Eight-Man Squad Breaks Middlesex Military Endurance Record
A squad of eight men from Company I Fifth Regiment Infantry Waltham broke the 135 year old Middlesex military marching record by running 26 miles Boston to Lowell in 5 hours 48 minutes. Twenty-nine squads started at the State House. 116 completed the route with full gear. Humphrey O S Sullivan presented the trophy and hosted a dinner at Hotel Richardson.
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Lowell
Middlesex
Lord Percy
Pitcairn
Boston
Concord
Fifth Regiment of Infantry
Waltham
Massachusetts
State House
Signal Corps
Arlington
Eighth Regiment
Naval Brigade of
Fall River
Burlington
Boston Naval Brigade
Coast Artillery
Chelsea
Billerica
City
Charlestown
Humphrey O’sullivan
Richardson
Fifth Infantry
H. Earl Woods
William H. Parkinson
Harry P. Hanson
John T. Courtney
Catholic Abstainers Hear Plague of Intemperance in Church
The Rev James J Murphy of Peabody told 115 delegates from 37 branches of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Boston that intemperance is the churchs great plague. He noted Catholics dominate liquor traffic and urged support for the Bar and Bottle bill. The convention opened with Mass at Immaculate Conception Church and elected officers including John T Shea as president.
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James J. Murphy
Peabody
Total Abstainers
St. Rose Hall
Saigon
Council of Baltimore
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Boston
Father Murphy
Essex County Union
John T. Shea
Cambridge
United States
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Maurice J. O'Connor
D. D
Charles A. O’brien
James I. Maguire
S. J
Walter Winston
Lawrence E. Murphy
Katherine A. Tillson
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Maurice Dinneen
Malden
Cornelius M. Callahan
Norwood
Patrick D. Walsh
M. J. Doody
Edwin Mulready
Timothy Donovan
Edward F. Slattery
Dr. O'Connor
Shuberts and Brady Form Alliance for New Theatres
New York announces a joint alliance between the Shuberts and William A. Brady. They form a company with 1,900,000 dollars capital, Brady vice president and Lee Shubert secretary treasurer. They plan two new theatres in New York and theatres in Chicago Philadelphia and Boston, with an open door policy opposing the Theatrical Syndicate.
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New York
Shuberts
William A. Brady
Mr. Brady
Lee Shubert
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
New Enterprise
Notable Citizens Named in Local Memorial List
Arthur R. Hansen, George F. Mac Dougal, Oscar B. Johnson and F. R. Bowler are named in a local memorial or recognition list published by the city, acknowledging their contributions and affiliations. The notice records these four individuals along with their associated organizations.
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Arthur R. Hansen, George F. MacDougal
Oscar B. Johnson and
F. R. Bowler
Daughters wrangle in convention at the DAR session
At the 19th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington the administration faction censured recording secretary general Mary R. Wilcox after a parliamentary clash over Miss Agnes Gerald’s dismissal from Continental Hall. Mrs Martha T. Scott announced she would not seek re election and the society reported $85,338 in hand with $21,000 in gifts to the building fund.
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Washington
Continental Congress
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary R. Wilcox
Congress
Martha T. Scott
Society
Agnes Gerald
Continental Hall
Wilcox
Board of Management
Scott
Memorial Continental Hall
William D. Hover
Disciplinary Question Arises at Convention Over Miss Wilcox
Mrs Scott presented the matter to the convention as chair of the national board of management. A chorus demanded recognition of the chair then Mrs John C Ames of Illinois was recognized and moved adoption of the board's recommendation. The hall erupted as Miss Wilcox tried to read a defense but was ruled out of order for discussing the board's resolution.
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Miss Wilcox
Scott
National Board of Management
Conorus
John C. Ames
Illinois
Uncle Joe Cannon to Speak in Boston on April 30
Former Speaker of the House "Uncle Joe" Cannon will visit Boston on Saturday April 30 to address the Middlesex County Republican Club after accepting an invitation.
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Joe’ Cannon
Boston
Middlesex County Republican Club
Cole Emerges as Likely Candidate for Fire Commissioner
Major Charles H. Cole of the First Corps of cadets and former Boston police commission chair is identified as a strong candidate for fire commissioner. He supported Mayor Fitzgerald in Ward III.
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Charles H. Cole
First Corps of Cadets
Boston Police Commission
Fitzgerald
Secretary to Music Commission To Walter Finigan
The Music Commission and Mayor Fitzgerald plan to appoint Walter L. Finigan of 213 Chestnut Avenue Jamaica Plain to the $1200 a year secretaryship. Finigan is the brother of former Alderman Frederick A. Finigan.
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Fitzgerald
Music Commission
Walter L. Finigan
Chestnut Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Finigan
Frederick A. Finigan
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Winter Streets
Woceecey
Apt
Repp
Gingham
Militia Squad
Robi
The
Naval Brigade
Fourth—Signal Corps
Sixth Infantry
Ninth Infantry
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s
Jmerry Laboratories
West Twench Street
New York City
NEW Theatre For
Hyannis
Thomas Brundage
Nantucket Shoals
Point Gammon
Bishop and
Clerk's Light
Tammany Leader
Tim’ Sullivan
Tammany Organization
Jobetel
the Capitol
Ways and Means Committee of Congress
Hilton
Newark
Broad and
Market Sts
Chestnut St
Broadway
37Th St
Brooklyn
Fulton St
Temple Place
Blake
Uncle Joe
Cole
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