Mayor Pushes Municipal Brass Band and Free Concerts
Alderman Conry pushes for a municipal brass band and the creation of a five member unpaid board to direct free public music. Mayor Quincy urges expanding free concerts funded by a $5000 yearly appropriation and calls for a specialized music department to raise Boston’s cultural profile.
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Webster & Dudley Electric Railway gets 50 year franchise
The Webster Board of Selectmen grants a fifty years franchise to the Webster and Dudley Electric Railway Company for an electric line from Perryville in Dudley through Webster streets to Webster Lake. The capital is set at $50,000.
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Board of Selectmen
Vizcaya Escort Planned as Spanish Cruiser Near U S Waters
Rumors in New York claim the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya will call at Bermuda or Port Royal Sound before New York, with the Brooklyn as escort. Naval men note Vizcaya may choose other Atlantic ports and compare her strength to the Brooklyn.
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Canaries
Reunion of St Patricks and St Philips Parishes
Boston notes mark a reunion transforming Old St Patrick’s into St Philips with a grand Tre Mont street gathering. Mayor Quincy attended with Mrs Connolly as 200 couples led a grand march. Father P J O Donnell guides revival as new St Philips rises with a debt society and building fund.
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Tremont Street
Timothy L. Connolly
Common Council
Susie Nugent
Quincy
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Father O’donnell
Philip F. Sexton
George W. Leahy
Owen J. Doherty
Stephen S. O’brien
Father Sexton
St. Philip’s Church
John J. Dowling
Connolly
James M. Curley
Patrick Manning
Frank J. Conboy
Patrick Clancy
Patrick G. Finnert
George H. Norton
Pastor O'Donnell Leads Flourishing St. Philip Parish
The Rev. Philip J. O'Donnell and his wife were married in St. Philip's Church where he now serves as pastor. He organized the parish across Massachusetts avenue to Albany streets and to the railroad beyond Columbus avenue, delivering steady growth in three years.
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New England
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Dudley Street
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Philip J. O'Donnell
St. Philip’s Church
O’donnell
Massachusetts Avenue
Eustis
Albany Streets
Columbus Avenue
Dean's Kidney Pills Claim Wide Boston Cure List
Boston ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a universal cure from backache to Bright's disease. Henry Cox of 77 Franklin Street reports relief after using the pills sold by Geo. Burwell and Foster Milburn Co. says the pills cost 50 cents and are mailed from Buffalo.
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Dean
Boston
Geo. Burwell
Two Candidates Named for Dunn School Committee Seat
A warm contest for Edward H. Dunn's successor features J. Carlton Nichols and Professor William T. Sedgwick, both former December candidates. The election will be decided by a joint convention of the school committee and Board of Aldermen with 33 total votes and 17 needed.
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J. Carlton Nichols
William T. Sedgwick
Nichols
South Boston
Republicans
Committee of 100
Independent Women Voters
Sedgwick
Dunn
Board of Aldermen
Ames
Kellar
New Democratic Club Receives Roxbury Notice
William A. Ryan former Division 23 A. O. H. president held a reception in Roxbury Ward 18 with civic leaders. The arbitration treaty was discussed and denounced as the club formed amid applause. Brian J. McGovern spoke on Ireland and Boston politics referencing Aldermen O'Toole and Cleary.
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Division 23
Roxbury
Ward 18
Brian J. McGovern
Division 29
Ireland
Boston
O'Toole
Cleary
Edison leads space fleet to Mars in a perilous quest
An early science fiction account describes Edison guiding a fleet of 100 electrical ships from New York to Mars to wage war on the Martians. A meteor damages a car, the moon recedes, and the expedition returns, damaged and chastened, to earth after a failed assault.
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Approaching the Great Asteroid Encounter with Martian Giants
Observers estimate a space voyage speed of ten miles per second toward Mars. A passing asteroid reveals Martians aboard a five mile world, with their war engines and a sudden electric attack threatens the fleet as the mission nears its target.
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