Dorchester Couple Marks Golden Wedding Milestone
Dorchester's Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Kenney celebrate 50 years of marriage at their 9 Euclid Street home. Married in Walpole June 19 1867, Kenney a Civil War veteran and long time janitor at Mary Hemenway School plans retirement in September. The couple, without children, observe a quiet anniversary with relatives and friends.
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Wallace Kenney
Euclid Street
Dorchester
Kenneys
Walpole
Kenney
Thurber
Mary Elizabeth Oliver
Freeman
Benjamin Stone, Jr
Fourteenth
Massachusetts Battery
Battles of the Wilderness
Spottsylvania Courthouse
Cold Harbor
Appomattox
Lee
Mr. Kenney
Mary Hemenway School
Order of the Golden Cross
Women’s Relief Corps
Rich Coffee Man Detained at Immigration Station
Antonio Santos a 54 year old coffee merchant of Rio Janeiro Brazil reputed to be worth 500000 is detained at the local immigration station for failing the required literacy test. Boston authorities seek guidance from Washington on disposition. He had returned from Madeira planning to sail to Rio Janeiro with a through ticket to avoid the new law. He cannot read or write Portuguese but built a fortune in Brazil. It is believed he will be allowed to continue his journey.
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Antonio Santos
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Santos
Boston
Washington
Madeira
New York
Rio
Urges Hub To Kill Off Flies Campaign Urged By Boston Health Chief
Boston health commissioner Dr Francis X Mahoney called for a city wide fly cleanup week at City Hall warning flies are dangerous disease carriers He stated the house fly is an enemy of mankind and has spread typhoid tuberculosis and parasite eggs to humans urging citizens to join the effort.
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Francis X. Mahoney
Boston
City Hall
Russia's War Mission Arrives in Washington for Talks
Russia's war mission, awaited amid the new democracy's internal situation, will reach Washington at noon tomorrow to discuss possible wartime cooperation with American officials.
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Washington
Russia
Russian mission to Petrograd counterpart to Root commission
Ranking officials will meet Russian envoys at the railroad station with a cavalry guard. The mission aims to negotiate and reflect American sympathy for the Petrograd government, guided by Elihu Root’s leadership in Russia. The group plans to discuss organization, munitions, supplies, and rail materials. They will visit Secretary Lansing and President Wilson on arrival.
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State Department
Petrograd
Elihu Root
Russia
Root Commission
Stevens Railroad Commission
Lansing
Wilson
Clements of Commerce Commission Is Dead
Washington June 18 Commissioner Judson C Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission died at age 60 He served on the rate making body since 1892 and was once chairman A Democrat first appointed by Cleveland he was later reappointed by Taft and Wilson His long work on the commission made him well known to the transportation world.
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Washington
Judson C Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clements
Congress
Cleveland
Taft
Wilson
Commission
Coal Price Boosters on Trial in New York
The government pursues 64 individuals and 108 corporations in a Sherman Act case in New York charged with conspiring to restrain trade and fix semi bituminous coal prices in Virginia and West Virginia. Isaac R. Deland told the jury the prosecution would show price fixing and agreements in 1914 to 1917.
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New York
Virginia
West Virginia
United States
Isaac R. Deland
Slater Estate Opens to Children at Pine Bank Milton Estate
Pine Bank Milton estate of Mrs. H N Slater opened yesterday for the summer for Boston children. Mrs Slater greeted arrivals as they toured the chapel where The Madonna is, the flower gardens, prize animals, and other grounds. The afternoon was spent in games on the large playground.
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Pine Bank
Milton
H. N. Slater
Boston
Brandegee Estate Open for Red Cross Benefit
Brandegee Estate at Faulkner Farm Brookline opened to the public yesterday for American Red Cross aid. Over 600 visitors toured the grounds during the day with Colonel Guthrie of the 236th Overseas Battalion and the Kiltie band among the attractions.
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Faulkner
Brookline
Edward Brandegee
American Red Cross
Colonel Guthrie
236Th Overseas Battalion
Kiltie
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Chatham Streets
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