leadership. He rose from clerk to senior traffic official and helped build the Colorado road into a prosperous state. He leaves a wife and a niece Frances F Campbell.
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Charles L. Wellington
Denver
Colorado
Wellington
Massachusetts
Boston
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Michigan Central
Detroit
Chicago and Grand Trunk
Wabash
Wabash, St. Louis
Pacific
Interstate Traffic Association
Kansas City
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western
Chicago and North Western
Wisconsin Central
Western Freight Association
Chicago
Frank Trumbull
A. D. Parker
Country Club
Traffic Club
Frances F. Campbell
Wellingtons
Alvan T Fuller Weds Viola Davenport in Paris
The wedding of Viola Therese Davenport to Alvan Tufts Fuller occurred last Tuesday at the American Church in Paris. Davenport, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Davenport of Medford, and Fuller, a prominent Brookline automobile dealer, were married amid intimate friends. The bride, a Boston Opera Company soprano, had gone abroad with her parents after an engagement announcement in the spring. The groom left for Europe about two weeks earlier with his touring car and chauffeur. his mother and sister Martha Fuller attended. The couple plan a Swiss honeymoon after a Beaconsfield home on Beacon Street in Brookline.
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Paris
Viola Therese Davenport
Frank Davenport
Medford
Alvan Tufts Fuller
Miss Davenport
Boston Opera Company
Fuller
Europe
Mr. Fuller
Martha H. Fuller
Beaconsfield
Beacon Street
Brookline
Switzerland
Newsdealers Will Go to Marblehead Outing Announced
The fifth annual outing of the Suburban Newsdealers Association is set for August 16. Special trolleys will depart Boston at 9:30 am, reach Marblehead at 11:31 am before the shore dinner. Afternoon options include sea breezes at Fort Sewell, byways and Neck trips, harbor and islands by sail or power launches. Trolleys return about 4:80 pm, arriving Boston 6:29 pm.
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Suburban Newsdealers’ Association
Boston
Marblehead
Old Fort Sewell
Manufacturer Linton Is Dead
PROVIDENCE R I July 18 Philip Linton manufacturing jeweler died in this city today He was born in Glasgow 75 years ago
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Providence
R. I
Philip Linton
Glasgow
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Wallace
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Wilson
Big Kettle
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Rogers’ Waltham
THOS
Snow & Son
North Market St
Faneuil Hall Market
le Meneu
Pavonia
Petts-Vogel
Washington
APANY
Boston Harbor War Zone
R. R. Man
Alvan T. Fuller
Linton
Washington St
Dimity
Foulard
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