South Boston candidates line up to succeed Linehan in state senate
Possible contenders for the South Boston state senate seat to replace Senator Frank J. Linehan include Representatives James F. Powers and William J. Higgins Jr and Councilman John J. Driscoll. Ex health commissioner Michael W. Norris and ex deputy water commissioner Joseph J. Norton are also mentioned with Ward 13 to 15 ties. Norton and ex Senator Edward J. Logan have long clashed, while William Sarsfield McNary from Ward 15 has not pledged yet. A leadership conference will seek a settlement as candidates square off.
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State Senate
South
Boston
Frank J. Linehan
Congress
James F. Powers
Michael W. Norris
John J. Driscoll
Joseph J. Norton
William J. Higgins, Jr
Patrick H. O’connor
William Hickey
Dr. Norris
Fitzgerald
Norton
Edward J. Logan
Ward 14
William Sarsfield McNary
Ward 15
Bill
Drowned After Fall From Aerial Trolley in Nashua
Jewell A. Wallace a 59 year old man was found dead in the Nashua River today. Authorities believe he fell into the water while crossing the river last night as an aerial trolley wires broke. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Nashua
N. H
Jewell A. Wallace
Nashua River
Wallace
Burlingame Dies of Heart Disease in Dundee Street Home
Charles H. Burlingame collapsed while chatting with friends at his 26 Dundee Street apartments. Medical Examiner McDonald ruled death due to heart disease.
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Dundee Street
Charles H. Burlingame
McDonald
Pontpakog Italian camp resident suffers brain concussion
Louis Carbori aged 22 living at an Italian camp in Ponkapoag fell from the running board of an outward bound Mattapan car on Warren street near Whiting street yesterday afternoon at 2 30. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors diagnosed a concussion of the brain.
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Louis Carbori
Ponkapoag
Mattapan
Warren Street
Whiting Street
City Hospital
Banquet of the Silent Deaf Mutes Honored French Guests
At Holborn restaurant the Venetian chamber hosted a quiet banquet where toasts and after dinner witticisms were performed in silent dumb show. English deaf mutes honored visiting French signers with speechless speeches and clatter of dishes marked the event.
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London
Holborn
Little Josephine Riordan Laid To Rest In Roxbury
The nine year old Roxbury girl died after a dog bite at a picnic. Hundreds of schoolmates followed the white hearse to New Calvary cemetery recalling her gentle smile and long recovery from a hip injury.
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Roxbury
Josephine Riordan
Joseph L
Margaret Riordan
Chadwick Street
Josephine
St. Patrick’s Church
New Calvary Cemetery
Hurt in Fight Over a Woman
Thomas Coughlin is on the dangerous list at City Hospital with death hourly expected after a knife assault by Daniel Harrington at the corner of Pleasant and Tremont streets. Harrington, 32, is jailed at Station 4 and may be arraigned today on assault and battery with a knife, with charges upgraded if Coughlin dies.
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Thomas Coughlin
East
Canton Street
Daniel Harrington
Station 4
Coughlin
Harrington
Pleasant
Tremont Streets
Parade Feature of Italian Celebration in North End
The Society of Our Lady of Grace held an Italian celebration with about 150 members parading in red and blue badges through the North End. They attended Mass at Sacred Heart Church, heard Antonio Bonacchi speak at 8 Snowhill Street, and closed with a band concert on North Square.
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North End
Society of Our Lady of Grace
Sacred Heart Church
North Square
Snowhill Street
Antonio Bonacchi
Archbishop O Connell Urges Fight Against Modernism Evils
Archbishop O Connell delivers a fiery sermon framing modernism as a threat to Christian civilization. He argues pagan influences undermine family, education, and public life, and calls Catholics to active defense of faith, morality, and national unity at a mass federation meeting.
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Draper
Hibbard
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O’connell
Federation
Edward Feeney
Carl Marx
United States
France
Marx
Roger Williams
Lord Baltimore
Samuel Adams
Charles Carroll
Thomas Dwight
LL. D
Parkman
Harvard Medical School
Dwight
Eight-year-old Emma Landry killed by trolley car in Lewiston
Emma Landry, 8, was struck and killed by a trolley on the Prospect Hill line in Lewiston Maine today while playing in the street. The motorman attempted to stop the car but could not avoid the tragedy.
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Lewiston
Emma Landry
Prospect Hill
Englishwoman in America criticizes overdressed London women
Mary Mortimer Maxwell travels from New York to London and laments a shift toward overdressed Englishwomen. She argues that after years away she sees all classes, including ladies and maids, adopting excessively stylish outfits while American and French styles remain portrayals of sensible attire.
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London
New York
Patrolman Wyllie Praised For Enforcing Flag Duty
A Post reader praises Patrolman Hugh Wyllie of Station 14 for halting Canadian Knights of Pythias who did not display the Stars and Stripes. The officer, described as alert and effective, ensured the flag was carried on August 5, 1908, earning praise from Grand Army men and Americans.
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Hugh Wyllie
The Only Need Socialism Question
MAX HENRY NEWMAN argues that socialism has no chance while wealth is diffuse and prosperous people hold power to serve the country. He cites President Eliot of Harvard and asserts wealth concentration should be used for national benefit. Boston writer August 8, 1908.
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Peter
Linus Cletus
Clement
Roman Empire
Luther
Faradays
God
Army of Science
Heckel
Robespierre
Liberty
Herod
Dwight
Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
Harvard
New Medical School
Sir
Eliot
Max Henry Newman
Boston
War cry provokes letter on peace and history
Alice M. Steeves contests the gospel of brotherhood and the call for peace and arbitration in a letter to the editor. She mocks how history can be shaped by rhetoric and facilities, citing the line Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord for emphasis.
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Christ
Jerusalem
Brotherhood of Man
Alice M. Steeves
Boston
Innovation in Retail Clothing Line Opens at Leslie's
An innovation in clothing opens for fall trade at Leslie's No. 410 Washington Street. The well known tailor clearing house arranges with leading high grade tailors across New England and New York to act as exclusive agents for uncalled for garments. Men may buy high class tailored garments at 50 to 75 percent off original price through the Leslie system of tailored garments at less than cost.
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Leslie's
Custom Tailor Clearing House
Washington Street
New England
New York
Leslie
Sprained Ankle After Boat Disembark at Governor's Island
Among the injured yesterday was Anna Malley, 32, of 92 Brooks Street East Boston. She slipped getting off a boat at Governor's Island spraining her left ankle. She was taken to Constitution Wharf by the police boat Watchman and then to Relief Hospital.
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Anna Malley
Brooks Street
East
Boston
Governor's Island
Constitution Wharf
Relief Hospital
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