Delegates Arrive for Massachusetts Catholic Foresters Convention
Delegates to the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters meet at Faneuil Hall opening this morning with expected attendance around 400. Key figures include Florence A. Lawler and D. F. O Sullivan, with High Chief Ranger Timothy B. Reardon to deliver the address and oversee officer nominations under Australian ballot voting.
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Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Faneuil Hall
Springfield
Holyoke
Plymouth
Boston
Florence A. Lawler
Cathedral Court No. 1
Norfolk Court
Dorchester
D. F. O’sullivan
Order
St. Mary's Church
North End
James H. O'Neil
Timothy B
J. Henry Hemphill
Medford
F. Frederick Driscoll
Everett
Thomas H. McLaughlin
Adams
James A. Walsh
Lowell
Francis S. Hart
Thomas F. Kelley
Federation of Catholic Societies
Suffolk County
Conlin
Timothy B. Reardon
Lynn
Will of Patrick Havey Awarded to Widow in Roslindale
Judge McKim ruled in Roslindale that Patrick Havey’s December death left his entire estate to his young widow. Six grown children contested, claiming the testator lacked mental capacity when he made the will. The widow, 30 years younger than Havey, had managed his business affairs after their marriage.
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McKim
Patrick Havey
Roslindale
Havey
Danish lad vanishes in East Boston amid bunco fears
Knud Wenning a 16 year old Danish immigrant who spoke no English disappeared while en route to his uncle William Wenning at 63 East Brookline Street. Police fear bunco men with his money may be involved and ask nearby agencies to watch for him and return him to Boston. The youth, last seen wearing an American style costume with a foreign look, is described as rosy cheeked and typically Danish.
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Knud Wenning
William Wenning
East Brookline Street
Boston
Bunco
Pierce
Barre Firebug Suspects Held
Barre Vermont April 26 Phillip Bell Joseph Bell and John G Papin were arrested charged with incendiarism and held in 1000 bail each for a hearing. The arrest followed an inquiry into an incendiary fire in the City building on Main Street early today reported as the fifth blaze of a month.
Death in Ambulance After Crowd Fails to Help
Albert Raymond of 2% Amherst street collapsed in a crowd of women shoppers opposite 818 Boylston street. He died in an ambulance en route to City Hospital with heart failure likely the cause after later investigation.
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Albert Raymond
Amherst Street
Boylston Street
Grace Scofield Weds George Sawin in Brighton Home
Miss Grace Louise Scofield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Scofield, married Mr. George Alfred Sawin at the Scofield home 692 Washington street Brighton last evening. Rev William H Davis officiated beneath a tropical plant arch. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Alice M Webber and best man Herbert E Lawin. After a South tour the couple will live summer on Wave street Lynn.
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Grace Louise Scofield
Henry B. Scofield
George Alfred Sawin
Washington Street
Brighton
Scofield
William H. Davis
Eliot Congregational Church
Newton
Alice M. Webber
Herbert E. Lawin
Frank P
Harry C. Scofield
H. Alfred Hanson
Edward E. Savory
Newtonville
South
Sawin
Wave Street
Lynn
Hero Groom Marries After Night Of Sacrifice
In Brockton on April 26 Stephen McGarry saved Mrs. Hannah Shaughnessy from a bonfire blaze and, though burned, he and Miss Margaret E. Fitzmaurice wed at St. Edward's Church Montello. The groom wore bandaged hands from the rescue.
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Brockton
Hannah Shaughnessy
Stephen McGarry
Margaret E. Fitzmaurice
St. Edward's Catholic Church
Montello
D. J. Herlihy
Wakefield Bride Weds English Clergyman at Thorncroft villa
Miss Ethel Sophia Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Martin of Wakefield wed Rev Harold Eustace Brierley pastor of Clarendon Park Congregational Church Leicester England. The ceremony at 730 pm at Thorncroft on Lake Quannapowitt. Rev Dr Reven Thomas of Brookline officiated with maid of honor Miss Helen Augusta Wilson and flower girl Miss Miriam Florence Martin. Best man Bertram Thomas Martin with page Horace C. Martin. ushers Walter L. Martin Archibald T. Martin.
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Helen Augusta Wilson
Wakefield
Miriam Florence Martin
Chelsea
Bertram Thomas Martin
Horace C. Martin
Walter L. Martin
Archibald T. Martin
The First Eyeglasses stores listed in Boston area
An old notice lists nine stores for The First Eyeglasses with locations in Bown Town at 915 Washington Street Back Bay at 310 Boylston Street and other sites.
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Bown Town
Washington St
Back Bay
Boylston St
Mrs Harriet A Ralph Heads Massachusetts Relief Corps Effort
Mrs Harriet A Ralph of Massachusetts leads fundraising for the National Woman's Relief Corps convention in Boston as chair of the finance committee. She previously chaired the 1890 national convention and serves as department treasurer and senior vice president, with a Boston area lineage and Somerville past presidency.
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Harriet A. Ralph
Woman’s Relief Corps
Boston
Woman's Relief Corps
Massachusetts
Ralph
Department of Massachusetts
J. P. Myers
Army of the Potomac
Joseph Hooker
Relief Corps
Somerville
Lizzie M. Bullock
Everett
Emily TL. Clark
Mary EB. Knowles
Captain John Carney Lifesaver Of Boston Waterfront
Readers praise Captain John Carney for repeated lifesaving deeds along the harbor. Born in the North End about 50 years ago, he saved Captain Smith of the coal barge City of Atlanta and two men capsized near the harbor. He also pulled John McDonald from the sea aboard the Seminole and rescued the Admiral Schley’s engineer from drowning. Carney began rescuing at age six and has saved many from fires.
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John Carney
North End
Captain Smith
Atlanta
Carney
John McDonald
United States Revenue
Seminole
Captain Carney
Admiral Schley
Bullet through Premier Maura's car spooks Madrid
Premier Maura arrived in Madrid from the Balearic Islands when a bullet pierced his car between Alicante and Encina. He was not wounded and no one was injured, though the incident caused great alarm.
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Madrid
Maura
Balearc Islands
Alicante
Encina
Woman's coffin taken through church windows in Rhode Island
In Woonsocket Mrs Barrette the heaviest local woman died after a year long illness from dropsy. She weighed 376 pounds before illness and about 450 at death. Undertaker needed seven men and two stretchers. a special coffin was made in Boston. To bury her, church windows were removed to enter the St Louis de Gonzague Church.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Boston
Illig Town Bombarded by British Forces
In Aden April 26 report states Illig, a Somaliland coastal town, was bombarded by British forces and its Sultan captured amid the action.
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Aden
Arabia
Illig
Somaliland
Big Boston clothing sale by F Gray Company announced
Preparations for today bring large crowds to F Gray Company on Washington Street at Hanover as they offer Rochester stock suits and overcoats for 7.90, with prices 25 to 38 elsewhere. The boys department opens with garments from 99 cents to 7.50.
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F. Gray Company
Washington Street
Hanover
William Black Company
Rochester Made
Boston
Rochester
Ambassador's Wife Returns After Six Weeks Abroad
Mrs. McCormick wife of the United States ambassador came back to St. Petersburg from a six weeks tour of Paris Venice Florence and Vienna She plans to visit the United States in June depending on travel arrangements
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ST. Petersburg
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