Big Forest Fire Causes Heavy Loss in Londonderry
A forest fire swept Londonderry Nova Scotia causing 48 buildings damaged including four churches a rectory a school and an auditorium. About 40 of 250 families were homeless with losses estimated at 150000 dollars as nearby towns offer aid. Volunteer firefighters helped save New Waterford from nearby woods.
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Londonderry
N. S
Globe House
Truro
Amherst
New Glasgow
Colchester
Cumberland
Pictou
Woman Dies In Memorial Day Parade Accident
Palmer May 31 Mrs Grace A Allen a member of the Woman s Relief Corps was killed when struck by an automobile in the Memorial Day parade driven by Captain Hiram E W Clark 85 The relief corps led the veterans in autos and it is believed his foot hit the accelerator instead of the brake Mrs Allen died at Wing Memorial Hospital
Three Canoeists Drown Near St Albans Bay
Three members of a four person canoeing party drowned when their craft overturned in St Albans bay late last night. Bertha Remillar Anna Marquette and Gordon Smith fell to the water while Anthony Redig was rescued. All were residents of St Albans.
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ST. Albans
St. Albans Bay
Bertha Remillar
Anna Marquette
Gordon Smith
Anthony Redig
Governor Coolidge Addresses Newsprint Shortage Calm Plea
Governor Coolidge spoke at a banquet for the National Editorial Association at Copley Plaza Hotel urging patience over the newsprint shortage. The event drew 500 editors and publishers from 22 states, both men and women, who attended to hear the message.
Governor urges cooperation to ease wartime shortages
The governor warns profiteering rises with shortages and urges cooperation to increase clothing food shelter and labor. He stresses government bonds lack profiteering due to abundance and calls for unity to support the public and sustain supplies while guiding national duties to the world. John N. Cole and Isaac M. Marshall presided. Mayor Peters welcomed delegates. Edward Albright praised Boston hosting the 35th National Editorial Association convention.
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America
Ohn N. Cole
Isaac M. Marshall
Peters
Edward Albright
National Editorial Association
Gallatin
Bowen's Breton Scenes Displayed in Boston Hub
The 20th Century Club at 8 Joy Street hosts Benjamin J. Bowen showing Breton peasant life paintings. The exhibit includes The Reprimand, a canvas once shown at the Paris Salon, drawn from scenes in Concarneau and Brest.
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Bowen
Brest
20Th Century Club
Joy Street
Benjamin J. Bowen
Concarneau
Brittany
Kairouan
Africa
Boston
Paris Salon
Press convention urges relief for beleaguered papers
At Faneuil Hall a Massachusetts Press Association gathering hears Langtry welcome delegates and Albright warn of a shrinking newsprint market. A resolution backs Senate joint resolution 152 to aid country newspapers as Dodge of International Paper cites tight supplies and proposes 12 to 24 page papers and 5 cent single copies. Delegates tour Plymouth on an all day trip.
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Faneuil Hall
Albert P. Langtry
Massachusetts Press Association
Albright
Porter
House Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Copley Plaza Hotel
P. T. Dodge
International Paper Company
Plymouth
Excellent concert programme for fund
Plans are under way for a grand opera concert next Sunday at Mechanics Building to benefit the Home for Italian Children. Mademoiselle Elvira Severoni and Signor Roberto Viglione of the Metropolitan Opera Company will attend and donate their services. Miss Louise Badaracco will also perform a solo and a duet with Severoni as a special feature.
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Mechanics’ Building
Mademoiselle Elvira Severoni
Metropolitan Opera Company
Signor
Roberto Viglione
Louise Badaracco
Breaks Out of Jail by Noted Escape in Worcester
John Kelley a 21 year old Reading Pennsylvania man arrested in Worcester March 1 for misconduct with Mary Wilson aged 16 of New York staged a dramatic jail escape. He crawled through a ventilating shaft after removing protective netting and lowered a rope to reach the ground. Footprints show the exit but the method to clear the two foot wall remains unknown.
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Worcester
John Kelley
Reading
Penn
Mary Wilson
New York
Worcester County
Fai
Kelley
Veterans defend full staff flag at Tremont Temple
At Kinsley Post memorial services in Tremont Temple Post Chaplain Edward A. Horton protested lowering the flag to half staff. Veterans in attendance applauded the stand as a statement of honoring the flag they fought for.
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Grand Army
Post
Edward A. Horton
Kinsley Post
Tremont Temple
Boston School Chorus Honors G A R Skepticism Over Half Staff
Over 1000 Boston Public School students gathered to sing patriotic songs led by a chorus featuring the song Columbia by Thomas A. Murray. Speaker Joseph B. Warner praised the Grand Army while advocating moving the half staff tribute to honor the living.
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Martyrs of the American Legion
Boston
Columbia
Thomas A. Murray
Superior Court
Joseph B. Warner
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Grand Army
D Annunzio Reported Ill With Fever in Fiume
Geneva despatch says Gabriel d Annunzio is ill at Fiume with fever, likely same illness as sailors there. His illness may explain recent actions and he is said to retain loyalty of the Arditti troops despite rumors. Special Kinsley Post buttons were given to Israel Hoffman and Hymen Carl of Wendell Phillips School at memorial exercises.
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Kinsley Post
Israel Hoffman
Hymen Carl
Wendell Phillips School
Geneva
Innsbruck
Gabriel
Bayer Aspirin Safety Cross Packaged Relief
The Bayer package advertises genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross for authenticity. It claims 18 years of physician use and lists relief for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism and joint pains. It notes affordable small tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
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Washington St
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