drives car on her 97th birthday in winthrop
Mrs. Mary Ann Peirce Thompson of 15 George street Winthrop celebrated her 97th birthday by driving her automobile at 7 am with her bulldog Buster beside her. Neighbors and family gathered to honor the delightful long lived resident who recalls traveling by stagecoach to Boston in her girlhood.
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Mary Ann Peirce Thompson
George Street
Winthrop
Buster
Thompson
Littleton
Mass
Ben Jeffrey
Mrs. Thompson
Gamaliel B. Thompson
Grandma Thompson
Boston
Peabody
Newburyport
Neals Gas Tablets Quick Relief Ad
Ad advertises Neals Gas Tablets for stomach gas and sour stomach relief with a fast effect after taking one or two tablets. Sold by druggists.
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Neals
Editor Arrested in Libel Charge Against Italian Prince
Emmanuele Lo Presti, editor of La Notizia at 6 Prince Street, was arrested last night by police on criminal libel charges against Prince Ferdinando de Savoy, head of the Italian royal mission to the United States.
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Emmanuele Lo Presti
Prince Street
la Notizia
Battery Street
Prince Ferdinando de Savoy
Prince
Udine
Boston
United States
North End Public Outcry Over Prince Portrait
La Notizia sparked a furore among North End residents after calling the prince a piece of soap and a plucked hen. Police halted a 2000 reader demonstration and destroyed copies found on newsstands and in homes. Captain Dailey arranged for Lo Presti to walk to the station house to avoid further trouble.
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la Notizia
North End
Matthew J. Dailey
Hanover Street
Lo Presti
Bail Granted After Arrest of Local Figure Lo Presti
Lo Presti aged 40 was arrested and later released on bail of 1500 dollars after being accompanied by police. The incident ends with his freedom restored following bail payment.
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Lo Presti
La Notizia Denies Staff Involvement In Probe and Resignation
La Notizia explains a controversy over a demonstration against the paper was caused by a collaborator not on staff. The managing editor E Lo Presti offered his resignation. the board accepted. The note defends the paper’s support for Italy and allies and cites war effort initiatives.
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North
Italy
la Notizia
United States
Union
Liberty Loan and Red Cross Fund
E. Lo Presti
Mayor Curley Urges Flag Displays for July Fourth
The mayor calls Boston residents to keep American flags up from homes and shops for the Elks convention July 9 to 14 and the G A R convention in August. He urges continuing decorations through both events and notes strong patriotic display planned for the city.
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Boston
Curley
Cambridge Singer Weds Winthrop Man in Double Ring Ceremony
Miss Florence A. King soloist at St. James Church Cambridge married Alonzo Miner MacMurray of Winthrop last night in St. James Church. The Rev. Ernest W. Paddock conducted the double ring ceremony.
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Florence A. King
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church
Cambridge
Alonzo Miner MacMurray
Winthrop
St. James Church
Ernest W. Paddock
Street paving urged for Beacon and Park streets
Chairman John R. Murphy of the finance commission and consulting engineer Guy C. Emerson urged the Beacon street sections between Charles and Park streets and the Park street segment be paved with granite block or ordinary macadam, during yesterday's street commissioners meeting.
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Beacon Street
Charles and
Park Street
John R. Murphy
Finance Commission
Guy C. Emerson
British recruiting mission led by Colonel Steele visits Boston
Colonel Lt. George Loftus Steele arrives in Boston to oversee Britain’s recruiting drive in New England for English Scottish and Canadian units overseas. He hints at a longer stay and plans to base recruitment at a hub in Boston with an army surgeon, while Belgian French Russian Italian enlistments may follow. Captain Tweedy and Captain Morrison accompany him as about 50 men sign up for overseas contingents.
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ST. George L. Steele
Boston
George Loftus Steele
India
Egypt
China
Europe
United States
New England
Steele
New York
A. CC. Tweedy
Canadian Highlanders
Thomas Morrison
Dominion
Fugitive Joe Worchehofsky Escapes After Acquittal
Joe Worchehofsky, just discharged by Central Court as not guilty of clothing larceny, fled Pemberton square after the case was yesterday dismissed. Joe Markofsky testified to unlikely circumstances and chased through the area as officers and pedestrians pursued. The fugitive escaped with promise of future chases.
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Joe Worchehofsky
Central Court
Pemberton Square
Joe Markofsky
Less Fats for Germans Next Winter Than Ever
In Copenhagen on June 27 officials announce German fat rations for next winter will be below last winter’s 50 grams weekly. Marmalade preserves will be relied on to improve bread taste. A new time division splits the year into nine marmalade months and three compete months based on bread materials.
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Copenhagen
Patriotic Sunday Observed with Red Cross Appeal
Washington June 27 President Wilson urges all United States Sunday schools to observe next Sunday as Patriotic Sunday with generous giving to the Red Cross.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Red Cross
Sunday School Patriot Day for Red Cross Appeal
President Wilson urges officers teachers and scholars to observe a special patriotic day in support of the American Red Cross to aid those affected by the current war. He hopes for unstinted generosity and a strengthened understanding of the nation’s cause.
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Wilson
United States of America
United States
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
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