Mass recruits depart Framingham for border duty
The third battalion of Massachusetts recruits left Framingham for El Paso under Captain Schuyler in rain. Lieutenant Hanson will command en route. Governor McCall and Adjutant-General Cole wished the men farewell. The battalion totals 270 men across regiments, artillery, cavalry and signal corps.
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Camp Whitney
Massachusetts
Framingham
Philip L. Schuyler
Tipperary
George A. Hanson
el Paso
Governor McCall
Cole
Signal
Nationalists Seek Reprieve for Sir Roger Casement
A deputation of Nationalist MPs led by Arthur Lynch and including Patrick White Laurence Ginnell and others presented a petition signed by 89 colleagues calling for clemency for Sir Roger Casement whose execution is planned for August 3. Premier Asquith will consider the plea. Yeats appeals for clemency citing American opinion.
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Casement
London
House of Commons
Arthur Lynch
Patrick White
Richard Maxleton
Alfred Byrne
Thomas London
Laurence Ginnell
Roger Casement
Asquith
Dublin
William Butler Yeats
Yeats
Ireland
Meigs Named Asphalt Inspector in Boston Paving Dept
Commissioner Murphy filed Joseph Meigs for temporary appointment as inspector of asphalt in the Boston public works paving division. Meigs, Technology 1916 graduate, will serve until November 1 at a salary of 100 dollars per month.
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Curley
Public Works Department
Murphy
Joseph Meigs
Civil Service Commission
Meigs
Letters to Border to Become Historic in State Files
The newsletter Bostonia sent nightly by Mayor Curley to Massachusetts militiamen in Texas will be archived by the Massachusetts Historical Society. Dr Samuel A Green Boston mayor in 1882 and society librarian praised the effort and asked to add the society to the circulation list. Lady Bountiful stages a great scene for the movies. See the next Sunday Post.
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Bostonia
Lady Bountiful
Sunday Post
Glynn to Be Outing Guest at Rocky Point
Dorchester man Thomas H. Glynn will be a guest of Meeting House Hill business men at their outing at Rocky Point on Sunday.
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Glynn
Dorchester
Meeting House Hill
Rocky Point
Glynn Invited to Meating House Hill Outing at Rocky Point
Dorchester resident Thomas H. Glynn is invited to join about 200 Meating House Hill business men on a Sunday automobile trip to Rocky Point Rhode Island. The event aims to form a permanent organization with committee members W. J. Fitzgerald John H. Dorsey James P. Landers Joseph A. Flynn Joseph Corcoran and Redmond S. Fitzgerald.
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Thomas H. Glynn
Dorchester
Services Held for Thomas J. O'Brien in Boston Area
The funeral of Boston citizen Thomas J. O'Brien was held from his son's summer home with services at St. Ann's Church led by Rev. William O'Brien. Burial followed at Holy Cross Cemetery with rites by Rev. Edward P. Twigg. He was father to John F. O'Brien of William Filene Sons, Thomas F. O'Brien of Boston American advertising, and Joseph O'Brien. Floral tributes came from many friends.
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Thomas J. O’brien
Boston
West Roxbury
Allerton
John F. O’brien
St. Ann’s Church
William O’brien
Holy Cross Cemetery
Edward P. Twigg
St. Joseph’s Church
Maplewood
O’brien
William Filene Sons Company
Thomas F. O’brien
Boston American Advertising Staff
Joseph O’brien
Democrats to Send 45 Orators to Maine Campaign
New York July 26 Congress will dispatch 30 members and 15 other Democratic speakers to Maine for the campaign after August 20 unless Congress adjourns sooner. Among the Congressmen chosen are 15 Senators and early entrant will be Senator Ollie James of Kentucky.
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Maine
New York
Congress
Ollie James
Kentucky
Forty-Niner Russell Stephens Dies in West Sacramento
The Hon. Russell D. Stephens a prominent fruit grower Democrat and longtime rail service advocate died at 79 in West Sacramento. A Forty-Niner from Illinois he helped promote irrigation in fruit farming and influenced railroad rates policy. Survived by widow Adelaide Duggan son Russell D. Stephens Jr and daughter Estill Stephens.
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Sacramento
Cal
Russell D. Stephens
Stephens
Illinois
California
Adlai E. Stevenson
Adelaide Duggan
South
Boston
Russell D. Stephens, Jr
Estill Stephens
Frederic Goodwin to Wed Juliet Higginson
Engagement announced of Juliet B. Higginson daughter of Francis Lee Higginson of 274 Beacon Street to Frederic Sprague Goodwin of the State Street law firm Goodwin Dresel Parker. Higginson siblings include Mrs. Philip Sears and Francis Higginson Jr. Goodwin Harvard class of 1889.
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Juliet B. Higginson
Francis Lee Higginson
Beacon Street
Frederic Sprague Goodwin
State Street
Goodwin, Dresel & Parker
Miss Higginson
Philip S. Sears
Barrett Wendell, Jr
Francis Lee Higginson, Jr
Hetty A. Sargent
Lucius Manlius Sargent
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Goodwin
Harvard
Carmen's strike threats widen to New York transit
New York July 26 threats to extend the Yonkers street car strike to all surface elevated and subway lines were made by William B. Fitzgerald international organizer of the Carmen's Union.
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New York
Yonkers
Greater
William B. Fitzgerald
Carmen’s Union
Boston Finance Commission Blames Dorchester Police Station Grade
The Finance Commission reports to Mayor Curley that the Morton Street Dorchester police station is built three feet too low relative to street grade. It notes a 16 percent rise from sidewalk to garage entrance and warns of danger when the driveway is slippery. It asks for an explanation from Richard A. Lynch, superintendent of public buildings.
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Finance Commission
Curley
Morton Street
Dorchester
Richard A. Lynch
Careless Soap Spoils Hair Ad Warns of Harsh Chemicals
An old advertisement warns that common soaps and shampoos use excess alkali, drying the scalp and brittle hair. It recommends pure mal‑sified coconut oil as a gentler alternative, noting one to two teaspoons cleanse the hair, rinse cleanly, and leave skin and hair soft and silky.
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Gingham
Mohair
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Juliet Higginson
Carmen
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