Naval Reserve Launch Stranded on Old Schooner Wreck
A Massachusetts Naval Reserve launch from the ex cruiser Chicago ran aground on the Mazurka wreck in South Cove above Dover Street Bridge. Struck by a submerged log, the craft wedged on the hull with crew marooned for about an hour until rescue by the Watchman and navy party, the boat later freed and to be removed at high water.
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Massachusetts Naval Reserve
Chicago
South Cove
Dover Street
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Steamer Karema Arrives After 141 Day Calcutta Trip
The Karema sailing from Calcutta and Port Said reached Boston after 141 days at sea. It left Calcutta Jan 7 and, with engine failure, limped to Port Said where it lay for three months awaiting new machinery. A crew member was found ill on arrival but not contagious, and fumigation passed.
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Calcutta
Karema
Port Said
Boston
H. R. Jackson
England
Ninth Regiment Veterans Attend Memorial Mass in Boston
About 150 members of the Ninth Regiment Veteran Association of Boston joined a solemn high military mass at St. Mary's Church North End led by M T Manning and George P Daley. The service preceded Memorial Day with bugles sounding instead of bells. The procession from Washington Street passed Adams Square Cooper Endicot Thacher Street, led by the Mission Church Field Day Band of 60 under Bernard F McNulty.
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Roxbury Camp
M. T. Manning
Boston Fusiliers
George P. Daley
Ninth Regiment Veteran Association of
Boston
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Association
Washington Street
Dover Street
Adams Square
Cooper, Endicott
Thacher Street
Mission Church Field Day
Bernard F. McNulty
Mass Honors Soldiers and Veterans in Boston Church
National colors and flags of the association hung near the altar as Rev. Thomas F. White led a Mass attended by Veterans' Association officers including Henry B. Minard and John F. McGill. Rev. Thomas I. Gasson preached on obedience and the soldier’s duty to law and civilization.
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Association
Ireland
Thomas F. White
S. J
W. J. Cowardin
Henry F. Rache
Joseph O'Dowd
Veterans’ Association
Henry B. Minard
B. A. Green
D. J. Dowd
J. M. Fitzgerald
John F. McGill
Robert W. O'Toole
Michael J. O'Connor
John W. Mahoney
Mary A. Barr
Calls Nation in Danger by Father Conway at Veterans Memorial
Veterans and officers from Camp 1 Spanish War Veterans and Kearsage Naval Veterans Association attended a memorial service at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Father Conway warned that wealth slavery threatens the republic, citing child labor and unequal sharing of prosperity.
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George J. Whitten
Edward T. McGettrick
Kearsage Naval Veterans’ Association
Andrew Houghton
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Nelson
Thomas JT. Gasson
S. J
Boston College
William J. Conway
Benedictory Exercise Ends With Te Deum Singal
The passage notes the concluding benediction by Father Gasson and the Te Deum sung by the choir after a period of exercises. It comments on family rupture through divorce and a perceived lapse in duty to the Almighty, framing the events in a religious community context.
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Father Gasson
Airmmen Start In Big Race At Paris Turin Flight
Paris May 28. In the Paris to Turin air race twelve of twenty one entrants began the event at dawn with smooth starts. Henry Weymann faced engine trouble and a forced landing near Troyes. Pierre Vedrine aims to defend his Paris to Madrid title.
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Paris
Pierre Vedrine
Henry Weymann
Troyes
Paris Petit Parisien Organizes 1300 Mile Race
The event has prizes totaling over $100,000. Stage two runs Nice to Rome via Genoa and Pisa with Florence and Bologna as stops on stage three Rome to Turin. Total distance exceeds 1300 miles and challengers must finish by June 15.
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Paris Petit Parisien
Nice
Rome
Genoa
Pisa
Turin
Florence
Bologna
Taft Attends Field Mass for Spanish War Dead
In Washington a military field mass for Spanish American War dead drew about 25 000 attendees beside the Washington Monument. President Taft with Cabinet members Congress and diplomatic corps attended. 9000 marched in the parade including 2000 Spanish War veterans and local militia.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Taft
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
National Guardsmen
Laughlin
Major Butt
Clarence R. Edwards
Mer. Russell
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