New England Baptist Hospital Nurses Graduation Honors War Heroes
Five overseas service nurses received gold chevrons as their class at New England Baptist Hospital graduated under Lt Col Hugh Cabot. Dr. George S Badger led tributes to three alumnae who died in duty. Cabot urged seriousness in postwar obligations as families applauded the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Cabot
France
New England Baptist Hospital
Ford Hall
George S. Co. Badger
Glenn Cross
Alice Potts
Laura Freeman
Florence Bell McPhee
Martha Gates
Harvard
Martha Pendleton
Blanche Wallace
Red Cross
Mary Clark
Base Hospital 10
America
Flanders
Poslam Advertises Skin Treatment for Various Ailments
An advertisement promotes Poslam for itching skin diseases and eruptions. It claims rapid relief for eczema acne and surface affections and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories, New York, with Poslam Soap for tender skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 47Th St
New York City
Noblest Husband in World
Widow Mrs. Baird recalls Major Charles Gamble Baird 418th Signal Corps who died in France after serving Pershing in the Philippine war. She describes him as the noblest, most loving husband and says love and memory bind them beyond death. They wed days after meeting at sea and she learned English during his war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Avenue
Richmond Hill
Queens
Charles Gamble Baird
418Th Signal Corps Battalion
Charles
Baird
Hungary
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Pershing
Pershing
France
Scranton
New York
Beaten Hearts and Proposals In Lynch Mob Tale
A Lynn, June 24 report describes a white woman Miss Mabel E. Puffer, engaged to Honey Hazzard, receiving multiple marriage proposals from suitors of both races. A letter from Sela Coupled, claiming affection for Hazzard, arrives amid a spate of similar notes to Puffer and to Honey, highlighting tensions around a mixed affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Lynn
Honey” Hazzard
Mabel E. Puffer
Miss Puffer
Hazzard
Sion
Hon
Sela
Honey
New Phone Strike Threatened Across New England
Mayor Peters met a committee from the New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers Unions to avert a broader strike at Western Electric in Boston. The union groups threaten sympathy strikes across Rhode Island and Connecticut if demands remain unmet, with Unity leader Noonan urged to coordinate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers’ Unions
Western Electric Company
New England Telephone Company
Providence Telephone Company
Rhode Island
Southern New England Company
Connecticut
DuBois
New York
Harry
Noonan
Telephone Operators’ Department
The
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
James P. Noonan
Boston
Joint Council
International
Washington
A. F. of L
Atlantic City
Post Office Department
Burleson
American Bell Telephone Company
American Bell Company
Western Electric
Prize Dogs at Brookline Show Aids Disabled Veterans
The Ladies' Dog Club hosts its fourth annual show at the Larz Anderson estate in Brookline from 10 AM to 6 PM to award cash prizes and trophies. About 590 dogs compete across breeds with proceeds supporting disabled soldiers and sailors returned from Europe. Notable entrants include Louis K. Liggett and Mrs. Frances Scheeler. Superintendent T. E. L. Kemp presides. $700 in cash prizes plus trophies are offered. Tickets available at the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larz Anderson Estate
Brookline
Europe
New England
Louis K. Liggett
Manchester
Frances Scheeler
Milton
Louis Lichtenhein
Pat 2d
Dallen
Spider, Jr
Boston
Tribute to Lieut William L Drohan by General Edwards
General Edwards extols Lieut William L Drohan as a superb soldier and generous man. He recalls Drohan as the soul of the 26th Division and honors his loyalty humor and selfless duty despite terminal illness. Drohan wished to die alongside his comrades in France and joined front line trenches before his return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
William L. Drohan
Bill’ Drohan
I. F
France
Chemins-des-Dames
America
Cloth Weavers elect officers ahead of textile convention
The National Federation of Cloth Weavers in Pawtucket Rhode Island on June 24 elected Abraham Binns of New Bedford as president William Lowax of Tall River as vice president and James Whitehead of Fall River as secretary and treasurer The federation will attend the Amalgamation of Textile Workers convention opening here tomorrow.
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Pawtucket
R. I
National Federation of Cloth Weavers
Abraham Binns
New Bedford
William Lowax
Tall River
James Whitehead
Fall River
Amalgamation of Textile Workers
Man Sentenced to State Prison for Cambridge Manslaughter
In East Cambridge Superior Court Judge Dubuque sentenced Lyden, aged 15 to 18, to State Prison yesterday after his guilty plea to manslaughter. He allegedly strangled landlady Mrs. Annie Wilson at her home on 29 Marcella Street Cambridge on May 2 in a jealous fit.
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Dubuque
East Cambridge
Lyden
Annie Wilson
Marcella Street
Cambridge
Greek man arrested for draft registration failure
Theodore Kokenokes of Murleigh street Cambridge failed to register for the draft last September. Federal officials arrested and arraigned him before the U S commissioner yesterday. He is a Greek and faces a hearing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kokenokes
Murleigh Street
Cambridge
United States
Appropriation Increase Urged by Hurley
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board urged Senate appropriations committee to raise the government's shipbuilding fund by about 200 million dollars within the 273 million dollar sundry civil appropriation. He warned losses in disposing of ships under construction and rising unemployment in shipyards if not granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hurley
Shipping Board
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sacred Heart Devotions Lead Diocesan Gatherings in Boston
Catholic rites mark Feast of the Sacred Heart with open air Mass at Boston Consumptives’ Hospital at 6 30 a m. A 3 p m benediction and procession is planned with Fr Burke as celebrant and Fr Hickey as deacon. Triduums and novenas span Holy Cross Cathedral to Dorchester parishes, closing with benediction Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Consumptives’ Hospital
Francis A. Burke
Daniel F. Burke
St. Matthew’s Church
Dorchester
Vincent J. Hickey
St. Joseph's Church, Belmont
Burke
Father Hickey
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
St. Peter's
Meeting House Hill
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Rear Admiral Dunn Brings Bride Home
Rear Admiral Herbert V. Dunn commander of the first naval district at Charlestown Navy Yard and his bride Mrs. Eleanor Cameron Palmer of Baltimore were married in New London Connecticut on Sunday. They reside at the Chestnut street house formerly home to Rear Admiral Wood and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert V. Dunn
First Naval District
Charlestown Navy Yard
Chestnut Street House
Wood
Boston
Eleanor Cameron Palmer
Baltimore
New London
Reception for Hull veterans tonight at Palm Gardens
A banquet will honor 115 Hull boys from the great war at Palm Gardens Para gon Park this evening. Town officials direct the event. medals will be awarded to all, and two Hull veterans Adelbert Brosnahan and Douglas Ross receive gold watches for their Distinguished Service Crosses. Clarence V Nickerson chairs the Hull Board of Selectmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Gardens
Paragon Park
Hull
Adelbert Brosnahan
Douglas Ross
Clarence V. Nickerson
Hull Board of Selectmen
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Baptist Hospital
Poslam
Lynn Blonde
Sybil
Bell Company
Drohan
James F. Lyden
Sacred Heart Parish
Roslindale
John F. Cummings
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
East Boston
Patrick J. Riley
Thomas A Kempis
Robert Swickerath, S. J
Whistler
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
Massachusetts
Autostrop Safety Razor Company
Toronto
London
Paris
Rear Admiral
Dunn
Bride
Tremont St
Park St
AutoStrop Razor
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