8000 New England Soldiers To Move To Camp Gordon
Nearly one fifth of New England's national army soldiers about 8000 men will be sent to Camp Gordon in Atlanta to continue training under Major-General Swift. Six hundred colored draftees from New England and eastern New York will go to Camp Upton in Yaphank New York. The changes follow a general cantonment reorganization announced by General Bliss.
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Camp Devens
National Army
New England
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Swift
New York
76Th Division
Camp Upton
Yaphank
N. Y
Washington
General Bliss
Departure plans for 43000 men at Camp Gordon in November
The draft at Camp Gordon includes 43000 men with 8000 to depart in early November and 6450 in the final 15 percent quota. Rumors of moving the depot brigade south were denied and selected troops will be drawn from all divisions in the cantonment. Sanitation warnings hit Ayer restaurants as the Army enforces health standards amid inspectors reports and multiple disqualifications surface among new recruits.
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Camp Gordon
New England
France
M. B. Stewart
Georgia
Ayer
Hodges
Ayer Junction
Camp Devens Tales From The 301st Infantry Camp
Meyer Sunshine the gloomiest man in camp fans say. Frank Early wears pink pajamas and belongs to the $500,000 Club while transferring to the dental lab at base hospital. A recruit’s coat cue prompts Colonel Conklin to rebuke and a joking misunderstanding ensues. Carl Cate departs for France as R H Hayden and Rev John Nolan join artillery HQ. Congressmen O Shaughnessey and Lonergan tour Hodges camp progress. A Maine recruit’s joke ends with I’m Yankee but thick as hell. Boston’s Own 301st to learn to sing the Marseillaise in French with the band assisting.
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Devens
Meyer Sunshine
301St Infantry
Merry
Sunshine
Frank S. Early
Boston
3011St Infantry Regiment
Maine
A. S. Conklin
308D Field Artillery
New Hampshire
Carl Cate
Roxbury
Providence
France
Atlantic
R. H. Hayden
New York
Trinity Church
John Nolan
301St Infantry Regiment
Tompkins
Quincy motorist injured in collision with pedestrian
Charles Predario of 12 Buckley street Quincy was severely injured after being thrown from his motorcycle in a collision with a pedestrian. The pedestrian Henry Naskewen of Nelson and Arthur streets Quincy was also injured. Both were transported to Quincy City Hospital.
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Quincy
Charles Predario
Buckley Street
Henry Naskewen
Nelson and
Arthur Streets
Quincy City Hospital
Roslindale Residents Urge Street Overhaul At City Hall
Roslindale residents packed the aldermanic chamber to back widening Washington street from Lagrange street to Forest Hills square and to oppose the current 60 foot setback plan. They praised Mayor Curley while urging action to fix the 10 year old unsafe, hilly route and discussed park land at Roslindale square.
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Roslindale
City Hall
George Cherry
Washington Street
Forest Hills Square
Lagrange Street
United States
Cherry
Curley
Roslindale Tahir
Roslindale Square
Asticou Road
Parkway Cut Under Embankment of Dedham Branch Road
A report notes a cut made under the embankment of the Dedham branch of the New Haven road along the parkway, detailing apparent construction work and its impact on traffic and nearby properties.
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Dedham
New Haven Road
Quebec man indicted for murder in Newport killing
Orleans county grand jury in special session returned an indictment for murder against Robert J. Priddy of Quebec. Priddy is alleged to have shot and killed J. P. Monogue, a policeman, while the officer and immigration inspector W. J. McDermott prepared to place him aboard a train for Canada as an undesirable alien. McDermott was wounded and is recovering.
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Newport
Orleans County
Robert J. Priddy
Quebec
Priddy
J. P. Monogue
W. J. McDermott
Canada
McDermott
Missionary Work Highlights at New England Women’s Society
At the New England branch session in Portland Maine on October 10 Miss Florence Nichols of Lynn spoke on China missions. A Roxbury rally led by Mrs S H Packard preceded anniversary exercises with an address on foreign missions by Bishop Hughes of Boston.
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Portland
Maca
New England
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Florence Nichols
Lynn
China
S. H. Packard
Roxbury
Mass
Hughes
Boston
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IFOR
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Patte
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Wooder
Arn
Long Island
Herbert L. Baldwin
Larrabee’s
Larrabee's
3024 Infantry Regiment
Fall River
New Bedford
Wilfred N. Hinckney
Fox Point Road
Mattapan
Bright
Frank Tompkins
Vernon Stiles
Canton
Leroy W. Allen
Reginald Barlow
302D Infantry
Massachusetts
Edward F. O'Dowd
Mike
George T. O’shaughnessey
Rhode Island
Augustine Lonergan
Connecticut
Mark Cross
ROY Pole Masa
Royal Worcester
Lenox China
Mark Cross Company
Tremont St
Near Temple Pt
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Regent Street
Fletcher
the Centaur Compary
NEW_YORK
Chas. H. Fletcher
S. J. Briggs & Co
R.I
Fletcher’s Castoria
Mansur Drug Co
St. Paul, Minn
Hegeman & Co
New York City
W. H. Chapman
Montreal
Que
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