Funeral Honors For Boston Fireman Joseph A Hackett
The Boston fire department paid all honors to Joseph A Hackett who died in the Roxbury department store fire. He served as messenger and chauffeur to Deputy Chief P F McDonough and is buried beside his mother in Holyhood cemetery Brookline. The wall collapse at W A Bacon prompted wide sympathy.
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Boston
Joseph A. Hackett
Holyhood
Brookline
P. F. McDonough
W. & A. Bacon
Roxbury
Funeral Rites Honor Firefighter and Boston Units
In addition to a 16 firemen detail under District Chief Michael J Kennedy a second group of 20 men from the Boston Protective Department and nearly 100 fire department officers and privates attended the funeral. The service at St Margaret s Church was a solemn requiem led by Rev Thomas L McManimonn with assistant priests and pa rtary readings. Clergy linked to the deceased included Rev Patrick J Lyons Carney Hospital and Rev Edward J O Bryan Marlboro. Nuns nurses from Carney Hospital and delegations from the Ninth Regiment and Charlestown navy yard attended the ceremonies.
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Michael J. Kennedy
Boston Protective Department
St. Margaret’s Church
Thomas L. McManimonn
M. M
Boston College High School Hosts First Home Night Recital
The Boston College High School held its first Home Night last evening in the James street building gym. More than 1000 prep students attended and organizers plan to make it an annual event modeled after the college's own home night. The new BC president attended and received an enthusiastic reception.
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Boston College High School
James Street
Maroon and Gold College
Boston College
Bancroft Denies Resigning From Boston Elevated Line
General William A. Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Railway Company denies rumors he will resign his post within days. He states no intention to resign and unset rumors about succession. Reports also suggest Patrick F. Sullivan might be replaced by Robert Goff and Thomas Lees of Lowell in Bay State lines leadership.
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William A. Bancroft
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Patrick F. Sullivan
Bay State Street Railway Lines
Bancroft
Sullivan
Bay State Lines
Robert Goff
The
Bay State Company
Thomas Lees
Lowell
Goff
Miss Draper Debuts At Society Dance At Somerset
Miss Helen H. Draper daughter of Mr and Mrs George Albert Draper of 297 Commonwealth avenue was formally presented to society at a dance in her honor by her parents at the Hotel Somerset. Flowers flooded the hall creating a brilliant centerpiece as guests gathered in the Louis Seize ballroom and adjoining suites for supper and viewing.
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Helen H. Draper
George Albert Draper
Commonwealth Avenue
Somerset
Louis Seize
Adelaide Jordan Dies in Mills Fire at Emery's Mills
Miss Adelaide Jordan twenty is burned to death in a Sanford Maine mill fire. Her clothes caught fire from a stove and burned away before neighbors could extinguish the flames. She is the daughter of Sidney Jordan.
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Sanford, Me
Adelaide Jordan
Emery’s Mills
Sidney Jordan
Overcoat Thieves Striking Harvard Campus
Harvard students warned to watch coats in dining halls recitation rooms labs and dorms as a gang of professional thieves targets fur and high priced overcoats. Several garments have vanished and some were later found in pawn shops in Boston.
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Harvard
Boston
Socialist Demonstration in Boston Over Copper Strike
A large protest meeting and parade at Faneuil Hall in Boston oppose copper mine conditions and President Moyer's indictment. Dr. James P. Reid of Providence will speak, with labor leaders and stock owners from New England participating.
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Michigan
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Faneuil Hall
James P. Reid
Providence
R. I
New England
Greater
Boston
Park Square
Moyer
West
One Day Cure for Gold and Grip Ad
An old classified style notice touts a laxative product branded Bromo Quinine. It claims “Cures a Gold in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days.” The advertisement features a price of 25 cents and asks readers to look for the signature of E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Miss Pollard Weds Alvin F Sortwell at Emmanuel Church
Elise Pollard daughter of Mr and Mrs A Wilder Pollard of Commonwealth avenue married Alvin F Sortwell Cambridge Harvard 1914 at the Church of the Emmanuel Newbury street The Rev Samuel McComb assisted by Rev Reginald Heber Howe performed the ceremony A quiet wedding with about 100 invitations amid family mourning for the elder sister Mrs J Murray Kay Jr of Brookline who died in December 1912
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Elise Pollard
A. Wilder Pollard
Commonwealth Avenue
Alvin F. Sortwell
Cambridge
Harvard
Church of the Emmanuel
Newbury Street
Samuel McComb
the Emmanuel
Reginald Heber Howe
Church of Our Saviour
Longwood
J. Murray Kay, Jr
Brookline
Health Day Observed Across Granite State
The state marked Health Day statewide following Governor Felkner’s proclamation. Social and charitable groups urged sanitary conditions in homes and workplaces while schools focused on health in lessons and student exhortations.
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Granite State
Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Samuel D. Felkner
Ray ordered to testify in alimony contempt case
William F. Ray of Norwood tied to a prominent local family must appear in Suffolk County Court on January 22 to testify in contempt proceedings by his former wife, Isabella W. Ray of Charlestown. She seeks alimony of 100 dollars a month plus 200 dollars in counsel fees, after a December 4 divorce ruling in Dedham citing intoxication and failure to provide. Ray reportedly has paid nothing.
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William F. Ray
Norwood
Suffolk County Court
Isabella W. Ray
Charlestown
Ray
Norfolk County
Dedham
Gordon
John F
Siegel Company Receivers Contest Bankruptcy Filing
Receivers for the Henry Siegel Company deny all acts of bankruptcy and seek trial of the facts if the court takes jurisdiction. They argue the Boston store is tightly linked with other Siegel stores and should not be separated under receivership. They deny insolvency and the local store’s request for receivers.
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Boston
Siegel
Typos Celebrate Franklin Birthday Dinner in Boston
About 175 members of the Franklin Typographical Society and the Boston Typothetae Board of Trade gathered at the Boston City Club to mark Benjamin Franklin's 208th birthday. Charles H. Phinney presided as toast honored Franklin the printer born in Boston on January 17, 1706. Speakers included James T. William Jr and George H. Ellis, with the Rev. R. Perry Bush and Philip Hale. A gold purse was given to Leonard Raymond for 15 years as treasurer of theTypographers.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Typographical Society
Boston Typothetae Board of Trade
Boston City Club
Charles H. Phinney
Boston
James T. William, Jr
George H. Ellis
Boston Poultry Show Wins With Andalusian Male Crowned Champion
W Orlando Jennings's Andalusian male bird won a three-bird England imports contest at Mechanics Hall Boston amid record crowds. Cardinal O'Connell and others attended as London dealers Cook & Son reported record sales, and exhibitors planned next year's Boston entries. Champion cups awarded to birds from Riley Strafford Sharpe Brockton Dwight Boston and others.
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Mechanics’ Hall
England
Boston
Jenning
Cardinal O'Connell
Mer
Michael J. Splaine
Mitrauis
Marquise d’Andique
France
Marquise
Rhode Island Red Club
William Cook & Son
London
United States
Clem Watson
New York
Boston Poultry Association
Plymouth Rock
H. D. Riley
Strafford
Penn
A. R. Sharpe
J. W. Shaw
Brockton
Mass
Pigeon and Poultry Show Highlights and Auctions
United Breeders Inc of South Braintree won the Pigeon Challenge Cup for best rose comb or single comb Rhode Island Red male. Grove Hill Poultry Yards took the Brown Leghorn male cup. Hamburg class drew crowds led by Hamburg Bill Munich who touted record birds. Tonight ends at 10. The Cat Show concluded. pigeons’ innings start this afternoon with a planned sale and pigeon club meeting.
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Rhode Island
United Breeders, Inc
South Braintree
W. CC
Baylies
Grove Hill Poultry Yards
Waltham
Hamburg
Munich
Pigeon Club
Scales Weds Sister In Law In Roxbury Home
Roxbury residents were surprised by the marriage of Henry Scales of 2966 Washington Street to his sister in law Mary A C Newton at Rev Harry J Holden’s home at 2 Crestwood Park Roxbury The couple, both London natives, have lived together with Scales’ late wife for over 30 years. he is 69 and she 54.
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Roxbury
Henry Scales
Washington Street
Mary A. C. Newton
Harry J. Holden
Crestwood Park
Scales
Seales
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Boston College High
Miss Draper
Sewing Circle
Maine
Toad Copper
Miss Pollard
Alvin Foye Sortwell
Emmanuel Church
Deny Siegel
Henry Siegel Company
United States District Court
Franklin
W. Orlando Jenning
R. H.stearns & Co
James M. Curley
Sunday Post
Crittenton
Julian Hawthorne
Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard College
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