Roosevelt Fires First Gun in 1916 Campaign Clash
Col Roosevelt frames Wilson policy as failure, cites mishandled border defense and Mexico raids, warns of danger if government remains unprepared. He appeals to Progressive and Republican allies, plans stop in New York after Sagamore Hill meeting with Gardner to discuss Massachusetts.
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Mexico
Michigiun
Roosevelt
President Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Villa
Scott
Metropolitan Magazine
Wilson
Europe
Carranza
Congress
Lusitania
New York
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Gridiron Club
Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Sagamore Hill
Bay State
Charles Sumner Bird
Trinidad
Gardner
Mr. Bird
Lee Wade II Oratory Prizes Contest at Harvard Sanders Theatre
Harvard University will host the second annual Lee Wade II prizes in oratory at Sanders Theatre Cambridge on Thursday night. The contest honors Lee Wade II class of 1914 and is directed by Prof. Irrah L. Winter with judges Dr. Elwood Worcester Prof. Charles P. Parker and Rev. Dr. Prescott Evarts. A musical program by the Harvard Glee Club Signora Wilhelmina Lavino and Master Walter Zapolski will follow. no tickets are required for the public.
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Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Harvard University
Lee Wade II
Francis Henry Wade
Harvard
Wade
Lee Wade
Wallingford
Conn
Walter Zapolski
German Claim Storming French Positions North of Malancourt
Berlin reports on March 2 that German troops stormed French positions north of Malancourt along about 2000 metres on the Meuse left bank, taking 12 officers, 486 unwounded men, one gun and four machine guns. They also seized a northwestern Malancourt sector and claimed two more French divisions in action.
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Berlin
London
Malancourt
St. Eloi
Meuse
Narocz Lake
Molodeschno
Balkan Front
Russian War Report From Petrograd March 29
Moscow dispatch cites ongoing righting in the Dvinsk area with violent artillery fire south of Dvinsk. Reports claim German posts breached near Somino and wire defenses breached, with German troops fleeing. Flooding due to thaw disrupts movement from north to south. Caucasus coast forces repulse multiple Turkish counterattacks, taking prisoners and a gun.
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Petrograd
London
Dvinsk
Lake Narocz
Mokritza
Oginski Canal
Somino
Politzy
Sommetz
Stripa
Caucasus
Oghendere
Wrsendjan
British Front Quiet Day With Minor Mine Incident
London dispatch reports a quiet day on the front with a small mine exploding east of Bethune causing no damage. South of St Eloi forces consolidated all ground gained on March 27.
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London
Bethune
St. Eloi
Greece protests air raid on Saloniki
The Greek government protests to the central powers over the air bombardment of Saloniki last Monday as reported from Athens via Paris on March 29.
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Greece
Saloniki
Athens
Paris
Germans Gain Ground Northwest of Verdun
London report says German infantry attacked northwest of Verdun gaining more ground north of Malancourt and penetrating the village corner. French counter-attacks at Avecourt Wood were repulsed and heavy bombardment continued from Avecourt to Bethincourt as troops clash on multiple fronts. News also notes Russian offensives and Italian-air actions in Venetia.
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London
Verdun
Malancourt
Teutons
Avecourt Wood
Argonne
Avecourt Woods
Avecourt
Bethincourt
Vosges Mountains
Oise
Aisne
St. Eloi
Germans Make Gain in Attack on Malancourt
Paris March 29. German forces gained a footing in an advanced work north of Malancourt and occupied two houses in the village during a day of heavy fighting. French fire repelled further advance as bombardment continued west of the Meuse and in the Vosges.
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Paris
Malancourt
War Office
Oise
Aisne
Mouline-sous-Touvent
Argonne
Meuse
Avocourt
Bethincourt
Woevre
Les Eparges
Vosges
Stossweier
Muenster
Saloniki Air Raid Kills Twenty In Wave Of Destruction
Paris report states twenty killed and 30 to 40 wounded as seven German planes bomb Saloniki. Four planes destroyed after French pursuit. Athens reports Greek casualties and political reaction including martial law debate and editorials criticizing neutral Greece. Saloniki mayor appeals to King Constantine for protection.
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Paris
Saloniki
Athens
Greece
Chamber of Deputies
Skouloudis
Constantine
Moschopoulos
Italians Drive Austrian Forces From Gorizia Heights
Italian troops reporting from Rome via London say they expelled Austrian units from heights northwest of Gorizia and seized 302 prisoners including 11 officers. They recaptured positions along the upper But River as enemy gunfire and weather hampered operations.
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Rome
London
Gorizia
War Office
Valentina
Val Fpiccolo
Isonzo
Mrazhvih
Geagora Sea
City cuts per patient cost at Mattapan hospital
At a City Council budget meeting the daily cost per patient at Mattapan Consumers Hospital fell from 1.53 to 1.34 dollars. The hospital cared for 95 555 patient days during the year.
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Mattapan
Boston Budget Hearing Highlights Heat and Hampered Inquiries
City Budget session features a dispute over salary increase estimates by City Collector John Curley cut from 5400 to 3600 by the Mayor. Councillor Storrow proposes competitive bids for a 5000 yearly eggs and butter supply for the Mattapan hospital. The sitting ends as Storrow seeks further questions, citing unbearable heat.
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John J. Curley
Storrow
Arthur White
Mattapan Consumptives Hospital
Curley
Council
Nine vessels reach new fish pier as prices tumble
Nine steam trawlers dock at the new fish pier driving lower wholesale prices for haddock cod pollock hake and halibut. Bay State Fishing Co plans three larger trawlers for the Great Lakes with deliveries set for summer as sailings and shipbuilding momentum reshape local trade.
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Haddock
Bay State Fishing Company
Great Lakes
Gordon Pen Fisheries Company of
Gloucester
Boston
Provincetown
Newfoundland
Camden
N. J
Darrow Mann Company
New York Shipbuilding Company
Lake
Selwyn Eddy
Harvey Brown
Herman Winter
Metropolitan Line
Portland
Fiske’s
North End
Eumeric
Calcutta
Opera schedule listing multiple titles and performers
Metropolitan timetable lists Boris Godunov Boheme Carmen Tristan Lucia Aida Butterfly Lohengrin Parsifal with casts including Gordunov Bayerlova Caruso Amato Rothier and conductors Bodanzky Polacco Bavagnoli and Bodansky. Tickets range 1 to 5 dollars with boxes 60 dollars, at Opera House and Steinert's, directed by C A Bilis.
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Boris Godunofyf
Ober
Braslau
Sparkes
Didur
Rothier
Segurola
Althouse
Polacco
Boheme
Alda
Cajatti
Caruso
de Luca
Bavaxynoli
Carmen
Farrar
Martinelli
Amato
Palaces
Tristan
Kurt
Homer
Urlus
Braun
Weil
Dodanzky
Thurs
Lucia
Barrientos
Bavagnoli
Aida
Rappold
Scott
Bavagiesi
Opera House
Steinert’s
C. A. Bilis
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed from Several Ports
A list of steamers and schooners arriving at and sailing from Portland Gloucester Lynn and New York with tugs and barges in tow. Vessels include Chippewa Maguire Charleston Dorchester Howes Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Grecian Page Philadelphia Herman Winter Linnekin Laura Hall Hawes Tynemouth Creek Her man JF Kimball Thurston Marguerite Independence Nellie Dixon and more with tugs Walter A Luckenbach Daly and other tows.
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Chippewa
Maguire
Charleston
Dorchester
Howes
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Grecian
Page
Philadelphia
Herman Winter
Portland
Neptune
Mercury
Dingley
Linscott
City of
Soestdijk
Rotterdam
Avellanedat Arg
H. M. Whither
New York
Arlington
J. Af. Devereaux
Howard
Nellie Dixon
St. Andrews
N. B
Albert J. Stone
Albany
Marion
Scranton
Confidence
Bessie J
Gloucester
EB B. Pillsbury
Fall River
San Joaquin
Sadie Ross
Esperanto
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Col. Roosevelt
Naco
Tampico
Daniels
Vera Cruz
United States Army
General Oxcott
Army
Navy
Michigan
Sevchow
Narocz
Stripa River
Bessarabian
San Michele
San Martino
Vienna
Venetia
Polivanoff
Chouvaieff
Vittorio
Vino Port
Spain
Portugal
Richanrdson
Beach ST
Mass
Idla
Bowdoin Sq
East Boston
Orient Heights
Devonshire
State St
Seollay Sq
Homan
Bob Jewett
Jack Westerman
Helen Carr
Baron Magri
Gene Boudry
Ee “the Devil
Sessio
Cohen and
Clifford
Lang and Coulter
Billy Day
Chick Story
Birmingham
Savings Bank Insurance
David I. Walsh
Louis D. Brandeis
Consul
Betty
New Fish Pier
Cod
Pollock
Hake
Hampton
Gert
de Costa
W. Goodspeens
Cape of Good Hope
Mediterranean
Leyland Line
Novian
Manchester
Selwyn & CO
le Ae
Margaret
Illington
Boston Opera House
Emilie Lea
Valerie Bergere
Dooley and
Rogel
Rae Eleanor Ball
Stan Stanley
Lucy Gillett
Ruth
Harris
Manion
Aubrey and
Riche
Wes
Lillian Russell
Plymouth
John Galsworthy
John Barrymore O. P. Heggie
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Globe Theatre
Nly
Gary Deslys
Elinor Glynn
Tiny Mary’s Circus
de Luxe
Stoddard & Hynes
Hudler, Stein & Phillips
Alonzo Cox
Virginia Pearson
the Hunted Woman,” By
James Oliver Curwood
Castle Sq
Winter St
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Robert Mante
I Hazel Dawn
Fox & Paramount
the Red Circle
Ews Weekly
May Irwin
Washington Square
South End
Washington and Castle Sts
Holbrook Blinn
Wilbur
Paramount
Pauline Frederick
Audrey
Metro
Francis X. Bushman
Man and
His Soul
Waldron
Globe Trotter
Wash. St
Boylston
Billy Arlington
Casino
Haymarket
Klein’s Drug Store
Washington & Essex Sts
Shipping News
Nelson
Binghampton
Troy
Hawthorne
Brennan
Lynn
Cuba
Bartlett
Ilsbury
Wiconisco
Georges Creek
Anderson
Portsmuth
Aml
Swatara, Brown
Mahanoy
Beverly
Tamanen
Thomaston
Indian Ridge
Lua Belle Helene
Virginia Kelsey
Martha White
Ida Hoag
Martha Richards
Fred
Gardner & Co
Smith and Kaufman
Holden
Harron
Arding
Marquands
Odar and Dogs
Frank Garfield
Sam Cohen
Shubert Mats
WED
SAP
Venurs
Neenx
Hodge
Loew’s Orpheum
Agi
He Te Pyle
Edward Abeles & Co
House Peters
Francis
Bushman
Cne
Cate
Dustin Farnum
Ben Blair
Ethel Barrymore
Metro Pictures
Loew’s
ST. James O
Boston Auto Parts CO
Dorchester Ave
Jeffer
Cadillac
Rambler
Maxwell
Overland
Hudson
Ford
Pope- Hartford
WOL
Laston Centre
J. M. Barry
Green St
Ledbury
Ferdinand St. Ox
Marks & Chester
New England
Dudley St
Cor
Dudley Sq
Dudley St. Sta
Max Keezer
Mass. Ave
Mme. DE Groot
Tremont
Edward Sly
Tremont St
Simon Liner
Nichols St
Everett
Modern Wall Paper & Paint Co
Blue Hill Ave
Tel
Ss. Spizer
TL Williams
Chelsea St
P'Ping
W. Berman
Western Ave
Brighton
Eliot Square Storage CO
Roxbury St
Roxbury
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
State House
Committee On Legal Affairs
F. Howard Pparley
William J. Foley
Sylva & Silva
Wash, St
Down
L. H. Burack & CO
Bromfield St
Round & CO
Washington ST
Alberts
Wee
Cyril Maude
nerTny ix Grumpy
Eveluvn
ST. James Hall
Jordan Hall
Flonzaley Quartet
Albert Spalding
Felix Fox
Carlo Buonamici
Symphony Halk
Tremont Temple
Hall Caine
Earle Williams
Pete Storey
Z. R. Baumegart
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