Manifold Honors At Roxbury Mass For Fitzsimmons
A solemn high mass of requiem was held for Bernard Fitzsimmons of the 192nd Machine Gun Battalion killed in France. Lenox street barn conductors and motor men led a citywide turnout to the Mission Church Roxbury with other unions and Irish groups present. Clergy included Rev Thomas Gilhooly and Fathers Mulhearn Shaughnessy. The service urged support for Liberty Bonds as a final tribute.
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Harrington
Lenox Street
Mission Church
Roxbury
Bernard
Fitzsimmons
192Nd Machineum Battalion
France
Eiher Carmen
Roxbury Crossing
Irish National Foresters
Roxbury Council
Knights of Columbus
Thomas Gilhooly
Father Mulhéarn
Quit Meat When Kidneys Bother
An advertisement touts stopping meat to ease kidney strain and lists symptoms of kidney trouble such as back pain and cloudy urine. It promotes Jad Salts, an effervescent lithia-water drink, as a remedy to flush and stimulate kidneys and prevent bladder issues.
Wollaston Woman Granted Divorce After Court Collapse
Mrs. Mary C Borden of Wollaston testified in Dedham Superior Court for divorce from Alfred H. Borden of Quincy. She collapsed in tears, was carried from the stand, and later returned to receive a decree nisi on grounds of cruelty with $20 monthly alimony and custody of two children.
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Mary C Borden
Wollaston
Dedham
Alfred H. Borden
Baker Yacht Basin Company
Quincy
John W. Pratt
New Trial Granted for Mrs Gilligan in Windsor Case
Hartford April 30. Mrs Amy E Archer Gilligan of Windsor already under sentence of death for murder was granted a new trial by the Supreme Court of Errors.
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Hartford, Conn
Amy E. Archer-Gilligan
Windsor
Supreme Court of Errors
Mrs Borden Testifies About Marriage And Late Homecoming
Mrs. Borden testified she married in 1899 and that two years ago her husband began coming home in the early hours after supper. She described July 14 1917 a fish dinner at Pemberton Inn where she saw him with another man and a woman. He returned home about 10 50 that night and a quarrel followed during which he ejected her sister from the house. She notified a policeman and later had her husband arrested on a charge of assault and pottery.
Propaganda claims on Petrograd monarchist revolt
French dispatch warns against German propaganda reports of a Petrograd monarchist rising. The note cites Berlin and Wilhelmstrasse sources, urging caution as Stockholm and Moscow outlets stay silent and Helsingfors reports lack corroboration.
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Washington
Finland
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Berlin
France
Czarovitch
Alexis Nicolavitch
The
Petit Journal
Viborg
Gulf
Stockholm
Russia
Moscow
Helsingfors
Matin
Wilhelmstragse
Heaps of German Dead Before Allied Positions
In Flanders Allied troops held firm as German forces suffered heavy casualties after a yesterday assault. German attackers briefly breached French lines between Mt. Rouge and Scherpenberg but French counter attacks restored the front and re established the former positions.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Mt. Rouge
Scherpenberg
British Casualties Rise in April Across Forces
British casualties reported in April totaled 62,475 with 1 621 officers and 7 723 men killed or died of wounds and 7 447 officers and 35 984 men wounded or missing. The month shows a marked increase from March's 14 090, though full reports from France and Belgium were not yet released.
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London
France
Belgium
German Press Warns of Rising American Intervention
Geneva April reports show German newspapers now warning the public about possible future American involvement on the western front as Austria Hungary and German outlets push for a rapid victory before American forces arrive.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Zeitung
Constance
Wea
Vienna
Germany
Mrs Gilligan Convicted of Windsor Arsenic Murder
Mrs Gilligan was convicted in July 1917 of murdering Franklin R Andrews by arsenic poisoning at the Orcher Home for the Aged in Windsor on May 3 1914. Judge Gardiner Greene sentenced her to hang November 6 1917. After an appeal she was reprieved by Governor Holcomb to March 6 and later to June 21. She was arrested May 8 1916.
Three Yeowomen Reserve Selections Reported
Three more young women were selected from the Yeowomen reserve list for active duty. Named are Gertrude Meech of Lynn and aged 32, Mary J Murphy of South Boston, and Mary J Kelley of Dorchester.
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Yeowomen
Gertrude FE
Meech
Moulton Street
Lynn
Mary J. Murphy
Dorchester Avenue
South
Boston
Mary J. Kelley
Sawyer Street
Dorchester
Three Chincha Sailors Killed in Submarine Encounter
Washington April 30 Three members of the American steamer Chincha crew were killed March 21 in a fight with a submarine after the ship fired about 30 shots. Seaman A S Edwards of Augusta Ga was killed when a shot struck the aft. Two other crewmen were not named. The Chincha previously escaped a submarine on January 18 and its armed guard received commendation from Secretary Daniels.
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Washington
Chincha
Navy Department
A.S. Edwards
Augusta
Daniels
Food Riots Reported in Cracow
Serious food riots have broken out in Cracow Galicia according to a Berlin Vorwaerts dispatch via Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen. No new shipments of food have arrived in Cracow in several weeks.
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London
Cracow
Galicia
Berlin
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