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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1908

Page

8

Charlestown Parade Draws 30 000 In Two Marches

About thirty thousand residents watched two Charlestown parades yesterday with delays caused by union bands refusing to join the Mission Church Field Band. The morning parade titled American Inventions featured Miss Gertrude McNerlin amid the floats. Rooseveltism among the later exhibits drew loud applause.

Charlestown Mission Church Gertrude McNerlin Hall OF Fame Hetty Turnbull Columbia Eleanor Smith Catherine Noonan Sadie Noonan Lena Griffin Edith Grimes Gustaf Olin

Parades Mark Day With Military and Civic Pages

A morning and afternoon parade featured floats and grotesque costumes in Monument square and Thompson square. Mayor Hibbard rode in an auto with secretary Boudrot, while Lt. Bogan, W. F. Murray, and Thomas Herlihy led divisions. A Betsy Ross cabin collapse provided a brief scare as the parade proceeded with Coast Artillery, Marines, Navy, and militia units.

Hibbard Catholic Literary Union Monument Square Boudrot W. F. Murray Frederick L. Bogan Thomas B. Herlihy Thompson Square Betsy Ross Winthrop Square George T. Latimer United States Coast Artillery Forts Banks, Strong, Warren and Revere Navy Yard Signal Corps Fifth Infantry Ninth Infantry Coast Artillery Naval Brigade Catholic Union Building Mullen Fire Department E. M. Gallagher E. J. Barry

Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Product For Recovery

Maude E Forgie of Leesburg credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of feminine ills. She urges other women to try the remedy, noting it has helped thousands since its 19th century use for displacements inflammation and related symptoms.

Lydia E. Pinkham

Heroes of Bunker Hill debated by South Acton group at Vendome

Reuben L Reed of South Acton proposed a view on who deserves soldiers' honors for Bunker Hill. The Bunker Hill Monument Association discussed Ward's army membership and whether all who fought under Ward should be counted among the battle’s soldiers.

Bunker Hill Ward Cambridge United States Frye Prescott Reuben L. Reed South Acton Charlestown Putnam Connecticut Stark James Reed New Hampshire Phipps Burying Ground Howe

Cascarets Promote Gentle Laxative Effect For Mothers

An advertisement claims Cascarets provide laxative benefits through a nursing mother’s milk, keeping both mother and baby well. It argues no other laxative is as gentle or as natural for babies and recommends Cascarets for anyone on milk.

Morse Is Again In Trouble In Bank Scandal Indictments

A federal grand jury indicts Alfred H. Curtis and Charles A. Morse of the National Bank of North America on charges of false entries to the comptroller of the currency and misappropriation of about 1.25 million dollars for speculative purposes. Morse and Curtis plead not guilty in court.

New York Federal Grand Jury Alfred H. Curtis Charles A. Morse National Bank of North America Morse Curtis Hough United States Circuit Court

Indicted Bank Officials Face October Trial

The defendants Morse and Curtis must plead or demur by July 1 in a federal case tied to the National Bank of North America. The indictment alleges false entries in 21 reports to the comptroller of the currency during 1906 1907 and wilful misapplication of bank funds. The last 20 counts claim misused 1 250 000 including more than 1 000 000 in purchasing stock of the American Ice Securities Company at alleged fictitious value.

Morse Curtis National Bank of North America Bank of Stock American Ice Securities Company

Aberdeen Steamship Aberdeen Destroyed by Fire

The Aberdeen was consumed by a fire while tied near Cole's Island in the St. John River. Nine crew escaped with difficulty as passengers ashore and on deck fled ignition. Stewardess Mrs McLeod leapt to safety into engineer James Hutchinson's arms, narrowly avoiding a fall.

ST. John N. B Aberdeen Cole’s Island St. John River McLeod James Hutchinson

Radcliffe College Class Day Celebration 1908 Highlights

Splendor filled the Radcliffe yard by the old apple tree behind Agassiz House as fathers, mothers, graduates, and to be graduates enjoyed a reception. Miss Agnes Irwin and Miss Coes led the line of senior figures with other notable seniors stationed throughout Fay and Agassiz houses. A formal spread followed in the yard with ushers led by Miss Helen Lovejoy. The gym hosted dancing until 11 with a brief Glee and Mandolin Club performance before the final stroll through the amphitheatre marking the close of Radcliffe College Class Day 1908.

Agassiz Radcliffe College Agnes Irwin LeBarron Russell Briggs Coes Radcliffe Agnes Huling Leila Tuckerman Idler Club Elizabeth Co. Singleton Helen Taft Helen Abbott Bertha Snow Leila H. Tuckerman Evelyn M Warren Helen Loring Eva A. Mooar Ruth Lansing Emily S. Coolidge Fay and Agassiz Helen Lovejoy Emily Storer Coolidge Irwin

Bunker Hill Day Celebrations Roar With Wounded Patriots

Surgeons across Emergency and Relief Hospitals treated patriots wounded during Bunker Hill Day celebrations. The list shows dozens of individuals from Boston and Charlestown with cannon cracker, blank cartridge, powder burns, or gunshot injuries to hands, faces, and other areas.

Bunker Hill Frank Wood Bremen Street Boston Jacob Berger Chambers Street George Gomez Havre Street Main Street Charlestown Louis Goldman Salem Street Louis Anaconi Causeway Street Reuben Cahoon Eutaw Street East Boston Joseph P. Wells Conant Street Roxbury Albert Smith Bennington _ street Joseph Bonafeet South Margin Street Harry Tobin Chelsea Street Meade Street Charles F. Guston Corey Street Harry Mason Merrimac Street John Kerr Hyman Langenau Leverett Street John Creeden Terry Place Samuel Levin Sheafe Street Thomas Cunningham Harvard Street William Trainer Paris Street David Freedman Lowell Street Francis Cady Ferrin Street William Duffy Lexington Street John Hagerty St. Martin Street Stephen Hughes Maverick Street Moses Buckley Benedict Street Louis McDonald Meridian Street Joseph Sabin George Mullington Franklin Street Jacob Fisher Harry Bovinsky Norman Street Roland Boyce Belmont Street Delucci Salvatore North Street

Revere Volunteers Save Woman From Drowning

Sam Mahoney and Bernard Kershaw of the Revere Beach volunteer life saving crew rescued Mary Bernard after she fainted while bathing off Shirley avenue. The two men responded quickly to her cries and pulled her from the water, preventing a tragedy.

Revere Sam Mahoney Bernard Kershaw Revere Beach Mary Bernard Shirley Avenue

Brent Re elected Bishop of Washington

Bishop Henry Brent of the Philippine Islands was today elected Protestant Episcopal bishop of Washington to succeed the late Henry Y. Satterlee. Brent had declined the first election but the diocesan convention pressed for his selection, hoping for a change of mind.

Brent Washington Henry Brent Philippine Islands Henry Y. Satterlee

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