Memorial Service for Spanish War Veterans Held in Hall
A memorial service planned for Tufts Oval Somerville was moved to Somerville High School due to weather. Organizers included Sergeant Frank E. Draper Camp United Spanish War Veterans Vicinity Council No 1 and the Somerville Home Guard. Charles L. Underhill delivered the oration with help from Eighth Regiment National Guard units and Knights of Pythias lodges.
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Somerville
Frank E. Draper
United Spanish War Veterans
Vicinity Councill No. 1
Somerville High School
Somerville Home Guard
Eighth Regiment
National Guard
The
Knights~ of Pythias
Charles L. Underhill
Concord Sees English Flag at Concord Bridge Memorial
More than 100 members of English and Scottish societies traveled to Concord to decorate graves of British soldiers fallen in the battle of Concord Bridge. This marked the third Pilgrimage across the bridge with flowers placed by Boston groups including Sons of St George Highland Dress Association and Clan McKinley. Distinguished attendees included Lt Col J R Smith and Peter Nevins with bands providing music.
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Concord
Concord Bridge
Boston
Sons of St
Insure Farmers Markets plan to aid wartime agriculture
The Associated Industries of Massachusetts launches a program to guarantee farmers a market and a reasonable profit to boost production and curb food prices. The scheme urges employers to order potatoes and beans now with minimum prices set to 1.50 per bushel for potatoes and 64 per bushel for beans, accepting or rejecting based on market prices at shipment.
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Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Public Safety Committee of Massachusetts
County Farm Bureaus
Women urged to do own work for war effort placard
A lounge placard signed by the Women’s City Club house committee urges women to do their own housework, grow a garden, preserve foods, knit garments, and reduce waste. It states eight hours work, more home production, and economizing in dress and food to support wartime conservation. Signed by Sarah Louise Arnold as chair of the Food Conservation committees.
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Women’s City Club
House
Sarah Louise Arnold
Women's Committees On Food Conservation
The
Public Safety Committee
War sermon urges freedom in battle with Germany
Rev Dr Thomas Van Ness of Second Unitarian Church in Brookline declares in a forenoon sermon to Boston's Kinsley Post that America fights Germany for mind and soul. He says the war stands for humanity, justice, and freedom for both weak and strong, opposing Kaiser autocracy and the infallible state.
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Thomas van Ness
Second Unitarian Church
Brookline
RE. W. Kinsley Post
Boston
America
Germany
Kaiser
People’s Congress
Memorial Masses At Holy Gross Cemetery In Malden
Memorial Day services for the dead buried at Holy Gross Cemetery Malden will be held in the cemetery chapel at 10 and 11 a m with Fr Patrick Masterson and Fr M J Houlihan of St Joseph s Church Maplewood presiding.
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Holy Gross Cemetery
Malden
Patrick Masterson
M. J. Houlihan
St. Joseph’s Church
Maplewood
Jacchia Opens Pops Tonight With Italian Heritage
Agide Jacchia conducts the Pops in his first appearance as conductor. A former Mascagni pupil and tour conductor, he later led major opera companies including Montreal Opera, National Opera of Canada, and Century Opera. Program includes The Queen of Sheba March, selections from Puccini La Boheme, Mascagni L Am Fritz, Verdi Dalila, Wagner and Brahms pieces.
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Mascagni
Montreal Opera Company
National Opera Company of Canada
Century Opera Company
Cne
Spss
Bonchielli
Fritz
Samaon
aint-Saens Alta
Protestant Churches News Items Highlight Sermons And Services
The Dudley Street Baptist Church hosts Rev. George R. Stair for a lecture on The Great World War under the Page Class. Memorial Day service at Cathedral Church of St. Paul features Rev. Ralph M. Harper. Bishop Lawrence to preach June 8 with Registration as text. Holy Spirit Church Mattapan Square observes parochial feast with services and a London service influence.
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Dorchester
Anderson
Dudley Street
Roxbury
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
George R. Stair
Dudley’ Street Baptist Church
Mr Stair
Stair
Northern Baptist
Cleveland
St. Paul
Ralph M. Harper
St. John’s Church
Winthrop
Lawrence
Church of the Holy Spirit
Mattapan Square
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Tablet Unveiled for General Edmund Rice in Cambridge Church
A bronze memorial tablet was dedicated yesterday at First Parish Church Cambridge by Loyal Legion members. The church was General Rice’s parish before he went to the Civil War. Rev Samuel M Crothers gave the dedicatory address with Lt C B E Akeley of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry directing exercises.
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Edmund Rice
Cambridge
Loyal Legion
Samuel M. Crothers
C. B E. Akeley
Sixth
Massachusetts Infantry
Denies Plan for 6 Cent Car Charge
Governor McCall released a statement denying any attempt to secure a six cent fare in the last minute Boston Elevated road legislation. He says there was constructive legislation, no six cent fare plan, and that the recent session accomplished good things despite wartime expenses and rising living costs.
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McCall
Boston
New Haven
Io Commonwealth
Cambridge
State budget preserves living standards amid tight expenditures
The speaker notes that living standards for the disadvantaged must be maintained while state institutions keep costs down. Salary increases were modest, with slight gains for lower paid workers, and new expenditures were kept to a minimum. The New Haven road may shift from floating debt to a fixed charge, strengthening service. The Legislature acted promptly on war measures, and the session is described as commendable overall.
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New Haven
New England
May processions held across archdiocese churches
The May processions drew large crowds in Catholic parishes. At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross 1600 children marched in, with the crowning of the Blessed Virgin and benediction following. Immaculate Conception saw 800 children participate, while St. Joseph's Roxbury and St. James South End hosted several hundred more in their ceremonies.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrison Avenue
East Concord Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
St. James Church
South End
No German U Boats Here Denial Reaches Berlin
Berlin officials deny recent German naval dispatches across the Atlantic and dismiss claims of U boat activity in American waters as a summer rumor. They cite earlier reports near Fire Island and off Maine, attributing such sightings to a Maine coast visitors joke involving whales.
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Berlin
London
Associated Press
German Foreign Office
Atlantic
American
Maine
Atlantic Seaboard
Smith
Fire Island
Newfoundland
Montauk Point
I O S of Israel Invests in Liberty Loan Bonds
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order Sons of Israel held yesterday at 47 Mt. Vernon Street the order decided to invest $2000 in Liberty Loan bonds to show loyalty and devotion to the country.
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Grand Lodge of the Independent Order Sons of Israel
Order
Mt. Vernon Street
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