Boston a Seaport Town of Deep History and Rich Age
Boston Lincolnshire presents a busy port on the Witham river with historic St Botolph’s church known as Boston stump. The article traces the town’s rise, decay, and revival through docks railways and old warehouses, contrasting Pilgrims and Puritans and their different paths to freedom and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oston
Lincolnshire
Boston
Witham
Shirbeck
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Baltic
King’s Lynn
London
Corporation
St. Botolph’s
England
St. Michael’s
Coventry
St. Botolph
Margaret Tilney
Boston Church
America
John Cotton
Cotton Chapel
Spain Lane
de Spayne
Longfellow
John Winthrop
Yarmouth
King James I
Plymouth
Miles Standish
Salem
Bradford
Holland
Massachusetts Bay
John Josselyn
Spiker War Bride Seeks Love and Child Return
Emily Knowles Spiker speaks of a loveless marriage to Guy Spiker in Baltimore amid plans to regain custody of Alfred Ray Spiker, a toddler adopted by Perley Spiker and his wife. She intends to wed William Charles Fox after securing freedom from the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altimore
Guy Spiker
Emily Knowles
England
Perley Spikers
Emily Knowles Spiker
Perley
Cora Spiker
Guy
William Charles Fox
Camp Holabird
Fox
Emily Spiker
Baltimore
Mamma
Emily
Alfred Ray Spiker
Miss’ Knowles
Sunday Sports Law in Rhode Island Faces Repeal Debates
Rhode Island officials acknowledge the Sunday amusements law failed to deliver promised moral benefits after a two year test. Providence authorities report ongoing opposition and annoyances from Sunday baseball and football in public parks despite stricter oversight and new restrictions.
Adventure Draws Foreign Legion Volunteers to Morocco
A group of 300 men recruited from the United States and several American territories sails on the Antonio Lopez to fight Moors in Morocco. The unit, led by Capt. Donald McGregor, mixes veterans from World War I with soldiers who served under Pershing, Byng, Carranza, and Villa, drawn by the lure of personal adventure rather than modern war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
France
Spain
Antonio Lopez
Morocco
United States
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Porto Rico
Venezuela
Foreign Legion
Pershing
Byng
Carranza
Villa
Donald McGregor
Foreign’ Legion of France
Sherman
Inheritance Locked by Tobacco and Wine Provisions
The will of Fred H. Atwood, Chicago lawyer, filed for probate, forbids tobacco or alcohol for his sons Ephraim Henry and Ivan B. Atwood during their mother Minnier Atwood's lifetime. If she remarries or either son violates the abstinence clause, specific repercussions apply including lineage forfeiture and a fund used to deter saloon temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Atwood
Chicago
Atwood
Paul Corkell
Henry Horner
Ephraim Henry Atwood
Ivan 2. B. Atwood
Atwood, Pease, Boucks & Peterson
Minnier
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SLMS
Lluttor
Guildhall
Sessions House
Frank M. Gregg
Doran
Massachusetts Bay Colony
William Bradford
James I
Charles I
Plymouth Colony
Spiker
Sioners
Lucy Page Gaston
Andrew J. Volstead
Tou
Puth
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