Lectures by F Marion Crawford at Boston College
Famous novelist F Marion Crawford spoke at Boston College Hall for the John Boyle O'Reilly Reading Circle on Rome and the Vatican. He described life in the Eternal City with cosmopolitan flair while praising the Pope as a modern, capable Holy Father and sharing amused anecdotes.
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F. Marion Crawford
Boston College
John Boyle O'Reilly
Boston College Hall
Rome
Vatican
Italy
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Mr. Crawford
Attempt on Uruguayan president ad interim in Montevideo
A despatch to the Times reports an assassination attempt on Senor Jose Cuestas the president ad interim of Uruguay. Bystanders stopped the attacker a former Montevideo police officer. The city is under martial law with no outbreak.
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London
Times
Montevideo
Senor
Jose Cuestas
Uruguay
Painting State House Dome Painters Protest Work
Painters Union 11 of Boston protests the dome repainting at the State House as being done in a very unworkmanlike manner. A committee was appointed to investigate and report findings to the remodelling commissioners. The report was filed at the State House yesterday detailing concerns to the Bulfinch Front project.
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Painters’ Union 11
State House
Painters’ Union 11 of
Boston
James N. Esdaile
Fred J. Kneeland
Charles H. Wiggin
American writer Crawford reflects on art and home in Tuscany
An interview reveals Crawford born in Tuscany, American parents, and a life split between Europe and America. He discusses his writing routine, open-air work, and love of Southern European scenery, while a separate official notice urges contract compliance and accountability over a state dome project.
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Crawford
Europe
Tuscany
Sorrento
Thomas Crawford
Julia Ward Howe
Concord
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Essex
Trinity College
Cambridge
Germany
Noted linguist and poet Crawford praises Kipling link
The speaker describes his India editing stint and Kipling's stories, praising the author as a bold figure akin to Lincoln and Gladstone. He notes Crawford's mastery of Sanscrit, Russian, and Danish, and recalls the speaker's robust youth, mountain upbringing, and unhurried speech.
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India
Rudyard Kipling
Crawford
Vatican
Pius IX
Leo
Lincoln
Gladstone
Goethe
A Portrait of a Vatican Strongman and Scholar
The Rome observer notes the Pope’s fearsome public presence and decisive nature, while Leo XIII’s audience-goers are moved to battle. He is quick in action, a blunt hitter by report, with a transparent complexion likened to alabas ter. The subject is a disciplined statesman and gifted Latin Italian writer with a melancholic temperament and a life of hard work and little sleep.
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Pius
Leo
Vatican
Pettitt Loses To Ashworth In Racquets Exhibition
Tom Pettitt and Percy Ashworth, ex amateur champion of England, played a racquets exhibition at the B A A. Pettitt conceded three aces but showed his former skill and took five straight games 15-8 15-7 1 2 15-4. This afternoon at 2 oclock a four handed court tennis match is scheduled with Pettitt and L M Stockton facing Peter Latham and George Standing.
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Tom” Pettitt
Percy Ashworth
England
B. A
Pettitt
Tom’ Pettitt
L. M. Stockton
America
Peter Latham
George Standing
Omaha Railmen Tout Burt as Union Pacific President
Horace G. Burt denies reports of his Union Pacific presidency though Omaha rail workers insist he would lead the reorganized railroad. Burt arrived after inspecting the Kansas Pacific and remains close to Marvin Hughitt of the Chicago and Northwestern.
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Neb
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific
Burt
Kansas
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern
Boston to Florida by Southern railway and F C P line
The only line offering one night's travel between Boston and New England and Florida. Features include perfect sleeping and dining car service with double daily trains. Boston office at 228 Washington Street.
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Florida
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Mayor Answers Accusers Over $10 Million Debt Statement
The article defends a claimed $10,000,000 debt tied to loans for South Union Station, Stony Brook, and park improvements. It asserts the figure was authorized by the Republican Legislature and disputes accusations of excessive debt incurred during Ex-Mayor Curtis’s administration.
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South Union Station
Stony Brook
Park
Curtis
Debunking Debt Rise in Boston Mayor's Statement
Mayor Quincy presents a detailed rebuttal to charges of a $10 million debt increase under his administration. He cites corrected figures from the auditor, explains timing of sinking fund deductions, and attributes most new borrowing to subway, blue hills avenues, and park projects. He defends debt within the limit and assigns other increases to prior laws and authorized loans.
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Matthews
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Columbus
Commonwealth
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Southern Union Station
Stony Brook
North End Park
Strandway
Columbus Avenue
Chelsea Youth On Dangerous List After Bicycle Collision
Hartley J. Atwood 22 of 67 Crescent Avenue Chelsea lies in City Hospital on the dangerous list after a bicycle accident on Boylston Street near Church Street. He collided with a hack of Armstrong Transfer Company, struck in the abdomen, intestines injured. He was taken to the operating room where surgeons worked for hours. Doctors say chances of recovery are good despite his critical condition.
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Hartley J. Atwood
Crescent Avenue
Chelsea
City Hospital
Boylston Street
Church Street
Armstrong Transfer Company
Jilted Baron Pasetti Kills Himself Outside Widow’s Home
A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Mail reports Baron Pasetti, enraged by jealousy after seeing Mrs. Kittinger with other men, shot himself outside the American widow’s residence after midnight when denied entry.
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London
Daily Mail
Vienna
Baron Pasetti
Two Young Lodgers Arrested for Larceny at Union Park
Officers of Station 5 last evening arrested William F. Quinn aged 19 and Frederick Porter aged 20 both lodgers at 63 Union Park Street charged with larceny of a dentist's tools from Dr. George L. Fullock who also resides at the same house. They will be in court this morning.
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Station 5
William F. Quinn
Frederick Porter
Union Park Street
George L. Fullock
Justice Field retires from Supreme Court after notice
Justice Stephen J. Field formally retires from the Supreme Court after notifying the President last April. He did not attend today’s session, and the proceedings followed the usual routine for a resignation.
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Washington
Field
Supreme Court
Mass Naturalization Session Elevates City Vote Salience
Judge Colt administers oath to hundreds of new citizens as a two week run ends with an estimated 3500 names processed. In Charlestown, a Democratic club of 200 members held a 300-strong meeting endorsing Josiah Quincy for Mayor and seven Aldermen, with speakers praising Quincy’s governance and criticizing the Republican platform.
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Naturalization
United States District Court
Charlestown
Roughand
City Square
Josiah Quincy
Quincy
Patrick Kyle
Joseph J. Corbett
Martin P. Higgins
Charles S. Sullivan
Charlestown Court
David B. Shaw
Corbett
Democratic Party
Boston
Republi
Ward 6 caucus officers held amid names and drafts
The presentation listed fifty nine candidates for ward six caucus officer posts with seventeen council candidates each presenting their own state. In the by lot drawing two candidates won two representatives each one won one and fourteen had none. The event sparked lively talk ending in a plan to push caucus law amendments this winter with the fourteen without representation aiming to gain changes.
Campaign begins rally of Bunker Hill Tammany Club
The Bunker Hill Tammany Club of Charlestown opened their campaign with a rally signaling the start of their political effort. Supporters gathered at the club as organizers declared their plans and goals for upcoming elections.
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Bunker Hill Tammany Club
Legislature Debates Over Free Transfer Bill Franchises
A lawmaker notes repeated defeats of the free transfer bill while accusing Republicans of silence on franchises. He cites the Democratic platform opposing perpetual street franchises and endorsing compensation for them.
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Cans
School Board Nominations by Republican Convention
The adjourned Republican municipal convention met in Wesleyan Hall to nominate eight candidates for the school committee. The ticket, ratified by the committee of twenty five, includes Calderwood Burrill Courtney Davison Dowd Aldrich Nichols Liebmann, all incumbents or physicians, with Mrs Kehew not added due to term expirations.
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Wesleyan Hall
Charles T. Gallagher
Peter Morrison
Samuel H. Calderwood
Charles L. Burrill
Samuel E. Courtney
Archibald T. Davison
Fred C. Dowd
Edward I. Aldrich
J. Carleton Nichols
Gustave Liebmann
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Courtney
Davison
Liebmann
Kehew
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