New Spiritual Heads Named at Boston College
Rev. Redmond J. Walsh S J becomes spiritual director of the Children of Mary at Berkeley Street Academy. Rev. Jeremiah M. Pendergast S J is named director of the Catholic Alumni Sodality and Rev. William P. Brett S J is appointed director of political economy at Boston College. The changes follow Father Gasson’s increased duties. Father Brett has taught dogmatic theology at Woodstock and serves on St. John's Seminary examiners board.
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Redmond J. Walsh
S. J
Boston College
Children of Mary
Berkeley Street
The
Sisters of Notre Dame
Jeremiah M. Pendergast
the College
Notre Dame
Washington Street
Roxbury
William P. Brett
Catholic Alumni Sodality
Thomas I. Gasson
Catholic Alumni Sodality of
Boston
Father Gasson
Father Brett
Jesuite Novitiate
Woodstock
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
Brett
Immaculate Conception Church
Arrests Made In Cocaine Sales Ring In South End
Three drug clerks were arrested on cocaine sale charges as Watch and Ward Society investigators allege an institution in the South End taught youths to use the drug. Those charged are Met calf Adams 54 of 38 Beach Street a clerk at Creamer's drug store 40 Beach Street Joseph Deloff 24 of 294 Hanover Street and Edward Mae Gowan 29 of Alexander Street both employed at 66 Harrison Avenue.
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Watch and Ward Society
Metcalf Adams
Beach Street
Creamer’s
Joseph Deloff
Hanover Street
Edward MaeGowan
Alexander Street
Harrison Avenue
Cocaine Ring Suspected After City Arrests
Inspectors Laughlin and Waite arrested three men who were then joined by twelve supporters ready to post bonds of 200 each. Watch and Ward Society agents allege a citywide cocaine ring operated a club pushing drug use among youths and a dispensing network with a South and West End reach. Drugstore sales were cited as evidence. the three arrestees face Municipal Court arraignment this morning.
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Laughlin
Waite
Watch and Ward Society
West End
Taxpayers Protest Boston Cambridge Rail Fund Uses
Cambridge Taxpayers Association led by President John H. Corcoran protested Mayor Brooks over using funds from the Boston Liberated railway as Cambridge’s share of the bridge cost. The revenue, estimated around $300,000 for Boston and Cambridge, could lower the current $21.10 tax rate once final awards are set.
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Cambridge Taxpayers Association
John H. Corcoran
Brooks
Cambridge
Boston Wiberated Railway
Cambridge Bridge
Boston
Seek Parents of Lost Boy in Chardon Street
A flaxen haired four year old boy who said James Dooley when asked his name has been at the Chardon street home since Thursday night. He was picked up by police at Harrison avenue and Quesday street. He says his father works on a coal team. The boy is well dressed and well kept.
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James Dooley
Chardon Street
Harrison Avenue
Quesday Street
Vandals damage D A R tablet in Somerville park
Souvenir hunters chipped large pieces from the stone base of a historical tablet in Paul Revere Park at Broadway and Main. The tablet, erected by Anne Adams Chapter D A R of Somerville, honors her heroic service to the Continental Army during the siege of Boston.
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Paul Revere Park
Broadway
Main Street
Somerville
Anne Adams Chapter
Boston
Long Term Oil Lamp Contract Extended By City
Superintendent of Streets Emerson announced the lighting contract with the Rising Sun Company would be extended to February 5 due to the City Council's failure to fund gas lamp purchases. He plans talks on extending the deal after a Maine trip, noting the city would pay $23.60 instead of $24.96 per lamp.
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Emerson
Rising Sun Company
Maine
Strike On At Three Buildings Over Wage Increase
Eighty plasterers struck yesterday afternoon at the opera house, Hotel Pelican extension, and the South Boston sugar refinery. The George W Harvey Construction Company faced the walkout after a tentative 5 cent hourly raise. union members viewed it as a prolongation of the strike aimed at master plasterers. Workers then headed to New York for other jobs.
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Opera House
Hotel Pelican
South Boston
George W. Harvey Construction Company
New York
Boy Hangs Onto Horse Mane in Downtown Parade
In Dedham eight year old Leo Murray fell from a carriage when a frightened horse bolted. He clung to the mane and rode down High street before being hurled at Memorial Hall, escaping with a chest abrasion. Painter Frederick Mahoney also fell and was bruised as he tried to halt the horse. Leo is the son of former Selectman Thomas Murray and was holding the horse as his father stopped at the Registry of Deeds.
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Dedham
Leo Murray
High Street
Memorial Hall
Frederick W. Mahoney
Grand Jury To Report In Suffolk Courthouse Morning
The grand jury will report at 9 30 this morning in the Suffolk courthouse. There is little expectation of political indictments, and the week’s sitting has been marked by routine work.
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Suffolk
Quenches Thirst Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Beverage
A brief note extols acid phosphate as a refreshing cooling drink and tonic superior to lemonade, highlighting its thirst quenching qualities and beverage appeal.
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Horsford
Mrs. H K Richmond-Green guest of Katherine Tingley
Mrs. H K Richmond-Green widow of Joseph Green and Glendale Fabrics official travels to Newburyport as guest of Katherine Tingley. The Post cites Tingley refusing interviews while Iverson Harris Jr presents a lengthy defense of Theosophical history and Besant disputes.
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Newburyport
H. K. Richmond-Green
Joseph Green
Glendale Elastic Fabrics Company
Mme. Blavatsky
Katherine Tingley
Green
Post
Tingley
Mrs. Tingley
Weeks Estate Leaves Grandchildren Major Sums In Trust
The will of Harriet P Weeks filed in Suffolk Probate Court names Miss Margaret Ahern and John Burns as beneficiaries. Henry, Miles W Allen F Rosamond P Kenneth Andrew W Ruth Weeks Reed P Anthony receive 50000 held in trust until age 25. Estate valued at 400000 dated Feb 21 1905.
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Margaret Ahern
John Burns
Harriet P. Weeks
Beacon Street
Suffolk
Miss Ahern
Burns
Miles W
Allen F
Rosamond P
Kenneth
Andrew W
Ruth Weeks
Reed P. Anthony
China to Have 2500 Phones
New York firm to install a complete telephone system in Pekin the capital of China. The contract valued at 150000 dollars was signed with the Chinese government and 2500 American telephones will be installed within a year.
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New York
Pekin
China
Rat Saves Woman in Roanoke Suicide Attempt
In Roanoke on August 6 Bertha Delina shot herself in the head. A rat in her hair absorbed the bullet and hair, and doctors at the hospital removed the mass to save her life. She is expected to recover.
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Roanoke
Bertha Delina
Roxbury Husband Seeks Wife Who Left With Infants
Isadore Segool of 11 Webster Street Roxbury reports his wife Margaret Segool left Monday night with their two infant children and has not been seen. He says he has not slept, searched the city for her, and the baby, now one year old, is very ill and needs care.
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Margaret Segool
Isadore Segool
Webster Street
Roxbury
Mr. Segool
Moths Ravage Boston Common Trees Draw Beacon Hill Complaints
Nearly three fourths of Boston Common trees are infested by leopard moths. Sugar maples, ash, oak and elms show major damage as pests bore into trunks. Residents urge action, noting moths are hard to detect and even harder to exterminate.
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Boston Common
Beacon Hill
Phone Men in Meeting at New England Telegraph Convention
The first convention of managers of the commercial department of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company closed at the Hotel Somerset with 85 delegates and many guests. C. T. Keller presided at the banquet. speakers included C. H. Fuller, J. N. Lawton, A Wilkie, Henry McDonald, M. J. Denver and H. K. Hall. Many papers on business were read at the session.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Somerset
C. T. Keller
C. H. Fuller
New York
J. N. Lawton
Providnce
English fraudster posing as Vanderbilt expelled from Austria
An Englishman posing as Frederick W. Vanderbilt of New York was expelled by Austrian police. He allegedly conducted swindling operations with local financiers and an Austrian archduchess in Vienna.
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Vanderbilt
Austria
Vienna
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
New York
Boston Debt Rises, Auditor Reports Sharp Increases
City Auditor Mitchell reports Boston gross funded debt up 2,564,400 and net funded debt up 1,784,362.55 since the year’s start.
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Mitchell
Boston
Rev Father Parziale Returns To North End Church Role
The Rev. Father Alphonso Parziale O F M formerly linked to St Leonard of Port Maurice in the North End and recently engaged in church work elsewhere, resumes duties after a three year absence.
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Alphonso Parziale
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