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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1906

Page

7

Relics of St Anne Draw Pilgrims to Beaucourt Shrine

Boston pilgrims led by Father McCafferty reach St. Anne de Beaupre Que as heat exhausted many. A Montreal stop included a flag moment when an American flag was unfurled. They attend high mass, kiss relics, hear miracles cited by Redemptorist fathers, and hold a candlelit park procession with the relics of St. Anne.

ST. Anne DE Beaupre Boston Father McCafferty Montreal St. Lawrence Pier Dumonde Que St. Lawrence Three Rivers Basilica St. Anne

Alleged Black Hand Threateners Identified in Baltimore Case

Ignazio Castalano and Romeo Rosario, two Italians under arrest in Baltimore for extortion threats against Michael Lanasa, have been identified by Paterson New Jersey officials as men indicted for robbing John C. Cortez of 1600 in June 1905 with knockout drops, linking them to prior crimes.

Baltimore Ignazio Castalano Romeo Rosario Michael Lanasa Paterson N. J John C. Cortez Cortez

Cymric Brings Notables From Liverpool to Boston

The White Star liner Cymric docked at 10 o clock with a record crossing time from Liverpool. A total of 604 passengers sailed, including 170 in first cabin and 434 in steerage, with 82 steerage travelers detained briefly for money or ticket issues but all expected to be released. Notable first cabin travelers included Sir James Barr and family, the Hallowell sisters, and Albert Geiger Jr. A distinguished party of British physicians and industry delegates also aboard en route to Toronto and Milwaukee for conferences. Immigrants appeared healthier and cleaner than port entrants in months.

Cymric Liverpool James Barr Lady Barr Mises Barr Hallowell Messrs. Co. de Marietta Albert Geiger, Jr Alexander Chagnon Helme Sherrington Sheffield White Thomas Timmons Williams Toronto Canada Congress of Doctors T. G. Randall W. Haydon London Butchers’ Guild Boston Milwaukee The

Paul Morton and Hacketts Aboard Lucania to New York

Ld Queenstown August 19 The Cunard steamship Lucania sailing for New York carries Paul Morton and Mr and Mrs James Hackett among its passengers.

Queenstown Cunard Line Lucania New York Paul Morton James Hackett

Somerville Physician Dr. Alvah Dearborn Dies After Illness

Dr. Alvah B. Dearborn longtime city physician of Somerville died at his home 34 Bow street after a long illness. He had reduced practice last spring, returned from the West recently, and suffered a heart failure Saturday. Born in Topsham Maine 64 years ago he studied at Bowdoin College and Bowdoin Medical School. He came to Somerville 20 years ago from Newburyport and leaves a widow and two siblings.

Alvah B. Dearborn Somerville Bow Street Dearborn West Topsham Bowdoin College Bowdoin Medical School Newburyport

Rescue of Lodger in East Boston Fire

A two story tenement at 1 Chelsea Place East Boston caught fire at 8 last night from unknown causes. Joseph Bronsky and Michael Karp families lived there. a lodger may have been in the attic. Fred Matheson and Frank Dobson rescued Thomas Connors from the attic. damage estimated at 500 dollars. house owned by Michael Karp.

Chelsea Place Boston Joseph Bronsky Michael Karp Fred Matheson Frank Dobson Thomas Connors

Speed mad motorman buys car with life savings

Chicago aug 19 motorman James McC Hutt who runs an electric train 130 miles daily over the Lake street L has spent all his 1200 dollars savings on an automobile. The Hutt household income is 3 dollars a day but he and his wife say they are satisfied with investing their entire capital in a devil wagon.

Chicago James McC. Hutt North Fifty-third Avenue Lake Street Hutt

Boston Love Syndicate Defrauded Victims of 100000

New York report details a love scam run by Mrs. Stella Brown and Mrs. George Verrault with help from actor Robert Emmet Keene and Miss Mary Mason. The operation lured hundreds of victims, including Wall Street financiers, into costly ploys centered on love and a turquoise locket. Verrault faces three charges and a September 26 trial date. district attorney Moran expects imprisonment.

New York Robert Emmet Keene Court of Love Stella Brown George T. Verrault James V. MacClellan Philadelphia West Seventy-third Street Love Syndicate Keene MacClellan Verrault United States District Attorney House of Love Lee Kiesler Count Zolinoff Dupes Wall Street Seventy-Third Street Brown

Monument planned to honor President Garfield in Long Branch

Long Branch New Jersey moves to raise funds for a Garfield monument with $1 subscriptions. A citizens meeting will select an orator as Garfield Memorial Day is set to be observed on the 25th anniversary of his death with an unveiling aimed for September 19.

Long Branch N. J James A. Garfield Francklyn Cottage Ocean Avenue Stokes

Lower Fare From New York to Boston Nov 1 Announcement

New Haven announces reduced passenger rates on the New Haven road between New York and Boston. The through rate remains unchanged until Nov 1 when the two cent per mile tariff begins. New Boston Providence New York and Boston rates set at 4.65 and 3.75 with locals composing 90 cents 1.25 1.00 and 1.50. Providence to New London distance cut to 63 miles and 63 coupons will be lifted between Providence and New London.

New Haven Conn New York Boston New London Providence

Evans Arrives in New York for Naval Review

Four battleships of the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Evans reached New York from Boston and anchored off Tompkinsville. The Maine, flagship, Missouri, Kentucky and Kearsarge prepare for a naval review at Oyster Bay on September 3 with President Roosevelt to visit.

New York Evans Boston Tompkinsville S. I Maine Missouri Kentucky Kearsarge Oyster Bay Roosevelt

Two Homes Burned Out in Milford New Hampshire

Milford N H Aug 19 John Norris and Edward Butler each suffered about 8000 in losses from the destruction by fire of their houses and barns. The buildings were partially insured. Frank Jewett of the local department was injured by exploding chemicals while fighting the blaze.

Milford N. H John Norris Edward Butler Frank Jewett

Pair are saved by boatman

In Auburndale on August 19, James Currier and a young woman nearly drowned when the canoe tipped. An employee from a nearby boat house paddled out to save the woman and then pulled Currier to safety, managing to rescue him with one hand around his throat and the other guiding the boat. Currier was resuscitated after effort.

Auburndale James Currier Currier

Lancaster Couple Seek Their Wandering Boy

Mr and Mrs John Robinson of South Lancaster reported their 17 year old son Ed win B Robinson missing from home since Saturday Aug 11 He had talked of going to Natick and later learned he applied at the Waban Rose Conservatory but was refused and referred to a Brighton employer

John Robinson South Lancaster Edwin B. Robinson Young Robinson Natick Robinson Waban Rose Conservatory Brighton

Boston Man Demands Damages in Miss Kaplan Suit

Samuel Grand formerly of Chicago now in Boston sues Miss Rosie Kaplan for 500 dollars claiming breach of promise of marriage. He says she urged him to leave Chicago and meet in Boston to marry, and that he quit his job and was betrayed. He says he has letters confirming her invitation and has control of her bank account.

Samuel Grand Chicago Boston Rosie Kaplan Grand Miss Kaplan Post South Station

Boston Man Says He Will Bury Body of Chicago Suicide

Daniel McFarland of Jamaica Plain notified Station 13 police that he would bury the body of Charles Palmer of Boston who suicided in Chicago last week. He said Palmer was a particular friend and offered no explanation for the death.

Daniel McFarland Cheshire Street Jamaica Plain Station 13 Charles Palmer Boston Chicago McFarland Palmer

Cambridge Man Dies After Tracks Collapse

David Fudge of East Cambridge collapsed on the Boston & Maine tracks near Prison Point bridge while heading home. He died from a fractured skull after being moved from Charlestown Police Station to the Relief Station, despite medical efforts.

David Fudge Cambridge Boston & Maine Prison Point Bridge Fudge East Cambridge Charlestown William McDonald

New Passionist head named provincial in United States

Father Fidelis James Kent Stone a Harvard graduate and former Episcopal clergyman is named provincial of the Passionist eastern province with headquarters at the Monastery of St. Michael in West Hoboken New Jersey. The move divides Passionist houses into two provinces and confirms the appointment by Rome and Pope Pius X. Stone born in Boston in 1840 has led institutions including Kenyon and Hobart Colleges and converted to Catholicism in 1869.

New York Fidelis James Kent Stone Harvard West Hoboken N. J Rome Prus X Father Fidelis Boston Kenyon College Hobart College Episcopal Church Cornelia Fay

Hebrew Orthodox Fast for Massacre Victims

Ultra orthodox Jews in Boston observed a sunset to sunset fast day proclaimed by leading rabbis of Palestine Russia and America to mourn victims of the late massacres in Russia. Bnai Zion Association held a mass meeting discussing the proclamation with Abraham Alpert urging action beyond prayer.

Palestine Russia America Bnai Zion Association Zion Society of Boston Hanover Street Abraham Alpert East Boston

Two Girls Drowned at Massawepie Lake GA

Miss Margaret MacDonal of Boston and Miss Bella Plummer of Worcester drowned when their boat capsized on Lake Massawepie. Rescue efforts used dynamite to locate bodies. both surfaced and were recovered. Plummer, 18, was a Massachusetts State Normal School student and former Ayer High School graduate visiting Gale, New York with Worcester girls.

Gale N. Y Margaret MacDonal Boston Bella Plummer Worcester Mass Lake Massawepie Bella Louise Plummer Massachusetts State Normal School Ayer Ayer High School New York State Nellie Plummer

Two Drownings Reported At Naragansett Bay

In Narragansett Bay two bathers drowned during a August afternoon. Richard McDougall 10 of Providence stepped from a jetty into a channel at Oakland Beach and drowned despite a friend's attempts to help his mother tried to dive in but was stopped. James Conley 48 also of Providence drowned from cramps while swimming near Riverside.

Providence R. I Narragansett Bay Oakland Beach Richard McDougall Arthur Ray James Conley Riverside

Drowning of Daniel Connolly in Shallow Pond Rescue Recalled

In Pawtucket Rhode Island on August 19 Daniel A Connolly 21 of 20 Beacon Street drowned at Stump Pond after diving in shallow water and hitting his head. He was unconscious, the body recovered by companions.

Pawtucket R. IL Daniel A. Connolly Stump Pond Connolly Beacon Street

Raids by Station 3 Officers Seize Liquor and Round Up Suspects

Cambridge and Dorchester divisions report raids yielding beer and red eye including four men and a woman taken to Station 8 for questioning. Suspects identified as Joseph Hennessey 32 John Gallagher 34 Henry Riley 24 and James McDonald of Fruit street. Ellen Bright 65 found sleeping at a residence. Police also seized two gallons of beer and five gallons of red eye at Joseph Cameron on Lawrence place and viewed 64 bottles at a Lowell street lunch room. Station 9 detains Antonio Coceli 34 for selling liquor without a license. Dorchester arrest Arthur Le Flalle at Neponset for similar charge.

Goodwin Burns, Norton and Campbell Station 8 Cambridge Street Joseph Hennessey John Gallagher Henry Riley Cambridge James McDonald Fruit Street Ellen Bright Joseph Cameron Lawrence Place Lowell Street West End Antonio Coceli Dacia Street Dorchester Arthur le Flalle Neponset

Dollar Sent to Post Gives New Hope to Aged Widow

A Melrose donor sent a dollar to the Boston Post for charity. Mrs. Margaret Sweeney, 65, widow of No. 8 North Grove street, Boston, received the coin and renewed courage after months of unemployment. The note asked the paper to aid a sick child or elderly person with ice or simple food.

Dollar Melrose Boston Post Margaret Sweeney No. 8 North Grove Street Sweeney Boston Post

Earnings of Prima Donnas Highlight Historic Salaries

Baroness Cederstrom billed as Mme Patti earns up to 800000 in a year though currently limited to about 50000. Melba earns 150000 at peak and Sarah Bernhardt averages 70000.

Cederstrom Mme Patti Melba Sarah Bernhardt

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