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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1896

Page

8

Corner Stone Laid at New Jamaica Plain Catholic Church

Archbishop Williams laid the corner stone of a new Roman Catholic church on Brookline Avenue in Jamaica Plain with a large ceremony. Dr. John J. Baxter of St. James Boston delivered a sermon on church and state authority, praising the church as a divine institution and urging loyalty to faith alongside patriotism. Local priests and dignitaries attended as the ceremony concluded with the cornerstone laid.

Archbishop Williams Mer Magennis Jamaica Plain John J. Baxter St. James Church Boston Brookline Avenue Boylston Street Byrne Arthur T. Connelly Fitzpatrick Milton Hugh P. Smyth Robert J. Johnson R. Neagle Rossi Brighton Moylen Roxbury Bell St. Francis de Sales C. F. Donahue John A. Sheridan Dr. Baxter Cesar God Earth Jesus Christ Church Baxter Rome Leo America New World United States Catholic Church Christ Williams

Disappearance of Frederick Bailey shocks Everett creditors

Everett reports Frederick Bailey once a wealth builder and landlord vanished last Wednesday leaving $80,000 in unsettled debts. His rise from English plasterer to prominent property owner included houses on Cleveland and Broadway plus a Spy Pond estate. Creditors seized Bailey assets as his bookkeeper and clerk allegedly aided his concealment. Bailey last appeared in Boston and was rumored to sail to England.

Everett Frederick Bailey Bailey Bristol England Linden Street Cleveland Street Bradford Green Mansfield Cottage Linden Broadway Spy Pond Arlington Allston William Miller Post Miller Charles A. Gleason Hancock Street Wiliam C. Craig School Street Boston Howard Harrington Congress Street William Cutliff George A. Brown Oak Street Craig Nantasket Bell

Plant's Removal Aims at Ipswich Factory Shift

Ipswich plans to move cutting and stitching from Lynn to Ipswich to dodge labor opposition. non union workers say skilled lasters and Plant, president, fault poor output, while machinery already ships south. Ipswich strikers paid below Lynn wages as mass meeting and parade set with Skeffington Newhall Ramatell Casson to speak.

Lynn Thomas G. Plant Ipswich Merton Mansfield Harry J. Skeffington Boston Edward B. Newhall Walter L. Ramatell Herbert N. Casson

Injury on a street car ride leaves man with broken leg

Andrew Peterson, 45, of 142 Northampton street, was injured yesterday morning when a wagon owned by C. Duncan struck him while he rode on the running-board of an electric car at Tremont and Boylston streets. He suffered a broken left leg and was taken to Station 4. Dr. Williams recommended removal to City Hospital.

Andrew Peterson Northampton Street Tremont Boylston Streets C. Duncan Dr. Williams Hosbeer

Vanderbilt Whitney match spears Newport society elite

Miss Vanderbilt and Mr Whitney prepare a high born wedding at The Breakers Newport with family lists, charity ties, and fortunes totaling in the tens of millions. The couple, social and athletic scions, embody old Dutch Vanderbilt sense and Wall Street voltage, amid illness shading ceremony plans.

Gertrude Vanderbilt MR. Whitney Miss Vanderbilt Emily Vanderbilt Sloane Miss Sloane Miss Helen Barney Miss Barney Miss Brown Miss Beatrice Bend Miss Susie Dimock Mendelssohn Newport Tuxedo Commodore Mr Whitney Washington Whitney Herreshoffs Cornelius Vanderbilt Bishop Potter Grand Hall Misses Sloane Miss Shepard Miss Taylor Miss Gerry Payne Whitney Europe Frank Pelk Columbus Baldwin Rawlins L. Cottenet Alfred Vanderbilt W. H. Vanderbilt Elliott F. Shepard W. J. Schieffelin William Douglas Sloane W. Seward Webb M. McK. Twombly J. Rutgers le Roy Almeric Hugh Paget Charles Tracy Barney Oliver H. Payne Chauncey M. Depew Miss Dimock Gladys Vanderbilt Reginald Vanderbilt

Preparations for Labor Day Parade by Cleveland Strikers

Notes from unions detail Building Trades Council plans for the Labor Day parade. Isaac Cowen discussed Cleveland belt strikes at Brown Hoisting Engine Co where 700 workers faced layoffs and an eight week fight ended with failed agreements. The council supports Cleveland strikers and unions draw Labor Day positions from several crafts. Freight Handlers Union reports healthy funds after a harbor excursion and plans a 250-strong parade. Sanitary and Water department unions vote to back plant workers and join Central Labor Union parade, with new members and officer installs.

Building Trades Council Isaac Cowen Cleveland Brown Ohio Citizens of Castle Island Municipal Legislative Park Commissioners Rapid Transit Clifford New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. L. A T. G. Plant Lynn Sanitary Department Workers’ Union Forester Hall Lasiers’ Union Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union J. F. O’sullivan American Federation of Labor Water Department A. F. of L Central Labor Union Washington Street John C. McDonough

Woman robbed after being hugged in Park Square

Lillian Chappell of 226 Somerville Avenue reported to police that last Saturday night at Park Square a young man accosted her and embraced her before fleeing with her gold open faced lady's watch, fob chain, and charm engraved with the Lord's Prayer. She offered no description of the suspect.

Lillian Chappell Somerville Avenue Somerville Park Square

Forgery Suspect Arrested in Allston Case

Inspectors Leggett and Wolf arrested 22 year old James O Mara of 9 Mechanics street Allston on forgery charges. New Haven police had named him as wanted and he is held awaiting transfer to New Haven authorities.

Leggett and Wolf James O'Mara Mechanics Street Allston New Haven Conn Watts O'Mara

Fatal freight wreck near Horse Plains Montana

A Northern Pacific freight train derailed after a mudslide one mile east of Horse Plains on the Rocky Mountain division. Engineer George Weigle fireman L I Frizelo brakeman J W Bolger and wiper R M Fish were killed. The slide pushed the train into Clark's Fork River and the road remains impassable. Details are incomplete and additional fatalities are not yet confirmed.

Missoula Mont Northern Pacific Railroad Horse Plains Rocky Mountain Division George Weigle L. I. Frizelo J. W. Bolger R. M. Fish Wiper Mile Board Clark’s Fork River

Escaped Inmate Returned to Massachusetts Reformatory

George J. Hopkins, an inmate who escaped on August 4, was recaptured in Coney Island New York and returned to his cell by Deputy Superintendent Hart yesterday at the Massachusetts Reformatory.

Concord George J. Hopkins Massachusetts Reformatory Hart Coney Island N. Y

Beautiful Narragansett Excursion to Narra gansett Pier

An advertised excursion to Narragansett Pier is set for Tuesday with a special train offering through service and round trip tickets at low rates. The beach at Narragansett is promoted as the finest on the Atlantic coast.

Narragansett Pier Atlantic Coast

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Dr J. Baxter Jamaica Mer. Magennis Tux BeanpreTac Co Canal 8R Larrabee Ss Rocker N. B Moen Oxford OLD Oak School India Seat Gloria Dresden Vantine Stationery Washington St Temple Place West Street Whitney-Vanderbilt G. V Rvr Weien Whitney's House Young Whitney Alb i Bride Young Whitney Carpenters Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Union George Gunther Walter Prince Edmund Place Lizzie Cross Auburn Court Georgie Powers North Street Northern Pacific Narragansett American Surety Co New York Fiske Bldg State Street Henry B. Peirce Ass’t Lecy
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