Monument Beach postmaster's 40 year record noted
Percy H. Phinney of Monument Beach has served as postmaster since 1878 under eight presidents, holding multiple roles including station agent, news dealer, notary, town auditor, and cemetery official. His 334 years total service across duties marks a remarkable career in Bourne.
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Phiny
Bourne High School
Leonard Wood
Phinney
Monument Beach
Bourne
General Wood
Henny
Horace Gray
Boston Post
M. E. Church
Governor Orders End to Floggings at State Industrial School
Governor Bartlett says an investigation confirmed that boys at the State Industrial School for Boys were flogged with rubber hose. He viewed the tools, ordered the practice stopped, and declined to file charges against Superintendent W B Backus, who admitted the floggings but denied stripping or skin injury.
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Manchester
N. H
Bartlett
State
W. B. Backus
Backus
Cause must be won here in America says Mahony
Thomas H. Mahony told a mass meeting in Newburyport that Ireland’s cause must be fought and won in America. He argued England will not permit Ulster independence and urged aroused U S public sentiment to press President Wilson’s self determination. He equated English tyranny with German tyranny and said England must be made to realize democracy is universal.
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Thomas H. Mahony
Newburyport
Ireland
America
Lloyd George
Ulster
England
Carson
Wilson
City Health and Charity Dept Employees Get Pay Raise
Lawrence official announces across the department, Alderman Robert Maloney grants a 50 cent daily raise. Laborers previously earning 3.80 now receive 4 per day.
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Lawrence
City Health and Charity Department
Robert §. Maloney
Six Foot Birthday Cake Delights Los Angeles Service Members
In Los Angeles on the Fourth of July the League of Community Interests hosted a birthday celebration for soldiers and sailors. A six foot cake, decorated in icing and American colors, fed 18 000 servicemen who received a slice each. The cake was presented to the city by Lieutenant E L Donehy Jr. and noted as the largest cake ever baked in Los Angeles. Massachusetts plans a large bonus cake for service members worth ten dollars each.
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Los Angeles
Uncle Sam
League of Community Interests
Sloan Orcutt
City Park Commission
E. L. Donehy, Jr
E. L. Donehy
Mexico
California
Massachusetts
Cal
Boston Police shakeup shifts 78 patrolmen
Widespread dissatisfaction and speculation followed one of the department’s largest reorganizations as 78 patrol officers were reassigned, signaling a major shift in assignments amid internal tensions.
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Boston Police Department
Police Shake Up Prompts Officer Discontent and Transfers
Officers voiced dissatisfaction during a visit to Superintendent Crowley and his office as 75 patrolmen were moved. Crowley said moves target improved methods and fresh blood, noting some transfers reflect no fault. Commissioner Curtis cited an December address about transfers without stated reasons and near-home desire amid high living costs.
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Crowley
Curtis
U S Golfers Take Lead in Four Ball Matches
American pairs swept all five four ball matches at Hamilton Golf and Country Club as the U S G A defeated the Royal Canadian Golf Association. Evans Byers and Ouimet Anderson led in late holes, while Marston Gardner and Jones Fownes Jr. contributed decisive wins for the United States.
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Hamilton
Ont
United States Golf Association
Royal Canadian Golf Association
Hamilton Golf and Country Club
Ancaster
Chick’’ Evans
Chicago
EF. M. Byers
Pittsburg
William McLuckie
W. J. Thompson
Toronto
Jerome Travers
Oswald Wickley
New Jersey
T. B. Reith
F.S. McDougall
Montreal
Reith
McDougall
Francis Ouimet
Brookline
Ouimet
John G. Anderson
New York
George S. Lyon
Geoffrey Turpin
Max B. Marston
Philadelphia
Robert A. Gardner
Seymour Lyon
Fritz Martin
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
W. J Fownes, Jr
J. Haddon
F. G. Hoblitzell
Matron Noyes Resigns for Morton Hospital Taunton
Miss Ursula C. Noyes longtime matron of the South Department at Boston City Hospital resigns to become superintendent at Morton Hospital Taunton. Miss Ellen Daley, previously with the South Department, is named temporary matron.
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Noyes
Morton Hospital
Ursula C. Noyes
South Department
Boston City Hospital
Taunton
Ellen Daley
Wth
Keyes to Live Apart in Roxbury After Wedding
Mrs Florence Girardin Keyes and John Baker Keyes wed in New York and began separated lives. The couple split after a midnight departure from the bride’s Roxbury home while the husband faces losing a $100 monthly income from a Cincinnati guardianship that required he stay unmarried.
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Florence Girardin Keyes
John Baker Keyes
Roxbury
Post
Keyes
Cincinnati
Harvard
Harvard Club
New York
Girardin
Boston
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Gen. Wood
Boy Chum
Lenny
Feneral
Leonard
Percy H. Phinney
Cez
Windo
Williams Bookstores Company
Washington Street
Bellans
Mahony
U.S. A
Virginia
Piedmont
The
Virginia Cigarette
Virginia Tobacco
Posner’s
Madras
City Hall AV
Washington ‘St. and
Avery St
U. S
Ouimet Stars
Co. H. Evans & Sons
Hudson, N. Y
5S. S. Pierce CO
John Baker
Romeo) Keyes
Florence Girardin
Connor
Brookside Creamery
Brookside
Eastor
Henfield
Campbell
Goodwill
Lenox
Armour’s
John T.connor CO
NEW Cash and Carlynn
Mass
Essex St
Bay St
Danvers
Maple St
Whitman
Wash
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