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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1896

Page

6

Funeral for Jurist Charles T Russell Draws Cambridge

The Cambridge community gathered at Shepard Memorial Church for the funeral of Charles Theodore Russell jurist statesman and patriot. Dr Alexander McKenzie led the service with a Carnegie of floral tributes and a Mt Auburn interment. The procession included Russell family members prominent officials and university representatives.

Shepard Memorial Church Cambridge Harvard Square University City Charles Theodore Russell Alexander McKenzie Charles C. Read Dr. McKenzie C. T. Russell, Jr J. _B. Russell H. E B. Russell W. E. Russell Manning Emery Merrill Wynan, Jr George C. Deane J. Bertram Williams Robert J. Melledge William Brewster Robert J. Edwards Governor Greenhalge Boston Towboat Company Campridge City McKenzie House of God New England Church of the New England Fathers Mt. Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Town Council Board of Aldermen Boston University Law School Harvard College Peabody Smith Shaler William A. Bancroft George A. Allison Russell Edwards Stratton Woodbury McCarcoron A. Wyman G .S. Saunders Allen F. Sortwell Gardner Lane Hale and Saunders Hammond Parker and Parker and Wells, Hons. E. B. Hale James A. Fox E. B. James Frederick Halses

Somerville Home for Aged Poors New Wings Dedicated

The Congregation of the Little Sisters dedicated and blessed the new chapel and two wings at the Somerville Home for the Aged Poor on Highland Avenue. About 160 inmates attended, the oldest over 90, with mass led by Rev. James J. O’Bren and sermon by Rev. Father Boursaud. The five story brick building will house additional facilities, including a large chapel with seating for 350 and no organ.

Home For the Congregation of the Little Sisters Highland Avenue Somerville C. T. McGrath St. Joseph’s Church Union Square James J. O’bren St. Catherine’s Church Father McGrath John Galvin St. Anne’s Church Winter Hill Sisters of the Home Father Boursaud S. J Boston College Little Sisters New England America Flor Fire Sisters Charlestown United States

Historic Haverhill funeral honors James H Winchell

James Henry Winchell is remembered with unprecedented honors at his burial in Haverhill. Thousands filed past his casket at Pleasant Street home before a 3000-strong service crowd led by the Knights Templar and Masons. The procession included the city band, two shoe factories, and corporate pallbearers from the Second National Bank.

Haverhill James Henry Winchell Pleasant Street Haverhill Commandery Knights Templars George H. Reed T. D Perkins George L. Emerson J. H. Winchell & Co Linwood Cemetery Thomas E. St. John George Brooks

Brockton Central Labor Union Admits Press and Union Talks

Brockton Jan 19. For the first time the Central Labor Union admitted representatives of the two local papers and the New England Associated Press. The group discussed whether the Barbers and Bakers unions should join the A F L or be denied admission and set Feb 1 as a deadline for non affiliating unions. A petition to amend factory laws to cover newspaper publishers with new typesetting devices was endorsed. Mayor Pingree of Detroit sent a note on cheap fares and a vote of thanks. A deputy was elected to oppose biennial elections in Boston, and actions were taken on Typographical Union price scales and convict manufacture stamps.

Brockton Brockton Central Labor Union New England Associated Press A. F. of L Journeymen Barbers’ Union of America Barbers’ Union Central Lodge Cc. L. U Bakers Barbers Wade Pingree Detroit Boston Michael Moran Martin Typographica Union 224 Brockton Enterprise Brockton Times Board of Aldermen

St James C T A and L Society Concert Featured Local Talent

A large St James C T A and L Society hall gathering entertained members and friends for three hours with a program led by Hattie Hynes piano solo Edward Haden recitation James Baker baritone solo and more including William Woods tenor solo Messrs Healy and Burke piccolo William Healy cornet solo P Burke reader Andrew O Keefe reader John C Conway baritone solo William Howard Mc Shane comedian and the Manola Mason Quartet.

ST. James C. T. A L. Society Hattie Hynes Edward Haden James Baker William Woods Messrs

Ice Cutting Mishap Injures Two Men at Cook's Pond

Two workers at Cook's Pond Water town were injured while cutting ice yesterday. Herbert Mis suffered a crushed foot as a cake of ice struck him. Charlies Holt twisted his ankle when his foot caught in a loose chain.

Cook’s Pond Watertown Herbert Mis Charlies Holt

Drunken Desperation Ends in Critical Self Harm

Dominick D Brown a 43 year old man in a lodging at 44 Tennyson Street attempted suicide in a delirium tremens episode after a recent debauch. He slashed his throat with a razor nearly severing the jugular vein and fought the surgeons at City Hospital where his condition remains critical despite heavy blood loss. He had no known friends or relatives in the city.

Dominick D. Brown Tennyson Street City Hospital Brown

Book Promotion and Global Sales Figures

A brief note highlights a fraction and promotional instruction for a constitution book. It cites annual sales exceeding 6,960,000 boxes and urges readers to obtain the book via provided ISIN based purchase channels.

Testimonial to Fr Donovan at St Francis de Sales Charlestown

Parishioners of St Francis de Sales in Charlestown held a musical and literary testimonial for Rev John M Donovan now assigned to Ipswich by Archbishop Williams. More than 100 attendees presented him with a purse of 800 dollars after a program featuring local singers and instrumentalists.

St. Francis de Sales Church Charlestown Bunker Hill Street John M. Donovan Archbishop Williams Donovan Ipswich John O’brien Vennie Keating Leyden Miss de Ham Texas Rose Rothwell James H. Mahoney St. Francis de Sales Father Donovan

Emmet Birthday Observance By Hibernian Total Abstinence

A Hibernian Total Abstinence Association meeting in Carrol Hall initiates new members including Joseph J. St James Pittsfield and Boston figures. Plans for March 4 at Faneuil Hall include an Emmet birthday celebration with an oration by Judge Corcoran and John Murphy, plus a poem by Dennis McCarthy and a wider Catholic abstinence gathering.

Hibernian Total St. James P. J. Callahan William J. Daly James A. Murphy John J. Ryan B. D. Connolly Robert Emmet Faneuil Hall Jon W. Corcoran John R. Murphy Charestown Dennis A. McCarthy East Cambridge Oth J. J. Manning Edmund Phelan P. J. Brady Denis Higins Thomas J. McGarry Denis A McCarthy Maurice Dinneen James E. Skinnell M. P. O’connor M. J. O’brien

Burglars Hit Boston & Maine Stations in Biddeford

Burglars blew open safes at Old Orchard and Pine Point railroad stations, taking small sums. The Old Orchard explosion shattered ticket office windows, and police suspect the same gang active recently in Portland Scarborough Bridgton and Gorham.

Biddeford Boston & Maine Railroad Old Orchard Pine Point Portland Scarboro Bridgton Gorham

Emperor honors 25th anniversary with 2000 decorations

In Berlin at the White Hall a special Reichsanziger edition lists 2000 decorations awarded at the Ordensfest marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the German empire. Emperor William attends the ceremony this afternoon.

Berlin William Schloss Reichsanziger

Boston Doctors Call Public Spitting a Health Menace

Boston physicians praise New York Board of Health for tackling wholesale spitting in public places. They warn that expectoration spread by skirts and dust can carry contagious diseases, especially tuberculosis, into homes and cars, urging city action and public education.

Parker Massachusetts General Hospital New York Boston Board of Health Cyrus Edson

Belmonts at Vendome Spark Boston Wealth Wedding

At the Hotel Vendome Oliver H. P. Belmont of New York and his wife formerly Mrs Willie K Vanderbilt arrive with a large retinue. They came from Southboro where the bride has a son named Master Vanderbilt. The couple plan a brief Boston stay before departing this afternoon.

Hotel Vendome Commonwealth Avenue Oliver H. P. Belmont New York Willie K. Vanderbilt

Daring City Gang Supposedly Driven from Town

Police shattered a well organized gang of 15 to 20 crooks led by a man called Doctor. The group, arriving from New York after Montreal, planned from a Milton Street house but fled the city when officers surprised the lair. Captain Wescott led the crackdown and the gang vanished.

New York Montreal Canada Wescott Station 3

Also Mentioned on This Page

Charles House Dedi- Theodore Russell Inter Ment Mt. Auburn Washington House of Representatives Committee On Committee On Ways and Means Savannah Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Sewell New Jersey Davis Messrs. Morgan Sherman Cullom Lodge Frye Gray Teller Mr. Daniel White Cockrell Financial Committee Jones Nevada House Brockton G. L. A John Woodei Iry Winter Street Peechuu Consti Brooklyn FR. Donovan Emmet’s Corcoran J. R. Murphy THE Belmonts Southboro Sunday Post Amy Busby Thomas A. Edison Art Department Post
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