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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1907

Page

5

Overdue Canadian Liner Canadian Arrives in Pori

The Leyland liner Canadian capt Bullock arrived four days overdue from London after rough Atlantic crossing. Seven Seattleites onboard include Yale graduates Stanley P Rockwell and Oliver M Smart now with General Electric in Lynn. Major A A S Barnes of the British army and three women also traveled as cattlemen, reporting a stormy voyage with minor bow damage on docking.

Atlantic Bullock London Yale University Yale Stanley P. Rockwell Oliver M. Smart General Electric Company Lynn Briny A. A. S. Barnes China Fort Wayne Ind A. J. Stewart Roslindale S. L. Coburn Malden M. M. Fay Wisconsin Germany

Colonel Cheney Near Death in Ashland New Hampshire

Col T P Cheney a leading figure in New Hampshire and Vermont politics and Grand Army circles is dying at his Ashland home. He studied locally and at Tilton Conference Seminary, married Elizabeth Keyes, ran a dry goods store in Amesbury, served as assistant postmaster, was Ashland’s first telegraph operator, deputy sheriff, postmaster under Lincoln, and a Sixth Regiment NH Volunteer officer who served until 1863 before discharge for disability.

Ashland N. H T. P. Cheney New Hampshire Vermont Cheney Tilton Elizabeth Keyes Amesbury Lincoln New Hampshire Volunteers

Soden Buys Electric Road Stowe VT Auction

The Mt Mansfield electric railway from Stowe to Waterbury was sold at auction to A H Soden of Boston for 20000 dollars. Soden, president of the street railway company, plans to extend a line eight miles from Stowe to Morrisville.

Stowe Mt. Mansfield Electric Railway Waterbury American Trust Company of Boston A. H. Soden Street Railway Company

Pope Confers Pallium By Proxy On Archbishop O Connell

The ceremony at St Agnes with Agnes Dei singing shows the pallium made from wool spun from lambs blessed by Church of St John Lateran canons. The pallia, three fingers wide and round, are placed over Peter and Paul’s statues and left under the high altar before being prepared for new archbishops.

St. Agnes Church of St. John Lateran Peter and Paul

Pallium Conferral Honors Archbishop O Connell in Rome

Archbishop O Connell received the pallium yesterday in a Vatican ceremony officiated by Cardinal Francesco Segna, with Monsignor Tampieri presenting the request. The pallium, a white wool vestment with six black crosses, symbolizes jurisdiction and is worn on major feasts within the diocese.

O'Connell Monsignor Tampieri Vatican Rome Francesco Segna Mer. Tampieri Cardinal Segna St. Agnes

Gloomy Christmas Looms for Roxbury Family in Rent Plight

Mrs. Timothy Callahan of 20 Webster Street Roxbury faces eviction after missing three weeks of rent totaling 3.75 due last Monday. Her crippled husband and ill mother add to the hardship while she already works to feed the family in hard times. The tenement rents 1.25 weekly, but work has slowed.

Timothy Callahan Webster Street Roxbury Callahan Frances Fallon

Gas bill declared unconstitutional in New York City

Judge Hough of the United States Court ruled that the last Legislature’s gas sales law in New York City, which set a rate per thousand feet, was unconstitutional. The ruling upholds municipal findings that the bill effectively confiscated the gas company’s property.

New York New York City Hough United States Arthur H. Masten

Mayor-elect Hibbard Expected to Repeal Last-Minute Wage Raises

The Finance Commission expects Mayor-elect Hibbard to annul wage increases enacted by Mayor Fitzgerald in the final weeks of his term. If the new administration does not take this action, the Commission will recommend it.

Finance Commission Hibbard Fitzgerald

City Finance Commission briefs on wage hikes and loan action

Superintendent James Doyle and Superintendent John Leahy explained wage increases since October 1 and attributed them to unions. The Finance Commission expected to send a second report to the Mayor on wage climbs while reviewing a $2,000,000 loan and market rental increase proposals.

James Doyle John J. Leahy Finance Commission Common Council Bangs Bell Board of Aldermen Mitchell Farley Fitzgerald

New York Couple Weds Quietly in Boston Honeymoon Plans

Mr. and Mrs. W. Gordon Coogan, a New York couple, eloped to St Patrick's Cathedral in Boston to marry. Dorothea Potter, linked to Bishop Potter, is Mrs. Coogan. They say New York is inferior for honeymoons and may tour the country and Europe after Christmas.

New York Boston W. Gordon Coogan Hotel Touraine Gotham Society St. Patrick’s Cathedral Mr. Coogan Harvard Miss Potter Europe

Boston school panel defers choice of truant officer

About 30 applicants attended a three hour preliminary exam at the school committee office. The committee will study the matter further and did not select a truant officer. Among 80 applicants were lawyers doctors teachers and many policemen. The coal contract for city schools was paused over heat unit tests and sent to a three member committee.

Boston James J. Storrow David A. Ellis Thomas J. Kenny

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