Soldier finds bride at army recruiting HQ
A man recently discharged from Camp Dix and a widow from Holyoke met at Tre mont row recruiting headquarters. He has decided to marry her after learning she is a dependent, and he is to take the oath of a husband instead of a soldier. The tale ties to a missing Liberty bond and a late husband killed in Cantigny.
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Tremont Row
Sam
James GB
Wendell
Camp Dix
Ruth Proctor Fosdick
Centre Street
Holyoke
James B. Wendell
Liberty
Cantigny
26Th Infantry
Camp Fowler Down
England
Elsey
Mother's Illness Forces Gen Crowder West from Boston
Major General Enoch H. Crowder, judge advocate general of the Army and new Doctor of Laws recipient at Harvard, cut short his Boston stay after learning his 85 year old mother's serious illness. He canceled engagements and boarded the 1 o'clock train west to Colorado Springs, where his mother lives with a sister.
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Enoch H. Crowder
Army
Harvard
Boston
Colorado Springs
Col
Wheelchair Hero Leads 1912 Harvard Reunion Effort
Thorvald Ross of Hingham chairs the Harvard 1912 reunion committee, turning a wheelchair into a symbol of success. Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Ross directed song, cheer, and entertainment. he later chaired class treasury, managed multiple cotton mills, and promoted wartime government contracts. He sails, travels, and drives across 200000 miles, proving disability not a barrier.
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Harvard
Thorvald Ross of
Hingham
Thorvald Ross
Hasty Pudding Club
Signet and Institute
Advocate
the Register
Alabama
Halifax
California
Provincetown
Ross
Banker Found Dead In Woods In Dover Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent Jr a banker from Parkin son Burr 53 State street was found dead in woods near his home in Wilsondale Dover after a hours long search. He left on horseback Wednesday morning and did not return. Authorities were alerted and the riderless horse returned at 2 50 this morning. Sargent a Groton School Harvard alum and Army lieutenant is survived by wife Margery Lee and two sons. He was a noted horseman and member of several clubs.
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Francis W. Sargent, Jr
Parkinson & Burr
State Street
Wilsondale
Dover
Sargent
Margery Lee
Manchester
Francis W. Sargent
Harry Lee Sargent
Norfolk and
Myopia
Boston Athletic Association
Somerset
Mr. Sargent
Camp Sherman
All But Engineers Have Left Archangel
Brest June 19 All the American soldiers have left Archangel except the engineers who are cleaning up the base and will sail before June 30. Transports Menominee and Porto left Archangel June 15 and 16 and are due at Brest June 23 and 24 carrying 81 officers and 2222 men. Brigadier General W P Richardson commander of American forces in northern Russia is aboard the Porto.
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Brest
Archangel
Porto
W. P. Richardson
Russia
Fire destroys barn of C. C. Corey heirs near rail line
Fire of unknown origin tonight destroyed the barn and contents of the heirs of C. C. Corey off South Street near the Boston and Maine tracks in Bedford. Local firefighters fought the blaze with chemical streams as the barn lay outside the water district.
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Bedford
C. C. Corey
South Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Water District
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Gen. Crowder
Wethern's
Wm. Elliot
John Alden
Columbia
Campbell's Soup
Washington St
Tremont Street
West Street
Bromfield Street
Union St
Canal St
Ymarcet
Summer St
Tremont St
Sehee
Washington
Bromfield St. Neer
Ride
Pur
Winter Street
Shepard Service
Otis Balbriggan
Men’s
Otis Union
Athletic Union
Brand
Lisle
SILK
Lyman Mills
Gen. Edwards
Edwards
Palm Beach
THE
Shepard Stores
Biarritz
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