Miss Bessie Edwards Dies at Camp Meade
Miss Bessie Edwards of Washington daughter of Major General Clarence Edwards commander of the 26th Division died Sunday night of influenza at Camp Meade Maryland where she was a pupil nurse. She worked for soldiers welfare here since 1917 and knitted for troops with her mother. The Boston Post invites photos of Roll of Honor memorials for possible publication and asks towns to supply details.
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Bessie Edwards
Washington
Clarence Edwards
New England
Camp Meade
Maryland
Miss Edwards
Boston
Northeastern Military Department
France
Edwards
Camp Meade Cantonment
Brazilian Captain Tinoco Perished on Hun Submarine
Cable reports confirm Captain Marie Tinoco of the Brazilian steamship Guaratuba died as a prisoner aboard a German submarine, which British warship later destroyed after sinking the vessel. Tinoco, 22, had foreseen danger during his Boston visit, leaving a grim note on Hun piracy. All others aboard the Guaratuba survived by abandoning ship.
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Marie Tinoco
Boston
France
Tinoco
Triple Funeral at Hyde Park Church
A triple funeral was held for Richard J. Sullivan age 62 of Hyde Park his son Cornelius F. Sullivan 39 a transit official and former Hyde Park post office superintendent and son in law John J. Burke 82 a Back Bay post office clerk. They died within 24 hours of each other from pneumonia developing after influenza. The service at the Church of the Most Precious Blood Hyde Park was a requiem high mass led by Rev. Thomas Coleman and they were buried in Brookdale Cemetery Dedham.
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Richard J. Sullivan
Hyde Park Avenue
Hyde Park
Cornelius F. Sullivan
Boston Automobile Mail Service
Church of the Most Precious Blood
Thomas Coleman
Mr. Sullivan
Brookdale Cemetery
Dedham
Military court urged to try Colonel Hirsch in Brooklyn
In federal court in Brooklyn on October 14, counsel for Colonel Harry J. Hirsch of the Quartermaster Corps argued that only a military court has jurisdiction to try him on a conspiracy to defraud the government charge, as he is indicted with Morris and Leo Rosenwasser and twelve Rosenwasser & Co. employees and inspectors for allegedly supplying defective garments to the government.
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New York
Harry J. Hirsch
Quartermaster Corps
Hirsch
Brooklyn
Morris
Leo Rosenwasser
Rosenwasser & Co., Inc
Rosenwasser
Police recover stolen goods including badges in Worcester raid
Police recover most of $1800 loot from Worcester jewelry stores after arresting Herman Erickson. Inspectors Hart and Conway held him at police HQ for three hours as two Boston pawnbrokers Adolph Shear and Arthur Lewis paid $10 fines each for receiving. Erickson faces trial in Worcester. note urges Fourth Liberty Loan buying.
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Worcester County
Herman Erickson
Hart
Conway
Boston
Adolph Shear
Arthur Lewis
Beachstreet
Central Court
Erickson
Worcester
Fighting Ninth and Fighting Fourth urged for today
A terse call urges readers to subscribe to the Fighting Fourth, supporting aggressive units of Uncle Sam’s forces and backing the Fighting Ninth station. The appeal emphasizes urgency and patriotic duty for immediate action.
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Uncle Sam
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