Missionary Aid Leader Returns Urges More Relief Work
The Rev James L Barton chairman of the American Relief Commission in the Near East returned to Boston after a nine months tour in Armenia and Turkey. He cited 120000 orphans and 15000 Christian women affected by Turkish policies and urged continued relief and industrial programs as Britain releases Christian women and peace treaty ratification shapes future mandatories in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Barton
American Relief Commission
Near East
Boston
Armenia
Turkey
America
Commission
Dr. Barton
Milk Aid Credited In Fighting Typhus Says Relief Chief
Rev. Dr. James L. Barton, head of the American Commission for Relief in the Near East, returned after a nine months tour and cited evaporated and condensed milk as key in combating typhus and saving Armenian refugee lives.
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James L. Barton
Boston
Newton
American Commission For Relief
Near East
Dr Barton Warns on Turkey Armenia Mandates
Dr Barton of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions says refugees face typhus without fresh milk and urges rapid ratification of the peace treaty. He calls for mandatories in Turkey and Armenia and favors dividing Turkey, stating Armenians deserve freedom.
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Barton
Post
Office
The
American Board of Commissions For Foreign Missions
Beacon Street
Turkey
Armenia
Feast of St Theresa Observed At Carmelite Convent Roxbury
Catholic Church notes announce the Feast of St Theresa at the Carmelite Convent Roxbury with a high mass at 9 am celebrant Rev Henry Grady and sermon by Rev James L McGovern. Veneration of a relic follows morning and evening services. The Forty Hours devotion runs from Gate of Heaven South Boston. Cardinal O Connell to speak at Knights of Columbus banquet and Laymen's Retreat Guild gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
Henry Grady
St. Benedict’s Church
Somerville
James L. McGovern
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Boston College High School
Gate of Heaven Church
South Boston
George A. Lyons
Cardinal O’connell
Bishop Cheverus
General Assembly
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Today’s Public Events and Speakers at City Venues
Public Service Commission hearing on suburban railroad fares at the State House. Suffrage talk by McGlue and Washburn at 12 at 68 Boylston Street. 1 p.m. Twentieth Century Club luncheon with ministers Dieffenbach Burns and Snow. 2 p.m. Milton Welcome Home service and parade. 2:30 p.m. American Legion carnival Graves Friend and Emerson College Children’s Theatre recital. 6 p.m. Knights of Columbus Bishop Cheverus assembly at Boston City Club Columbus Day with Cardinal O Connell. 7:30 p.m. Legion carnival at Braves Field. 8 p.m. Waltham Suffrage Society Education for Citizenship at the Public Library.
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Public Service Commission
State House
Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association
Charles H. McGlue
Robert M. Washburn
Boylston Street
Twentieth Century Club
A. C. Dieffenbach
Harry Foster Burns
Sydney Snow
Milton
American Legion
Graves
Emerson College of Oratory Children’s Theatre
Waltham Suffrage Society
Education For Citizenship
Back pay issued to 10004 Boston Elevated employees
The Boston Elevated Railway Company transfers 772000 in back pay to 10004 employees as part of the Endicott award. Paymasters distributed funds starting yesterday from division offices with envelopes. average payment around 77 dollars, covering May 1 to August 30.
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Boston Elevated
Park Street
Field’s Corner
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Endicott
Boston
Citizens who joined Allied forces kept their citizenship
American citizens who enlisted with the allies since April 6 1917 did not forfeit citizenship. State Secretary Leo A Spillane announced at the American Legion headquarters that inquiries about eligibility to vote in state elections have been answered.
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American Legion
State Street
Leo A. Spillane
Shipyards in New York to resume normal operations soon
Virtually all of the three New York shipyards hit by last month's strike will be operating at normal by early next week. Yard owners say strikers are returning in steadily increasing numbers.
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New York
Bishop Admits Marriage in Divorce Case But Denies Other Allegations
Charles Sumner Bishop of Boston answers Mrs Ella Arline Bishop’s Suffolk Superior Court divorce libel admitting the marriage but denying all other claims. He alleges she abused him before filing and contends she cannot sustain the libel. She says they wed Aug 1 1910 in Norwich Conn and lived in Somerville Cambridge Arlington and Boston. She accuses him of infidelity July 6 in Portland Mo but does not know the other woman’s name.
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Charles Sumner Bishop
Boston
Ella Arline Bishop
Suffolk Superior Court
Bishop
Norwich
Conn
Somerville
Cambridge
Arlington
Massasoit Descendant Statue Linked to Hampden Visit
The piece recalls Massasoit’s 1623 rescue of the Plymouth colonists with Edward Winslow and an English visitor believed to be John Hampden. Hampden Meadows honors that visit. Roger Williams found shelter with Massasoit, and the article urges support for descendants of Massasoit.
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Massasoit
Plymouth
Cyrus Dallin
Bradford
Edward Winslow
Mr. Winslow
John Hampden
John Hamden
Winslow
James
Hampden
New World
Hampden Meadows
Providence, Warren & Bristol
Rhode Island Historical Society
Massaysoit
Mas‘sasoit
Roger Williams
Apostle of Liberty
Salem
Prominent East Boston Man Dead
Major Ainsley R. Hoeener of East Boston died at his home on Lexington Avenue. He was 77, a former staffer to Governor Bates and to National G. A. R. Commander-in-Chief Adams, a past commander of Joseph Hooker Post and active in Masonic circles. Survived by his widow and son William A. Hooper of Stoughton. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at his East Boston home.
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Ainsley R. Hoeener
East Boston
Bates
Lexington Avenue
Joseph Hooker
National
Adams
William A. Hooper
Stoughton
Ex-Police Captain Held as Moonshiner in Lewiston Case
Alfred Painchaud, a former Lewiston police captain, was arraigned in Portland before U. S. Commissioner Chapman after being arrested in Lewiston for possessing a still used to illicitly manufacture whiskey. He pleaded not guilty and posted bail of $200.
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Portland
Alfred Painchand
Lewiston
Chapman
Painchaud
Woman Burned in South Boston Fire at Waterford Street
Mrs. Margaret Searles, 30, living on the third floor of a five story brick building at 3 Waterford street South Boston was badly burned about the face neck and arms yesterday afternoon. The fire caused damage estimated at 1500 and she was smothered in flames after opening a door to an air shaft. She is reported not in serious condition at City Hospital.
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Margaret Searles
Waterford Street
Boston
Watertown Soldier Twice Decorated for Heroism
Corporal Abeck Carrole, a Russian citizen who volunteered for the American army after war began, has returned home to 802 Mt Albany Street Watertown with the American Distinguished Service Cross and the Italian War Cross. Both honors were earned for extraordinary heroism in the Argonne forest.
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Abeck Carrole
Mt. Albany Street
Watertown
Argonne Forest
German Attack on Riga Reported by Lettish Bureau
German forces led by General von der Goltz with Russians attacked Letts near Riga and at Shlotsk, claiming early gains then repulsed with heavy losses. Letts report small losses and claim destruction of an armored train and two German companies. Riga remains under pressure as fighting persists along the front.
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Copenhagen
von der Goltz
Avaloff-Bermondt
Letts
Riga
Shlotsk
Lettish Bureau
Lettish Information Bureau
Lettish
St. Olaf
Removing Recruiting Posters Cowardly Outrage
Major W T Hoadley denounces police removal of recruiting posters as a cowardly outrage in a letter to Sheriff J O'Dowd. Police cite a city ordinance banning postings. An appeal to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen allowed marines to post on city fence property.
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Manchester
N. H
W. T. Hoadley
John O’dowd
Autumn Glory at Arnold Arboretum
Autumn shows red and yellow glory at the Arnold Arboretum as maples blaze, chestnuts leaf out, hawthorn fruits shine, and crabapple trees droop with red fruit. Hundreds visit daily to picnic and enjoy the fall color while workers prune and clean the forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Arboretum
Arboretum
Estate of John W Wheelwright Leaves $2.88 Million to Bequest
The 1916 deceased John W. Wheelwright of Beacon Street left an estate valued at $2,882,923.23, detailing the wealth and beneficiaries in probate records.
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John W. Wheelwright
Beacon Street
Belgium relief plea seeks twenty million dollars
Mayor Peters, guided by Cardinal Mercier, appeals for about 20 million dollars to restore Louvain University and Belgium’s high schools colleges churches and orphanages. A memorandum from the cardinal supports this appeal presented at a meeting in Faneuil Hall.
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Peters
Cardinal Mercier
Louvain University
Belgium
Faneuil Hall
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King and Confessor
St. Calixtus
St. Theresa
Virgin
St. Hedwig
St. Luke the Evangelist
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
Massachusetts
BY William Justin Mann
Ainsley R. Hooper
Philip ‘Morris
Bond Street
Maria
Raynster
U. S. Pat
United States Rubber Company
Raynsters
Browning King & Company
the Continental
Wm. Filene’s Sons Company
Kennedy's
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