Mayor Curley and wife observe 11th wedding anniversary
Mayor and Mrs Curley mark their eleventh anniversary today at their Jamaica Plain home. The mayor plans a quiet day with a small group of intimate family friends this evening. Curley wed Mary E Herlihy in 1906 and they have five children: James M Jr Mary Dorothea Paul and Leo.
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Curley
Jamaica Plain
Old City Council
Mary E. Herlihy
James M., Jr
Mary
Dorothea
Paul
Leo
Mayor Curley
Boston
Paul Curley
Mary Curley
Leo Curley
James M. Curley
Dorothea Curley
G A R Fund Subscriptions Total Six Thousand Six Hundred
The finance committee of the G. A. R. national encampment lists subscriptions to the guarantee fund from firms such as Jordan Marsh Carriage, R. H. Stearns Company, Chandler & Co, Filene Sons Co, Hornblower & Weeks, Galen L. Stone, Shepard Norwell Co, Jones & Whitney Co, Tice & Hutchins, Henry H. Proctor, H. McElwain Co, United Shoe Machinery Co, Thomas G. Plant Co, Haskell, Warren & Co, Houghton Mifflin, and Weeks among others, totaling 6600 dollars. EDW Haskell chairs the committee.
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G. A. R. National
Jordan Marsh
R. H. Stearns Company
Chandler & Co
Filene Sons Co
Hornblower & Weeks
Galen L. Stone
Sbhepard, Norwell Co
Iollingsworth & Whitney “Co
HOF’ CO
Tice & Hutchins, Inc
Henry H. Proctor
H. McElwain Co
L. Douglas Ste Co
Houghton Mifflin Co
John W. Weeks
Robert Winsor
Rodeheaver Dinner Guest in Winthrop
Homer Rodeheaver, choir master of Billy Sunday campaigns, was entertained at the Cottage Park Hotel Winthrop by Boston friends. The hotel orchestra played campaign hymns including Brighten the Corner. Harrison D Dockray of the Banker and Tradesman led the arrangements.
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Homer Rodeheaver
Boston
Cottage Park
Winthrop
Harrison D. Dockray
the Banker and Tradesman
Cambridge Police Report 85 Slackers
Cambridge police reported 85 slackers to U S Marshal Mitchell for prosecution. Names were found by comparing assessors lists with army registration lists. Eight more men turned 21 appeared on assessors lists than registered for the draft on June 5. Marshal orders police to investigate each case for prosecution if men fail to register.
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Cambridge
United States
Mitchell
Sailors Save Flag Slurrrer Riot in Boston Common
Disparagement of the flag and of the Red Cross sparked a small riot on Boston Common last night. A 43-year-old Boston man was arrested at City Hall Avenue police station and booked on drunkenness charges.
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Red Cross
Boston Common
Boston
City Hall Avenue
Marines Rescue Man From Lynching Mob on Tremont Street
A disturbance after a Red Cross meeting ends with marines and sailors shielding a man accused of drunkenness from a furious crowd shouting to lynch him. Police detain him for arraignment as naval guards form a protective escort to the station amid threats and abuse.
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Red Cross
James PD. Henderson
Commonwealth Pier
Navy Yard
W. C. Deale
Deale
A. B. Snow
Snow
J. E. Boulton
G. J. Kelly
Ray Wollven
Marine Corps
F. B. McQueeney
U. S. S. Georgia
Edward G. Green
O. J. Hildebrandt
Rogers
Tremont Street
Friedenwald Re-elected President of Federation of American Zionists
Dr. Harry A. Friedenwald of Baltimore was unanimously re-elected president. Louis Lipsky of New York became chairman of the executive committee and Louis Robison of New York was re-elected treasurer. The convention adopted a peace pledge to avoid debate on the back to Palestine movement and to seek maximum Jewish rights in Palestine through the Washington congress. The session included heated moments and threats of adjournment.
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Baltimore
Harry A. Friedenwald
Federation of American Zionists
Louis Lipsky
New York
Louis Robison
Hugo Pam
Chicago
Washington
Palestine’ Movement
Palestine
Friedenwald
Solomon Goldenberg
David A. Lourie
Boston
Insult to Udine Prince Ignites Boston Riot
A Boston Italian daily paper called the Prince of Udine a "piece of soap" and "plucked hen" provoking a mass protest. More than 2000 North End residents surged through the district destroying copies, storming newsstands, and forcing the paper to remove the Italian flag as reserves were called from Hanover Street station.
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Udine
Boston
Bonday
North End
Hanover Street
Cambridge Mayor Bypasses Captains to Name Police Chief
Mayor Rockwood of Cambridge moved quickly to appoint Lieutenant Frederick M. Ellis as chief of police, bypassing six captains. The appointment awaits City Council confirmation and would take effect upon Chief John F. Murray’s July 1 retirement after 20 years in the department. Ellis recently studied New York police methods under Inspector Cornelius F. Canhaiane.
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Rockwood
Cambridge
Frederick M. Ellis
Ellis
John F. Murray
New York
Cornelius F. Canhaiane
Dance At Whitney Hall For Ninth Regiment Fund
About 1500 attendees gathered at Whitney Hall Brookline last night for a dance to aid the Ninth Regiment comfort fund and to honor its commander Colonel Edward Lt Logan. The event featured patronesses and a reception committee with named young ladies and officers serving as ushers and battalion aides.
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Whitney Hall
Brookline
Ninth Regiment
Edward Lt. Logan
Martha T. Logan
James J. Phelan
Leo H. Leary
P. A. O'Connell
Marie Taff
Alice Lonergan
Margaret Kennedy
Mary
Elinore O'Riordan
Mary Collins
Christopher Lee
Joseph Mahoney
Francis Logan
O'Connell
Charles H. Cole
Thomas Murphy
Harvard Man to Lead Hoover Ads Unit in Government Service
Strebo Claggett of Harvard Law School class of 1917 has been chosen by Food Controller Hoover to head the new advertising department for the government service division. He will depart for Washington today to take charge. Claggett, a Leland Stanford graduate of 1914, won strong backing from friends at Harvard and Stanford for his advertising prowess and campus campaigns. He previously earned headlines by managing his own ad ventures while studying and was offered a 10 000 a year sales manager role before accepting the government post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strebo Claggett
Harvard Law School
Hoover
Washington
Claggett
Leland Stanford University
Young Horses Show Up Well At Matinee Speed Trials
The Charles River Speedway matinee featured two and three year old trotters. Echo Direct won a heat in 2 25 4 with promising speed. Extend clocked 2 22 4 and 2 21 4, while Bingola posted 2 17 1 4 and 2 16 1 4 in late heats. Other fine performers included Flashing, Princeton Worthy, Mae C, Jacqueline P, and Leta Watts with a 2 19 1 4 last heat win.
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Charles River Speedway
Echo Direct
Echo Todd
F. L. Burke
Extend
Flashing
Wanless
Teddy Bingen
Eddie O'Neill
Princeton Worthy
Mr. Nelson
Mae C
Mr. Traiser
Jacqueline P
Little Demon of Wrestling Fame Dead
Joe Action known as the Little Demon, an American and English wrestling champion from a quarter century ago, died in Portland at age 65. He had served ten years as wrestling instructor at a local amateur athletic club and defeated rivals including Joe Cannon, William Muldoon, Edward Bibby, Evans Lewis, the Strangler, and Clarence Whistler.
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Portland
Ore
Joe Action
America
England
Little Demon
Joe Cannon
William Muldoon
Edward Bibby
Evans Lewis
Strangler
Clarence Whistler
Hanlon Nets Win Over Donahue In Denver Bout
New York reports Jimmy Hanlon of Denver defeated Harry Donahue of Peoria in a ten round boxing match. Hanlon won four rounds, Donahue three, with three even. Hanlon weighed 132 pounds and Donahue 140.
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New York
Jimmy Hanlon
Denver
Harry Donahue
Peoria
Hanlon
Donahue
Vonanue
Woman Held as Murderer in Brookline Case
Miss Varney was arrested early yesterday in Upton by Detective Sergeant Rutherford and Inspector Frans for the murder of Mrs. Keyes on June 19 in Brookline. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded without bail to Dedham jail, with trial set for July 6.
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Pauline Biesenbach
George Keyes
International Realty Company
Boylston Street
Boston
New York
Keyes
Seattle
Wash
Park Avenue
Winthrop
Brookline
Miss Varney
Upton
Rutherford
Frans
Dedham County
Providence
Lynchings as Federal Crime Debate Draws Mass Meeting
At a Camden street church a mass meeting heard calls to make lynching a federal crime. Speaker William D. Brigham urged passage with President Wilson urged to heed protests of 12,000,000 colored people. Other speakers included Mrs. W. C. Simpson and William Monroe Trotter.
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William D. Brigham
Dorchester
People's Baptist Church
Camden Street
Wilson
Mississippi
Tennessee
W. C. Simpson
William Monroe Trotter
Wilson orders FTC probe into steel and lumber costs
Washington June 26 President Wilson directs the Federal Trade Commission to investigate production costs of steel and lumber the main materials for the government merchant fleet. It is assumed that prices fixed as fair by the commission will govern contracts for ships and other government work using these materials.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Commission As Fair
Wilson pushes for government price controls on war materials
President Wilson backs a demand for lower prices on war materials as the Trade Commission weighs material costs. Moves to reorganize the Council of National Defence propose a purchasing commissioner to coordinate government buys while a Senate committee probes the need for government control of raw materials. Navy officials report steel mills meeting navy needs and poised to improve to meet continued government demand.
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Wilson
The
Trade Commission
Daniels
Council of National Defence
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Defence Council
Taylor
Navy Department
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy
Old Glory Raised Over Boston Light Symbol of Gateway to New England
The Boston Chamber of Commerce funded a 60 foot flagpole and flag at Boston Light to mark the first flag display on Little Brewster Island in over 20 years. Lighthouse Keeper C H Jennings and assistant A As Small raised the flag as Marine Corps buglers sounded. Ralph H Goddard accepted the flag for the government, with William C Brewer presenting.
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Little Brewster Island
Boston Light
Chamber of Commerce
Island
C. H. Jennings
Boston Harbor
United States
New England
Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Lights House
Chamber
A. As Small
William C. Brewer
Ralph H. Goddard
Six Guards Assigned to Protect Judge Mayer in Draft Trial
Six Department of Justice agents were assigned to guard United States Judge Julius M. Mayer as Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman face trial in New York. Authorities dismissed threats as protests of the prosecution. Federal assistant district attorney Harold A. Content, who will prosecute, also received threatening letters.
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New York
Department of Justice
United States
Julius M. Mayer
Emma Goldeman
Alexander Berkman
Mayer
Harold A. Content
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Maurice Ketten
Idinner
Presto
G. A. R. Fund
H. Haskell
Rodeheaver
Boston Friends
Great Western
Brookline Women At “Comfort Fund
Harvard
Man of Food
Wrestling
Barcock
Peanster
Suane
RED Sox
Emma Goldman
Berkman
Bietish Jewellers
Cate
Waltham
Washington St. Cor, Water
Frank A. Andrews, Inc
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