Pilgrim Mothers Honored In Provincetown Tercentenary
The essay honors Pilgrim Mothers on the 300th anniversary of Plymouth landing. It notes Priscilla Alden and other women shaping early democracy, urges reading Miles Standish and Betty Alden, and recalls Provincetown’s memorials including a High Pole Hill statue and the Great Pilgrim Memorial.
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Plymouth Rock
America
Miles Standish
Loungfellow
Jane Austin
Betty Alden
Standish
Dr. LeBarron
Pilgrim Fathers
Pris
Bob
Bédehaubér
Oldhame
Lyford
Priscilla Aldén
Provincetown
Plymouth
Cape Cod Harbor
High Pole Hill
Paul Bartlett
Peregrine White
England
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Gov. Guild
Priscilla
Maynard Bans Gambling Under Penalty of Prosecution
In Maynard the town imposes a gambling ban after complaints and a police order from Chief Binks. Shutters were drawn and games of chance like stud and dominoes ended as patrols closed the gambling devices. The town announces a crackdown to curb unlawful gaming within its limits.
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Maynard
Binks
Saarae Bamnnes
Union service endorses town gambling laws in Maynard
Adopted by rising vote at a union service of Congregational and Methodist Churches Maynard Massachusetts on March 7 1920. Members express gratification with town officers determination to enforce laws against gambling and pledge hearty support in upholding law and order in behalf of the congregations pastors E N Atiyeh C F Parsons.
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Maynard
Mass
Miss Bristow Returns to Merston School After Ill Mother's Illness
Miss Bristow, teacher at the Merst Street school, resumed her duties by Monday following an absence caused by her mother's illness.
Irish Bond Drive Meeting at Riverside Hall
A Sinn Fein lecture and bond drive event at Riverside hall drew a capacity crowd on Wednesday. Fr Crowley of St John seminary spoke on Irish liberty and peace, with Thomas Callahan recounting American patriotic bonds. Local treasurer Sullivan reported over $500 in subscriptions as the drive nears the St Patrick's Day close.
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Riverside , Mall
Fr. Crowley
Riverside Hall
P. J. Sullivan
St. John Seminary
Brighton
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Thomas R. Callahan
Boston
America
Valley Forge
Washington
Emmett
Wolf Tone
Sullivan
St. Patrick's Day
Mar
Concord Railroad Clears Route After Snowstorm
Superintendent Worden reassures the public that the street and steam railroad in Concord has not failed and will reopen as soon as possible. He notes New England lines coped with the storm, and the M M H Railway opened from to Hudson after salting tracks during warmer weather, with traffic restored.
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Hudson
Worden
End of line progress amid heavy snow and ice delays
The article describes train line openings as rails are cleared with the South Acton end partly removed and the Concord end trapped under ice since the first big storm. Work will focus on that end as soon as possible, while a February storm left a stalled car off the road.
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Son End
South Acton
Concord
Wanted Hosiery Sales at Guaranteed Mills Norristown
Job ad seeking men or women for full time sales earning 24 dollars salary with hourly spare time. Experience unnecessary. Clothing hosiery selling guaranteed by Guaranteed Mills in Norristown Pennsylvania.
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Norristown
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