Chicopee Boy Dies in River Tragedy During Skating
December 19 Chicopee reports the drowning of Joseph Donall, 12, and another unnamed boy in the Chicopee River while skating. The second youth entered the water first and Donall attempted a rescue. Patrolman Michael Noonan later retrieved Donall's body after breaking through the ice. The other body remains missing as several boys escaped.
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Chicopee
Joseph Donall
Donall
Michael Noonan
Hearing on Revere House case moves toward final merits
Army and navy officials attended a brief equity session as the Watch and Ward Society seeks a temporary injunction against the Revere House. Affidavits outline claims of prostitution and lewd conduct making the hotel a public nuisance. A law issue will go to the Supreme Judicial Court, with a final merits hearing set for the week beginning January 7. Lessees Rodney S. Harrison and Berkely W. Mossman agreed to a stipulation preventing disposal of furniture and other described property.
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Army
Navy
Revere House
Watch and Ward Society
Equity
Supreme Judicial Court
Rodney S. Harrison
Berkely W. Mossman
Government Seizes All Wood Alcohol Nationwide
Washington dispatch says the government will take over all wood alcohol production under a distillers agreement. Private consumers will receive supplies only on licenses issued by the priorities board.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Priorities Board
Blind Priest Ordained by Cardinal O Connell
The ceremony began with the procession from the sacristy to the sanctuary and the cardinal led the mass of ordination assisted by Rev Dr Haberlin Rev Charles E Lane S J. The Very Rev Charles W Lyons S J rector of Boston College attended, as did Mon Signor P J Supple. Father Wessling, guided by Father Tivnan, knelt at the gospel side. After prayers the cardinal lauded the priest’s father and family and blessed the congregation with the new priest’s first blessing to his mother and then to all present.
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Charles E. Lane
S. J
Thomas F. White
St. Francis Xavier Church
New York City
Charles W. Lyons
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P. J. Supple
St. John's Church
Roxbury
Father Wessling
Father Tivnan
Holy Mother Church
Wessling
Henry J. Wessling
Cardinal O’connell
Richard J. Haberlin
Charles BE. Lane
Church of St. Francis Xavier
New York
George Murray
Post
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St. Francis Xavier
Sixteenth Street
Boston
Tivnan
Blind Boston priest ordained in historic Catholic ceremony
In a rare 2000 year event, Henry J. Wessling S. J., a Boston native who became totally blind in 1910, was ordained at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with Cardinal O Connell presiding. A large crowd witnessed the Mass and the elaborate Christmas decorated setting in Boston.
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Concord Street
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S. J
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Canisius College
Buffalo
Cardinal O'Connell
Man Goes Insane on Train From Portland
A passenger train from Portland to Haverhill diverted after James Mann a four year old from Cape Breton became demented. Passengers panicked as he raved about his son in Roxbury and a Halifax disaster loss. He was taken to his son's home in Roxbury for care.
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James Mann
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Roxbury
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Mann
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United Fruit Company
First U S War Films Shown in Boston Tonight
The first official World War films showing American troops in France will be screened at Symphony Hall tonight in a benefit for the Fatherless Children of France. The images highlight troops in action and camps behind the lines, plus Massachusetts troops in training. Attending will be Lieutenant Governor Coolidge and Major General Butler Ames with staff.
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Symphony Hall
Washington
New England
Boston
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Butler Ames
Boston Aviator Phillips Ward Page Drowned in England
Phillips Ward Page, former Boston Globe reporter and Harvard graduate of 1900, connected with aviation, drowned Monday at Felixstowe England while serving with a squadron of American aviators under Admiral Sims. He was sent from Squantum to Norfolk then to England to join Allied air forces.
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Felixtown
England
Phillips Ward Page
United States
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Admiral Sims
Cyrus W. Page
Boston Beacon
E. B. Phillips
Fastern
Fitchburg
Harvard
Harry Atwood
Burgess School
Marblehead
Naval Flying Corps
Norfolk
Admiral Sim
Schiff Talks on Boy Scouts at Boston Luncheon
Mortimer L. Schiff, a Boy Scouts leader, outlined the organization’s services since the war began to 60 business leaders at a Union Club luncheon. He described the movement as highly effective and announced the opening push for a $50 000 drive by the Greater Boston Council, with no direct fund appeal at the event. Charles C. Jackson chaired the gathering as H JS Cowing Allan Forbes and others looked on.
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New York
National Organization of the Boy Scouts of America
Charles C. Jackson
Greater Boston
Greater Boston Council
Mr. Schiff
H. JS. Cowing
Philadelphia
Hugh Bancroft
Allan Forbes
Turkey Whist at St Ambrose Parish Fundraiser
Women of St Ambrose Church Field's Corner host a turkey whist at the parish house on Adams street to raise funds for the parish building. Mrs. John Gorman leads the event, building on a popular Thanksgiving and Christmas tradition with competitive games and hoped for large turnout.
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St. Ambrose Church
Field's Corner
Adams Street
John Gorman
Gallerani Indicted on Three Counts of Murder
Fred Gallerani of West Springfield is indicted by the grand jury on three counts of first degree murder for the killings of Clement Martini and his daughter Della Rose Gallerani in West Springfield on October 11 and his wife Amelia Gallerani in Feeding Hills on October 14. The defendant had been arraigned and bound over in the lower court on two counts.
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Springfield
Fred Gallerani
West Springfield
Clement Martini
Martini
Della Rose Gallerani
Amelia Gallerani
Feeding Hills
Christmas Services at Appleton Chapel Highlight Harvard Radcliffe Choirs
Harvard and Radcliffe students attended the Christmas services at Appleton Chapel last evening. The Rev. Edward C. Moore led the event with special music by the Harvard choir and Radcliffe Choral Society under Dr. A. T. Davison.
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Harvard
Radcliffe
Appleton Chapel
Edward C. Moore
Plummer
Harvard Choir
Radcliffe Choral Society
A. T. Davison
Peptiron Iron Tonic Promotes Strength and Vitality
An old advertisement touts Peptiron as a new iron tonic for strength in peace and war. It claims easy digestion and assimilation, with added pepsin nux celery gentian and other tonics. Said to aid anemia and thin blood, nervous debility, and pale appearance with quick effects after meals.
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