War Department Casualty List Shows 53 Names Added
A single casualty release lists 63 men for the nation with 38 fatalities for the day. Nine killed in action 14 died of accident 15 died of disease. New England adds six to its honor roll four mortalities. Total casualties to date 270 576 with 82 047 killed in action 13 390 died of wounds 22 100 died of accident 194 083 wounded in action 6 185 missing in action.
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War Department
New England
Ccecees
WDIGG
Accigen
Coasies
Wess Kendoo
Teal
Ooesesatawiaiesae
New England Boys on Casualty List Official List
Died of accident Joseph J. Bordeau Westerly x. Died of disease Sergt. Patrick R. Casey Newport R I Pt. George W. Drouin Dover N H Pt. Howard L. Quimby South Acton. Severely wounded St. Alfred H. Turcotte Worcester Pt. Thomas W. Dolan Worcester.
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New England
Patrick R. Casey
White St
Newport
R. I
George W. Drouin
Forest St
Dover
N. H
Howard L. Quimby
South Acton
Alfred H. Turcotte
Milbury St
Worcester
Thomas W. Dolan
Allen St
Queen Marie Arrives in Paris From London Visit
Queen Marie of Romania reached Paris at midnight after visiting King George and Queen Mary in London. She traveled with Princess Marie and several Romanian officials.
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Queen Marie
Paris
Queen Marie of Rumania
London
King George
Queen Mary
Princess Marie
Narratives of World War Tales From New England Division
The Post presents a series of first person World War accounts by members of New England's division. These personal narratives, drawn from real experiences, will be continued in upcoming Daily and Sunday editions.
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the Post
New England
Daily
Sunday Post
Verdun Memories and Aftermath From a WWI Veteran
A veteran recalls Marion era battles including Mihiel and Chateau Thierry. He describes advancing beyond supply trains, German loot such as food and wine, and a brutal bread ration. He recounts shelling near Souilly, an arm wound, Evacuation No. 4, and lost belongings. He hopes to meet surviving comrades in New England.
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St. Mihiel
Chateau Thierry
Dedham Plans $3500 for Town Soldiers Homecoming
The Dedham warrant committee recommends $3500 to support the homecoming of the town’s soldiers sailors and marines at the adjourned meeting in Memorial Hall. It also seeks $1000 from the Capen fund to purchase an automobile for two district nurses to use on sick calls.
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Dedham
Memorial Hall
Roberta Fogarty
Evelyn Haughton
Emergency Nursing Association
Elizabeth W. Capen
Calvin W. Capen
Time to preserve eggs for winter supply says food bulletin
The Women's Municipal League notes eggs will be abundant April through June and advises preserving them in water glass. Prefer fresh, undirty eggs in glass or earthenware containers with 2 to 10 gallon sizes and 2 inches of liquid. Properly stored eggs stay good eight months to a year.
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Women’s Municipal League
Tallest family in Vermont the Bogue clan at Enosburg
The Bogue family of Enosburg Vermont is billed as the state’s tallest, with ten children plus parents all at least six feet tall. Head Hiram C Bogue at six feet eleven inches recalls the days of seven feet in his youth and a secret service stint in Boston. Daughter Ida and Anna stand six feet, Glenna at six feet eleven and two more sons reach six five or taller.
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Verdu
Old City
Pleasant Valley
Max
Austin & Stone's
Secret Service
Boston
Mrs. Bogue
Enosburgh
Hiram C. Bogue
Bogue
Max Bogue
Bogues
Army
Navy
Arthur Bogue
309Th Guard and Fire Company
Philadelphia
Homer
Alvin
Howard
Leland
Ray
Ida
Anna
Glenna
Tall Bogue
Hiram F
Nordelia to perform toe and teeth piano act at Wentworth Institute
Pietro Nordelia will headline a weekly YMCA benefit at the Wentworth Institute to aid 275 soldiers. The program includes piano violin and accordion numbers plus songs and stories performed by Nordelia and an capable troupe under YMCA auspices.
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Pietro Nordelia
Wentworth Institute
Pietro
Boston Y. M. C. A
Bishop Lawrence Confirms 37 at Holy Trinity Marblehead
In Marblehead Holy Trinity Church crowded for Bishop Lawrence confirmation of 37 candidates his first service since illness. He likened the church to a power house and affilation to army enlistment. Assisted by Rev. William H. Osmond, with music by the vested choir directed by William Donohue.
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Marblehead
Holy Trinity
Lawrence
William H. Osmond
William Donohue
Amy Lowells Verse a Joke at Notre Dame Academy
P A Daly at Notre Dame Academy in the Fenway criticizes Amy Lowells free verse as petty while praising Newton Newkirk of the Boston Post and other newspaper poets for keeping verse alive. Daly, a humorist, reads his own Irish and Italian themed poems and entertains with dialect and humor.
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P. A. Daly
Notre Dame Academy
Fenway
Newton Newkirk
Boston Post
Mr. Daly
Miss Lowell
Boston
The
Post
Y M C A Secretary Recounts War Time Experiences
Arthur Newell, Y M C A secretary, relates months with British forces in France and time at a German prison camp in England. He notes German treatment of secretaries was kind due to Allied conduct toward German prisoners and comments that Germany remains a Hun and unsuitable for the League of Nations.
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Arthur Newell
France
England
Tremont Temple Brotherhood
Temple
Newell
League of Nations
Father Dwyer Celebrates First Mass in Boston
The Rev. Michael J. Dwyer, recently ordained in Rome, celebrated his first Mass in the United States at St. Aidan's Church Brookline yesterday. Many friends attended the service in the congregation.
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Michael J. Dwyer
Greater Boston
Rome
St. Aidan’s Church
Brookline
Father Dwyer
Portland Sailor’s Death Under Naval Inquest
Newport reports a Portland Me apprentice seaman Clifford Raymond Cushing age 20 hanged himself at the incoming detention barracks of the naval training station. He was found still living, taken to the naval hospital, and died the next night. Cushing had been at the station for one week and appeared despondent due to poor health. The naval board of inquest investigates the death and the body will be sent to Portland tomorrow.
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Portland
Newport
Naval Board of
Clifford Raymond Cushing
Cushing
Naval Training Station
Naval Hospital
Bayer Cross Aspirin Ad Warns on Fake Tablets
A Brooklyn dealer sold fraudulently manufactured aspirin mainly as talcum powder. The notice urges buyers to demand genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross insignia on the package and each tablet, and to follow the proper directions and dosage.
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Bayer
Brooklyn
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Argonne
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