Plan to Honor Dead Captain at McConnell Park
Soldiers from A Company and other units prepare for the St Mihiel fallen Captain Joseph W McConnell ceremony. Bronze portraits will be unveiled at McConnell Park Dorchester with General Edwards, Brigadier General Logan, Judge Sullivan, Governor Cox and Mayor Peters among speakers. Old A Company will lead the parade led by Lt Arnold Brewer.
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France
Joseph W. McConnell
St. Mihiel
111St Infantry
101St Infantry
Foley
McConnell
McConnell Park
Old Savin Hill Park
Dorchester
Boston
Edwards
Edward L. Logan
Sullivan
Cox
Peters
Old A
Arnold Brewer
John Desmond 77 Medford janitor dies at home
John Desmond aged 77 of 40 Oakland Street Medford longtime Medford public schools janitor died from shock in his home yesterday afternoon. No further details were provided by officials.
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John Desmond
Oakland Street
Medford
Corporal Raymond J. Moore Homecoming Service Planned
The body of Corporal Raymond J. Moore of L Company 101st Infantry, the first Wellesley boy killed in action, arrives home and lies in state at Wellesley Town Hall under Legion guard. He died in the Argonne on October 28 1918. Funeral from 133 Walnut Street Newton Lower Falls tomorrow at 3 pm. Interment Calvary Cemetery Waltham.
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Raymond J. Moore
L Company
101St Infantry
Wellesley
Wellesley Town Hall
Legion
Moore
Argonne
John Moore
Walnut Street
Newton Lower Falls
Calvary Cemetery
Waltham
St Ambrose L C B A Sets Third Outing Plan
Members and friends of St Ambrose L C B A will travel by automobile to Gloucester for their third outing of the season. The trip, leaving about 10 o clock, follows previous excursions to Salem Willows and Hampton and Salisbury Beaches, with north shore views promised.
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St. Ambrose L. C. B. A
Gloucester
North Shore
Salem Willows
Hampton
Salisbury Beaches
Memorial to Jos Stevens in Warwick marks pioneer memory
Descendants of Joseph Stevens in Warwick, Franklin county, erected a monument on a found boulder with a bronze tablet. Born 1791, Stevens helped settle Massachusetts northward, planted an 1816 willow that stood a century before its fall. The tablet notes his 1816 willow site and 1921 dedication by his family.
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Warwick
Franklin County
Joseph Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Massachusetts
Rocky
Stevens
Kansas City
Peru
South America
Squire Stevens
England
Famed Jewish Poet to Address in Boston Sunday
Dr. Nathan Birnbaum of Vienna, renowned Jewish poet and authority on Jewish religious matters, will arrive in Boston Sunday afternoon to speak at a mass meeting at the Blue Hill Avenue Synagogue in Roxbury. He will be met at South Station at 3 30 p m by a Boston Jews delegation led by I Goldberg and others.
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Nathan Birnbaum
Vienna
Boston
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
South Station
I. Goldberg
Reuben Finkelstein
Simon B. Fretdson
Abraham Alpert
Samuel Fisher
Jacob Heller
Nathan Pinaski
A. S. Heifetz
Lewis Goldberg
Canopic Sets Course for Boston After Naples Delay
White Star Line steamer Canopic sails for Boston after a 48 hour delay at Naples due to crew trouble. Arrival expected Sept 22. Ship carries a large saloon passenger list of Americans touring Europe this summer.
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Naples
White Star Line
Canopic
Boston
Europe
Wheel Around the Hub marks 38th Boston bicycle tour
The Boston Bicycle Club launched its 38th Wheel Around the Hub tour yesterday afternoon led by captain Walter G. Kendall who has held the post since 84 and now begins his 30th ride in that capacity. Joining him were Ora O. Davis 61 James F. Higgins 55 both of Framingham and Theodore Rothe C. F. Travers of Boston. The route covered Jamaica Pond West Roxbury Powder House Dedham Fairbanks house in Sharon Lake Massapoak Weymouth Quincy and Milton Hill return. Charles W. Reet in his 80s arrived with his silver bugle to command riders on the 1878 tour.
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Boston Bicycle Club
Ken W. G. Kendall
Charles W. Reed
Ora O. Davis
Framingham
Eee Rothe
C. F. Travers
Boston
James F. Higgins
Walter G. Kendall
Kendall
Eleven Bidders for Wayfarers Lodge Renovation Bid
Eleven contractors submitted bids for remodeling and improvements at Wayfarer’s Lodge on Hawkins Street West End. The city council has appropriated 45000 dollars for the project and bids are under advisement with award to be announced later.
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Wayfarer’s Lodge
Hawkins Street
West End
Auction of Jobless Thought Big Hoax Auction of Jobless Thought
An old Boston Chronicle report describes a double auction by Urbin Ledoux and associates, selling unemployed men as "slaves" to raise funds for relief causes. Bids come from local figures including Tony Bruno and Arthur Burson, with pledges of work and support from donors and theatre figures.
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Ledoux
Harry Barnhardt
Central Park
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Bernhardt
America
Tony Bruno
Mr. Gest
Bruno
Red Bronton
Queensberry Street
Angelo Ricci
Miss Bowie
Laney Haskell
Arthur Burson
Morris Gest
Gest
Church of the Unemployed
Boston
Robert Murray
Haskell
Harry Griedman
Edward Dixon
Philadelphia
Senators Divided on Tax Plans in Senate Finance Review
Washington Sept 9 Republican members of the Senate finance committee aim for a minimum total tax of 3.2 billion dollars this fiscal year, seeking to fund government with economies agreed at a White House conference. Secretary Mellon urged reductions but no agreement reached on revised proposals, while Democrats opposed retroactive repeals of the excess profits tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Treasury
House
Mellon
White House
Republicans and Democrats clash over tax repeal plans
Senators debate repeal of the profits tax and changes to income surtax rates. Senator Penrose notes possible shift by January 1, 1922. Senator Simmons opposes retroactive repeal and opposes Mellon’s plan to cut surtax to 25 percent. Senator Hitchcock condemns repeal and tax reductions as objectionable, citing high incomes as contrary to public interests.
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Penrose
Simmons
North Carolina
Mellon
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Gossipers to Compete at Norumbega Park Outing
More than 1500 Pythians from eastern Massachusetts gather at Norumbega Park for the annual King Hiram Lodge and St. Omer Temple outing. A ball game with Sisters of the Temple precedes the 4 o'clock gossip contest to name the longest talking woman, an event since 1919, followed by a mass theatre visit in the evening.
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Massachusetts
Norumbega Park
King Hiram Lodge
St. Omer Temple
Lodge
Sisters of the Temple
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Get Out
Wellesley Boy
Jos. Stevens
C. F. Hovey Co
Summer, Chauncy & Avon Sts
Coats
Women’s Trimmed Union
Gingham
Lisle
Georgette
Crepe de Chine
Fey
Carmeline Ledoux
Hexsel
Mrs. Ledoux
Christ
Urbain Ledoux
Hemenway Street
4 Post
Mr. Zero
Dixon
Harry Earnhardt
Julius Frankle
Cadman Square Theatre
Portland Street
Viola Roche
Boston Stock Company
Frank Gennaro
Jacob Zundill
Appleton
Bon-Opto
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Washington Street
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