Thinning Ranks of G. A. R. at Memorial Services
Memorial services across Greater Boston paid tribute to Civil War veterans and urged preparedness for future conflicts. Charles Russell Lowell and John A. Andrew Posts led a parade from Washington Street to Union Congregational Church with National Lancers and other groups. Flowers were placed on Meridian Street Bridge for the unknown dead.
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Charles Russell Lowell
John A. Andrew Posts
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Washington Street
National Lancers
Meridian Street Bridge
Boston
Civil War Parallel Urges War Averts via Arbitration Sermon
Reverend Ernest Graham Guthrie during memorial services at Union Congregational Church linked today’s crisis to 1861, urging arbitration before war and urging US aid be denied if nations refuse. Attending groups included Charles Russell Lowell Post 7 and John A Andrew Post 15 G A R along with allied societies.
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Ernest Graham Guthrie
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
West Newton Street
Charles Russell Lowell
John A. Andrew Post
Guthrie
United States
G A. R
John A. Andrew
Sons of Veterans
Sermon in South Boston Warns Against Racial Greed
In S J. Matthew's Episcopal Church Rev James Sheerin urged preparedness against the stupidity and greed of other races as veterans attended a service with Camp 98 Sons of Veterans and Daughters of Veterans. Washington Post veterans led by Commander Murphy attended a high mass at Gate of Heaven Church with escorts from the Woman's Relief Corps Major O'Connor Camp Spanish War Veterans and three companies of the Ninth Regiment M V M.
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Veterans of Dahlgren
S J. Matthew's Episcopal Church
South Boston
James Sheerin
Sons of Veterans
Daughters of Veterans
Kearsarge Naval Veterans
George A. Lyons
Cambridge Services Five Memorial Sunday Sermons
Five Cambridge memorial Sunday services were held in different churches yesterday. Four were in the morning and one in the evening connected with G A R Post % Memorial Day exercises at the Church of the Ascension with Rev Francis L Beal presiding. Post 80 attended Harvard Street Unitarian Church in the morning.
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Cambridge
Church of the Ascension
Francis L. Beal
Harvard Street Unitarian Church
Veterans groups attend multiple church services
Post 56 joined First Parish Church with Rev. Samuel A. Crothers leading. Post 186 attended Grace Methodist Church under Rev. C. W. Blackett. Sons of Veterans held at United Presbyterian with Rev. E. A. McGarey officiating. All G A R services were joined by allied post members.
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Lyman T. Rutledge
Samuel A. Crothers
Grace Methodist Church
C. W. Blackett
Sons of Veterans
United Presbyterian Church
E. A. McGarey
Memorial Sunday Observed by East Boston Veterans
John A. Hawes Post 119 G A R East Boston with Theodore Winthrop Camp Chelsea Sons of Veterans and allied groups attended patriotic services at the Unitarian Church on Marion Street East Boston. The event included a full chorus and separate afternoon services by women’s G A R affiliated groups on Meridian street bridge with flowers laid on the water.
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John A. Hawes
East Boston
Theodore Winthrop Camp
Sons of Veterans of
Chelsea
Unitarian Church
Marion Street
Woman's Relef Corps
Sons and Daughters of Veterans
Daughters of the American Revolution
Adolph Rossbach
Meridian Street
Memorial Services for Joseph Hooker Post Held in East Boston
Memorial services by Joseph Hooker Post G A R were held in Magonic Hall East Boston yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The post escorted by Warren H Cudworth Camp Sons of Veterans and Abraham Lincoln Tent Daughters of Veterans marched from Meridian street to Masonic Temple. Commander Henry C Barnard presided and the memorial address was delivered by Hon. Joseph B Maccabe.
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Joseph Hooker
Magonic Hall
Boston
Warren H. Cudworth
Sons of Veterans
Abraham Lincoln
Daughters of Veterans
Meridian Street
Masonic Temple
Henry C. Barnard
Joseph B Maccabe
Memorial Day Observed at Arlington National Cemetery
Washington May 28 Memorial Day will be observed Tuesday with elaborate exercises at Arlington National Cemetery where thousands of soldiers are buried. President Wilson will deliver the principal address. In the evening he will go to Baltimore for a theatrical performance by the Friars Club of New York.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Wilson
Baltimore
Friars’ Club of
New York
Beaten woodsman’s death sparks river investigation
Rangor Missouri May 298 The police decided to investigate the death of Hugh McDonald a woodsman whose body was found in the Penobscot River two miles below this city last night. The face was battered and there were indications of beating. McDonald had been missing since May 15. Autopsy found death by drowning but body condition and disappearance circumstances prompted a formal inquiry.
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Rangor
Hugh McDonald
Penobscot River
McDonald
Ford may go to Europe for peace mission
Henry Ford who organized the Ford peace expedition may return to Europe to renew efforts to end the war. Theodore de Lavigne said Ford may sail to Stockholm around June 16. Gaston Plantiff, who led the party when Ford fell ill, has been in the area and will sail June 1.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Europe
Theodore de Lavigne
Ford
Stockholm
Gaston Plantiff
McCall still blocked from presidential bid at Chicago convention
Governor McCall may be nominated for Vice President if supporters press ahead at the Chicago gathering. Baxter has opened headquarters. Weeks forces push Massachusetts delegates toward Weeks while McCall backers count on a possible dark horse bid. Lodge to nominate Weeks shocks McCall camp amidst pledges to no candidate. Maine Vermont lean Hughes. New Hampshire may yield Weeks delegates.
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McCall
Chicago
Charles S. Baxter
Middle West
Senator Weeks
Weeks
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Crane
Lodge
Maine
Vermont
Hughes
New Trampshire
Cunard and Ellerman Buy Watson Steamship Co
The Cunard Steamship Company with Ellerman linehas purchased the Watson Steamship Company of Manchester owner of seven steamers The move aims to maintain a joint Manchester to Mediterranean service and signals closer Cunard Ellerman cooperation.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Ellerman Line
Watson Steamship Company of
Manchester
Mediterranean
Cunard
Ellerman Lines
Springfield Racer Ray Creveston Wins Open Motorcycling Event
Ray Creveston of Springfield Massachusetts won the 115 mile open event at the Old Hawthorne race track in 13 08 5. He also won the 10 mile race and the five mile American championship while placing second in the five mile open professional race on the opening day of the three day meet.
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Chicago
Ray Creveston
Springfield
Mass
Hawthorne
Worcester Man Falls From Car In Ipswich Street Incident
An unidentified man about 65 years old, bearing papers marked Walter G. Hayden Worcester, fell from a Chestnut Hill streetcar at Ipswich Street at 1 20 p m yesterday and is in City Hospital with possible skull fracture.
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Walter G. Hayden
Austin Street
Worcester
City Hospital
Chestnut Hill
Ipswich Street
Chicago Coliseum Ready for Republican National Convention
Chicago officials report the Coliseum prepared for the June 7 Republican convention. The venue seats 12,025 delegates alternates and visitors as work on the big building is completed.
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Chicago
Preparedness Theme Anchors Boston Memorial for Veterans
A Fenway Park memorial service for Spanish war veterans featured Rev. A. Z. Conrad urging national preparedness. Mayor Curley praised military leaders as soldiers and bands formed an escort, and the 1916 exercises closed with a ritual firing squad, Star Spangled Banner, and reflections on virtue and unity.
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Boston
Copley Square
Ball Park
Curley
Richard Wright
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Cambridge
Union Choral Club
Union Congregational Church
Salvation Army
Cole
Conrad
Ninth Regiment
Moral Preparedness Urged By Pastor In Civic Duty Call
A pastor calls for moral preparedness through the proper discharge of civic duties and conscientious citizen effort, urging individuals to work toward a country worth defending and a stronger communal ethic.
Seven Men Directed Boston Preparedness Parade
Seven men who barely knew each other organized the Boston preparedness demonstration in twenty days. They ran the arrangements with speed and efficiency, earning praise for the chief marshal and staff as they oversaw the large event.
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Boston
Boston Preparedness Parade Organizers Deliver Harmony
A seven member managing committee, chosen May 4, coordinated a highly efficient Boston preparedness parade. Leaders included Major William J. Keville as head, with Major Henry Lee Higginson chairing the general committee. Key figures: Patrick M. O Keefe Roy D. Jones Charles P. Price Arthur Blake John S. Lawrence and John A. Knowles. The staff and Buck guided a flawless preparation.
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Boston
William J. Keville
Fighth Regiment
Henry Lee Higginson
Keville
Patrick TI. O'Keefe
Roy D. Jones
Charles PP. Price
Arthur Blake
John S. Lawrence
John A. Knowles
Knowles
Lawrence
Tlieutenant
Beaumont B. Buck
M.kevill
Son Stabbed Father and Was Blamed for Fight
Lowell May 28 John Breen of 7 Calvin Street lay between life and death at Lowell General Hospital from stab wounds to back and abdomen while his father Fran Breen was jailed on a charge of assault with a knife. Family says the two men joked then quarrelled after a late night trip downtown. The elder Breen allegedly struck first during the fracas.
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Lowell
John Breen
Calvin Street
Lowell General Hospital
Fran Breen
Former Dean Snow Dies At Home In Taunton
Marshall Snow, former dean of Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., died at his Taunton home today after several months illness. His wife was at his beside. The body will be taken to Exeter, New Hampshire, for burial.
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Taunton
Marshall
Snow
Washington University
St. Louis
Andre A. Southwick
Exeter
N. H
Woman Dies En Route to Husband Grave in Lynn
Mrs. Etta RB. Mudgett 55 of 52 Conomo Avenue Lynn collapsed and died while walking to her husband’s grave. A doctor was called but she was dead on arrival.
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Etta RB. Mudgett
Conomo Avenue
Lynn
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