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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1912
Page
6
Philadelphia February 25. Two men Herman Marston and Henry J Mawson were arrested on inciting to riot after a parade of Socialists and radicals carried a blood red banner. Each was held on $1000 bail by Magistrate MacFarland.
A crowd of several hundred gathered at Broad Street Station after the Boston express failed to arrive the Lawrence children. They marched through city streets toward Girard Avenue. Provoled hostility arose when a banner carrier was attacked and arrested. The local Socialist secretary condemned police action as an outrage.
The article recounts St Mary’s founding in the late 18th century with Rev George W Porter as rector and land donation by Catherine Dotge. It notes a brick church built on Bowdoin street, a 9000 building loss by fire in 1887, and later construction on current site. It mentions additions in 1803 and debt clearance under Rev George Lyman Paine, and lists past pastors including Rev Walter B C Smith and others.
Frederick Stewart a 60 year old man with prior jail terms for horse stealing was arrested in Lynn by Inspectors Thorne and Kane on suspicion of breaking and entering the Flint street junk dealer stable and stealing a horse.
The Right Rev. H. Brent, D. D., bishop of the Philippine Islands, urged Trinity Church listeners to unite all Christians into a single family. He argued religious sect differences hinder progress and cited foreign missions as valuable, despite claims they are useless.
Two people were hurt when a horse bolted on Canterbury street and another struck a telegraph pole. The runaway horse, still hitched to a hack, dashed along Hyde Park avenue to Hazelwood station where it toppled and was captured. The driver and a passenger were hospitalized.
Secretary J Frank of the New England Watch and Ward Society spoke at the Old South Church meeting last night. He blamed a rise in drug users on free samples of a cocaine based catarci cure left at homes in Greater Boston, saying many formed drug habits as a result.
James W. Graham, editor and first publisher of the Malden Mail, ends his association with the paper and plans retirement to his Danvers farm. A well known state figure, he has lived in Malden since 1887.
A neighbor's call sent firefighters to Spruce Street where a second floor veranda fire spread to a three story tenement. Ladder 1 crews entered but all occupants escaped. Loss about 2500 dollars. Diamond ring and one dollar cash missing from Samuel Leverent. Cause believed to be hot ashes on the veranda.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for indigestion. It describes symptoms like sour belching stomach pain and nausea and promises immediate stomach cleansing, removal of foul gases, and long lasting relief for the whole family including children.
Lennox and Coffey two 14 year old Medford youths form a human chain with a long pole to reach seven year old Andrew Brown who fell through thin ice on the Mystic River Other children shouted for help and a passing motorist helped transport the wet boy to his home where he recovered without ill effects The incident occurred on Union Street area and involved local residents and bystanders The second note mentions a Meister des Todes Maria crucifixion painting acquired by the Boston Art Museum from M Jean Guifre for the Webber collection of Hamburg and Berlin
An early Flemish master possibly Joos van Cleves contributes a detailed portrait of Christ while an unknown Cologne school artist named the Master of St. Beverus shows an altar triptych. The upcoming Painters and Sculptors Society exhibition, featuring 30 members, has drawn wide acclaim with American painters John Singer Sargent Walter Gay and James McNeill Whistler among contributors.
Fight promoter Hddie Graney of San Francisco wired a $10 000 purse offer to Abe Attell and Johnny Kilbane for a 20 round match in the city on March 22.
Paul Diamond alias George Cline alias George Borham, 54, with no fixed address, was arrested in Detroit on larceny of 130 dollars from Dr. G F Walker. He was brought to Boston by Inspector James and Patrolman Brett after friends sought his release in Toledo. Diamond had prior arrest with three others in January last year, and four men were involved in a hold up on Huntington Avenue.
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