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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1905

Page

8

Welsh Apostle Opens Boston Revival With Fierce Evangelism

The Rev William J Dawson known as the apostle of Wales spoke at Second Congregational Church Dorchester to delegates from 160 Greater Boston churches. He urged ministers to seek sinners not cuddle saints, predicting a major revival before his Western tour. The text was For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which is lost.

Universal Brotherhood of Man William J. Dawson Apostle of Wales Atlantic Boston Greater Second Congregational Church Dorchester Dr. Dawson Dawson Son of Man

Marriage Tie Binds Ever Says Fr Scully

In Immaculate Conception Church Rev John Scully addresses a Sunday audience on Matrimony. He argues marriage is indissoluble and never dissolvable by mutual consent, condemns civil divorce, and explains the permanence of Christian marriage including its ends and duties. The series ends next Sunday with Mixed Marriages Why Forbidden.

FR. Scully Immaculate Conception John Scully S. J Father Scully Rogers Divorcce Pius IX

Cheney's Broad Box Theft Mystery Deepens In Southbridge

Southbridge reports a $285000 securities robbery from banker Stanley Cheney. A guest thief using guest privileges is suspected. detectives chase Boston leads as Cheney refuses to name suspects. He claims a strong idea of the thief and aims to recover valuables without court action.

Southbridge Cerman Stanley Cheney Cheney Mr. Cheney Boston

Open Letter from Ex-Prisoner Appeals to Governor

Frank Young of Lynn writes an open letter to the Governor describing alleged abuses at Massachusetts State Farm. He details assaults by officers, failed hearings, and squalid prison conditions including unwashed dining areas and overcrowded quarters, seeking an interview and redress.

Massachusetts State Farm State Farm Blackstone Lewis Pullman Lynn Frank Young Union Street

St Catherine's Guild Hosts Birthday Entertainment

The St Catherine's Industrial Guild presents a Washington's Birthday program in the St Catherine's Church short room Spring Hill Somerville from 2 30 to 6 30 p m under Miss Kathryne L Nolan. The event supports the church guild with a variety show including fancy dances illustrated songs and recitations plus other attractions for children and adults.

St. Catherine's Church Spring Hill Somerville Washington Kathryne L. Nolan

Priest Attacks Socialism at Labor Union Meeting

Rev. Dennis T. O'Sullivan of Boston College and Church of the Immaculate Conception addressed about 900 delegates of the Boston Central Labor Union. He warned that socialism threatens the family and society, citing encyclicals, Marx, Engels, and Carpenter to argue for the Catholic view of wages, marriage, and social order.

Dennis T. O’sullivan Boston College Church of the Immaculate Conception Boston Central Labor Union Father O’sullivan Marx and Engels Leibnick Edward Carpenter Abbott and Wentworth

Labor Delegates Propose Stance on Trade Schools in Boston

Boston C L A delegates form a committee to draft a statement on organized labor’s view of trade schools. Dennis D. Driscoll will represent at Senate bill 17 hearing for East Boston City Hospital branch. Peter W. Collings to speak on House bill 178 eight hour day pay and metro park employees. Miss Mabel Patten addresses House bill 720 on instalment laws. A committee will oppose the 58 hour bill for women and minors. Remonstrances to the nicketing bill set for State House hearing Thursday. Public opinion bill hearing set for Tuesday Feb 28. Eight hour bill hearings scheduled March 1.

Frank K. Foster Henry Abrahams Robert A. Callahan Edmond F. Ward Thomas M. Nolan Boston C.L. A Dennis D. Driscoll Boston Peter W. Collings Metropolitan Park Commissioners Mabel Patten Woman's Educational and Industrial Association State House

Labor Groups Press Union Wages at Schoolhouse Contracts

Boston Central Labor Union and Electrical Workers' Unions 103 and 104 will visit the Schoolhouse Commission to demand electrical work contracts for schoolhouses be given only to firms paying union wages. The Boston Horseshoers' Union urges 1905 conditions for employment of union men and wages. Coopers' Union 89 announces its international won a yearlong dispute with Cincinnati Cooperage, adopting the union label. Jeremiah A. Murray elected chairman of Teamdrivers' Union 25 delegates to represent the Boston Central Labor Union. The union admits 25 new members.

Boston Central Labor Union Electrical Workers’ Unions Schoolhouse Commission Boston Horseshoers’ Union Horseshoers Coopers’ Union 89 Its International Cincinnati Cooperage Company Jeremiah A. Murray Teamdrivers’ Union 25 Boston Lzabor Union H. Bridges Henry Long William Welch Charles Wilcutt James Miller Thomas Devan Timothy Jey Charles McCarthy

Know Not Whom to Suspect Says Herron

Reuben Herron of 74 Huntington Avenue said he had no inkling his brother-in-law was robbed until he read the report in the Sunday papers. He identified himself as brother-in-law of Herman S. Cheney of Southbridge and spoke to a Post reporter.

Mr. Cheney Boston Randolph Newton Reuben Herron Huntington Avenue Wilber Herbert B. Wells Newton Highlands Cheney Chapin Wachusett Shirt Company G. Henry Whitcomb Shaw Stocking Company Mark Deliber Southbridge Deliber Worcester Post Herron Herman Cheneys

Mystery Box Missing From Cheneys Bank Vault

Detectives question coachman Nelson Skog and two maids as they trace Jan to Feb house visits in a vanished strong box once moved from the bank to the Cheney home. Pinkerton men compile a list of visitors while Mr Cheney refuses to reveal the strange story he knows.

Mr. Cheney Nelson Skog Cheney

Thinks Cheney's loss will be small

Benjamin D. Hyde of McPherson Hyde & Damon says Cheney's loss may be kept to ten thousand dollars and perhaps nothing. He warns an innocent holder could have paid the thief, notes are negotiable, while other securities likely won’t be offered for sale.

Benjamin D. Hyde McPherson Cheney

Just What a 285000 Dollar Robbery Represents

The article explains that 285000 dollars would cover the Boston Terminal Company's annual city tax for the South Terminal station leaving over 80000 dollars enough to pay Hospital taxes or similar institutions. It notes 258000 dollars equals about one sixth of the Charlestown bridge cost.

Boston Terminal Company Great South Terminal Boston Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown Bridge

Cheney’s Claim of Missing 285000 in Securities

Cheney reports a tin box with bonds stocks notes and mortgages totaling 285000 vanished from a closet at his home after Jan 17. He moved the box from a safe deposit to review the inventory and hired private detectives to recover it without public notice. Local authorities have not been consulted and he asserts no house access is suspect.

Skog Southbridge Boston MacPherson, Hyde & Damon

Closed shop ultimatum for Boston cement and asphalt workers

Unions threaten a closed shop in Boston for cement and asphalt workers start May 1. Employers must sign a collective agreement guaranteeing current wages and hours and employing only union members. The 12 employers are urged to comply or risk workers refusing to work.

Boston

Chelsea Civil War Veteran George Learned Dies at 66

George G. Learned, longtime Boston Transcript employee and Civil War veteran, died yesterday at his Chelsea home 54 Heard Street from heart disease. He leaves a widow and four children, all married.

George G. Learned Boston Transcript Heard Street Chelsea

New Haven Firemen Not Likely to Strike

Reported tensions over motives behind a possible strike involving New Haven firemen. Clues point to three men and freight yard engines near New York, with crowds arriving at multiple stations and boarding houses as if prearranged.

New Haven New York

Mellen Addresses Firemen and Engineer Dispute on Representation

President Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad issued a statement detailing the firemen and engineers dispute over representation. He notes the clash centers on jurisdiction between the firemen and engineers adjustment committees and defends the road’s majority rule decision to avoid splitting employees into rival organizations.

New Haven, Conn Mellen The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Today Firemen’s General Committee of Engineers’ Adjustment Committee Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Remembered the Maine memorial service at Faneuil Hall

The second annual memorial service of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans honored the Maine’s fallen crew. Addresses by George H. Manks and others, taps by Bugler Harry Heady, survivors Frank G. Tompson Charles Bergman and Louis Monnier introduced, with music by Hazel Brown and the Bay State Orchestra. An informal reception followed.

Faneuil Hall Legion of Spanish War Veterans Maine Havana Harbor George H. Manks William H. Devine John ‘E. Gilman William B. Kenbbs Fred E. Bolton Hazel Brown Bay State Orchestra

Engineers Stand Firm in Arbitration Dispute

A report outlines the engineers dispute with the company over arbitration. It notes the firemen refused arbitration and adds engineers may appear before company officers or bring another engineer as their advocate under Article 1 of the agreement.

Engineers’ Committee of Adjustment Act Comany

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Richardson T Coats Wn. H. Richardson Co Outfitters, Shirt Tailors Etc Washington St Father Oly Lee TY Washington and Boylston Streets Southbridge National Bank Cheney House Frank S. Chapin Brookline Jacob Edwards St. Catherine’s D. F. O'Sullivan Church LABOR Herman Stanley Cheney Pinkerton Mr. Herron Houghton & Dutton Houghton Dutton Continental Boylston Street
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