The Book with a Blessing by Phoebe Gray
A farm tale follows Mary Alice Brown daughter of Lem Brown who reforms after jail visits Sam Thomas farm meets Charlie the crippled son and later six years pass as Charlie studies art. John Willett heals Charlie through Dr Jackson while Francis Willett battles alcohol and Mary Alice contemplates a union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Brown
Lem Brown
Sam Thomas
Charlie
Lem
Thomas
John Willett
Jackson
Mary Alice
Stacey
Francis
Francis Willett
John Barleycorn
John’ Barleycorn
Martha
Lives and Souls: Willett confronts a son amid mystery
John Willett stays up all night after learning his son Francis may have fallen under bad influence. He plans a lunch time confrontation but Francis vanishes then returns in a tourer with a disordered, alcohol-tinged demeanor. A rural scene at Thomas farm reveals Francis’s troubling state.
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John Willett
Francis
Ohn
Mrs Willett
Willett
Mary Alice
Stacey
Thomas’ Farm
Sam
Mrs. Brown
Dick Brown
Thomas
Francis Willett
Martha
Dicky
Sam Thomas
Catholic Women’s Retreat Opens in Brighton Convent
Continued in the Daily and Sunday Post. A women’s retreat opens tonight at the Convent of the Cenacle Brighton led by Rev Henry de la Chapell. The 45th annual Catholic Total Abstinence Union convention runs Aug 8–11 in Pittsburg with delegates from Suffolk County led by William H. Cuddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Henry de la Chapell
Chelsea
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Pittsburg
William H. Cuddy
National Organization
St. Joseph’s Total Abstinence Society
West End
Suffolk County
Guild of St. Catherine
Sodality Chapel
Boston College
James F. Mellyn
S. J
Guild of St. Radegonde
Keating
U S Plans Protest Over Dacia Prize Seizure
The Paris prize court ruling confirming the seizure of the American steamer Dacia prompts a U S protest. The State Department will challenge the decision and use it as a test case on neutral registry rights for belligerent owned merchant ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paris
State Department
Dacia Case Spurs Neutral Rights Debate Over Ship Registry
The Dacia cargo and registry dispute centers on U S rights to permit a formerly Hamburg American vessel now owned by an American citizen to sail under the U S flag. Britain and France diverge on transfers and belligerent recognition while the United States leans on general international law to defend neutral rights. France bought the cotton via special funds and paid owners today at the State Department as the debate over the ship’s status continues.
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Galveston
Rotterdam
Great Britain
Bremen
France
State Department
United States
Hamburg American Steamship Company
London
Dacia
Protestant Church News Highlights In New England
Various church events across Massachusetts and nearby states are reported. A reception honors Rev. Thomas Douglas before his move to California. Somerville marks the 80th birth anniversary of Rev. George W. Pierce with a reception in Union Square Hall. Other items note health updates for Rev. James Todd, an 80th Bates Association meeting in Weymouth with Rev. Newton Bates speaking, and clergy moves including Harry R. Hale leaving Lynn for Carthage Indiana with Earl J. Harold succeeding. Nahant Church lists visiting pastors through September 12 with a rotating lineup.
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Thomas Douglas
Fourth Presbyterian Church
South
Boston
Douglas
California
Todd
George W. Pierce
Somerville
Willard C. Kinsley
Union Square Hall
Bates Association
Union Church
Columbian Square
South Weymouth
Newton D. Bates
Austinburg, C
Harry R. Hale
Friends Church
Lynn
Carthage
Ind
Earl J. Harold
Greensboro
Novel Incubated Terrapins Spark Emerging Industry
In the Sun Day Post Magazine a feature explores terrapin hatcheries using incubators to scale production. Growers discuss technology, labor needs, and market prospects for a budding, regulated sector.
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Sunday Post
Prohibition Candidate Urges Religion in Politics at Rally
William Shaw, candidate for Governor, told a temperance audience in East Northfield that religion must enter politics to fight the liquor traffic. He argued church and state are separate but religion should influence social and civic life through law and policy. He blamed voters, not saloon keepers, for the rise of the saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Northfield
William Shaw
Massachusetts Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Religion In Politics Voice Calls For Moral Duty
A religious appeal argues that prayer alone cannot lift a curse. only integrating faith with politics can spare souls from bloodshed and tears caused by denying people their chance of life through separation of religion from civic life.
Brahemian Struck by Train at Dover Street Bridge
Alfred H. Swanson 37 a New Haven trainman from Spencer Mass was struck by a train at the Dover street bridge yesterday and is in very serious condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. Skull fractured leg broken and other injuries. An operation was performed to try to save his life.
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Alfred H. Swanson
New Haven Road
Spencer
Mass
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dover Street Bridge
Cholera Cases in Austria Reach Six Hundred Twenty Nine
Zurich reports Austrian Empire cholera cases total 629 as of August 1 with General von Ziegler among the dead. The Vienna official statement notes he was the sole staff officer who refused inoculation.
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Austria
Zurich
Switzerland
London
Austrian Empire
Vienna
von Ziegler
KelSher Case With Court Deliberates on Writ for Big Bill
William J. Big Bill Kelsher's wife and friends await Judge Morton’s decision on granting a writ of release for the Charlestown inmate. The hearing occurred yesterday morning as authorities at Washington filed a recent order from the Attorney General. The judge took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J
Big Bil
Kelsher
Morton
Big Bill
Charlestown
Ataatayan
Federal
United Baka
Washington
Back Bay Brookline burglar held on dual indictments
Charles Johnson a colored barber was arrested by Inspectors Patterson and Egan on an indictment warrant charging larceny of about 300 dollars in money and jewelry from Miss Honor McDonough of 31 Newbury Street. Brookline officers hold a warrant accusing him of breaking into Mrs Helen Hovey’s home at 12 University Road and stealing jewelry worth 600 dollars.
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Charles Johnson
Patterson and
Egan
Honor McDonough
Newbury Street
Brookline
Hllen Hovey
University Road
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Dorchester Avenue
Francis X. Dolan
U. S
James Todd
South Boston
Wheaton, Ill
Dodd
Nahant Church
Charles H. Park
Unitarian
Walter Russell Breed
Cleveland
Alfred M. Hussey
Baltimore
David M. Steele
D. D
Philadelphia
Palfrey Perkins
Bishop Lawrence
United
United Prof
Cigar Stores
Houghton & Dutton’s
Ivy LY Midlay
United Profit-Sharing Corporation
New England
Blake Building
Washington Street
Shaw
Braheman
Back Bay
America
Filene
Norfolk
Filene’s
Misses’ Dress Shop
Tubsilk
S.izes
David and
John Anderson Gingham
Koophandel
Misses’ Lingerte
Aeak
Winter St
Wilson Brothers
Washngton St
Scollay Sq
Ridg
Tremont Street
Tel. Hay
Pompeian
Horlick
Golfine Coats
Boys’ Clothes Shop
Cambridge
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