Memorial Tablet for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Unveiled
In Portland at the Maine Historical Society a tablet honoring Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled. It recalls his lineage from the Wadsworth and Peleg Wadsworth families and recounts his heroism during Tripoli bombardment with Commodore Preble and the ship Enterprise.
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Portland
Henry Wadsworth
Wadsworth- Longfellow House
Longfellow
Zilpah Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth
Duxbury
Wadsworth-Longfellow
John Alden
Priscilla Allens
Miles Stand
Alex Scammel
Wadsworth
Algerie
United States
Commodore Preble
Constitution
Enterprise
Intrepid
Tripoli
Somers
Flenry Wadsworth
Little Rock
Ain
Olympia Sails to Retrieve Unknown Soldier from France
The cruiser Olympia sailed from Newport for Cherbourg to receive the body of an unidentified U S soldier who fell in France for transport to Hampton Roads. An urn with French soil will accompany the remains, and a destroyer will finish the voyage to Washington.
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R. IL
Olympia
Cherbourg
France
Hampton Roads
Washington
Floating drydock No 1 launched in East Boston
Floating drydock No 1 built by Bertelsen and Petersen Engineering in East Boston launched at noon. The 175 by 40 foot vessel lifts 500 tons and suits small schooners trawlers tugs. It is emptied by three electric pumps and is the smallest dock of its kind while Boston also claims the largest. The yard plans an 8000 ton floating dock to be completed in the spring.
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Boston Harbor
Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering Company
Border Street
Paul Bertelsen
Newton
East Boston Company
Watson to Renew Gas Ownership Campaign
President James A. Watson told the executive committee yesterday he will again pursue municipal ownership of gas and electricity. His campaign on this issue has been dormant for three months.
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James A. Watson
Loud seeks early trial in murder case after DA succession
Attorney John P. Feeney for Clarence W. Loud of Melrose says he will seek a trial immediately after a permanent successor to former District Attorney Tufts is appointed. Loud, indicted for the murder of Patrolman Preston in Wakefield, has waited in East Cambridge jail since April 4 and may be released on bail around Oct. 10 after six months in custody.
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Clarence W. Loud
Melrose
Preston
Wakefield
Tufts
Loud
East Cambridge
Protest Death Sentence for Sacco and Vanzetti in Milan
A Chamber of Labor meeting in Milan denounced the death sentence for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, alleging they were innocent and punished for subsversive tendencies after the Parmenter murder at a Braintree shoe plant. Communists Socialist and anarchist speakers addressed the gathering.
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Vanzetti
Milan
Chamber of Labor
Niccola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vansetti
Frederick
A. Parmenter
Braintree
Maas
Payne Named Red Cross Central Committee Chairman
John Barton Payne former Secretary of the Interior and Shipping Board chairman was named chairman of the central committee of the American Red Cross at the White House. He will assume the post October 15 succeeding Dr Livingston Farrand who has resigned.
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Washington
John Barton Payne
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