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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1910
Page
5
The Rev. Father M. J. Scanlan at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross denounced the divorce evil in a solemn high mass sermon. He warned the era is dangerous due to divorces and said some sects drift toward paganism with no respect for the marriage bond.
Father Scanlan cites Christ's first miracle at Cana to stress marriage as a sacred sacrament. Archbishop O'Connell presides. Father Finnegan, newly transferred, leads mass with aides including Father Fitzgerald and Father McCoy. He argues church never grants divorce and defines null marriages when sacramental conditions are absent.
Brookline friends predict Miss Mary Leary will gain a prominent place in grand opera after studying abroad. The 19 year old aquatics and Brookline Gymnasium attendee is planning to go to Vienna to refine her singing talents.
Father Scanlan argues for strict church rules on marriage, insisting sacramental unions require priestly ceremony and witnesses, and condemns divorce as a threat to society. He cautions against mixed marriages and warns such unions risk faith and family harmony, urging adherence to church law.
Wakefield reports ongoing smallpox outbreak with 15 cases and one death. Board of Health forbids Sunday services at the Congrega tional Church Society and extends school closures for an indeterminate period. Eight cases remain in the isolation house.
Waltham January 16. Robert L. West 30 an employee of the Howard watch factory attempted suicide by drinking wood alcohol and bag rum. His landlady Mrs Emily Harrison found him and hurried to a drug store for an emetic saving his life.
The National Steeplechase and Hunt Association panel approved the country club event at Brookline Massachusetts on June 15. The decision places the meet under the association banner and sets a firm date for the competition.
Isabelle Holden of Delewanna New Jersey argues commuting harms married life citing personal experience. Reared as Isa Chaplin in Delewanna near Passaic she grew up loving outdoor life and considers the practice detrimental to romance.
The piece recounts Mrs. Holden’s life with Dermot Holden a Manhattan iron worker who commuted to work. She recalls moving to Delewanna bought with inherited funds and the strain of city noise. Her philosophy warns commuting harms dreams urging wives to support husbands near their workplaces.
William Baxt aged 38 of 58 Howell Street Providence Rhode Island was arrested by police inspectors on a charge that on November 7 he unlawfully solicited membership in the Workmen's Circle a fraternal beneficiary corporation of New York not authorized to conduct an insurance business in Massachusetts.
Boston woman Mrs. E. H. Leighton reports lasting relief from backache and fatigue after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with curing pains, boosting her energy, and improving overall health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
United Fruit Company lists ten new 5,000-ton steamships sailing from Pier 59 New York Thursdays to Jamaica Panama Colombia and from New Orleans Saturdays to Panama and to British Honduras Guatemala Costa Rica and Panama. Weekly Boston to Costa Rica Philadelphia and Baltimore to Jamaica. Fares 25 cents one way 45 cents round trip and up. 21 day cruises 125 dollars. Tickets at 17 Battery Place New York or via ports or agents.
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