Mother Receives Medal of Honor Posthumously
Colonel Albert S. Williams presented Mrs. J. F. Turner of Dorchester with the Medal of Honor for her son Lieutenant William S. Turner of the 105th Infantry. The award was given at the officer's home as his mother was ill. Also, three Distinguished Service Crosses were to be presented on the Common Tuesday to William R. Davis, Clifford B. Mellen, and Archie Nash for prior service in different infantry units.
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Albert S. Williams
Department of the Northeast
J. F. Turner
Hinckley Street
Dorchester
William S. Turner
105Th Infantry
Spring Street
Avon
10Th Infantry
Clifford B. Mellen
Hoogar Street
Worcester
104Th Infantry
Archie ©. Nash
Orchard Street
North Cambridge
102D Infantry
Lake Flynns Arrives to Launch Boston to South America Route
The steamer Lake Flynns from Detroit docks in Boston to inaugurate the Boston South America service. It will berth at pier 45 Little Mystic River to receive cargo for River Plate and depart within a fortnight. Return cargo includes wool and hides. John Emery & Co. Inc. of 114 State Street act as agents.
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Boston
South America
Lake Flynns
Detroit
Pier 45
Little Mystic River
River Plate
Buenos Ayres
Montevide
Lake Freeborn
John
Emery & Co., Inc
State Street
Yeowoman Anna McGrath Weds Walter Geisler at St Ann's
Miss Anna M. McGrath formerly a yeoman at Charlestown Navy Yard married Walter H. Geisler of Lawrence yesterday morning at St. Ann's Church Somerville. Rev. Francis J. Butler performed the ceremony and nuptial mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. McGrath
Charlestown Navy Yard
Walter H. Geisler
Lawrence
St. Ann’s Church
Somerville
Francis J. Butler
Pardon Granted for Bram in 1896 Triple Murder Case
Thomas M. C. Bram, mate of the Barkentine Herbert Fuller, was fully pardoned for the 1896 Boston triple murder. The pardon comes after Bram was convicted, a case noted as unprecedented in Massachusetts, and was communicated to Attorney James E. Cotter who helped defend Bram alongside Asa P. French. Cotter's vigorous defense earned him nationwide fame.
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Thomas M. C. Bram
Herbert Fuller
Boston
Criminal Courts
Massachusetts
James E. Cotter
Asa P. French
Bram
J. Cotter
Bram Freed by Parole After Long Boston Murder Case
Bram, once sentenced to hang for the 1896 Herbert Fuller murders, was released on parole after 17 years in jail and a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling. He had spent eight years in Charlestown and nine years in Atlanta before parole, swearing innocence and vowing to seek the real killer.
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Bram
Federal
Atlanta
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Circuit Court
Moyer
Charles I. Nash
Herbert Fuller
Laura A. Nash
August W. Blomberg
Seamanoseph Leopold Westerberg
Charles Brown
Boston
Rosario
South America
Halifax
Westerberg
Irons
le Baron B. Colt
Nathan Webb
United States Circuit Court
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Charlestown
Cotter
Noted writer Poultney Bigelow ill with tetanus
Kingston New York June 18 Poultney Bigelow writer and traveller is critically ill with tetanus at a local hospital. He contracted the infection from a finger wound while repairing a stone wall on his Malden on Hudson farm.
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Kingston
N. Y
Poultney Bigelow
Malden-on-the-Hnudson
Inlet Whiskey Smuggling Foiled in Portland Chase
Portland police capture two Boston men George Flynn and Edward Murphy after Patrolman John Brown fires five shots. They confess to smuggling liquor from Boston to Portland by power boat, with seven pints found. A third man remains at large as residents search the waterfront area.
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Portland
John Brown
Boston
George E. Flynn
Edward Murphy
Commercial Street
Portsland
Lynn
Murphy
Brown
Roosevelt Club of Massachusetts Bets on Liberalism
A Roosevelt voice urged Republicans to adopt a vigorous liberal program as salvation for the GOP. The luncheon honored Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president and launched a push for a 1919 Republican victory in Massachusetts.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Club
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt speaks for sane progressive liberalism in Republican future
Theodore Roosevelt Jr returns to Boston at the Quincy House to praise progressive liberalism as essential for the Republican Party. He argues Bolshevism must be defeated by practical reform, urges youth inclusion, and warns the party to embrace a platform lasting two decades. He, Washburn, Bird, and Hall address supporters.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Boston
Quincy House
Roosevelt
Robert M. Washburn
Worcester
Republican Party
Washburn
Charles Sumner Bird
Frank J. Hall
Republican State Committee
Thoosevelt
Knights of Columbus start jobs drive for ex servicemen
The Knights of Columbus organized a jobs canvass in Boston where about 400 men applied, 125 interviewed, and nearly 7 percent of positions promised by local employers. Four teams of ten uniformed ex service men sought openings, with five more teams planned to continue. Director-General Peter W. Collins stated the aim was to place the right men rather than set records.
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Knights of Columbus
Boston
Peter W. Collins
Boston University Class Reunions at Pop Concert
The Boston University classes of 1904 1911 1912 and 1914 will hold reunions at a Pop concert in Symphony Hall tomorrow night. Senior classes from the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Business Administration also have reserved special floor sections. Clarissima is on the program with words by Ralph W. Taylor and music by Brenton C. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston University
Symphony Hall
College of Liberal Arts
College of Business Administration
Clarissima
Ralph W. Taylor
Brenton C. Patterson
Supreme Judicial Court rules corporation liable for slander
In a Lynn case against W. T. Grant Company, Mildred Mills and Ruth Godfrey were accused of theft by a store detective and manager. Essex County Superior Court awarded Mills $400 and Godfrey nothing, with Judge Shattuck ruling the company liable for slander. the defendant appealed.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Mildred P. Mills
Ruth E. Godfrey
W. T. Grant Company
Lynn
Essex County Superior Court
Mills
Charles S. Shattuck
Harvard and City Events Set For Today Across Boston
A full day of observances and meetings includes Corpus Christi mass at Cathedral of the Holy Cross and outdoor services at Boston Consumptives Hospital. Alumni events, graduations at Notre Dame Academy and Parker School, a Suffrage rally, Tufts concert, and music at Jordan Hall highlight a busy schedule.
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Harvard
Corpus Christi
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Boston
Consumptives’ Hospital
River Street
Mattapan
Charity Club
Hotel Vendome
Ayer
Kearsarge
Alabama
Quincy House
Harvard Alumni Association
Oxford Street
Cambridge
Notre Dame Academy
Roxbury
Parker School
Freedom For Ireland
Boston City Club
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
American Legion
Watertown
Ward Room
Meeting House Hill
Suffolk District
Edward H. White
Peacevale Road
Tufts
Boston University
Auburndale
New England Conservatory of Music
Jordan Hall
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Mace
Turner
Yeowoman
Tremont Street
Radbeck
Allon
Bach
Steven
Windsor
Daisy
Dutton Co.f
Thomas H. C. Bram
High Seas
Liberalism Republican Salvation
Young Roosevelt
K. OF
B. U
Hipcop’s Creameries
Sen
Campbell’s
Huntington Ave
Hanover St
Salem St
Summer St
Chambers St
Tremont St
Harrison Ave
Bowdoin St
Dudley St
Blue Hill Ave
Itherford Ave
Main St
South Boston
Broadway
Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge St
Brookline
Marvard St
Chelsea
Everett Ave
East Boston
Central Sa
Meiden
Pleasant St
Salem
Essex St
Munroe St
Emerron
Gordon & Stevens
Rages
Hi Fanerson
Chuath m-Heitt- Baud
Mixtiuz
Nasir Buk
Saute Products Corp
Woolworth Tower
Bellans
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