Marriage plans hit color barrier in Concord NH
Honey Hazzard a Mass wood chopper and Mabel Puffer a college graduate faced ministerial refusals in Concord when four pastors declined to wed them due to race. Mayor French refused to perform the ceremony as he would be out of town.
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Concord
N. H
Honey” Hazzard
Colored Choreman
Champion Wood Chopper
Ayer
Mass
Mabel Puffer
Harold H. Niles
Honey
New Hampshire
Niles Hazzard
French
L’henix
Hazzard
Mabel Emeline Puffer
Arthur Garfield
Flowey
Legion Post receives 1300 for relief fund
Captain Daniel T. OConnell presented $1300 from the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Society to Francis G. Kane Post of the American Legion. Temporary officers were elected for the Ward 18 post while awaiting charter. Elected: Commander James Murphy, VP Peter Costello, Adjutant Francis X. Coyne, Financier Oswald May, Historian John Mahoney, Chaplain Joseph Sheehan.
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Daniel T. O’connell
Soldiers and Sailors’ Relief Society
Ward 18
Francis G. Kane
American Legion
James Murphy
Peter Costello
Francis X. Coyne
Oswald May
Two Die in Clinton Crash Near North Lancaster
June 19 Charles W. Gingras a Malden businessman and his wife Helen were killed when their touring car was struck by the locomotive of the White Mountain express at Seven Bridge crossing on the Boston & Maine line near North Lancaster. Gingras sister in law Mrs. Frank Norman and her husband from Roxbury were seriously injured, Mrs Norman perhaps fatally. The Gingras couple left an infant about a year old and lived at 2 Hove terrace Malden. the Normans resided on Frawley street Roxbury.
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Clinton
Charles W. Gingras
Malden
Helen
Norman
Philonese Gingras
Melrose
New England Telephone Company
Woodcock
Washington Street
Gingras
Hove Terrace
Normans
Frawley Street
Roxbury
Tragic Car Crash Kills Gingras and Wife Near Seven Bridge Crossing
Four travelers from Winchendon return trip end in disaster when a small automobile collides with a fast Boston bound train. Mr. Gingras and his wife die at the scene. Mrs Norman is unconscious, with Mr Norman and another passenger also injured. The top of the car becomes attached to the locomotive fender as authorities and residents rush to aid.
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Norman
Seven Bridge
Mr. Gingras
Boston
Nashua
Ayer
Open Air Mass Held at Boston Consumptives Hospital
Several hundred patients at the Boston Consumptives Hospital on River Street Mattapan attended an open air mass at 9 am in front of the quadrangle building. Rev Francis X Dolan led the service with Cardinal O Connell approving the outdoor mass due to cramped interior quarters. Thirteen children received first Holy Communion and many others took part in the ceremony. Special music was provided by a local church choir.
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Boston Consumptive's Hospital
River Street
Mattapan
Francis X. Dolan
D. D
St. Gregory's Church
Milton
Cardinal O’connell
Francis A. Burke
Boston
Corpus Christi
Frank V. Murphy
William B.’ Chamberlain
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Beachmont
Richard F. Howard
James Somers
St. Benedict's Church
Somerville
Joseph Bonner
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Everett
Harrison Avenue
Virginio Capelloni
Conway Head Weds Charles E Conway in Brookline
Miss A. Cherry Head daughter of Mr. and Mrs James M Head of Brookline married Charles Edward Conway son of Mr. and Mrs Charles H Conway at St Mark M E Church Brookline The ceremony was conducted by Reverend J R Magee.
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A. Cherry Head
James M. Head
Abbotsford Road
Brookline
Charles Edward Conway
Charles H. Conway
Ocean Street
Lynn
St. Mark’s M. E. Church
J. Rarph Magee
US Senator Gerry Returns From Paris Peace Talks
United States Senator Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island arrived in New York aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam from Brest after a Paris visit assessing peace negotiations. He discussed shaping his Senate course amid the peace talks as reporters noted his presence.
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New York
United States
Peter Goelet Gerry
Rhode Island
Paris
Senate
Nieuw Amsterdam
Brest
Aviator’s lamp mistaken for bomb in South End scare
A discarded lampshade-like object caused a brief alarm as police and bystanders suspected dynamite. Explosive expert Walter Wedger determined it was an aviator’s empty lamp, found by a boy and abandoned in an ash barrel.
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South End
Dedham Street
Walter I. Wedger
Tony
Captain Driscoll
Skussia
Driscoll
Wedger
Incident Near Blackstone Park Involves Tony and Darby
A fragment describes Tony and Darby lifting an ash can at the rear of an apartment building near Blackstone Park. Their expressions widen as they notice something quietly nestled within the scene.
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Tony
Darby
Blackstone Park
Watertown Forms 100 Percent Legion Post
Watertown to have a 100 percent American Legion post as 15 World War veterans organize in the Town Hall. The welcome home committee offers to pay first dues for about 155 war heroes, six of whom have returned. Sergeant John J. Maguire wins the temporary presidency against Warren Eastman. Marcus Madden elected vice-commander.
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Watertown
American Legion
Charles Abbott
Welcome Home Committee
Abbott
John J. Maguire
Warren Eastman
Navy
Maguire
Marcus Madden
Coast Artillery Corps
Ex Kaiser to face allied tribunal after peace
Paris dispatch reports the ex Kaiser will be tried by an inter allied tribunal soon after Germany peace is signed. France and Britain press for swift action. an extradition from the Netherlands is expected, with an indictment ready for trial.
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Paris
Germany
Great Britain
France
Wilhelm
Holland
Netherlands
Massachusetts Lawmaker Honored at Algonquin Club Dinner
Speaker Joseph E. Warner of the Massachusetts House received a gold watch at a complimentary dinner hosted by the rules committee and other committees. Representative Alvin E. Bliss of Malden acted as toastmaster.
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Joseph E. Warner
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Algonquin Club
Committee On Rules
Alvin E. Bliss
Malden
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