Recruiting Bus Wins Big for British and Canadian Mission
The recruiting bus touring Essex and Middlesex counties under Captain T. F. MacMahon recruited over two thirds of 164 examined men. One hundred one were accepted for British and Canadian armies, with the latter likely to be overseas in a month. The bus heads to Worcester county led by Major M. M. Hart of the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles.
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Bromfield Street
Essex
Middlesex
T. F. MacMahon
Irish Guards
United States
Worcester County
M. M. Hart
M. C
4Th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Boylston prizes awarded at Harvard to three winners
The Boylston prizes for elocution at Harvard were awarded to James C. Scanlan of Somerville Kassel Lewis of New York and William Hettleman of Baltimore after a competition held last week by Dean Briggs Boylston professor at Harvard.
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Boylston
Harvard
James C. Scanlan
Somerville
Kassel Lewis
New York
William Hettleman
Baltimore
Dean Briggs
Newsboys and Scouts to See Gerard Movie
Junior newsboys who led the successful third Liberty Loan drive and the Boy Scouts who aided them are invited by the film owners to view "My Four Years in Germany" by Ambassador Gerard. The screening is Tuesday night at Tremont Temple where the picture runs daily.
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Germany
Gerard
Tremont Temple
Clean-Up Drive In Boston Declares Early Success
The first week of Boston's cleanup campaign ended with reported success from sanitary districts and civic improvement associations. Health workers completed over half of the scheduled work in the crusade's first phase.
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Boston
Boston Clean-up Drives Boost City Land Garden Program
Health records show extensive cleaning efforts with 381 cellars 439 houses 611 passageways and 696 receptacles cleaned. The war garden drive mobilizes patriotic landowners to allot idle land for garden plots boosting Greater Boston gardens and inviting towns to report progress to Joseph N. Baker of the New England clean-up committee.
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Health Department
Greater
Boston
D A R Convention Opens in Worcester Today
The annual State conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution begins in Worcester with several hundred delegates from across Massachusetts. State regent Mrs. Frank Dexter Ellison of Belmont presides. Miss Isabelle Gordon of Worcester is expected to be elected state secretary. Mrs. George H. Baker of Concord as state treasurer. Mrs. Charles E. Meserbe of Newton as state historian.
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the Daughters of the American Revolution
Worcester
Massachusetts
Boston
Frank Dexter Ellison
Belmont
Isabelle W. Gordon
George H. Baker
Concord
Charles E. Meserbe
Newton
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Promises Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims 200 years of use, promotes renewed vigor, and offers refunds if not as represented with sealed original imported packaging.
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Haarlem Ou
Haarlem
Dedication Services at Church of All Nations Crowded
Dedication services for the Church of All Nations linked to Morgan Memorial on Shawmut Avenue were held yesterday afternoon with about 1500 attendees. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal Church and many ministers assisted.
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Church OF All Nations
Osborne Place
Wheeler Street
Edwin H. Hughes
Morgan Memorial
Shawmut Avenue
Edwin Holt Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hughes
John P. Marshall
Archey D. Ball
C. W. Holden
A. H. Nazarian
A. H. Reimer
Two Ordained Deacons at Multinational Church Dedication
The ceremony ordained J. P. Cordero and F. H. Weed as deacons with Bishop Hughes assisted by Dr. Dillon Bronson and others. The church revealed full paid status and a donor named George R. Henry contributing about 100000, possibly more, with celebrations across multiple nationalities and a $12000 organ prelude.
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Hughes
Dillon Bronson
Charles Spencer
Knight
J. P. Cordero
Ballardvale
F’. H. Weed
Congregational
Lakeville
Vermont
Edgar J. Helms
George R. Henry
Bronson
Henry
Morgan Memories
Pittsfield Politician Frank Bartlett Dies at 63
Pittsfield legislator Frank Bartlett died yesterday at Christian Hospital Boston after a long illness. He served five years in the Massachusetts House and two terms in the Senate, with strong local ties and a reputation for keeping his word. Bartlett, 63, will be buried in Pittsfield Wednesday. survived by his widow and son Gardner G. Bartlett of Boston.
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Frank Bartlett
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Senate
Christian Hospital
Marlboro Street
Bartlett
House of Representatives
Legion
Gardner G. Bartlett
Boston
Stefansson Recovering From Typhoid Illness
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson is slowly recovering from typhoid fever at the Episcopal Hospital in Fort Yukon Alaska. In a telegram he reports convalescence among skilled doctors and nurses and that rest is the main need with no danger of a setback.
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New York
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Herschel Islands
Explorers’ Club
Episcopal Hospital
Fort Yukon
Alaska
Archdeacon Stuck
Charlestown Couple Marks 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry Fox celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at their home 22 Oak Street Charlestown with only immediate family present. The couple are active in fraternal societies and Mr Fox has served as an officer at the Charlestown court for 30 years.
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Henry Fox
Oak Street
Charlestown
Fox
Charlestown Court
Naval Reserve Man Dies in Somerville
Seven Sides a 22 year old first class seaman in the naval reserves on duty at Hingham died yesterday afternoon at the home of former Alderman Warren C Blair 29 Gibbons street Somerville He had been ill for some time and was brought to the Blairs home about two weeks ago He was born in Jefferson Maine and enrolled in the naval reserve in January The body will be taken to Jefferson where funeral services will be held.
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Seven Sides
Naval Reserves
Hingham
Warren C. Blair
Gibbons Street
Somerville
Mr. Blair
Jefferson
Naval Reserve
Barley Flour Recipes Offer Wheat Supply Relief
Barley flour touted as a wheat stand in with many tested recipes for pies cakes and cookies. It claims palatable nutritious options using barley alone or mixed with wheat and includes pie crusts cake and fruit cake formulas plus substitutions for sugar and syrup to conserve wheat.
Soldiers entertained at United Service Club
More than 200 soldiers and sailors attended an entertainment at the United Service Club on 48 Boylston Street yesterday afternoon. The program, arranged by the war service unit, featured late Marine Corps pictures and motion pictures. Leon E. Baldwin led the singing of Homer's "Mother's Hymn to Me" in a Mother's Day inspired program.
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United Service Club
Boylston Street
War Service Unit
United States Marine Corps
Motion
Homer
Leon E. Baldwin
Auto injures three on Dudley Street
An automobile owned by Erwin Hersey of 97 Munroe Street Roxbury drove onto the sidewalk on Dudley Street yesterday injuring three pedestrians. Lilian Freeman eight, of 11 Dana Place Roxbury suffered contusions and abrasions to both legs. Henry Fitzgerald thirty three, of 51 Lambert Street Roxbury sustained contusions to both legs. George A Haley forty nine, of Dudley Street suffered a fracture of the pelvis.
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Dudley Street
Erwin Hersey
Munroe Street
Roxbury
Lilian Freeman
Dana Place
Henry Fitzgerald
Lambert Street
George A. Haley
Hopper to Be Auctioneer at Boston War Fund Sale
Governor McCall and Mayor Peters to open an auction sale of seats for the all star performance Out There at the Boston Opera House on May 21. De Wolf Hopper will auctioneer in chief with a long list of notable assistants and the event benefits the Red Cross war fund. The auction starts at 2 15 pm tomorrow at the Colonial Theatre with seats priced 1 to 5 dollars and no premium or war tax. Remaining seats go on sale afterward at Herrick's and the Boston Opera House.
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McCall
Peters
Boston Opera House
Colonial Theatre
de Wolf Hopper
Red Cross
Hopper
Alexandra Carlisle
Sidney Drew
Charlotte Greenwood
Louise Allen
William Courtenay
Tahomas A. Wise
Arthur Ashley
Eddie Garvie
Walter Catlett
Pat Rooney
Marion Bent
Herrick’s
Somerville Woman Dies on the Street
Mrs Elvira Burri of 78 Lowell Street Somerville collapsed on the street while en route to church. She died at Somerville Hospital with heart disease suspected as the cause. She leaves two sons one in the navy and another bound for Camp Devens.
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Elvira Burri
Lowell Street
Somerville
Somerville Hospital
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