Pope Leo Hosts 1000 Poor at Vatican Dinner
In Rome the pope hosted a jubilee dinner for 1000 poor men and women in the Belvidere court of the Vatican. Nuns served, Swiss Guards kept order, and the pope wished to give his blessing but doctors advised rest. In Boston, St. Leo’s Church near Harvard noted in sermon how the pontiff’s strength sustains the church.
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Leo
Rome
Belvidere
Vatican
Boston
Dorchester
St. Leo’s
Esmond Street
Harvard
Father McGoldrick
Pope Leo
What Men Say About $2.65 A Fair Day's Pay
Brockton wage dispute ends with Henry L. Bryant ruling $2.65 a day as fair. Referee found support for 15 cent rise to $2.65, binding until April 1, 1904, amid mixed union responses and public comment from Boston workers and social advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Bryant
Masons’ Tenders and Master Builders’ Association of
Brockton
Masons
Bryant
Central Labor Union
Master Builders’ Association
Masons’ Tenders’ Union
Building Trades Council
Central Labor Union of
Post
Boston
Clark
Charlestown
Shawmut Avenue
Fred Foss
The
Sal
Etruria Encounters Storms on Transatlantic Run
Cunard steamer Etruria reports very stormy passage with gales from southwest to northwest and high seas. It becomes the first ship to publish a wireless printed newspaper at sea. On Feb 7 Marconi news items were received near Fastnet and printed aboard for passengers.
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New York
Cunard Line
Etruria
Liverpool
Queenstown
Marconi
Crookhaven
Fastnet
Mid-Ocean
Miller admits power of the Post in downfall
William F. Miller of the Franklin Syndicate admits the Boston Post spearheaded its collapse. From a prison hospital cot he details October start of trouble and his plan to sue the Post, his meeting with Alfred R. Goslin and Colonel Ammon, and a dramatic Boston cash handover to creditors amid police scrutiny.
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New York
William F. Miller
Franklyn Syndicate
Boston Post
Herald
Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Boston
Post
Schlessinger
Robert A. Ammon
Ammon
Colonel Ammon
St Alphonsus Dramatic Class Presents A Texas Steer
St Alphonsus Dramatic Class of the Mission Church Roxbury presents Hoyt satire A Texas Steer tonight and tomorrow. Neil J Sullivan plays Colonel Brander with John D Clarke as Major Yell. Cast includes Frank M Cogtelly and Roxbury amateurs Thomas Gargan Robert Wall Robert Noonan Albert Steele Francis Mahan Bartholomew Bowen Gustave Vegkle Joseph Regan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bissonnette
John D. Clarke
Neil J. Sullivan
Major Yell
St. Alphonsus Dramatic Class
Mission Church of
Roxbury
Hoyt
Texas
Robert J. Hurley
Colonel Brander
Washington
Frank
M. Cogtelly
Christopher Columbus, Jr
Thomas Gargan
Robert J. Wall
Robert Noonan
Albert Steele
Francis Mahan
Bartholomew Bowen
Gustave Vegkle
Joseph Regan
Socialism Debated at People’s Forum in Morgan Memorial
The People’s Forum in Shawmut avenue and Corning streets discussed socialism with Daniel A. White defining it as a working peoples’ doctrine. Attendees questioned the Socialist party’s first moves and its infancy, while John Foster claimed no difference between Socialists and Democrats before a disrupted closing.
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People’s Forum
Morgan Memorial Building
Shawmut Avenue
Corning Streets
Daniel A. White
Mr. White
Greenwood
Socialist Party
White
Martha Moore Avery
John Foster
Somerville
Foster
Meeting Adjourns At Six O'clock
The session adjourned at six o'clock marking the end of today’s proceedings. No further actions were listed and no votes were recorded in this brief closing note.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Relief From Scrofula
An old advertisement urges parents to use Scott's Emulsion to heal scrofula sores on children and warns scrofula can lead to consumption. The piece touts the product as an ounce of prevention and offers a free sample from Scott & Bowne of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Zema-Cura Promoted as Cure for Eczema
A historic advertisement claims Zema-Cura cures eczema hives and skin diseases in all cases. Testimonials cite relief from intense itching and sores after using the external liquid, with prices listed as 50 cents and 1.00. The product is sold by The Zema-Cura Co and a network of druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sele St
Hubbell & McGowan
Hunti
Massachusetts
Byesnaex Pharmacy
Engineer Stephen Murphy Dies in Gas Works Accident
Stephen Murphy an engineer at North Adams Gas and Electric Light Company was asphyxiated last night while repairing a safety valve on a purifying retort. Rescue workers fought to halt the leak and reach him for about 30 minutes. Fellow worker Wilfred Hissaillion fell from a staging and broke his arm during the rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Stephen Murphy
North Adams Gas and Electric Light Company
Wilfred Hissaillion
Nantucket Life Saving Captain Sandsbury Dies at Home
Captain Thomas P. Sandsbury keeper of the Great Neck life saving station died today at his home on Nantucket from paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Thomas P. Sandsbury
Great Neck
Cotton Prices Go A-Kiting In Prolonged Market Rally
New York February report details a fierce week long drive in cotton prices led by Daniel J. Sully of 8. M. Weld & Co. backed by New England manufacturers and New Orleans merchants. Bulls claim large profits as prices rise past 10 cents a pound amid a perceived cotton famine and depleted consumer stocks.
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New York
United States
New York Cotton Exchange
New England
New Orleans
Boston
Napoleon
Daniel J. Sully
8. M. Weld & Co
New England Clique
Sully
Ladrones Rampage Near Manila In Rizal Province
Insurgent ladrones under General San Miguel raid near Manila, capturing constabulary and scouts. Police and U.S. forces pursue through Rizal, with reports of skirmishes and detachments surprised. San Miguel's 300 men reportedly wear Katipunan uniforms as authorities rush reinforcements.
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Manila
San Miguel
Rizal
Cainta
Taytay
McIlvaine
Constabulary
Montalbao
Ladrones
Scott
Amaipolo
Allen
Caloocan
Winthrop
Taft
Davis
Luzon
Big Plans for Emmet's Day Parade and Banquet in Boston
An enthusiastic Boston meeting of Clan na Gael committees set plans for Emmet's Day next Sunday. A banquet at the Essex, a mass meeting at Hollis Street Theatre, and a large parade with military and A O H units are planned with Mayor Collins presiding. Notables O Neill Ryan and Eugenie Sheehy to speak.
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Robert Hammet
Clan-na-Gael
Boston
Thomas J. Collins
The
Essex
Hollis Street Theatre
O'Neill Ryan
St. Louis
Eugenie Sheehy
Limerick
Ireland
Collins
Hibernian
Thomas Clifford
Don Duggan
Atlantic
Food Sent to Stalled Trains in Snowbound Interior
Relief parties reached the snowbound trains near St. John's Newfoundland with provisions. The nearest train was freed this afternoon and began moving toward St. John's while a relief train pushed forward to clear the track for the other two blocked eastbound trains. Heavy drifts make release timing uncertain.
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ST. John's
N. F
Gunboat Boyaca Sunk Near Port Bethsade
Gunboat Boyaca of the Colombian government sank entering the Port Bethsade channel about 40 miles north of Agua Dulce on February 19. All crew and bishop passenger were saved. Salvage expedition sent to recover the cannons.
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Panama
Boyaca
Port Bethsade
Agua Dulce
Junguite
Padilla
Funeral Services for Warren Pollard Held at Home
Funeral services were conducted yesterday at Warren Pollard's residence 120 Central Street Somerville with Rev. William H Pierson officiating.
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Warren Pollard
Central Street
Somerville
William H. Pierson
Consumpion Cure Claim From Koch Lung Institute
A Boston reader testifies after failed lung treatments to a cure by the Koch Lung Cure at 361 Boylston Street. He mentions returning to health and invites inquiries at his Brighton residence, 871 Western Avenue.
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Boylston St
Boston
Western Avenue
Brighton
Mass
Subway
E. Darvarton
Western Ave
Spencer liveryman offers to wipe slate clean in a general amnesty
Joseph Girouard, veteran livery stable keeper of Spencer, announces he will accept any amount owed as payment toward extinguishing old debts. After 65 years in business and retirement last August, he says he will receiptedly close bills whether large or small, and to any patron who cannot pay. He has outstanding bills across the state from horses and livestock dealings.
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Vation Army
Boston
Martha Moore Avery
David Goldstein
Edgar J. Helms
Morgan Memorial Church
Spencer
Joseph Girouard
Girouard
Obituary Notices From Boston Area Cemeteries
Multiple death notices list widows and widowers with funeral plans. Alice Carty of 101 Calumet street to have a Requiem Mass at Mission Church after a Feb 25 service. John Farrell of 9 Fenton Place to be buried at Mt. Benedict Cemetery with Mass at St Peter's Church. Harriet Hapgood of 38 Summer street Beachmont to funeral at 1 p m. Timothy McCarthy of East Boston to funeral at Sacred Heart Church with solemn high mass. Relatives invited.
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Roxbury
Alice
Joseph Carty
Calumet Street
Mission Church
Farrell
Dorchester
John Farrell
Fenton Place
St. Peter's Church
Henry Gratton
Mt. Benedict Cemetery
West Roxbury
Hapgood
Beachmont
Harriet
Luther Hapgood
Summer Street
M’carthy
Boston
Timothy
Ellen McCarthy
T. F. McCarthy
Meridian St
Church of the Sacred Heart
Brooks
Paris Streets
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Bismarck
Moritz Busch
Formosa Oolong
Hunee Kee Coop
Oxtorr
India
Ceylon
Pope Leo XIII
M’goldrick
Leo XIII
Brooklyn
T Saw
George McClusky
New York Detective Bureau
McClusky
Captain McClusky
Watts
Prise
Ubscripers
Isbel
Coloniel
Schiessinger
St. Alphonsus
Hoyt’s
Conlin
Chickering
Frank . Costello
Christo
Tyer Gonmbos, Jr
Gau
ST. Alphonsus Dramatic Club
Sandsbury
Emmet
Gebbon
Moore
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ventura
California
A. M. Townsend
Woman's Christian Temperance Atom
Tremont St
Jaynes & Sy Wash
Cor
Hanover
Washington St
Warrenton
Summer St
J.S. Waterman & Sons
Uneral Undertakers and
Dudley Street
Tel
Dr. King
King
Washington Street
Avon
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