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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
9
The Vatican press publishes a papal encyclical to French Catholics urging unity with the Holy See amid government hostility. It rejects religious war and criticizes government spoliation and proposed cultural associations as threats to church authority.
Cleveland January 11 John L Sullivan discusses boxing finance noting that modern fights are treated as commercial ventures with large purses. He recalls earlier eras where fighters competed for chances rather than money and criticizes current champions for demanding vast sums.
Edward Feeney of Brooklyn, national president of the American Federation of Catholic Societies representing about 1,500,000 Catholics in the United States, cabled Pope Pius X from New York expressing sympathy and protesting France's treatment of Catholics. The message supports the pope against government actions deemed to despoil and enslave the church in France.
A New England pool championship opens Monday at Miah Murray's parlors. Daily 8 pm games feature entrants including John McHale Roxbury Kid William Cane English Tom Dawson Jim Hayde Jimmy Ryan Italian Tony Fish Marsh and Harry Manuel. Top prize 110 dollars plus a championship medal.
A long schedule of street theatre listings notes Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott in Cesar and Cleopatra at Hollis, Shaw’s Ben Hur at Boston Theatre, The Blue Moon at Majestic, Lulu Glaser in The Aero Club, and multiple final weeks for Sothern and Marlowe Hamlet, John Drew in His House in Order, Chinatown Charlie closing, with next week’s Phantom Detective and other vaudeville acts announced.
The World Beaters Burlesque Company will perform at the Palace Theatre next week. John Tavi, a Dahomey chieftain, appears with a fully staged African village at Austin & Stone’s, offering a glimpse into home life in Africa.
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