Nimbus Crew Rescued After Cape Hatteras Wreck
Captain J B Stahl and seven seamen of the four masted Boston schooner Nimbus were rescued from a gale off Cape Hatteras on December 15 after their ship foundered. They reached port aboard the Admiral Sampson with the help of the Beatrice and a life boat. The survivors include Rudolph Hassell Patrick Monahan Albert Burnett Herman Muzzell William Steer George Stratton and George Nielsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Stahl
Boston
Nimbus
Cape Hatteras
Admiral Sampson
Fruiter
North End
Atlantic
United Fruit
Beatrice
Baltimore
San Antonio
Jamaica
U. S
Sampson
J. B. Stahl
Waldoboro
Rudolph Hassell
Providence
Patrick Monahan
Newark
Albert E. Burnett
Brooklyn
Herman Muzzell
William C. Steer
New York
George Stratton
Skipton
Eng
George Nielen
Copenhagen
Site Secured for Parochial School Near St Josephs Church
Rev J Millerick announced a site has been secured for a new parochial school near St Josephs Church on Chambers Street. The site cost 16000 dollars and construction will begin soon. The Sisters of Notre Dame will run the school likely starting with primary grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. &. Millerick
St. Joseph's Church
Chambers Street
Father Millerick
Sisters of Notre Dame
St. Joseph’s Church
Barbers' Bill Move Heads to State Legislative Committee
The State executive board of the Barbers' Union decided the State Branch A F L legislative committee will handle the barbers' license bill this year. Officers named include William M Holden J C Donovan Oscar A Gabriel Morris Neville and Charles E ODonnell. Nebile Island Assembly longshoremen greet the new year with a social at Hibernian Hall East Roxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Branch
A. F. of
Barbers’ Union
Barbers
Forts
William M. Holden
South Framingham
J. C. Donovan
Oscar A. Gabriel
Fitchburg
Morris Neville
Lowell
Charles E. O'Donnell
Bosa
Nebile Island Assembly
Hibernian
James P. Timlity
Boston
Timilty
National Federation of State
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey Advertises Health Aid
In the modern as life, Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey is pitched as a natural assistant for exhaustion loss of appetite and digestion issues. The ad claims the product is pure uncolored unsweetened and aged, with tissue-building properties and sold in sealed full quarts bearing the Graves signature. It urges readers to ask retailers for Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Graves
Maryland
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Catholic Groups Set Rear-Guard for National Convention
The Suffolk county federation opened preparations for the American Federation of Catholic Societies national convention in Boston. Archbishop O Connell and officials urged organized effort, with 600 delegates from parishes and societies. Resolutions oppose divorce laws, promote Christian marriage, oppose atheistic socialism, and support child labor laws and religious instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Henry Wessling
Suffolk County
C. T. Daly
O’connell
Patterson
F. X. Dolan
D. D
Indianapolis
Boston
Monsignor Teeling
John S. Cullen
Federation
Immigration Commissioners
Murray
Wakefield Girl Shot by Man She Had Spurned
Mary McFadden, a Wakefield youth, was shot by James Sullivan after spurning his advances. Sullivan attempted suicide, survived, and was jailed. McFadden underwent urgent surgery in Boston with grave but hopeful prospects. Police and neighbors gathered as details emerged of prior harassment and the shooting near Vernon Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Sullivan
Miss McFadden
Sliney
James Galvin
Sopher
Woodbury
O'Leary
Laughlin
Boston
Sne
Massachusetts General Ambulance
Joseph Breshnahan
Mary McFadden
McFadden
Bruce
Malden
Jeremiah Sullivan
Turnbull Avenue
Vernon Street
Wakefield and
Reading Boundary
Four New Parishes Form in Boston Archdiocese Changes Begin
Archbishop O'Connell announces four new parishes in Boston area serving large Catholic population. St Pauls Dorchester gains Rev Joseph G. Anderson. St Monica's South Boston with Rev Timothy J Mahoney. Concord Junction and Mattapan receive two new pastors, Rev Francis J Ryan and Rev Michael J Welch. Each priest's background and prior assignments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archdiocese of Boston
Archbishop O'Connell
Mattapan
St. Paul
Woodward Park
Howard Avenue
Dorchester
Father Rowan
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Joseph G. Anderson
St. Monica's
South Boston
Timothy J. Mahoney
Gate of Heaven Church
Concord
St. Joseph’s Church
Somerville
Francis J. Ryan
Michael J. Welch
Father Ryan
Concord Junction
Father Welch
St. Paul's Church
Boston
Boston College
Father Anderson
Brighton Seminary
Neponset
Charles Street
Catholic Charities
Carney Building
St. Monica’s Church
Dorchester Street
Boston Latin School
Father Mahoney
Harvard University
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
Brighton
Whitman
Abington
Andrew Square
St. Augustine
Columbia Road
Washburn
Middle
Vinton Streets
Dorchester Avenue
East Boston
Bal
New Pastors Farewell at St Joseph’s Somerville
Michael J. Welch and Father Ryan bid farewell to St. Joseph’s Church Somerville as they move to new pastorates. Father Ryan departs for Mattapan after 12 years here and both priests, ordained 26 years ago, will celebrate Mass next Sunday at their new churches. It remains unclear who will fill the Somerville vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Welch
St. Joseph's Parish
Somerville
Lawrence
Fordham College
N. Y
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Troy
Boston
D. J. O'Farrell
Stoneham
Francis J. Ryan
Michael J. Welch
St. Joseph’s Church
Father Ryan
St. Joseph's
Mattapan
Ryan
St. Margaret's Church
Welch
East Boston
Real Estate Agent Moves Offices to New Downtown Tremont Address
John B. Fitzpatrick relocates from Adams building 23 Court street to Kimball building 18 Tremont street and 37 Court square Rooms 138 134 to serve patrons seeking to sell buy lease mortgage or insure real estate. He vacates due to the old building’s demolition for a modern structure for Old Colony Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Fitzpatrick
Adams
Court Street
Kimball
Tremont Street
Court Square
Old Colony Trust Company
Vivisection Views Spark Debate Over Capital Punishment
In Bennington Vermont, Rev. Frank Morris advocates vivisection of criminals as a societal safeguard, suggesting death penalty abolition could allow using condemned individuals for medical experiments. The Mansfield murder case looms as Barbour probes new evidence while the accused Alfred Mahan endures a restless jail day, recalling his brother German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Frank Morris
The
Baptist Church
Mary Rogers
Frank Norris
North Bennington
O. M. Barber
Mahan
Alfred Mahan
Cause of Man's Ruin at New Orleans Banker Adler
In New Orleans on December 29 a sequence of calamities hits William Adler a top banker and wholesale grocer. News reports he is now a shipwrecked refugee in Belize British Honduras adding more distress to an already long record of misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
William Adler
South
Adler
Belize
British Honduras
Afire of misfortune shadows New Orleans banker and firm
One week after Mr. Adler resigned as president of State National Bank the bank goes out of business. Adler's wholesale grocery firm is placed in receivership as a cargo of groceries to Honduras is lost with the Alps steamer, carrying Adler and the shipowner. The shipwreck also sinks an insurance policy for the load. Moses Schwartz, a close friend, sees his New Orleans foundry go into receivership. W. E. Lawrence named manager of Adler & Co. to attempt revival amid Eastern creditor interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler
State National Bank
New Orleans
Mr. Adler
Honduras
Gay
Alps
Puerto Cortez
W. E. Lawrence
A. Adler & Co
Anti Matrimonial Society Formed by South Boston Bachelors
A group of nearly 20 South Boston bachelors forms the Anti Matrimonial Society of South Boston. They plan to implement resolutions at midnight Tuesday and will discuss the matter at a New Year’s Eve meeting. James F. Moynihan is president with Andrew L. O'Toole as vice president and David M. Baldwin as secretary treasurer. Additional members include P. A. Powers G. M. Malone J. J. Awell F. H. Moynihan G. A. Greene Dr J. L. Brosnahan J. A. Penney M. F. Conroy A. J. Manning J. J. Todd J. F. Curran W. H. Ordway J. A. Smith and W. J. Cleary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Anti- Matrimonial Society of
James F. Moynihan
Andrew L. O'Toole
David M. Baldwin
Auto injures Cambridge boy on Harvard Bridge
Ernest Reard a 12 year old of 174 Auburn Street Cambridge was run over on the Cambridge side of the Harvard bridge by Attillo E Conti. He suffered internal injuries and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital by the driver who found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ernest Reard
Auburn Street
Cambridge
Harvard Bridge
Attillo E. Conti
Conti
Newsboys Committee Discuss Paper Prices
The Newsboys Protective Union held a special meeting to hear reports from a union committee and a Central Labor Union panel on newspaper price questions. Industrial Insurance Agents’ Union reps spoke and members urged parents to support only agents who wear the union button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsboys
Newsboys’ Protective Union
Central Labor Union
Industrial Insurance Agents’ Union
Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand Coffee Canisters
Advertisement touts Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand coffee in one and two pound cans sold sealed against dust moisture and air. It stresses consistent quality and warns against bulk sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase & Sanborn
Robbery At Wilson Brothers Jewelers Stuns City
Thieves stole four bundles of cash totaling 4000 and five signed checks from the vault of Wilson Brothers at 95 Court Street near police headquarters. Diamonds and other gems in the safe were untouched. The robbery occurred between Friday night and Saturday night around 10 30 p.m. County investigators and Inspector Smith were alerted the next morning. The cash was placed in the safe Friday by cashier Miss A Mieuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Brothers, Jewellers
Court Street
John W. Wilson
Charles Wilson
Inspector Smith
Mr. Wilson
John Wilson
A. Mieuse
Alliance Security Company
Democratic Aldermen to caucus for chairmanship at Quincy House
Democratic members-elect of the Board of Aldermen meet at Quincy House at 1 pm to choose a candidate for the chairmanship for the coming year. Alderman James M. Curley and Alderman John E. Baldwin are senior Democrats, with Curley leading the caucus. Baldwin reportedly opposed Curley’s unilateral call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy House
Board of Aldermen
James M. Curley
John E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Curley
Democratic Board Chairmanship Fight Shapes Up
The Democratic majority contends over the chairmanship with three declared candidates Alderman Baldwin Curley and Finigan and Ellery H Clark who could seize control if allied with Democrats. If ununited Clark could yield to Republican Louis M Clark who has full Republican backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
John E. Baldwin
James M. Curley
Fred
Finigan
Ellery H. Clark
Louis M. Clark
Brookline Anti Tuberculosis Exhibition Draws Large Crowd
More than 300 people attended the Brookline Anti Tuberculosis Society exhibition at Union Hall Brookline with shows on prevention and care. Lectures by Dr Edward O Otis and others urged public action, enforcement of anti expectoration laws, and support for the sick as tuberculosis remains a major threat in the town and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Union Hall
Brookline
Brookline Society
Edward O. Otis
M. D
Boston Association For Relief and Control of Tuberculosis
America
France
Germany
Italy
England
VINOL Promises Help for Weak Sickly Children
Boston mother appeals to other parents to try Vinol a cod liver oil alternative with tonic iron that she says restored her pale sickly daughter’s appetite color and strength. She endorses Vinol for delicate children and others recovering from illness and notes a money back guarantee at five Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riker-Jaynes
Washington St
Summer St
Boston
BLANK BOOKS for 1908 Every Life and Description
Blank books for 1908 offered at 67 83 Franklin Street Boston feature descriptions and utility for personal records. The item list emphasizes durable bindings and pages suitable for journals ledgers and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street
Boston
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Seaten
Grew
LABOR
Federation OF Catholic Organizations
Dennis F. Sheehan
Father Cullen
Sony Cullen
Patrolman
Law Brood
Breshnahan
Miss Sliney
Jall
Phy
Dimothy
J. Maroney
Josoph
Anderson
Greater
O'Connell
Goodby
Bennington Gleveyman
Richard C. Cabot
Harvard Medical School
Henry V. McLaughlin
David Townsend
Boston Mothers
C. W. Stump
Canton
Ward
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