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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
7
Edward McGowan of 191 West Broadway South Boston died while trying to see the sidewalk clock from his attic window. He lost his balance toppled to the sidewalk and later died in an ambulance at City Hospital. McGowan was unmarried and years old.
Pittsfield Jan 1 Buffalo Bill died in Denver yesterday. His first professional performance occurred in 1872 at the Academy of Music in Pittsfield with Wild Bill Hickox and Texas Jack in the Border Scout. Ned Buntline, Cody’s biographer, saw the show and urged him to launch an outdoor act that led to the famed Wild West show.
Cardinal Oconnell led a 2000 strong service for Mrs Phoebe O Donnell mother of Rev Philip O Donnell rector at St James Harrison Ave Boston. He lauded a mother whose faith shaped her son, urging prayers for the dead and honoring Catholic mothers everywhere.
In Bellows Falls Vermont on January 10 Representative George L. Dunham of Brattleboro introduced House Bill No 16 to require five days notice of intention to marry. The measure, backed by women’s clubs and ministerial unions, would punish priests or ministers who marry before the waiting period with a fine up to 100 dollars, a standard in New England states.
Funeral services for Elisha Hannin eight year old member of Joseph Hooker Post G A R East Boston were held yesterday afternoon at the Church of Our Father on Marion street Adolph Rossbach pastor officiated.
Boston University Law School Association hosts a noon luncheon at the Hotel Bellevue with prominent lawyers and judges. Vice-President Jay R. Benton presides as Joseph E. Perry explains the tax law. Mayor Curley addresses The New Tax and City Finances. Mayors from Medford Newton Cambridge Woburn Lynn etc attend.
A special Malden City Council committee will study salary hikes for city employees after petitions demanding increases. Police requested raises to 1400 dollars a year for patrolmen 1575 for sergeants and 2100 for captains.
Miss Margerita Washington, great-great grandniece of George Washington, died at her Philadelphia home. She earned recognition from physicians and medical schools for her anatomical sketches and was noted as a painter of portraits and miniatures.
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