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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
2
A small dynamite piece in coal exploded in Mrs. Ida B. Flagg’s Malden home. Miss Annie Olsen narrowly dodged a boiling kettle and stove cover as flames spread through the kitchen. The two women, by quick action, saved the house with no fire department aid. Police seek source, suspect accidental mine origin.
Orpheus Club plans a telephone belle night at Catholic Union Hall on Tuesday April 28. Miss May Matthews leads the committee with Bella Brown and Mary Reidy, aided by Nellie Desmond Tillie Clark Rose Collins May Lavey May Conroy Madge Conrey Anna Vogel Teresa Sullivan May Fanell Evelyn Danell.
Funeral rites for James Jeffrey Roche at St Cecilia's Church in Back Bay drew hundreds, with honors to Roche, John Boyle O'Reilly, and Patrick Collins. The Mass, choir, and offertories marked a solemn, mirrored tribute as the cortege proceeded to Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline for interment.
The author urges Boston men to delay suit choices and visit Gale Kent at 96 Court Street for a spring tailoring offer. Highlights savings of 15 dollars per suit versus typical prices, cash-only purchases, direct-from-mills discounts, and a long–standing front that won’t break down feature. The shop promises quality, speed, and durable style across light to winter fabrics.
Miss Irene Martin, a 17 year old dancer in the Globe Theatre's 1492 company, appears much older in poise and has spent more years on stage than many of her peers.
The young dancer Little Miss Martin is noted as one of the smallest performers doing demanding routines. Her stage career began in her second year with a debut alongside Richard Mansfield and she has since performed with him multiple times.
The Leyland liner Columbian sails for London at 6 p.m. today carrying 20 carloads and 5281 boxes of poultry, the first shipment to the English metropolis. The Caledonian of the same line sails for Manchester at 4 p.m.
Erie Train 4 the Chicago express jumped the track in front of the Erie station at Canisteo New York this morning at 60 miles an hour. A broken tire on the engine is blamed for the wreck which derailed eight cars but stayed upright. No passengers were seriously injured.
The Rev R Perry Bush conducted a wedding at Medfield on Wednesday April 22 for Frederick R Chase and Florence E Brooks. The notice records the couple joining in matrimony with the minister and location.
The Maine and Alabama will detach from the Atlantic battleship fleet May 13 to form a special service squadron under Captain Giles B. Harber. They sail from San Francisco June 5 via Honolulu, Guam, the Philippines and the Suca Canal to the Atlantic coast. Wisconsin and Nebraska replace them. Commander A. Grant becomes chief of staff to Admiral Evans.
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