Ordination of Deacons Elders and Deaconesses at Lowell
In Lowell Bishop Joseph F. Ferry presided as ordination for the New England M E Conference. Deacons named include Jonathan Cartmill Earl D W Hanna William W Switzer Godfrey W Barney Gilbert G Cox and others. Elders listed include Howard F Legg Charles Otto Azariah F Reimer Ward Wesley Hull Hans G Haver and more. Misses Mabel A Gavin and Carrie V Fi Spear were consecrated deaconesses. The evening featured an anniversary missionary service with continued conference business planned for Monday.
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Lowell
Joseph F. Ferry
New England
M. E
St. Paul's Church
Jonathan Cartmill
Earl D. W. Hanna
William W. Switzer
Godfrey W. Barney
Gilbert G. Cox
Herbert N. Howard
Oliver H. Langdon
Melvin C. Hunt
William H
Navy board settles on 12 inch main guns for new battleships
The Navy General Board rules that new battleships will mount 12 12 inch guns as the main battery instead of 10 14 inch guns. A 14 inch type gun is being tested at Indian Head and may still be used for coast defenses. The Panama Canal plan contemplated 16 inch guns, but officers deem 16 inch impractical.
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Washington
Navy General Board
Bureau of Ordnance
Indian Head Proving Ground
Panama Canal
Army Ordnance
Hibbard Confirms Re election Bid Amid Party Maneuvers
Mayor Hibbard signals plans to run again with nomination papers and to face ex Mayor Fitzgerald as in 1906. He cites shifting views on contract labor in the sanitary department and holds weekly talks with Republican aldermen, with a campaign dinner planned April 14 at the American House.
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Hibbard
Boston City Club
Fitzgerald
Republican City Committee
City Hall
Sanitary Department
Republican Party
Board of Aldermen
Boston politics: Timilty not seeking re election
Alderman James P. Timilty will not run again while plans push Representative Thomas Fay toward the Senate and Senator John J. Butler toward the Board of Aldermen. The Timilty and Langtry factions face a bitter battle with party veterans seeking convention nominations and opposing views on mayoral race strategies.
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James P. Timilty
Thomas Fay
Senate
John J. Butler
Board of Aldermen
Lomasney
Timilty
Tragic Wagon Overturn Kills Driver and Two Horses
Marblehead April 4. Alexander McKenney of Salem and his two horses died when a 2000 foot lumber load broke through soft sod at Beacon Street Beache's Point. The team toppled, trapping McKenney under boards as the horses strangled and died. The bodies lay undiscovered from 5 PM until morning, found by William Stanley and daughter who alerted police.
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Marblehead
Alexander McKenney
Elm Street
Salem
Beacon Street
Beache’s Point
MckKenney
J. P. Langmaid & Son
Arthur Ramsdell
B. B. Crowninshield
McKenney
William Stanley
Greek Fruit Dealer Attacked by Hoodlums in Dorchester
Santos Mander, a Greek fruit dealer, was assaulted at his Adams street Dorchester junction business late yesterday. A passerby heard cries and alerted police near Station 11 as the gang fled down Adams street. Officers found Mander bleeding and carried him to his store where a physician treated his wounds.
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Santos Mander
Adams Street
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Station 11
John J Patterson Dies in Dorchester at 78
John J Patterson aged 78 died at his Dorchester home on Park Street late Saturday night. He was brother of Vicar General Patterson of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Funeral from St. Leo's Dorchester tomorrow at 9 AM with the vicar-general assisting in the requiem mass. Survived by a widow and several grown children. He lived in Fort Hill for nearly five decades and was active in Catholic religious affairs in Boston.
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John J. Patterson
Patterson
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Park Street
Dorchester
St. Leo’s Church
Old Fort Hill
Boston
NO LIGHT ON REPORT OF PERRY DEATH INQUIRIES CONTINUE
Newell A. Perry former assistant inspector of steam vessels is rumored killed in New York while awaiting a chief engineer post on a Luckenbach steamer to Porto Rico. His wife in Winthrop and local police have no confirmation and seek further investigation from authorities.
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Newell A. Perry
New York
Winthrop
Perry
Porto Rico
Aged Woman Dies After Newbury Street Fire
Miss Hill 83 dies from severe burns after a fire at Newbury Street lodging. Dr. Gerald Blake assisted, but injuries were fatal. She lived in Boston 20 years born in Phillipsburg Canada July 7 1830 with sister Miss Sarah P Hill of Foxboro arriving to arrange burial. Funeral at Trinity Church tomorrow at 11 with Forest Hills Cemetery interment. House owned by J D Dixon. property damage slight.
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Charles E. Chester
Trinity Church
Miss Hill
Canada
Sarah P. Hill
Foxboro
Forest Hills Cemetery
J. D. Dixon
Kansas Women Need Not Take their Husbands Names
Topeka Kansas April 4 Attorney General FF D Jackson issues an opinion stating a married woman need not adopt her husband’s name unless she wishes a husband may take his wife’s name and both may change names without court action The ruling arose from a case about a notary public who wished to continue using her maiden name.
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Topeka
Kan
FF. D. Jackson
C. E. Denton
Beatrice Thaw Engaged to Italian Bank Official
New York April 4. It is learned that Miss Beatrice Thaw daughter of Alexander Blair Thaw of Pittsburg is engaged not to a future marquis but to an Italian bank official. Rome dispatch says the fiancé is a Bank of Italy official, from another branch of the Marquis Teodori family.
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New York
Beatrice Thaw
Alexander Blair Thaw
Pittsburg
Miss Thaw
Teodori
Italy
Rome
Beatrice
Bank of Italy
Last Honors For Somerville Fireman George R. Dale
Funeral services for George R. Dale of Somerville were held at his home on 47 Newbury street after he died Friday when thrown from his wagon while exercising his horses. Attended by city officials and veterans, an eight-fireman escort, and marching delegations, the services closed with a volley and taps at Forest Hills. Dale was 38.
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George R. Dale
Somerville
Newbury Street
J. Vanor Garton
Woods
Hopkins
Ring and
Cribbey
Fire Department
Kendall
Waugh
Robert M. Lavender
Draper Camp
Royal Arcanum
King
Davis Square
House of Engine 6
Dale
Forest Hills
Silas Cummings Found Dead After Milk Business Career
Silas Cummings of Somerville, 88, long active in the milk trade, was found dead in bed Saturday night by his wife after retiring around 9 pm feeling ill. A former Common Council and Board of Aldermen member, he also belonged to the A O U W and West Somerville Board of Trade. He leaves a widow, a married daughter Florence Butterworth, and a son Francis X. Cummings.
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Silas Cummings
Somerville
Cummings
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
West Somerville Board of Trade
Florence Butterworth
Francis X. Cummings
Plan for Uniform Designs on United States Notes
Washington April 4 Assistant Treasurer Coolidge approves a plan to standardize designs for United States notes and coin certificates. The goal is uniform portraits by denomination, reducing confusion, aiding recognition, and discouraging counterfeiting. Portraits will align with Jefferson Lincoln Cleveland Jackson Grant Franklin Chase Hamilton and others removed. colors and marks will differentiate note classes.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Coolidge
United State
Treasury Department
United States
Jefferson
Lincoln
Cleveland
Jackson
Grant
Franklin
Salmon P. Chase
Alexander Hamilton
Hillegas
Monroe
Silas Wright
Lewis, Clark
Mansfield
Edward To Godfather Ward's Newborn Son
London reports King Edward will be godfather to the newborn son of Mr and Mrs John Hubert Ward born March 24. Mrs Ward is Jean Reid daughter of the American ambassador.
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London
Edward
John Hubert Ward
Ward
Jean Reid
Car injures child in Oak Square incident
Patrick Griffin ten from 42 Garden street was struck by an outward bound car near 179 Cambridge street while playing in the street. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital by Edward J. Gill of 52 Joy street with a scalp wound.
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Patrick Griffin
Garden Street
Cambridge Street
Oak Square
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward J. Gill
Joy Street
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