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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
7
The Song of Summer notes season signposts with stage favorites retiring to seaside homes and stock companies. Businessmen seek Europe for health after profits, ready-made tailors announce fall styles, while Mark Cross Gift Novelties offer an unrestricted, original selection at very low prices.
Thousands gather at Cambridge to view Corporal Haggerty’s casket, as crowds, police, and militia struggled to manage the crush. The procession plan includes navy units, marines, and a large funeral cortege through Cambridge to St Patrick’s Church and Cambridge Cemetery with a patriotic service and military honors.
Seaman Watson's body was moved to the South Station and left Boston for Eastham around 4 30 in the afternoon. The Salvation Army telegraphed from New York extending sympathy in Mrs Percy's bereavement.
The body of Walter L. Watson ordinary seaman killed at Vera Cruz arrives from Boston and lies in state in Eastham Town Hall before a funeral with military honors. A large Cape crowd gathers, with village families grieving, as Watson is carried to Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Wreaths and floral tributes poured in at the Knowles home in Orleans with President Wilson and the crew of the cruiser Montana sending wreaths. The article notes the merged influence of Orleans and Eastham committees drawing criticism from locals.
A New Hampshire delegation and local veterans met the body of Rufus E. Percy at the railroad, as he is transported from Vera Cruz to Highgate Vermont. Mrs Minnie Percy and brother Grover Cleveland Percy accompanied the casket, while Commander Evangeline Booth sent a sympathy telegram praising his service and faith.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to cleanse the liver and bowels without calomel. Marketed as a vegetable compound with olive oil, the ads say it improves complexion, energy, and reduces pimples, selling widely for 10 or 25 cents a box.
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