Chief Cheswell Honored in Final Tribute at Tremont Temple
Boston fire chief William T. Cheswell, famed for rescues, was honored in a citywide farewell with Tremont Temple services, a funeral cortege through Boston, and interment at Forest Hills Cemetery. Firemen from across New England and city officials attended to praise his devotion and heroism.
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William T. Cheswell
Boston
New England
Tremont Temple
Temple
Forest Hills Cemetery
Cheswell
Curtis Guild, Jr
Fitzgerald
Hannah Martin Cheswell
William Oliver Cheswell
Frederick Cheswell
Helen McClellan
Head Master Bunker to Face Public Hearing Tonight
Albert Bunker of the Quincey School was to be heard by the School Board tonight over a surge of whippings. David A. Ellis accused the master of whipping 160 pupils in a month in a 600 pupil school. Bunker said he welcomed the chance to explain and denied misconduct, protesting harmed reputation.
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Albert Bunker
Quincey School
David A. Ellis
Bunker
Mrs Howe Ill as Leading Suffragist Dies Not
Mrs Julia Ward Trowe a prominent suffragist remains bedridden at 241 Beacon Street after a rheumatic knee flare. Her recent Baltimore suffrage convention trip followed by tensilitis prompted medical attention and a slow recovery, with her age complicating prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ward Trowe
Beacon Street
Dixon Rices Crew Reaches New York After Nassau Wreck
On board the Saratoga from Nassau Captain O P Belliveau and wife and six crewmen of the brigantine Dixon Rice report the ship wrecked near Riding Rocks Bahamas on January 26. Thick weather and misty rain preceded the strike. the crew survived by taking to a boat after one day, sailing 22 hours to Cat Island, then sent home by the consul. The Dixon Rice, six years old, hailed from Weymouth, N. S.
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New York
Saratoga
Nassau
O. P. Belliveau
Dixon Rice
Riding Locks
Bahamas
Belliveau
Cat Island
Weymouth
Boston Fire Chiefs Honor Late Chief With Memorial Service
Osborne Howes of the Board of Fire Underwriters led a gathering of major New England fire officials and city chiefs including S W Horton and John Stagg. Delegation bodies from Masons and veterans joined a service led by Rev S A F Parkhurst, with Whittier verse and songs, and the late chief was eulogized. Remains laid in Forest Hills Cemetery receiving vaults.
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John A. Mullen
Joseph A. Webber
P. E. Keyes
E. A. Perkins
J. Grady
H. D. Smith
Pope
Sennott
Electric Fire System Corps
Protective Department
Samuel Abbott
Charlestown Volunteer Veterans’ Association
Veterans’ Association of
Dorchester
John White
Osborne Howes
Board of Fire Underwriters
New England
S. W. Horton
Baltimore
John Stagg
Paterson
N. J
International Association of Fire Engineers
C. D. Rice
Syracuse, N. Y
A. M
Isnights Templars
Boston Commandery
Franklin Lodge
National Lancers
New England States Veteran Firemen's League
Boston Veteran Firemen’s Association
the Fire Chiefs’ Club of
Massachusetts
Barnicoat Veteran Association
Charlestown Veteran Firemen’s Association
S. A. F. Parkhurst
Tremont Temple
Moran Comes Laws Killed
The Rev Charles A Crane in a People's Temple sermon contrasts Kansas and Massachusetts saloon policy. He says Kansas outlaws saloons Massachusetts protects them and links this to corrupt local government and lawmakers aiding criminals.
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Kansas
Massachusetts
People’s Temple
Charles A. Crane
Boston
Mars Remains in Jail After Fatal Assault
James Mars of 1821 Washington Street remains jailed unable to post bail after assaulting Casarie Daigle, an ex convict, who died Friday night. Daigle’s body is unclaimed at Briggs’ Undertaking. Mars faces trial on February 21 with William B. Sullivan retained as counsel.
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James FE. Mars
Washington Street
Casarie Daigle
Daigle
Briggs’ Undertaking
Mars
William 8
Sullivan
Egg Market Collapse in Boston Hurts Dealers and Consumers
The overstocked cold storage egg market forces prices down as 60 day early laying by hens floods the market. Fresh eggs fetch about 20 cents at retail while storage eggs wholesale around 10 cents and retail 13 to 15 cents. Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange VP Joseph M. Thomas laments the unprecedented slump, noting consumer prices should be higher and recalling a sharper drop in 1900.
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Boston
Joseph M. Thomas
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Post
Thomas
Commission for Blind Advocates State Support Structures
In a South Congregational Church citizenship class address, Charles I. F. Campbell urged a state level commission to promote and oversee blind welfare. He argued blindness should not push people into poverty and warned that infant blindness often results from insufficient care, urging better precautions and support.
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Charles I. F.campbell
South Congregational Church
Venezuelan Official Denies Brazil as Pan American Site
Velno Coiticoa, Venezuelan charge d affaires in Washington, states he took no part in choosing or designating Brazil for the next Pan American conference and denies a reported vote. He calls the claim a misapprehension and insists he did not participate in the designation.
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Washington
Velno Coiticoa
Brazil
Funeral of Slain Greek Pedler Follows Chief’s Doom
A Greek banana peddler John Nicholas was mourned on Lagrange street in a brief service at the Lewis Jones chapel next to Police Station 4. Father Nestor Sousilidas led the ceremony as investigators pursue a Chicago tip about two strangers linked to the murder.
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Boston
South End
Forest Hills
Chief Cheswell
John Nicholas
Banana Pedler
Uttle
Lewis Jones
Lagrange Street
Police Station
Nestor Sousilidas
Kneeland Street
Nicholas
George Thompson
Washington Street
Chicago
Captain Cain
Yacht sales move with two vessels change hands
Hollis Burgess sells the auxiliary yacht Edith owned by C. D. Wainwright of Marblehead to Rodman Paul Snelling of Needham Mass. Burgess also sells the sloop Squeteague owned by George Lawley and Son Corp of South Boston to C. F. Allen of Boston.
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Hollis Burgess
Edith
C. D.wainwright
Marblehead
Rodman Paul Snelling
Needham
Mass
Mr. Burgess
George Lawley & Son Corporation
South Boston
C. F. Allen
Boston
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Tremont Row
Melton
Woodruff
Vance
Tremont
Whittier
Bunker 10
Quincy
Cafe Lafayette
Lafayette Chambers
Hayward Place
Oxford
French American Wine CO
Oxford. Iest
Duparquet, Huot & Moneuse Co
Few
North Street
Duke
Lfe
Governor Guild
Benjamin W. Wells
Barrett
Common Council
P. J. Kennedy
Russell
Cole
Mmmons and Adams
Police Board
Edward J. Donovan
George H. Innes
John R. Murphy
Robert G. Fitch
Edward Blake
N. Y
Weymouth, N. S
Madras
Brussels
Pastor Crane
Commission For Blind
Charles F. F. Campbell
Coiticoa
Portland and
Sudbury
Shain
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