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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1914
Page
10
Washington remembers Serena E. Payne longtime New York congresswoman with funeral in the House chamber. Veterans of the Republican Old Guard share sorrow in the sombre rites as foreign dignitaries attend the first formal House funeral in 15 years.
In a restrained ceremony the Old Guard and mourners recall loyalty of the late New York legislator. Attended by Wilson and Marshall’s representatives, Cabinet members and Supreme Court justices fill the front rows as flowers adorn the catafalque and the pallbearers.
Evansville Ind Dec 13 Mrs H Weir wife of a New Harmony merchant dropped her diamond ring near the city line. Three hours later two boys from a nearby pool dive team recovered the ring and were paid a dollar each as reward.
The Lincoln Republican Club of Boston will host a complimentary banquet for its president Lieutenant governor elect Greften D. Cushing at the American House on Wednesday evening. Louis A. Frothingham, the club’s vice president, will preside.
Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald urged colleges to cut excess professionals and add practical shop and factory experiences. He spoke to hundreds at the Revere Catholic Literary Union, proposing third or fourth year curricula in shoe factories mills and machine shops to tie education to commercial life.
The speaker urged Harvard President Lowell and Technology President Maclaurin to unite with chambers, school committees, and businessmen to seize wartime opportunities for youth and revive New England’s maritime prominence. He cited Boston’s historic role, called for practical college curricula, and urged press and colleges to act.
Dave Bosler of Mathews Boat Company tried to light a pipe by striking a match on his trousers. After a grease spot had been treated with gasoline, the flare ignited, forcing him to jump into the river to extinguish the flames. He suffered minor burns.
Paris reports the death of Charles Perier president of the French Academy of Medicine at age 80. Born in 1836 he led the academy and contributed to French medical science.
Local citizens form a committee to establish a free employment bureau at 652 Central Street Jamaica Plain to register workers in many occupations and place them in suitable jobs reflecting the unemployment crisis in the area.
Thousands responded to the Manchester clergy calling for the second "everybody at church" Sunday. A pastor said his congregation nearly doubled. Special cars operated on all street railway lines to accommodate worshippers.
The notice invites Jews to join the international Zionist organization during Chanukah week from December 32 to 20 and pay an annual 25 cent shekel to fund Zionist propaganda.
The Rev John Harrigan appointed by Cardinal O Connell to lead St Ambrose s in Fields Corner Dorchester begins duties today. For now he will reside at St Peter s rectory and Masses for the new parish will be at 9 and 11 on Sundays in a hall near the Fields Corner car barn. Land for a church has been purchased a lot over 50000 square feet at Dickens and Adams streets.
Ed win Dunbar, driver of the local fire wagon, has sparked a string of false alarms prompted by his glittering helmet and driving, according to sweetheart Alice Curtis 19 who confessed to turning in the alarms.
Middlebury Vermont December 13 Tape Rev Sedgwick W Bidwell longtime Methodist pastor dies at 105 years old. He served three quarters of a century and retired in East Middlebury. He marked his 106th anniversary on December 6, 1909 with a village sermon. He conducted 100 funerals and 329 marriages.
Dean Edmund St Rousmaniere praised Phillips Brooks at a commemorative service in St Paul Cathedral marking the 79th anniversary of his birth. The service drew a full cathedral as the dean delivered a warm eulogy on the great preacher and bishop.
Dean Rousmaniere lauds Phillips Brooks for sympathy to individuals during European crisis and election periods. He credits the preacher with service to church, state, and mankind and notes his belief that it is wonderful to be alive.
Joseph Smith president of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints was buried in Independence Missouri after a simple service. The quorum of the twelve apostles met to discuss his successor, Frederick M. Smith of Worcester, Massachusetts, as revealed by Smith before his death.
William David Cantillion former general manager of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad died in Chicago at age. He joined the railroad as a freight brakeman in 1875. His brothers Michael and Joseph Cantillion are known as baseball club managers.
Gloucester December 3 Charles Augustus Lombard an engineer on the fishing steamer Geisha was injured so severely by a boiler explosion this morning that death is expected. His fireman Jacob Jagel was also badly burned but likely to recover.
New Orleans December 13 A mule kicked owner Philip Accardo pedlar 2858 Chippewa Street while he bathed the mule in a stable behind his home The animal lashed out striking Accardo on the chin as he finished washing its hind leg The bath was interrupted and the mule remained uncared for further.
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