Provincetown Pilgrims' Peace Memorial Plans Grow
The Provincetown Pilgrims peace memorial committee seeks co operation from the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants and other groups to memorialize the November 11 1620 Pilgrim compact and the November 11 1918 armistice with a Provincetown Hospital Pilgrims Peace Memorial. The project urges state and national backing, memorials in Provincetown and Plymouth, and Pilgrims Peace Day across the state.
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Provincetown
Massachusetts
Pilgrim Fathers
Provincetown Hospital
Pilgrims’ Peace Memorial
Atlantic
United States
Provincetown Pilgrims’ Peace Memorial Committee
Provincetown Pilgrims’ Peace Memorial Association
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
W. J. Hancock
A. P. Hannum
Society of Mayflower Descendants
Provincetown Committee
Society of
Mayflower Descendants
New England
Pilgrim
America
Plymouth
Pilgrims Peace Day Proposed for November 11 1920
The text urges declaring November 11 1920 as Pilgrims Peace Day. It calls on the Governor, Legislature, United States and state governments, sympathetic nations, the President, leaders of universities and churches, and the public to observe the day with global peacetime observances. It frames a broad coalition to mark the date with commemorations.
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America
United States
Union
Bills Seek Looser Rules for Celluloid Film Use in Movies
Two measures, filed by David S. Beyer and Francis H. Lincoln, aim to ease restrictions on moving picture film made of celluloid acetate with an enclosed incandescent lamp. Proponents say the bills would aid educational, industrial, philanthropic, and social productions. Critics warn of fire risk. testimony was offered by Claude L. Allen. Governor Coolidge hosted Senator James W. Watson at a luncheon. Watson spoke to the New England Street Railway Association. Tax notes totaling 4 million dollars were signed by Coolidge in anticipation of tax payments. Walter L. McMenimen spoke against lowering Public Service Commission salaries from 8500 to 4500 for the chair and from 8000 to 4000 for members.
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Legislative Committee On Mercantile Affairs
David S. Beyer
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Francis H. Lincoln
Worcester
Claude L. Allen
Pathoscope
Governor Coolidge
United States
James W. Watson
Indiana
Union Club
Boston
New England Street Railway Association
Walter L. McMenimen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen of
Massachusetts
Committee On Ways and Means
Public Service Commission
Killed on First Day at Work in Hyde Park Wagon Incident
Arthur R. McLaughlin aged 43 of 49 Austin Street Hyd Park was fatally injured when he fell from a double wagon his rear wheels ran over his head. He was employed by a Hyde Park contractor and yesterday was his first day on the job.
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Arthur R. McLaughlin
Austin Street
Hyd Park
Hyde Park
Maine highway bill goes to referendum
A resolve referring to a September special election and a constitutional amendment to raise highway bonds to 10 million dollars was engrossed in the Senate and now goes to the House for action.
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Maine
Augusta
Senate
House
Hayes Healing Honey Promises Throat Relief
Advertisement touts Hayes Healing Honey to heal the throat and cure coughs priced at 35e with a free box of 0-Pen-Trate Salve for chest and head colds and croup with each bottle.
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Hayes
5500 Missing from Expeditionary Forces Reported
General Pershing told the War Department that 5500 officers and men are listed as missing from the expeditionary forces. The figure compares with British and French totals of 161800 and 290000 respectively.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
War Department cites reburials clarifying missing American casualties
Reinternment of isolated graves to centralized cemeteries aids identification of deaths listed as missing. Pershing notes British and French policies on missing thresholds. about 5500 missing still unaccounted for, with new identifications from hospital records and war grave registries. Access to German prison camps and Allied interments reveals more identifications. Each AEF unit has received a complete list of officers and men listed as missing up to Feb 1.
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Pershing
War Department
Department
War ‘Office
Perishing
Washington
Germany
Graves and grave registration amid war identification efforts
The text discusses locating unknown graves and identifying battle casualties. It notes difficulties from warfare methods and terrain, several burial under fire, and the use of reburials to identify remains. Grave registration and chaplain reports are being revisited as more American dead are confirmed.
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Cable
Dear Miss Champagne A Young Woman Reviews Dates and Social Cares
A reader asks about dating etiquette with a shy young man. She is 18, he is 19, and she wonders why he never asks her out or suggests activities. She asks if a goodnight kiss is proper and how to gently steer him toward shared social outings.
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Miss Champagne
Farmhand shoots girl and kills self in Portland
In Portland, March 27, farm hand Axel Olsen shot Lydia Westerberg at a Federal street boarding house, critically wounding her before Olsen killed himself. Olsen, once employed by Lydia’s father Augustus Westerberg in Stroudwater, had been feared by Lydia and she refused his marriage proposal after a series of quarrels.
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Portland
Lydia Westerberg
Axel Olsen
Olsen
Augustus Westerberg
Stroudwater
Federal Street
Women Press for Donations to Aid Employment Efforts
Boston women and leaders of national and local organizations gathered at the Women's Division to urge financial contributions after Congress failed to pass the deficiencies bill affecting the United States Employment Bureaus. Everett W. Lord appealed for support as government withdrawal prompts private action.
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Boston
United States Employment Bureaus
Congress
Women’s Division
Federal Street
Everett W. Lord
Mabel L. Cooke
Nathaniel Thayer
Council of National Defence
Ames
Miss Nugent
National Civic Federation
Mary ‘Wiggin
Consumers’ League
Miss Caldwell
Ripley
League For Progressive Democracy
Dana Howie
Boston City Club
Miss Lauder
Lincoln House
Houghton
South End House
Troy
Women In Industry Committee of
Massachusetts
Miss Jackson
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Minnie Emerson
Business Women’s Club
E. M. Sands
Business
Women leaders and reform groups listed in Massachusetts
Names of prominent women and organizations spanning suffrage, labor, civic and youth groups appear together in a summary of participants. The roster includes Mrs. Lois B. Rantoul, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, Woman's Trade Union League, Mr. Conant as secretary of the Massachusetts Child Labor Committee, Miss Gutterson, Massachusetts League of Women Workers, Miss Kimball, Miss Johnson, Y. W. C. A., Mrs. Rice, member of the Community Labor Board of Westfield, and the National Civic Federation.
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Women’s’ Club
Lois B. Rantoul
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Woman’s Trade Union League
Mr. Conant
Massachusetts Child Labor Committee
Miss Gutterson
Massachusetts League of Women Workers
Miss Kimball
Miss Johnson
Rice
Community Labor Board of
Westfield
National Civic Federation
Troops Honor Dead Officer as Roosevelt Kin Laid to Rest
A solemn hush greeted the transport Great Northern bringing Major James A. Roosevelt body. Troops stood at attention as the casket, borne by eight soldiers, was carried to a hearse and ferried to Trinity Church mortuary chapel after arrival in New York from Hoboken.
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New York
Great Northern
James A. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoboken
Trinity Church
Fashions Shift in Dance Dresses and Evening Gowns
Dance dresses are shown in contrasting colors with sashed belts tucked for the frail gowns. Chiffon continues as ideal for matinee frocks while evening gowns keep very short skirts. The tabber blouse appears in wash fabrics and frilled lingerie blouses gain popularity. Capes and dolmans rise in style as afternoon wear skirts grow fuller.
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Chandler & Co
France
Europe
Paris
Chandler
Tremont Street
Dolmans
Evora
Bolivia
Congo
Chandler & Co.’s
Pilgrims’ Memorial Hospital
Mickey
Madelon
Pal
Hindustan
Ancret
Hallet & Davis
Quality
Wah
Boylston Street
Ervice
Mass
State House
Commonwealth
Coolidge
Mildred Champagne
Federal Bureau
Ayer
Aspirin
Bayer
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