Coasting Accident Hurts Witmer at House Party
Benjamin F. Witmer of Robbins Avenue, agent for Remington Typewriter, is hospitalized at House of Mercy with a fractured ankle and facial injuries after a coasting accident at a Lanesboro house party. He was the only person injured among adults present.
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Pittsfield
Benjamin F. Witmer
Robbins Avenue
Remington Typewriter Company
House of Mercy Hospital
Lanesboro
Witmer
Child Lacks Laughter Due to Constipation Troubles
A report notes a child unable to laugh or play when constipated. It mentions California Syrup of Figs as a remedy and discusses its effects on the stomach liver and bowels.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Advt
Pension Fund Aims for 5 Million to Aid Clergy
New York on January 1 Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts announced progress toward a five million dollar church pension fund. Pledges totaling four million were secured to support Protestant Episcopal clergymen and their dependent families.
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New York
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Church pension plan targets $6 million reserve by March
Bishop Lawrence announced a $5,000,000 fund drive begun March 1 1916 to launch a clergy pension system. The plan offers min 600 annual pensions at 68, with disability pay 40 percent of salary, widows half of late husband’s pension, and orphans’ grants up to 3800 for teens, contingent on reaching the total reserve by March 1 to begin immediate retiree payments.
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Lawrence
Ice Fisherman Drowns on Winnisquam Lake
In Laconia New Hampshire on January 1 Joseph Knowles collapsed through an ice rift while fishing on Winnisquam Lake and drowned. Louis Gagnon his companion also fell through but was saved by Stanley Guay who answered their cries. Knowles body had not been recovered by nightfall.
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Laconia
N. H
Winnisquam Lake
Joseph Knowles
Louis Gagnon
Stanley Guay
Knowles
Wed After 30 Years Delay Bride Frances Quinlan Weds James Fegan
After a 30 year courtship, Frances M. Quinlan daughter of a Brookline carriage maker, married James J. Fegan of Chestnut Hill. The ceremony at St Mary of the Assumption, Brookline, was led by Father Thomas Quinlan, with 150 guests attending a reception at the Heath Street home.
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Frances M. Quinlan
Brookline
James J. Fegan
Chestnut Hill
Church of St. Mary of the Assumption
Thomas Quinlan
Heath Street
Notre Dame Convent
Fegan
Funeral Services for Sergeant Thomas P. Rowe
The Cambridge Police Sergeant Thomas P. Rowe who died Friday from a Christmas night shock was laid to rest after a high mass of requiem at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. The service began at 10 o'clock and was conducted by Rev. Charles J. Maguire.
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Thomas P. Rowe
Cambridge
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Charles J. Maguire
Mrs Guernsey Guernsey Guest at New Year Reception
Mrs Guernsey D A R guest of honor at the New Year reception of the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution at the Hotel Westminster. She is a candidate for president general of the National Society meeting in Washington April 17. Emma Crowell Pennsylvania state regent is also a candidate for recording secretary general. Over 150 women attended, with Mrs Frank Dexter Ellison and Mrs Theodore C Bates leading the receiving line.
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George Thatcher Guernsey
Kansas
Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution
Hotel
Westminster
Guernsey
National Society
Washington
Emma A. L. Crowell
Pennsylvania
Frank Dexter Ellison
Massachusetts
Theodore C. Bates
First Couple to File Intentions for the Year
Miss Lydia Agnes Mahoney of 31 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester and Joseph A Collins of 609 Southampton Street South Boston filed intentions to marry. Their filings, delayed to 9 oclock by the holiday, are set to be the first entries in the new book.
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Lydia Agnes Mahoney
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester
Joseph A. Collins
Southampton Street
Boston
McGlewen
Whitman Begins Second Term In Brilliant Albany Inauguration
Charles Seymour Whitman is sworn in for a second term as New York governor in a grand Albany ceremony. Distinguished guests include Brazilian Ambassador Domicic DaGama and Massachusetts Governor Samuel W. McCall as crowds fill the capital, with a brief, traditional inaugural program led by Chief Judge Frank H. Hiscock.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Seymour Whitman
New York
Domicic DaGama
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Assembly Chamber
Frank H. Hiscock
Court of Appeals
Threatened Teamsters Strike Averted in Boston
About 60 workers from J. B. Smith Company and Cheney's Express Company were set to strike today by Local 2% of the Team Drivers' Union. They met at 81 Canal Street and signed a new wage and working agreement, avoiding industrial action in Boston.
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Teamsters
Boston
J. B. Smith Company
Cheney’s Express Company
Canal Street
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Harry Simons
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