Honor tribute to Bacon and Scotty by Marshal Foch
On Marshal Foch's visit, a chrysanthemum bouquet with a tricolor ribbon was laid at Robert Bacon's grave in Walnut Hills cemetery and a rose wreath at the Beott plaque in Brookline Town Hall. Elizabeth Clevenot and M Lebon placed the bouquet for Ambassador Bacon with the Bacon family present. Ralph Freeman, a West End newsboy, carried Foch's wreath for Scotty the 16 year old Epieds hero.
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Marshal Foch
Robert Bacon
France
Brookline Town Hall
Albert Edward Beott
Scotty
Epieds
Elizabeth Clevenot
Wellesley College
Afessor Lebon
Ambassador Bacon
Walnut Hills
Bacon
Marechal Foch
United States
Ralph Freeman
West End
Knights to Open School in New Haven December One
The Knights of Columbus announce formal opening of the largest correspondence school system in the United States to aid former servicemen in remote areas. Supreme Advocate Joseph C. Pelletier disclosed the plan after a Boston educators conference. The program, nine months in preparation, targets men unable to attend any of the 130 free evening technical schools.
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Knights of Columbus
United States
New Haven
Conn
Supreme
Joseph C. Pelletier
K. of C
Boston
Child Bearing Perilous Under Modern Care
New York on November 15 reports rising maternal mortality despite medical advances. Dr. Ralph W. Lowenstein told the Child Hygiene Section of the American Public Health Association that lack of prenatal care and widespread use of incompetent midwives largely cause the danger to expectant mothers.
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New York
Ralph W. Lowenstein
American Public Health Association
Knights of Columbus to Offer Mail Correspondence Courses
The Knights of Columbus announce its first postal courses Accounting Bookkeeping Business Law Business English and Income Tax Law with more to follow as demand grows. Over ten thousand veterans expected to enroll as KC expands its educational system by mail with free access for former service members. Boston figures Downey and Cummins attended the conference.
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K. of C
Pelletier
Knights of Columbus
Estate official and longtime Gloucester figure dies at 77
David I. Robinson treasurer of Essex County and former Gloucester mayor who was prominent in the fishing industry died at his East Gloucester home in his 78th year.
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Gloucester
David I. Robinson
Essex County
East
Dorchester Man Arrested for Gas Tankhold Larceny
Special officers McNabb and Lowney of Back Bay police arrested Samuel Miller 25 of Dorchester at 116 Glenway Street on larceny charges. They say Miller and an accomplice robbed Jenney Oil Co station clerk John A. McDonald of $150 to $160 at gunpoint near closing time on Oct 15 at Stuart and Berkeley streets.
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McNabb and Lowney
Back Bay
Samuel Miller
Glenway Street
Dorchester
John A. McDonald
Jenney Oil Company
Stuart
Berkeley Streets
Miller
McDonald
Six Mill Hands Fined for Contempt in Rumford
Six former International Paper Company workers were fined 50 dollars each after pleading guilty to contempt before Associate Justice John A. Morrill. Edward J. Harpe Alyre Gallant Peter Moore William Sheehan Beverly Elliott and John Ouillette were cited for picketing following a temporary injunction against striking.
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Rumford
International Paper Company
John A. Morrill
Supreme Court
Edward J. Harpe
Alyre Gallant
Peter Moore
William Sheehan
Beverly Elliott
John Ouillette
Williams Murder Case Delays After Planting Evidence Claims
In Pittsfield on November 15 Attorney Robert M. Stevens alleged police planted evidence and conspired to railroad Clarence H. Williams of Stockbridge in the Louis C. Decker murder case. District Attorney Charles H. Wright countered the charges as the trial was postponed to tomorrow.
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Pittsfield
Clarence H. Williams
Stockbridge
Louis C. Decker
Robert M. Stevens
Charles H. Wright
Will Nee
Stevens
Planting of evidence alleged in Decker murder case
Commonwealth proceedings suggested the existence of planted items including a murder bat and a bloodstained cap associated with Decker. The cap was reportedly found near Williams' home, about a mile and a half from where Decker was discovered dying, amid questions of intent and sequence.
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Decker
Williams
Pape's Cold Compound Claims Quickest Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest relief for colds and grippe. It promises to relieve nasal congestion, stop runny nose, ease headache and fever, with a dose every two hours up to three doses, tasting pleasant and containing no quinine.
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Foch
Turkey
Steve
Holmes, Luce &Co
ARLOR
Holmes, Luce & Co
Washington St
Lake
Knights
Michael J. Downey
Boston Evening Schools
John J. Cummins
K-C Educational
Coats
Tremont St
Park St
Commonwealth
Sipe
Pape
Patent Office
Gillette
America
England
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Italy
Gillette Safety Razor Company
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