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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
5
Haverhill, Dec 16. Dr. Thomas W. Flood an unsuccessful mayoral candidate in the last election died today of typhoid fever at age 31. He was a Nashua native who practiced medicine in Haverhill for several years.
Joseph Currier charged with criminal assault on Margaret Manning whose body was found on a highway near Bangor last Saturday. Municipal Court Judge Blanchard bound him over to the Supreme Court with bail set at $10,000.
Speakers at the Lincoln Club dinner at the American House honor Lieutenant Governor elect Grafton D. Cushing say Republicans and Progressives will unite before the 1915 state elections and will elect a Republican president in 1916. The unanimous opinion of the speakers signals solid party alignment.
Ex Congressman Samuel McCall urged party unity for 1916 as Republicans and Progressives outnumber Democrats. Lt Governor elect Cushing received a loving cup and ovation, praised McCall’s tenure as Speaker. Several leaders including Henry L. Kincaide Louis Frothingham and Channing Cox spoke on reviving the party.
Parishioners of St Philip's Catholic Church in South End anticipate a 30th anniversary celebration for Rev Garrett J Barry rector of the church. Father Barry a Boston native will officiate a solemn high mass at 11 30 am next Sunday and many former parishioners are expected to attend.
The Metropolitan Opera Company of New York plans a visit to Boston with either a full week of opera in the last week of April or single performances in February or March. The decision follows financial conditions in the South that restrict the usual Atlanta spring week.
The Rev. Garrett J. Barry rector of St. Philip's Church celebrates 30 years since his ordination next Sunday after the Metropolitan’s New York season ends April 24. Singers stay for another week and the extra Boston or Chicago engagement hinges on travel costs and Chicago reception.
A feature in the upcoming Sunday Post highlights a Christmas play by a young Bostonian. The piece profiles the writer’s holiday spirit and the production’s likely reception in local circles.
Bankers and leather tradesmen gathered at the Somerset Hotel in Boston to discuss a trade boom with Latin American markets. They urged capital investment while warning that Europe’s credit tightening requires careful lending and market study by Boston merchants.
Carl B. Geder who runs a small store at 61 Highland Avenue Malden frightened a holdup man by shouting for help. The thief leveled a revolver but fled the scene when Geder cried out causing the robber to turn and escape.
Jesse Pomeroy phoned Warden Allen to say he enjoys the new night dress and slept well the previous night. He compared prison comforts to hotel amenities and noted wide public praise with over 100 letters from women statewide supporting the reform.
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