Waltham Plans Peace Celebration Parade Details
Waltham plans a citywide peace celebration parade at 7 30 pm on the day hostilities end. The chamber of commerce completed arrangements and mobilizes every woman, school child, factory worker, Red Cross member, official, and citizen able to walk to form the procession. Four steel workers die in Chicago in a 188 foot fall from a collapsing scaffold inside a smokestack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
F Company
Chicago
Boston Fire 46 Years Ago Raged Across Downtown
A report recalls the 1872 Boston fire that began at Summer and Kingston streets, spread over 6 acres, destroying 700 brick and stone buildings and 67 wooden structures in 30 hours. Losses exceeded 50 million dollars as engines from nearby towns aided the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kingston
New Haven
Chicago
San Francisco
Baltimore
Second arrest linked to Billerica murder case
Lowell reports Francisco Feci of Haverhill was sent to Cambridge jail on district attorney request in the Louis Fred Soulia murder inquiry. Feci had worked for construction foreman Joseph Cordio, who was arrested last week, as officials probe a theft of brass from Boston and Maine car shops in Billerica. Soulia's body was found buried near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Louis Fred Soulia
Billerica
Francisco Feci
Haverhill
Lawrence
Cambridge
Feci
Joseph Cordio
Soulia
Boston & Maine
Cordic and
Two Wills Contest in Brookline Probate Court
In Norfolk county Probate Court at Dedham a dispute over the will of the late Henry H. Robinson centers on two documents. The first, dated April 29 1916, leaves $80 000 to $100 000 to his brother Charles T. Robinson and nine or ten cousins. The second leaves all to adopted daughter Edith B. Robinson. The first will's executor Foster Keeler Rice cites for probate hearing November 20. Attorneys for William S Youngman and Anna D Fuller contest the second will as the true one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Robinson
Brookline
Norfolk County
Dedham
Robinson
Charles T. Robinson
Edith B. Robinson
Foster Keeler Rice
Boston
Swampscott
Charles F. Choate
William S. Youngman
Anna D. Fuller
Mr. Youngman
Miss Robinson
Fuller
Paderewski quits union amid Polish-Ukrainian hostilities
Ignace J. Paderewski resigns from the democratic union of mid European nations, citing Ukraine Ruthenian representation and recent German Austrian backed hostilities against Poland. He sent his resignation to Professor Masaryk, noting high regard for the Czech leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ignace J. Paderewski
National Council
Union
Burgess Plant Fire Ruled Accidental by Manager
Marblehead Burgess Aeroplane Company suffered a fire and explosion with an estimated loss of about half a million dollars. General manager F H Russell returned from New York and said he believed the incident was purely accidental as federal and state officials conduct the investigation hoping to determine the cause today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Russell
Burgess Aeroplane Company
Marblehead
New York
Armistice Not Means End of War Warns Wood
Major General Leonard Wood tells the Tenth Division that an armistice does not end the war and peace terms will be discussed. He urges continued work and training with the same energy until formal instructions modify the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Kan
Leonard Wood
Tenth Division
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave
Mackinaws
Nashua
Raymond
Chelsea
Carter
FUR Department
Tae Pe Arma Enone
5Th Avenue
City Haly Ave
Washington ST. and
Avery ST
Paderewski
Burgess
Bellans
Belvans
Bellan
U. S
Aume
Analgesioque
Bengue
Jules Bengue
Paris
United States
Thos. Leeming & CO
Baume
Connor
Hindenburg
Washington
Arcade
Brookside Creamery
Brookside
Gee Henfield
York State
California
Maine
Bitter
Holly Wreath
Armour’s
John T. Connorco
Food Administration
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!