Evacuation Day Celebrations in South Boston Return of Page 18
South Boston marks Evacuation Day with a big afternoon parade and an evening banquet at the Municipal building. Governor Walsh Mayor Curley and numerous dignitaries including U S Senator Hollis and Congressman Keating are expected as guests. Missouri Congressman Perl D Decker will give the principal address for President Wilson.
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South Boston
Municipal
State
Committee In Charge
Walsh
Curley
United States
Hollis
New Hampshire
Keating
Colorado
Massachusetts
New York
Perl D. Decker
Missouri
Wilson
Boston
New Bedford Savings Names Sidney W Winslow Jr Director
Sidney W Winslow Jr joins the board of New Bedford Institution for Savings while A Francis Hayden is noted as president of A S smelting and refining and mining company and A & Smelting Refining and Mining Co.
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New Bedford Institution For Savings
Sidney W. Winslow, Jr
A. &. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co
Attempted hold up of Plymouth bound train near Darby
A masked gunman fired two blue steel revolvers from a roadside hide near the Darby station at 2 45 pm and tried to stop the Plymouth bound express from New York and Providence. Passengers panicked as a police posse combs the woods for the armed robber amid a safeload of cash in the express car.
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Plymouth
Darby
New York
Providence
Attempted train hold-up near Plympton road crossing
An armed man failed to complete preparations to stop a moving train at the Plympton road crossing near Darby station. The train traveled about 30 miles per hour as the gunman aimed to shoot the engineer or force the train to halt but apparently fled as the delay continued.
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Plympton Road
Darby
Plymouth
Run Down by Taxi Dying Cambridge Man
George W. Higgins 69 of Cambridge was fatally struck when he stepped from a streetcar and was run over by a taxicab on Hanover Street. Chauffeur Joseph Griffin of East Boston was arrested on a technical assault charge and later bail was posted.
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George W. Higgins
Cambridge
Hanover i
Joseph Griffin
Saratoga Street
Boston
Relief Hospital
Griffin
Joy Street
Higgins
Fayette Street
Miss Wilson Plans Fussy Wedding Despite Presidential Restraint
Washington reports Miss Eleanor Wilson fiancée of Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo will have a wedding with fuss and feathers. Despite hope for simplicity by President and Mrs. Wilson, it is widely believed the ceremony will be more ornate than their stance suggests.
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Washington
Eleanor Wilson
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Marriage Attendance Rises Since November Ceremony
Attendance at the recent wedding was larger than the previous November nuptials of Miss Jessie Wilson and F. B. Sayre, reflecting growing community interest in the couple.
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Jessie Wilson
F. B. Sayre
White House wedding promises brilliant social affair
The bride to be’s social obligations foretell an unusually brilliant White House wedding. The ring given by Secretary McAdoo to Miss Wilson is described as one of the hand. Continued on Page 1S8-4th Column.
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White House
McAdoo
Miss Wilson
Massachusetts pension plan expands to most public workers
The new pension act, public last night, creates a contributory system for all public employees except Supreme Court justices and certain officers. It requires a 5 percent salary contribution up to 2000 and provides disability, widow, and child benefits with no old age pension. Continuous on Page IS-Sixth Col.
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Massachusetts
Pension Commission
Supreme Court
Ancient Star Timings and Coastal Almanac Notes
Portland and Gloucester observations list the moon and planets with timing data. An entry notes later day length and days before spring and Easter. Nearby anniversaries reference St Patrick's Day Evacuation Day in South Boston and the Texas Republic constitution of 1836.
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Venus
Mars
Saturn
Morningstar
Jupiter
St. Patrick's Day
Boston
Texas
Wilson
Congress
Weather forecast for New England and Boston area
Fair and warmer in Boston for Tuesday and Wednesday with slowly rising temperatures. Winds shift from easterly to southerly and westerly. Northern New England sees cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday then fair with brisk east to south winds. Southern New England remains cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday then fair with moderate to brisk variable winds turning west.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Thompson's Spa Weather Journal Entry
Recorded observations show average yesterday temperature 37 with range 15 to 24. One year prior, average 45 with range 17 to 24. Data entries include numbers and illegible codes from a spa log.
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Thompson's Spa
Bom Wis Econ
Sas &E
Sas
Martial law near Tecate after post office and murder
Martial law was practically in effect today along the border for miles each side of Tecate following the destruction by fire of the general store housing the United States post office and customs office and the murder Saturday night of Postmaster Frank Johnston by three men described as Mexicans.
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San Diego
Cal
Tecate
United States Post Office and Customs Office
Frank Johnston
Border tensions rise as troops patrol Tecate area
American troops from Fort Rosecrans patrol the border while Mexican rurales guard the line not far away. A 19 mile radius around Tecate is fully armed and rifles and ammo have been ordered in. Governor Johnson seeks formal demand on Governor Vasquez for a murder suspect. Major Davis at Fort Rosecrans has instructions to assist immigration and customs officials and keep authorities informed.
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Fort Rosecrans
Tecate
Hiram W. Johnson
Francisco Vasquez
Lower
California
Johnson
W. C. Davis
Washington
Immigration and Customs
Department
Crisis in New Haven at hand
Washington report says after months of talks the New Haven railroad crisis may peak this week with the Department of Justice pressing for disposition of its subsidiary properties. The outcome hinges on T. W. Gregory and Jesse Adkins reports from New England on proposed trolley holdings in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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Washington
New Haven
Department of Justice
Department
T. W. Gregory
Jesse Adkins
McReynolds
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
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Elmer J. Bliss
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International Trust Company
NEW American House
Tre House OF Good Cheer
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D. M. Healy
St. Patrick Day
Bay State
St. Patrick’s Night
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Mrs. Sayre
G. V. Buck
Mansfield Agar
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Mansfield Laboratories, Inc
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