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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1917

Page

2

Funeral Mass Planned for Mrs Phoebe O'Donnell

Cardinal O'Donnell to preside at St. James Church Harrison avenue for the repose of Mrs Phoebe O'Donnell mother of Rev Philip J O'Donnell rector of St James Church at 10 o'clock today Auxiliary Bishop Rev Joseph G Anderson D D V G will celebrant High Priest Rev Mer A J Teeling permanent rector St Mary's Lynn Deacon Rev Nicholas J Murphy rector St John's Peabody Sub deacon Rev Charles E Lane S J of Church of the Immaculate Conception master of ceremonies Rev Mar M J Splain D D P R of St Joseph's Roxbury Thurifer Rev Ambrose Walker Acolytes Rev William Grant Rev Robert E Lee Interment Mt Calvary Cemetery Dorchester Mayor Curley represented by secretary Charles O Power in Philadelphia

Cardinal O’donnell St. James’ Church Harrison Avenue Phoebe O'Donnell Philip J. O'Donnell Joseph G. Anderson D.D V.G Boston Mer. A P. R St. Joseph’s Church Roxbury Austin E. Doherty St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Plymouth Father O'Donnell St. Philip's Church South End Ambrose Walker Church of Our Lady of Grace Chelsea Thurifer William Grant Robert E. Lee Mt. Calvary Cemetery Dorchester Curley Charles O. Power Philadelphia

HoldUp Man With Scissors Seized After Columbus Avenue Pursuit

Robert Dowley thirty-seven 27 year old, of 47 Shawmut avenue, arrested by Patrolmen Blake and Ryan after allegedly threatening tailor Moses Morse at 499 Columbus avenue with a large pair of scissors. Police say he fled along Columbus avenue pursued by officers. accomplice escaped.

Columbus Avenue Robert Dowley Shawmut Avenue Blake and Ryan Dowley Moses Morse Morse

Mullen dismisses two Fire Board members in Everett

Mayor John J. Mullen of Everett says he removed Fire Board chairman George Faulkner and longtime member William G. Webster for refusing to resign. He will also dismiss Park Board secretary John F. Dixon if he does not resign as requested. Only George J. Nichols remains on the board.

John J. Mullen Everett John F. Dixon Park Board George Faulkner William G. Webster George 1’. Nichols

Harvard lecturer blasts police records in Boston talk

Raymond B. Fosdick told Cambridge policemen that American records miss crimes as they fade from memory. He cited Boston and Chicago as examples where crimes are forgotten or deliberately erased from files, prompting criticism from Captain P. J. Hurley.

O’meara Boston Raymond B. Fosdick Harvard Cambridge Police P. J. Hurley Cambridge Force Fosdick Chicago

Making Part Best Short Story of 1916

Richard Matthews Hallet's Making Part awarded best short story of 1916 by Edward J. O'Brien. The Boston Post Sunday Magazine tale stood out after reviewing 2700 stories, with 388 others deemed distinct merit in the same feature.

Richard Matthews Hallet Boston Post Edward J. O’brien Mr. Hallet O’brien

Major General Pierce drafts price fixing bill for Massachusetts

Greenfield based Major General F E Pierce and Attorney David W Murray called by Mrs Ida M Hebbard to draft a bill to criminalize price fixing within Massachusetts like the Sherman act does for interstate commerce. Pierce notes no intrastate price fixing statute exists and vows to push the measure in the House after being sworn in at the State House yesterday.

F. E. Pierce Greenfield W. M House of Representatives David W. Murray Hyde Park Parker House Massachusetts General Pierce Murray Ida M. Hebbard Boston Housekeepers’ League State House Commonwealth Housekeepers’ League Pierce Hebbard Women’s Movement

Farm and Trades School reports record gifts and funds

President William N. Hughes announced at the Alumni Association dinner that gifts to the Farm and Trades School reached 200000 dollars, the largest in its 102 year history. Superintendent Charles A. Bradley noted vested funds rose from 130000 to 500000 dollars during his 29 years.

Farm and Trades School William N. Hughes Parker House Charles A. Bradley

Musterole Ad Promises Quick, Blister-Free Pain Relief

An advertisement touts Musterole as a clean white ointment made from mustard oil and home simple ingredients. It claims fast relief for sore muscles joints back throat bronchitis and other ailments with a gentle warm glow followed by cool comfort and no blisters.

Pharmacy catalog snippet with assorted tonics and soaps

An OCR fragment lists various medicines and household goods with prices. Items include Schenk's Pills Mandrake, Scott's Emulsion, Sloan's Liniment, Squibb products, Stillman’s Freckle Cream, Stork Castile, Styptic Pencils, Syrups, toilet papers, and bouillon cubes. Prices range from a few cents to under two dollars.

Schenk Scott’s Sloan Berger Lids Squibb Stillman’s Stork Stuart Sullivan

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