Committee of British Residents Plans Greeting London Honourables
Captain Thomas T. Stokes chaired a Boston committee arranging the reception for the Honourable Artillery Company of London. John McGaw was elected vice president as Kershaw departs for England. A wine-house representative offered champagne for the banquet after the church parade, set for Oct 4. The Royal Garrison Band of Halifax cannot perform after the parade due to army rules, with plans to stage a concert in a Boston theatre later in the week. The group adjourned to meet next Tuesday.
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Thomas T. Stokes
Boston
Honourable Artillery Company of
London
John McGaw
Kershaw
England
Royal Garrison Band of
Halifax
Honourables
Seven Bands in Parade for London Honourable Artillery visit
The committee of 100 British residents will wear badges during the visit of the London Honourable Artillery Company. Seven bands will perform as the Honourable and Ancient companies parade next Friday. An escort of multiple regiments and cadets is planned with key officers coordinating reception details. Decorations for downtown buildings are expected and invitations to visitors are being sent. Lieutenant-General Ss. B. M. Young will attend the Somerset banquet, missing the Ancients’ due to his daughter's wedding. The Ancients drill 150 members in khaki and red trimmed uniforms, practicing standard military evolutions under Captain Sydney Hedges and Colonel Charles K. Darling.
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London Honourable Artillery Company
Honourables
Ancients
First Heavy Artillery
Lancers
Hedges
Darling
Ss. B. M. Young
Army
Honourable Artillery Company
Somerset
London
Sydney Hedges
Charles K. Darling
Oakes Still Revere Chief Oakes Faces Suspicion Plot
Rumors that Selectman Segee would suspend Chief E H Oakes of the Revere police drew a crowd to Town Hall. No action was taken. Friends fear a delay could oust the chief until his forgery trial ends, possibly next year, influencing a future chief election.
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E. H. Oakes
Revere
Samuel A. Segee
Town Hall
Selectman
Segee
Selectmen
Oakes
Hich
Nation's Prosperity Safe Says Roberts as Gold Rises
Ellis H. Roberts, U.S. treasurer, told bankers aboard a Potomac River steamboat convention that the nation's prosperity rests on a rock solid gold foundation. He noted gold holdings, treasury gold, and bank gold surpassing other nations and warned against inflating credit beyond gold backing.
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Washington
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Maryland and Districts of Columbia Bankers’ Association
Potomac River
Treasury
Bank of England
England
France
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Gibraltar
Congress
Unusual Arctic Conditions Reported by Ziegler Expedition
The steam yacht America carrying the Ziegler polar expedition reported July conditions of extensive ice and scarce animal life in the Berentz Sea. Anthony Fiala’s letter from July 20 describes near-zero wildlife, many dead birds, and the party seeking a lead while nearing Franz Josef Land.
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New York
America
Ziegler Polar
William Ziegler
Anthony Fiala
Berentz Sea
Fiala
Archangel
White Sea
Vardo
Norway
Nova Zembia
Coffin
Franz Joseph Land
No Concert at Boston Sunday Outing
The Boston Protective Department repudiates all connection with a benefit concert announced for the Boston Theatre next Sunday evening. Manager Lawrence McCarty says no such entertainment will occur at the playhouse, noting the law requires a benefit concert to be under the auspices of a regularly incorporated charitable organization.
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Boston Protective Department
Boston Theatre
Lawrence McCarty
Hebrew fined for repairing synagogue gate Sunday
James Hengelheim was fined $5 in Boston Municipal Court for repairing his synagogue gate on the Christian Sabbath. He lived on Jerusalem Place in the North End and neighbors said the work was unnecessary on Sunday.
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Hebrew
James Hengelheim
Boston
Hengelheim
Jerusalem Place
North End
White Store Reopens After Major remodel Fifty Years in Boston
The R H White Company unveils a 75 000 remodel marking its 50th anniversary with seven acres of floor space, new duplex staircase, expanded furniture and rug sections, a third floor restaurant operated by D S McDonald, and a modern dining hall for 500 patrons.
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R. H. White Company
Boston
Washington Street
Harrison Avenue
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Casey
D. S. McDonald Company
Tremont Street
Thayer and Stimson Confer on Platform
Thayer and Stimson argue it is unfair to endorse Olney at the convention without prior popular approval. They say the people would object if the issue had been raised earlier, and urge waiting for a statewide vote. They claim time remains and Massachusetts could place Olney’s name before the nation if he seeks the convention.
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Indorsing Olney
Olney
Massachusetts
New England
Police search for lost Roxbury girl Frances Lynch
A four year old girl Frances Charlotte Lynch from 24 Dilworth Street wandered from home after breakfast en route to Concord Street kindergarten. She was found at Roxbury Crossing police station after a citywide alert and returned home within a half hour.
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South End
Roxbury
Frances Charlotte Lynch
Dilworth Street
Frances
Concord Street
Roxbury Crossing
Cigarmakers Aid New York Strikers With $350 Donation
The Cigarmakers Union 97 in Boston voted a large donation to New York Sheet and Metal Workers strikers. Morris Brown, treasurer of the New York Federation of Labor, urged the funds as a show of solidarity.
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New York
Cigarmakers’ Union
Boston
Sheet and Metal Workers’ Union of New York
Morris Brown
New York Federation of Labor
Yale Oarsmen Report Freshman Candidates for Rowing Team
Yale announces candidacies for the rowing squad with about 50 freshmen reporting to Captain Walter Cross at the gym. Rowing starts at Lake Whitney and the harbor. Yale will select four tennis players for the intercollegiate tournament at Haverford beginning Oct. 6.
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New Haven
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