Military Funeral for Winthrop Hero Simon J. Donovan
Private Simon J. Donovan, one of Winthrop's youngest war heroes, received full military honors at burial in Holy Cross Cemetery after a solemn high mass of requiem at the Church of St. John the Evangelist Winthrop Centre. Rev. John J. O'Brien officiated with Rev. John H. Griffin and others assisting.
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Simon J. Donovan
Winthrop
Holy Cross Cemetery
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Winthrop Centre
John J. O’brien
John H. Griffin
Father McDonald
Boston
New Yeast Health Claim Ad Promotes Ironized Yeast
An advertisement touts Ironized Yeast as a health tonic improving weight loss appetite and general stamina. It claims concentrated brewer's yeast supplies vitamins iron and other builders boosting flesh and strength with visible skin improvements by day two to two weeks. Each 10 day package costs $1.00 and includes children’s directions.
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Braves
Seana
Roy Cone
Ironizer Yeast Company
Atlanta
Great Jubilee Parade Marks Roxbury Mission Church Feat
Over 60 000 people joined four day jubilee events atop Parker Hill Roxbury as the Mission Church parish celebrated its golden anniversary with a grand procession. Prayers hymns and a flotilla of floats including Our Lady of Perpetual Help and a massive living cross showcased parish devotion amid police crowd control and clerical vestments.
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Parker Hill
Mission Church
Roxbury
Elks U. S. A
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Misaton
John J. Frawley
C. SS. R
Tremont Street
Huntington Avenue
Calumet Street
Sachem Street
Gallivan
Roxbury Crossing
Sisters of Notre Dame
Parochise
Redemptorist
Fassbacht
Mother of Perpetual Help
John O’leary
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Brooklyn
Man Dies After Collapse at North Station Arm d Transfer Window
An unidentified roughly 53 year old man died in an ambulance after collapsing unconscious at the Armstrong Transfer window in North Station. He had a Pullman berth ticket to Florida. The body, 5 feet 8 inches and 200 pounds with blue eyes and light hair, was taken to North Grove Morgue. Read more for possible identification details.
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Armstrong
North Station
Florida
North Grove
Father John's Medicine Advocated To Cure Colds
Readers are urged to treat colds with Father John's Medicine claiming a drug free remedy. The piece emphasizes natural health measures over pharmaceutical options.
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Father John
Adot
Clara Barton Home Becomes National Shrine in Oxford
The Clara Barton birthplace built December 25, 1821, was dedicated today as a national shrine by the Woman's National Missionary Association of the Universalist Church. Delegates attended from New England states and several others.
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Oxford
Clara Barton
The
Red Cross
Woman's National Missionary Association of the Universalist Church
New England
Simmons Fund Drive Tops Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
Despite sparse reports from 100 district chairmen, the Simmons College Endowment Fund total moved past the $200,000 mark late last night. Leaders aim to reach $1,000,000 as reports arrive today.
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Simmons College Endowment Fund
Foch Expresses Pleasure At Brookline Tablet Dedication
A Roosevelt Newsboys' Association letter reports Marshal Foch would be glad to attend the dedication of a monument to Albert Edward Scott, the Brookline newsboy hero who died in France in 1918. The aide cites possible attendance but cites unknown travel arrangements.
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Marshal Foch
Albert Edward Scott
Brookline
Brookline Town Hall
Roosevelt Newsboys’ Association
Senator Lodge
Washington
J A. E. Scott
United States
Scott
Epieds
France
Auto Crash Kills Soldier in Branford Road Collision
A Branford road collision near East Haven killed Sergeant Thomas E B McManus of Roxbury Massachusetts and injured three other soldiers from the army truck. Injured are Sergeant Joseph Tracy 27 of Washington D C with compound fractures of both legs, Sergeant William Trehan 21 of Lawrence Massachusetts bruised and shaken, and Sergeant William Breed 42 of Lanett Alabama. The Connecticut Company bus prevented the truck from leaving the road to spare more casualties.
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New Haven
Army
Connecticut Company
Branford
East Haven
Thomas EB. McManus
Roxbury
Mass
Joseph Tracy
Eighth Street
Washington, D. C
William Trehan
Lawrence
William Breed
Lanett
Ala
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Hallet & Davis
Conway
Lexington
Chickering
Kurtzman
Pease
Hallet & Davis Piano Co
Boylston Street
Sullivan Marshal
John J. Sullivan
United States Army
Navy
Ninth Regiment Veterans’ Association
St. Alphonsus Association
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Baldric
Holy Family
Merni
Paine’s
Foch
Flynn
Whitney Place
Wollaston
Pilgrim Service
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
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