Princess Pats Return Home After War Service
The Princess Pats and accompanying battalions arrived in Halifax aboard the Carmania from England. Veterans include King George V’s unit with 32 original members from 1914, plus replacements to maintain strength after fierce actions at Ypres Polygon Wood Vimy Ridge Lens Cambrai and ten other battles.
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Halifax
Ypres
Polygon
Wood
Vimy Ridge
Lens
Cambrai
Princess Pats
Hamilton Gault
Adamson
F. J. Simpson
Edmonton
Alberta
England
Pats
Civil War Veteran Laroy Currier Dies at Newburyport
Newburyport March 17 Laroy Currier 82 a well known Civil War veteran died at his home 11 Bromfield street He enlisted Sept 16 1862 private in Company A 48th Regiment M V M he fought at Plains Store and Port Hudson La discharged Sept 3 1898 He later served as corporal in Company H Cushing Guards 60th Regiment Infantry M V M He ran a shoe repair business at the Bromfield Purchase corner He leaves a wife a daughter Mrs Charles Shirley of Somerville and son Stephen P Currier of Haverhill
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Newburyport
Currier
Bromfield
Purchase Streets
Charles Shirley
Somerville
Stephen P. Currier
Haverhill
Lichnowsky Named Possible Ambassador to United States
Stockholm March 17 Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky former German ambassador to Great Britain is cited by Svenska Dagbladet as the probable German ambassador to the United States after peace. He sparked controversy in 1918 by blaming Germany for the war and praising Britain’s efforts to avert hostilities. The Prussian Lords expelled him for his remarks.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Svenska Dagbladet
Charles Max Lichnowsky
Great Britain
United States
Prince Lichnowsky
Germany
Prussian
House of Lords
Prince Chas
Max Lichnowsky
Drag River Search For Missing Pittsfield Woman
Western Massachusetts police drag the Connecticut River at Springfield in a bid to locate Mrs. William O. Dwyer of 827 South street Pittsfield who vanished after leaving a sanitarium and last seen on a trolley bound for Springfield. Authorities suspect she may have jumped from the Old Toll bridge during a period of distress and are pursuing all leads.
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Pittsfield
Massachusetts
William O. Dwyer
South Street
Connecticut
Springfield
Dwyer
South Amherst
Holyoke
Toll Bridge
Maurice on peace delay harming postwar settlement
Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, once British director of military operations, said at Halifax that delaying peace terms after accepting League of Nations principles harmed prospects. He noted France seeks security before agreeing to terms and warned that monthly renewals of armistice terms destabilize Germany.
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Halifax
Frederick Maurice
General Staff
Carmania
New York
Maurice
League of Nations
Germany
France
Methodists Offer Aid in Victory Loan Drive
Three thousand Methodist Minute Men in the Boston area have been offered to the campaign chairmen for use in selling the fifth Victory Loan. Chaplain Ernest Lyman Mills announced that the group has accepted the assignment as field representative for New England Minute Men.
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Boston
New England
Ernest Lyman Mills
Minute Men
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