Aunt Delia Torrey Seriously Ill in Millbury
Miss Delia C. Torrey known as Aunt Delia and aunt to former President Taft is critically ill with pneumonia at age 93 in Millbury. Doctors say her condition unchanged in 24 hours. Nephew Horace Taft is at the homestead as memories of her baking and visits accompany the tale of her long family ties.
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Worcester
Delia C. Torrey
Taft
Delia
Millbury
C. H. Church
Frederick H. Baker
Horace Taft
Watertown
Conn
Torrey Homestead
Aunt Delia
Yale
United States
Freshman team wins Harvard winter track relay
Upper class runners were defeated by freshmen on the final day of Harvard's winter track carnival. The 1921 relay squad including Baldwin Churchill Page Cady OConnell Douglass led the meet after a slow board track, as Landish Hall won the inter-dormitory relay with Gore and Smith Hall following.
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Harvard
Baldwin
Churchill
Page
Cady
O’connell
Douglass
Landish Hall
Gore
Smith Hall
McAdams
Nally
Not a Real Sport in Boston Says Groves
Charlie Groves, a Boston old-timer and former partner in the bucket shop era, laments Boston as puritanical and dead as he boasts a life of art, gambling, and fine dining. He praises New York for sport and speaks of his plans to end his days in New York while dining luxuriously in Boston when possible.
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Boston
Groves
Charlie
Charlie Groves
Jack Lacey
John Stetson
Old Globe Theatre
Flannagan
Charlie” Groves
New York
Dave Blanchard
Otis Marshall
Back Bay
Nat Goodwin
Hayward Place
Massachusetts
Henry
Parker’s
Wall Street
Jim
Broadway
Cambridge Soldier Is Made a Corporal
James J. Sherlock of 20 Carlisle Street Cambridge is named corporal in his company of the 30th U S Infantry stationed at Camp Greene Charlotte NC. He enlisted August 16 and in a letter to his sister Mrs Annis Brushett of 19 Bowdoin Street Somerville says he expects to sail for France soon.
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James J. Sherlock
Carlisle Street
Cambridge
U. S. Infantry
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Annis Brushett
Bowdoin Street
Somerville
France
James 5. Sherlock
30Th
Charlotte, N. C
Governor seeks $30,000 to fight social diseases
Governor McCall asked the Legislature to appropriate $30,000 for the State health department to suppress social diseases with approval of the Governor and Council. The message was referred to the public health committee.
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McCall
State Health Department
Committee On Public Health
Bay State Men Light Hearted Overseas Report
A cablegram to Governor McCall from the Massachusetts commission overseas reports Massachusetts troops under General Pershing are light hearted and healthier than typical American communities. The group, led by Charles Baxter, Louis Frothingham, and Dr. John Coughlin, notes strict troop health safeguards and aims to keep families informed through regular updates.
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Massachusetts
General Pershing
France
United States
McCall
Bay State Commission
Charles §. Baxter
Massachusetts Soldiers’ Information Bureau
Louis A. Frothingham
John W. Coughlin
Dance Tonight for Battery B Benefit
A dancing party to aid the regimental fund of Battery B, 55th Company, Heavy Artillery, C. A. C., will be held at the Dorchester Club tonight. Committee includes Mrs. Katherine W. Saunders Miss Maud F. Jackman Lieutenants Stewart Nagel Captain Robertson and Corporal Harrington.
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55Th Company, Heavy Artillery
Dorchester Club
Katherine W. Saunders
Maud F. Jackman
Stewart and
Nagel
Robertson
Harrington
Almanac publisher John Gray dies at 79 in Melrose
John Gray longtime publisher of the Old Farmers Almanac and Civil War veteran died at his home 18 Bellevue Melrose aged 78 or 79. Born 1839 in Salem he moved to Melrose in 1883 and served in Company F 23 Massachusetts Infantry. He chaired Post 4 G A R and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 PM at the home with burial in Wyoming Cemetery Melrose.
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John Gray
Old Farmers’ Almanac
Bellevue Avenue
Melrose
Mr. Gray
Salem
Massachusetts Infantry
George Guppy
Waban
Gray
Merose
Wyoming Cemetery
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Buckingham St
James F. Bailey
Concord St
Enid M. Dow
Spring St
E. Gustafson
Edford St
Quincy
James Conrad
4Th St
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J. Walsh
M. D
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Washington Corner
Bedford Street
Daniel Webster
Concord
Lexington
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Europe
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John Atkins
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