Imposing Funeral for Late Thomas W Flood in South Boston
Immense concourse attended the funeral held from the Flood home opposite Gate of Heaven Church in East Fourth Street. About 2500 inside and as many outside filled the church while over 100 carriages followed to Calvary Cemetery. The service was a solemn high mass officiated by Rev. Robert J. Johnson with Elks ritual at the gravesite conducted by Henry L. Johnson.
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Boston
Thomas W. Flood
Gate of Heaven Church
East Fourth Street
Robert J. Johnson
Lawrence J. Slattery
Mathew J. Flaherty
Edward Carey
John J. Norton
Charles A. Kelley
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
C. J. Moriarty
Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club
D. A. McDonald
South Boston Council
The
Knights of Columbus
Edward JL. Logan
Mattapannock Club
Hugh W. Bresnahan
South Boston
Heptasophs
Michael J. Murray
Winthrop Council
Royal Arcanum
Joseph J. Casey
Celtic Club
William J. Murphy
Mt. Washington Lodge
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Bernard Kelley
City Point Catholic Association
William J. Feeley
South Boston Citizens’ Association
Joseph B
R. MacCormack
Joseph B. Murphy
P. Joseph O’leary
John B. Maliff
John D. Carmody
Calvary
Father Johnson
Elks
Henry L. Johnson
Boston Lodge
Flood
Postman
South
Anti Washington Sentiment Rises in Boston
Boston observers claim about 6000 of 16,000 black residents oppose Booker T. Washington while a mass meeting at Zion Church degenerated into a riot. W M Trotter and Guardian editors allege a third of attendees oppose Washington and fault his stance on politics and civil rights.
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Boston
Booker T. Washington
W. M. Trotter
The
Guardian
Mr. Washington
A. M. BH. Zion
Massachusetts
Booker Washington
Washington
Bernard Charles
Zion Church
the Guardian
Post
United States
New York
Russia
Falmouth Street
Sawyer Street
Bow Street
Everett
Burke
Maude A. Trotter
Malley
Alabama State Colored Baptist Convention condemns attack on Principal Booker
The Alabama State Colored Baptist convention meeting in Tuskegee adopted a resolution denouncing the assault on Principal Booker. The document condemns the violence and calls for accountability while reaffirming commitment to student safety and school integrity.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Alabama State Colored Baptist Convention
Booker
Daylight police tour by Judge Emmons ends at Station 5
Judge Emmons chairman of the Police Board conducted a daylight patrol through Roxbury Dorchester and the South End ending at Station 5 where he praised patrolmen Brett and McKee for recent arrests and lauded officers named for handling incidents. He toured Dorchester Savin Hill beach Roxbury and Station 6 before returning home saying he was satisfied with the day’s trip.
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Judge Emmons
Police Board
Roxbury
Dorchester
South End
Station 5
Brett and
McKee
Brett
Big Mollie
Albany
Columbus Avenue
McDuff
Murphy
Morse
Leary
Underhill
McNally
Horahan
Campbell
North
Emmons
Jemmons
Savin Hill
East Dedham Street
Brightest Bay State Parochial Senior Wins O'Brien Honors
Anna Louise O'Brien, 14, graduate of St Mary’s Parochial School Brookline, tops 107 students from 37 diocesan schools in a scholarship contest. She will attend Notre Dame Academy Roxbury for four years after leading her class at graduation. She lives with grandparents at 41 Harvard Street Brookline.
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Anna Louise O’brien
Bay State
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Brookline
Archdiocese of
Boston
St. Mary's School
Anna
Notre Dame Academy
Roxbury
Berkeley Street
Lowell
St. Joseph’s Academy
Brighton
Harvard Street
Nerves of Cahill Survive Knee Probe at Emergency Hospital
James Cahill showed remarkable fortitude at the Emergency Hospital as Dr. MecOdrum searched his knee for a steel fragment from a fly wheel explosion at Manchester by the Sea. Cahill refused etherization, endured the probing, and the steel fragment nearly three quarters of an inch in diameter was removed.
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James Cahill
MecOdrum
Cahill
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Tilly Cohen Celebrates Wedding Anniversary Dinner
Actress Tilly Cohen hosted a supper at Hotel St. Leon to mark one year of marriage. More than 75 theatre colleagues attended. Mrs. Burnham directed service and Toby Lyons presented Cohen with a gold handbag containing $50. Guests danced after.
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Tilly Cohen
Palace Theatre
Hotel St. Leon
Burnham
Toby Lyons
Miss Cohen
Italian Bark Vermont Crew Rescued After Three Days Adrift
The Vermont crew of Captain Marina and 12 men, bound Genoa to St. John’s in ballast, clung to their capsized vessel for three days after a gale and shifting ballast. The French tank steamer Le Lion rescued them near mid ocean and brought the crew to Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Vermont
Genoa
St. John’s
N. F
le Lion
Seville
Gibraltar
Marcus Hook
Marina
Melrose Man Arrested for Embezzlement
New York dated July 31 reports detectives arrested Edward J. Gerry a Melrose Island book keeper for alleged embezzlement of 2267 dollars from the Boston firm Hyde Wheeler.
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New York
Edward
Gerry
Melrose
Iss
Hyde & Wheeler
Boston
Two Workmen Hurt At Winthrop Avenue Bridge Site
Two serious accidents at the Winthrop avenue bridge site of New England Construction Company left workers badly injured. George B. Davis of 86 Cherry street Chelsea fell sixty feet while reeving rope, fractured skull, seven facial cuts, foot trapped in boom, taken to Frost Hospital in serious condition. Herro Rowe of 127 Division street Chelsea was struck by a heavy plank falling two feet, injuring the spine, also taken to Frost Hospital.
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Winthrop Avenue Bridge
Revere
New England Construction Company
George BE. Davis
Cherry Street
Chelsea
Frost Hospital
Heror Rowe
Division Street
King Edward and Queen Alexandra Visit Ireland Route
King Edward and Queen Alexandra traveled from Galway to Kenmare meeting crowds at each stop. They visited Dereen House, hosted by Lord Lansdowne, and then sailed aboard the Victoria and Albert toward Queenstown. The tour drew large loyal crowds and bright weather.
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Galway
Ireland
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Kenmare
Dereen House
Lord Lansdowne
Beechaven
Victoria and Albert
Queenstown
Limerick
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Jamaica
Sas
Louise O'Brien
Archdiocese of Boston
New England
Governor Winthrop
Scollay Square
King
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