Plan honors ex governor with complimentary dinner
John Q. A. Brackett former governor near 76 will be honored at a Boston Dining Club dinner at Hotel Somerset. The tribute includes many state leaders and dignitaries as speakers, with toastmaster Samuel A. Powers and a nonpartisan reception.
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John Q. A. Brackett
Boston
Hotel Somerset
McCall
Coolidge
Frothingham
Luce
Barry
Cushing
Meyer
Cole
Walker
Senate
Wells
Cox
Case
John F. Fitzgerald
Pillsbury
United States
John W. Weeks
Douglas
Samuel A. Powers
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Walter S. Glidden
Sidney O. Bignhey
William B. Lawrence
Bumkin Island Opens as Naval Reserve Training Camp
Bumkin Island was opened yesterday as a training camp for the naval reserve with 25 men sent from Commonwealth Pier to the island for instruction and drill.
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Bumkin Island
Naval Reserve
Commonwealth Pier
War Department Won’t Fill Vacancies In Training Camps
The War Department announced that vacancies in officers training camps will not be filled. Many dropouts reduced numbers at 18 camps though applicants rush to fill gaps. The first two weeks remain essential and a second series will start after the initial training.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Praise of Clergy at Boston Festival
The Boston Congregational Club May festival at Ford Hall drew about 600 people as Rev. Nehemiah Boynton of Brooklyn urged the ministry to uphold patriotic and religious urgency. He spoke on The World's Debt to the Ministry during the club's annual ladies night, with guests from Andover Theological Seminary.
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Boston Congregational Club
Ford Hall
Nehemiah Boynton
D. D
Brooklyn
Burial of longtime church sexton Andrew H Purcell
Andrew H Purcell of 298 Beacon Street Somerville will be buried tomorrow morning from St Catherine's Church where he served as sexton since the church's construction 25 years ago.
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Andrew H. Purcell
Beacon Street
Somerville
St. Catherine's Church
Filene Urges War Economy Over Normal Business
Edward A. Filene of Boston, director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, argues that business must focus on victory. He warns against “business as usual” and says production should serve essential war needs, else harsher government controls may come. England’s wartime experience is cited as a lesson.
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Washington
Edward A. Filene
Boston
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Mr. Filene
England
Requiem Mass for Monsignor Ronan at St Peter's Church
A solemn high mass will be celebrated tomorrow morning at 7:30 at St. Peter's Church Meeting House Hill for Monsignor Ronan pastor of the church who died recently. Members of the Catholic Club of Dorchester and their families will attend in his honor.
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St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Mgr
Ronan
Catholic Club of
Dorchester
Var-ne-sis Promises Relief From Rheumatism
Victims across New England praise Var-ne-sis for easing persistent rheumatism and neuritis. Testimonials name numerous towns and individuals, all claiming regained movement and reduced pain after using the remedy. Director W. A. Varney invites readers to obtain the treatment and hear more success stories.
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Fayette St
Cambridge
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Cabot St
Chicopes
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South Hanson
M. Dodge
Rockland S&t
Lynn
Swaenan Cragin
Wilton
N. H
LU. H. Smith
Concord
C. M. Huntington
Richards Place
West Haven
Conn
Ss. G. Pitts
Harrison
Maine
BE. L. Fogg
Fred Dyne
Walnut St
Rochester
M. A. Ratelle
Prescott St
Boston
F. E. Davis
Merrimac St
Haverhill
G. B. Parker
Woodlawn St
Everett
Prescott Abbott
Somerset St
Brockton
George Clark
Mystic St
Arlington
Gladys Horton
Abbott St
W. Lynn
Miss
Irving
P. W. Taylor
Summer St
Saugus
E. Batto
Hancock St
Dorchester
J. H. Martell
Capisic St
Portland
Hartford
A. W. Howard
Morford
L. A
C. G. Anderson
Central St
Lowell
W. H Walace
Westboro
Joseph Adams
Winthrop
One Pound of Steak for Four Women Discuss Costly Protein Use
Miss Alice Bradley urged the Women's Municipal League to stretch protein economically. She compared costs of beef and alternatives, presented a four serving meal for 27 cents totaling 1850 calories, and demonstrated a meat loaf recipe using leftovers with tips on preserving scraps for soups and flavorings.
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Alice Bradley
Women’s Municipal League
Gilchrist Company
Hamburg
Boston Army recruiting soars with record enrollments
Boston reports a historic recruiting surge with 1176 sent south and total enrollments surpassing 1200 since May 1. Colonel McCoy cites the month and two month totals as the highest for the region, while Marine Corps and Navy set stricter enlistment rules and shipboard quotas.
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Boston
Fort Slocum
Criticism of Naval Reserve idle officers sparks protest
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles, chairing the Boston Public Safety Committee, denounced the United States Naval Reserve officers kept in idleness. About 40 reserve officers, many with mate or engineer licenses, have been limited to perfunctory duties while awaiting active navy service or return to merchant ships.
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Marine Corps
Washington
Sea’ Organization
Boston Navy Yard
Tremont Street
Fourth Reserve Engineers Regiment
New England
First Line
France
Navy Department
United States Naval Reserve
Francis T. Bowles
Boston Committee On Public Safety
Admiral Bowles
Public Safety Committee
Naval Reserve
Farewell Reception for Bishop Anderson in Roxbury
Members of St. Paul’s parish Dorchester and diocese friends attend a farewell and congratulations reception for Bishop Anderson at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury. The event marks his new appointment to St. Peter’s Meeting House Hill with program by Rev. Frederick J. Allichin Rev. William A. Connor Garrett W Scollard and the bishop himself.
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St. Paul's Parish
Dorchester
Bishop Anderson
Intercolonial Hall
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Cardinal O’connell
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
St. Paul's
Garrett W. Scollard
Frederick J. Allichin
William A. Connor
Scollard
Anderson
Military Survey Begins at Ayer Junction Camp Site
A military survey of the Cantonment Camp site at Ayer Junction started yesterday for the Department of the Northeast quota of the new national army. The plan includes theoretical building layouts, drilling grounds, and initial laying out of rifle and artillery target ranges.
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Ayer
Department of the Northeast
National Army
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