Rattlesnake Bite Leaves Soldier Unscathed in New Mexico
Private William Schatzhauer of F Company Pittsfield survived a rattlesnake bite with no lasting harm after he sucked out the wound and received aid at the Second Regiment base hospital in Columbus New Mexico. He later walked three miles back to camp as Army officials expect soldiers to stay on the frontier through approaching cold weather.
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Columbus
N. M
William Schatzhauer
F Company
Pittsfield
William
Flo
Schatzhauer
Porder
Weather clothing and voting plans amid military mobilization
All warm clothing ready for distribution and voting plans discussed. Lieutenant James A Powers in Boston gathering voter numbers for November. Arrangements considered to allow National Guardsmen on the border to vote if service extends. Revival services in Baptist church draw soldiers nightly with planking trail echoing hob nailed boots. Non commissioned officers in Second Regiment gain experience due to officer shortages. Some officers reassigned to regular army or missions along the Mexican line. Today top sergeants lead battalion maneuvers with K Company Springfield at the rifle range. Private T S Harrington leads the medical ward at the base hospital. Desertion charges filed against Private Clarence Perraill Springfield and Private Stephen Baker Worcester for two weeks missing.
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James A. Powers
Boston
National Guardsmen
Baptist Church
Mexico
K Company
Springfield
T. S. Harrington
Medical Department
Clarence Perraill
Stephen Baker
Worcester
Funeral Arrangements For Charles Walsh Of Wakefield
The funeral for Charles F. Walsh of Boston and Wakefield will be held tomorrow morning. The Wakefield Lodge of Elks will conduct a service tonight at Walton's Undertaking Rooms. Walsh, 45, native of Wakefield and former law partner of Middlesex DA Corcoran, died after a Sunday shock and a night death following years of ill health from injuries in an automobile accident. Survived by brother Martin W. Walsh of Cohasset and sisters Mrs. Margaret Sullivan and Miss Annie Walsh of Wakefield.
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Charles FE. Walsh
Boston
Wakefield
Corcoran
Middlesex County
Wakefield Lodge of Elks
Walsh
Walton
Wakefield House
Massachusetts Bar Association
Martin W. Walsh
Cohasset
Margaret Sullivan
Annie Walsh
Cupid Wins as Major Marries El Paso Socialite
In El Paso Texas on September 11 Dan Cupid wins among Massachusetts troops on the Mexican border. Major Irving T. Cutter of the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry will wed Miss Zula Robinson an El Paso society girl who helped raise funds for troops at Camp Cotton. Officers discuss delivery of requested assistance and promotions occur in the artillery regiment including several sergeants and corporals. General Funston plans to inspect the Massachusetts unit next week and guard duties focus on the international bridge.
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Thomas J. Cobey
DPD
Highth Regiment
Lynn
Cobey
Massachusetts
Bay State
Funston
el Paso
International Bridge
Sweetser
Artillery
Clyde Elliott
Philip I. Sheridan
Hector
Soly
John H. Hammond
Willard BR. Luther
William J. Hadley
John F. Bates
Fred J Clark
William C. Fowler
Ralph H. Russell
Fred J. Mahan
Harold V. Gordon
Cutter
Miss Robinson
Eighth
A. Milton Robinson
Fast Texas Girls’ College
Dallas
New England
Eighth Regiment
Camp Cotton
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School
Main Street
Winchester
Ninth Regiment
John A. Dunn
C. W. Clark
Dunn
H Company
Pearson
John H. Sherburne
Bay State Artillery
Engagement of Major Cutter and Miss Robinson Publicized
The Eighth Regiment reports Major Cutter, senior medical officer, and Miss Robinson engaged after a courtship sparked at a camp entertainment. The couple plan a military wedding before Bay State troops depart, with Miss Robinson a El Paso native and singer.
Mayor Curley Bars City Employees From Campaign Work
A Roxbury city paper featured a political ad with Milton A. Stone, a $1000 paving yard clerk, urging support for his candidacy. Mayor Curley ordered all municipal workers running for office to take unpaid leave while campaigning, affecting Lewis Sullivan and John H. I. Noyes among others.
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Roxbury
Curley
Milton A. Stone
Stone
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T. E. Hedlund
van Loon
Susquehanna Street
America
Hanover
Portland
Legal
Lee
ELKS
Cupid
Irving T. Cutter
Texas
Sherburne
Rugg
Davis
Greig
Bell
Capt. Cobey
Stearns
Frederick Stearns & Co
Detroit
U.S. A
UNEL
Emile Brunel
Pari
Tremont Street
E. Brunel
New York
Brooklyn
Newark
Philadelphia
Wee Profit-Sharing Stamp Co
MN Ee Eee amPs Ag
Houghton & Dutton Co
Glendale
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