Ten Recruits Added By Drive In Boston
Ten recruits were accepted from 18 applicants at the Boston Common and Tremont Row recruiting stations as the drive for a 500000 strong army continued. Fort Slocum welcomed 18 New England men who will be distributed to training camps. Major Judson Hannigan and Major G C Elsey spoke at Liberty Cottage rally supporting equality of opportunity in the regular army. Private Edwin Horton James, released from German prison, shared his experience. Leo Feist songsters entertained the crowd between speeches.
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Bunker Hill
1. S. Army
Boston Common
Tremont Row
New England
Fort Slocum
N. Y
America
Liberty Cottage
Judson Hannigan
France
G. C. Elsey
Edwin Horton James
James
Leo Feist Songsters
Omsk Government Plans Big Reserve Orders in U S Markets
The Russian embassy announced that the new Omsk government will place most military supply orders in American markets, totaling about 164 million dollars for the next ten months.
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Washington
Omsk
Evely n Blanchard Burned Playing With Sparkler
Evelyn Blanchard aged 12 of 207 Lowell Street Somerville suffered burns to her arms and body when her dress caught fire from a sparkler on the front piazza of Cyril O Huntington’s home 67 Woolson Street Dorchester yesterday.
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Evelyn Blanchard
Lowell Street
Somerville
Cyril O. Huntington
Woolson Street
Dorchester
Pythians unite for first New England gathering at Nantasket Beach
Pythians from New England gathered at Villa Napoli Nantasket Beach for a historic field day. More than 60 knights from temples including Abou Ben Adhem Boston El Karun Providence and Gaza Springfield joined in the parade and events led by Imperial Representative Harvey T. Pond. Captain Benjamin A. Graves oversaw the service men and the Sunshine Association elected William H. Chase president and Frank E. Nottage secretary treasurer.
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Knights of Khorassan
Boston
New England
Villa Napoli
Nantasket Beach
United States
Abou, Ben Adhem
el Karun Temple
Providence
el Malina
Portland
Astrabad
Manchester
N. H
Hira
New Britain
Benjamin A. Graves
Dorchester
Villa
Essex
Kingston
Boylston
Tremont
School
Washington
Milk and
Broad Streets
Nantasket
Pythians
Sunshine Association of
Royal Princes of
William H. Chase
Abou Ben Adhem
Frank E. Nottage
Afloat on an Iceberg Story Told in Boston Sunday Post
Five men drifted for six months on a vast ice floe living by hunting and fishing. The tale is recounted by Storker Storkerson in the Boston Sunday Post.
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Storker Storkerson
Boston Sunday Post
Dorchester Boy Drowns in Neponset River Tragedy
Louis Mazzachilli a 13 year old of Winmore Street Dorchester drowned in the Neponset River late yesterday afternoon. He disappeared while with several boys who watched him go down. After body was recovered attempts at resuscitation failed.
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Louis Mazzachilli
Winmore Street
Dorchester
Neponset River
Londoners Honor Alcock and Brown in Transatlantic Flight Tribute
Londoners paid tribute in a formal procession to Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant A W Brown after they completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight. The ceremony marked a historic milestone in aviation history.
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Alcock
London
John Alcock
A. W. Brown
London welcomes aviators amid parade and crowds
The aviators were carried on soldiers shoulders from Euston station to cars in London while Miss Marguerite Kennedy and her father met Lieutenant Brown. The procession along Portland and Regent streets featured flags, a band, and an aerial escort bringing the train with the two pilots into the city. Generals and officers greeted them as Ascot racing season lured some spectators away.
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Euston
Marguerite Kennedy
Brown
Dublin
Harry G. Hawker
Mackenzie Grieve
Portland Street
Regent Street
London
Britannia
Royal Air Force
Aero Club
Ascot Race Track
Cyrus Curtis Pioneer Publisher and the Ladies Home Journal
A biographical sketch of Cyrus Curtis born June 18 1850 in Portland Maine tracing his rise from newsboy to owner of major magazines. He built Ladies Home Journal and acquired The Saturday Evening Post guiding early American publishing innovation.
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Cyrus K. Curtis
Cyrus Curtis
Lishers
Portland
New York
Philadelphia
No Last Boat to Nantasket Delayed by Dense Fog
Dense fog between Castle Island and Rowe's wharf disrupted the Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company service last night. The usual 10 o'clock trip from Rowe's wharf to the beach was cancelled and about 200 passengers were sent by rail on the 11:19 New Haven train with connections at Nantasket Junction to the Pemberton Branch. Boats to Boston ran late and arrived back at Rowe's wharf well after midnight.
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Castle Island
Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket Beach
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Toy Racers
Zea
Dutton
Augusta Knitting Co
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Vietrola Outfit
Delio
Raccoon
Cre Ae
Ollar
Sterling’s Novelty Shop
Washington Street
Temple Place
West Street
Houghton & Dutton CO
Knights of
DAME
Stoddard
Edgren
Leonard and
Thomas Rods
Washington St
Franklin
Hyde Park Field
Magnolia Council
Knights of Columbus
Hyde Park
American Felt Company
Hyde Park Avenue
Hawker
B. O
G. C. Wilson
Dean Bradley
College of Pharmacy
College of Aymsaes
Kremer
Universal Instructor In Arts and Sciences
Vasa A
Beaudette & Graham CO
Lincoln
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