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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1914
Page
17
A long list of death notices and funeral arrangements for residents in Malden Dorchester Roxbury Somerville and surrounding communities. Entries name the deceased ages addresses next of kin and funeral details including church services and burial locations with dates from April 9 to April 12 1914.
Boston Lodge No. 10 Elks announces the death of Brother William J. Higgins. Funeral at St Eulalia Church South Boston on Saturday April 11 1914 at 2 PM. All brothers urged to attend. John G Cassidy Exalter Ruler P McCarton Secretary.
Announcement notes the engagement of Miss Alice L. Bishop of Boston and Brookline to Chandler Freeman Bearce of Gardiner Maine. Formal notice will be given at the Bishops Brookline home on Beacon Street this Sunday with many friends invited.
The Panama Canal by Frederic J. Haskin is lauded as clear and dependable. Colonel Goethals confirms its accuracy, with illustrations by the Canal Commission photographer, a National Geographic Society map, Library of Congress indexing, and printing-office proofing. The Boston Post readers can buy it at 50 cents from Riker Jaynes drug stores.
At the Grand Opera House last night Jim Polious the Greek champion defeated John Czenki the Polish middleweight two straight falls. The first fall came in 32 minutes and the second in 15 minutes.
Plans for large army, militia and navy maneuvers around Boston have been abandoned after a meeting of state militia officers. For the first time in years the state troops will drop maneuvers and conduct camps of instruction instead.
The heads of the Massachusetts militia will recommend a joint camp of instruction for the Fifth Division and New England allies. Camps are set for Cape Cod with the Second Brigade July 12 to 19, First Brigade in Southeastern Massachusetts July 5 to 12, and the Corps Cadets near Boxford July 11 to 18. Cavalry units go to Connecticut for a joint camp near Pomfret with Vermont and Rhode Island troops. Plans are provisional per the adjutant general.
Miss Bernice Fowler of Boston married Theodore Hewitt of Williamstown at Leyden Congregational church Brookline. Rev A E Dunning officiated. Bride’s guardian Miss Cynthia Hollis Brookline gave her away. Attendants included Helena Fowler Portland and Helen Hewitt Williamstown. Best man Erastus Hewitt. Ushers Reginald Hull James Higgins Porter Steele Harvey Hull.
New York April 9. W Averill Harriman was elected to succeed Robert Lovett as director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Lovett resigned as chairman of Union Pacific. Announcement of the change was made today.
Directors of the Pine Bank House museum on Jamaica Pond push for an endowment to fund educational programs. Leaders include Professor George H. Barton Sarah Arnold Dean Sedgwick and William Orr from the State Board of Education. The museum opened less than a year ago and draws up to 300 children to Sunday lectures.
The Massachusetts Federation of Churches asks pastors statewide to mark Sunday April 19 as Immigration Sunday. Ministers will preach on citizens responsibilities for immigrants and the importance of educating them.
A bold claim urges readers to stop wearing eyeglasses by using Optona in water as a daily eye rinse. The piece warns many are overusing glasses and may avoid them with this prescription, promising improved clarity and reduced need for corrective lenses.
A Guernsey cow on the Cassett farm at Berwyn Pennsylvania produced 1059.59 pounds of butter fat in a year, breaking the previous Holstein record of 1058 pounds. The cow yielded 19,639.5 pounds of milk, with certification by state and government inspectors.
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