Dedication of Corporal Lufty Square Honors Syrian Hero
Thousands attended a memorial dedication at the Tyler and Oak streets corner in South End Boston for Corporal J. S. Lufty the 16 year old Syrian boy who fell in the Argonne on October 30 1918 The event hosted by Mt. Lebanon Club included veterans groups and speeches by notable figures with two sign posts unveiled by two Lufty relatives and the national anthem marking the square name change.
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Mt. Lebanon Club, Inc
Boston
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Argonne
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Elias S. Shanon
Harvard Law School
Charles S. O'Connor
John Major
Ralph Cahouet
W. A
Battle of the Argonne
George Wilson
Ladder Crew Rescues Cat From Top of Tree
Somerville fire department Ladder 1 responded to Giles Park where a cat stranded since Friday was unreachable by standard equipment. Israel Hall ascended five feet higher on the trunk and retrieved the cat, returning it safely to Miss Elizabeth Flavin of 27 Bow Street.
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Ladder 1
Somerville Fire Department
Giles Park
Israel Hall
Elizabeth Flavin
Bow Street
Italian Editor Dies at Dante Memorial in Haverhill
Michael R. Salerno editor and publisher of an Italian newspaper in Lawrence died suddenly in Haverhill today from a pulmonary hemorrhage. He had traveled to attend a Dante memorial celebration.
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Haverhill
Michael R. Salerno
Lawrence
Twenty men seek first ride on Goddard rocket to the Moon
Worcester, Sept 24. Twenty men have written to Professor Robert H Goddard of Clark University asking to be the first passenger in the rocket he plans to launch to the Moon. In an exclusive interview he told the Post that he will demonstrate his theory next spring.
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Worcester
Robert H. Goddard
Clark University
Post
Goddard
Goddard’s Rocket Experiments Halted By Fund Shortage
Smithsonian funds for Professor Goddard suspend his high rocket work this summer. He will focus on university duties until after year’s first part. A wealthy backer plans to resume experiments early next year as scientific interest grows.
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Smithsonian Institution
Goddard
University
Goddard Aims to Prove Gravity Fails Beyond Earth
Professor Goddard outlines plans to fire a rocket into a non magnetic vacuum beyond Earth’s attraction to test if Newton’s law holds. He hopes to show propulsion can continue without gravity, with smokeless powder and secret charge arrangement. Three ex service volunteers may become first moon passengers.
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Professor Goddard
Goddard
Miss Lulu Bett serial continues in Boston Sunday Post
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine announces that Zona Gale's notable story Miss Lulu Bett will be continued in a forthcoming issue.
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Lulu Bett
Zona’ Gale
Boston Sunday Post
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