Train Knocks Boy Into River Near Newton Upper Falls
Luigi Machoni seven years old of Beach street Wellesley was struck while crossing a trestle bridge by a Boston bound train approaching Newton Upper Falls. The engine tossed him 49 feet into the Charles River. Police and crew searched the riverbank but found no sign of the boy and planned a renewed search at daylight.
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Luigi Machoni
Beach Street
Wellesley
New Haven Railroad
Newton Upper Falls
Charles I
Swiss Minister Hans Sulzer Departs for Washington
Hans Sulzer who has been named Swiss minister to the United States will leave for Washington after the American government approved his appointment.
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Washington
Berne
Paris
Hans Sulzer
United States
Memorial Day Services at Tremont Temple Feature 1000 Voices
The Edward W. Kinsley Post 113 G. A. R. held Memorial Day ceremonies yesterday morning in Tremont Temple with more than 1000 school children singing The Star Spangled Banner and The Marseillaise.
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Edward W. Kinsley
Tremont Temple
Veterans honor G A R dead at Hall of Flags ceremony
Veterans escorted by Coast Artillery and band visited the State House Hall of Flags placed wreaths on the Soldiers Monument then moved to Tremont Temple as schoolchildren sang war songs. Former Congressman Samuel L Powers gave the oration and Mayor Curley looked ahead to next August convention in Boston.
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Coast Artillery
Coast Artillery Band
State House
Tremont Temple
Henry G. Weston
Edward A. Horton
G.A. R
Samuel L. Powers
Newton
Mr. Powers
Curley
G. A
Boston
Jackies Parade At Marblehead Honors Commodore Manley
Thousands turned out in Marblehead on Memorial Day to watch a parade led by 300 jackies from the naval reserve training camp at Marblehead Neck. The event blocked traffic for an hour while two flag raisings preceded cemetery services and banners honored Commodore John Manley at the town square and near the railroad station.
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Marblehead
Naval Reserve
Marblehead Neck
Commodore John Manley
Portsmouth Honors Civil War Dead With Large Naval Parade
Portsmouth New Hampshire staged the largest parade of army and navy men in years to honor Civil War dead. Marines from the naval station blue jackets from the U S Baltimore reservists from the US 83 Topeka and Southery and apprentices from navy yard training camps marched. Secret organizations and many patriotic bodies joined the exercises.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Station
U. S
Baltimore
Auto Jams Boy Into Filene’s Window on Washington Street
South Boston 16 year old John Duffy peered through a display window at Filene Sons Co when an unmanageable auto jumped the curb and hurled him through the glass into the store. He was taken to the Relief Station with serious head and body cuts and a compound fracture of the right leg. The car belonged to Abraham H. Hinden of 166 Quincy Street and struck near the Summer Street corner before crashing into the window.
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John J. Duffy
Boston
Filene’s
Washington Stret
John Duffy
West Sixth Street
William Filene Sons Company
Abraham H. Hinden
Quincy Street
Hinden
Summer Street
Harvard Soldiers Reviewed by General Edwards at Soldier Field
General Edwards reviewed the Harvard reserve officers training corps before a crowd of about 10,000 at Soldiers Field. He and his staff examined each company on parade and inspected the uniform and bearing, with Captain Cordier directing Company A as colors. A War Department representative will inspect again Friday.
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Harvard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
War Department
Edwards
Department of the Northeast
Soldiers Field
College Yard
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Henry Lee Higginson
Cordier
College
Bowen
Shannon
Washington
Mayor Curley Addresses Dahlgren Post Veterans Dinner
Mayor Curley spoke to the Dahlgren Post G. A. R. of South Boston at Bernice Hall during a veterans dinner after their yearly cemetery visit. The event followed the post’s annual cemetery tour.
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Veterans of Dahlgren
South Boston
Bernice Hall
Curley de
Not sufficient to send aid alone says call for massive troop dispatch
The speaker argues it is not enough to send money food and munitions to allies. He insists it is imperative to deploy 100 000 soldiers immediately and later millions if needed to safeguard liberty worldwide.
Memorial Exercises at Chelsea Naval Cemetery
Memorial exercises for deceased navy and marine corps members were held yesterday at the Chelsea Naval Hospital grounds. Attending were Captain William R. Rush commandant of Charlestown navy yard Commander Jnean M. Wood of the Marietta Lieutenant-Colonel N. H. Hall and Lieutenant Young of the marine corps.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Cemetery
Chelsea Naval Hospital
William R. Rush
Charlestown Navy Yard
Jnean M. Wood
Marietta
N. H. Hall
Lieutenant Young
State Aims of Russian Army at Petrograd
A London dispatched report states a congress of front delegates voted to end the war quickly without annexations or indemnities on the basis of national self determination. It urged that the front be supplied with munitions and equipment, stressing the need to avoid becoming fodder for foreign powers. The assembly urged rallying behind Russia’s Council of Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates and the provisional government.
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Petrograd
London
Congress of
Congress
Russia
Council of Soldiers
Motorcyclist Fatally Injured After Collision in Portsmouth
Michael Balfleur a 20 year old electrician of Greenland crashed at high speed head on into a car owned by M P Alken. The accident happened at Lincoln and Jenkins avenues in front of Portsmouth Hospital.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Michael Balfleur
Greenland
Jenkins Avenue
M. P. Alken
Lincoln and
Jenkins Avenues
Portsmouth Hospital
Lorenzo Hathaway 38 Years on Police Force Endorses Vitalitas
A Fall River police veteran with 38 years on the force endorses Vitalitas as a remedy for chronic ailments. He claims it helped his lumbago and urges others to try the mineral earth based treatment, available through Woodward Drug Store in Boston.
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Lorenzo D. Hathaway
America
Fall River
Hathaway
Mr. Hathaway
Vitalitas
Vitalitis
Woodward Drug Store
Tremont Street
Boston
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