Taft Urges Cathedral For Washington Unitarian Church
President Taft urged Unitarians to fund and build a principal church in the capital to symbolize liberal Christianity. Speaking at All Souls' Unitarian Church he called for sacrifices to create a lasting monument and argued the needs of Washington Unitarians include a central house of worship in line with cathedral traditions.
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Washington
Taft
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Brotherhood of Man
Washington Unitarians
Unitarian Church
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Unattended Italian and Portuguese Children Arrive Aboard Sannio
Fifteen unaccompanied youths from Italian and Portuguese ports arrived in Boston aboard the Italian liner Sannio. The ship carried 19 cabin passengers and over 500 steerage travelers, mainly women and children, many ill from seasickness. Three brides to be were among the passengers, with two marriages arranged soon after landing. Immigration officers held 75 minors awaiting relatives.
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Boston
Sannio
Filemina Pascelli
Sergio Cassinelli
North End
Teresa Santoro
St. Leonard’s Church
Luigi Mancialo
Cristina Manifredina
Bey
Antonio Salve
Salvatore Diola
Pasquale Marcellino
Achille Biretti
Socialist Party National Meeting Planned in Boston
The Socialist party national executive committee will convene in Boston on April 28 29 and 30. Local organizers announce a Parker Memorial Hall reception and ball on April 29 and a Tremont Temple rally May 1 at 8 pm led by James F Carey with members including Robert Hunter and Victor L Berger. The May Day parade concludes events with addresses from eight stands at the Common Park baseball park.
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Socialist Party
Boston
Greater Boston
Parker Memorial Hall
Tremont Temple
James F. Carey
National Executive Committee
Robert Hunter
Victor L. Berger
Park Square
Baseball Park
Sangerville Man Moses Carr Celebrates 101st Birthday
Moses Carr of Piscataquis County celebrated his 101st birthday in Sangerville. The active nonagenarian does long country walks and has served as president of the Sangerville Woolen Company and the Carleton Woolen Company.
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Sangerville
Moses Carr
Piscataquis County
Carr
Sangerville Woolen Company
Carleton Woolen Company
Accident Delays Connecticut River Log Drive
In North Stratford New Hampshire on April 23 heavy water and dam logs collapsed at Stone Dam stopping the big drive down the Connecticut. Half a million feet were driven into Paul stream while logs could not pass the Nulhegan as water overflowed the sluice.
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North
Stratford
N. H
Nulhegan
Connecticut
Paul
Log Jam Improvised Gate Rush In Nulhegan River
Hundreds of logs drifted into the main river above as low water halted main supply. A makeshift sluice gate from Stuartstown twenty two miles away was rushed by train and team to Bloomfield and then to the Nulhegan to clear the jam before daylight.
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Stuartstown
Connecticut Valley Lumber Company
Jim Cunningham
Bloomfield
Red Bob Larramor
Nulhegan
Log Drivers Welcome Spring Flood Threats and Feats
The article recounts river men testing recruits with hazing as warm weather returns. Chic Cote performs a daring midstream stunt on a log, then braves the cold to finish the feat. Predictions point to a spring flood driving logs and clogging jams across the river system.
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Chic Cote
Granby Dam
Stoughton Man Killed on Tracks
The body of August Pocius of Stoughton was found on the New Haven road tracks at Neponset and identified by his sister at City Hospital morgue. James Dugan of Atlantic reported the body near the draw bridge, and investigators believe he was struck by a train while walking the tracks Saturday night.
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August Pocius
Stoughton
New Haven Road
Neponset
City Hospital
James Dugan
Atlantic
Congregation Welcomes Returning Pastor at Somerville Church
The Rev. William R. Newhall was warmly welcomed back to the pastorate of the First M. E. Church Somerville yesterday. His transfer to Lynn was reconsidered due to his wife’s illness and he expressed pleasure at returning to familiar friends.
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William R. Newhall
M. E
Somerville
Newhall
Lynn
Pheasants Arrive As Grasshopper Exterminators
Roland C Woodard travels through southern Idaho placing orders for hundreds of pheasants with farmers who expect the birds to combat grasshoppers, a pest believed to threaten crops.
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Boise
Idaho
Roland C. Woddard
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