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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
7
A man believed to be William Morette of Biddeford, 35, died at Maine General Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car half an hour earlier. Police seek two young men in a touring car licensed to Robert Goode of Augusta who aided the victim and drove away to a doctor's office.
Edward C. Smith of Brookline sues his wife Emma Gene Smith for divorce alleging cruelty from 1912 to 1918. They wed Sept 24, 1912 in Boston and lived in Brookline until separation. Court orders alimony of 30 dollars weekly pending trial.
Public exercises honored United States Merchant Marine sailors who died in wartime. Apprentices from East Boston trained under Captain Kemp paraded through Boston, Lynn, and Nahant in silent tribute. A Meade and Calvin Austin committee visited Everett to pay respects to L. B. Geldart, buried in Brest, France after his ship was lost in the war zone.
Harvard held Memorial Day ceremonies at noon in Sanders Theatre presided by Major Henry Lee Higginson. Lt Andre Morize spoke, Bishop Lawrence gave the benediction, and William G. Lane presented a Roll of Honor panel listing names of Harvard men who died in service. President Lowell accepted it for the university. Attendees included the Harvard ROTC, Charlies Beck Post of the G A R, and Civil War veterans.
New England paused in war effort to remember the Boys of 1861 who saved the Union, the Boys of 1918 sacrificing in Europe, the Boys of 1776, and the Boys of 1898. Memorial Day is a day of honor for America’s sacred dead.
The day blends Civil War commemorations with World War I tribute. Veterans and children gather across Greater Boston to honor fallen service members, while in Alexandria President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson lay the keel of the Gunston Hall freighter, with a rivet ceremony and crowd cheer.
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