Mr Hibbard Resting Easy After Pneumonia Battle
Ashmont postmaster Mr. Hibbard is resting easy at home after a difficult illness. Dr. E. M. Buckingham reports he is quite sick but improving, with recovery expected soon. He traveled to Brooklyn for his brother Edwin A. Hibbard’s funeral, then returned to Boston and grew fatigued, contracting pneumonia.
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Mr. Hibbard
George A. Hibbard
Ashmont
Mass
E. M. Buckingham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edwin A. Hibbard
Message From Spirit World Sparks Controversy In New York
A New York society woman, asking to remain unnamed, claims Dr. Richard Hodgson contacted her from the spirit world after his Boston death. She describes a convulsive handwriting message stating it is Hodgson and requesting she tell Professor James. She says she studied under Hyslop at Columbia and has written on spiritualism but denies being a medium.
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New York
Hodgson
Boston
Richard Hodgson
Professor James
William James
Society
Hyslop
Columbia University
Appointments in Cambridge Hearings and Reappointments
Mayor Thurston of Cambridge submitted January appointments to the Board of Aldermen. Most incumbents were reappointed. new member Edward P. Collier succeeds Rev. J Henry Dockrey on the Library Trustees. Cemetery Commissioners, Buildings Superintendent Tracy, Milk and Vinegar Inspector Norris, Survey member McMenimen, and Health vacancy fill Kidder all named. An order seeks noise reduction on Massachusetts avenue tracks between Waterhouse and Mt Vernon streets.
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Thurston
Cambridge
Board of Aldermen
W. T. Piper
John Buckley
Edward P. Collier
J. Henry Dockrey
Herbert A. Chase
Samuel Usher
John Lynch
John S.S. Clary
Board of Cemetery Commissioners
Thomas F. Tracy
Albert Norris
Fred McMenimen
Board of Survey
Albert W. Kidder
Board of Health
Arthur R. Henderson
Massachusetts Avenue
Waterhouse
Mt. Vernon
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Her Many Nurses
Washington reports that Miss Alice Roosevelt said she did not expect so many nurses would wish to help her veil during her wedding and attend the ceremony. Six nurses have asked for the privilege along with numerous blood relatives seeking White House access and gifts to be shown publicly.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Alice
White House
Miss Alice
Miss Roosevelt
United States
Clayton Commander Elected At East Boston Camp Meeting
At Music Hall East Boston Camp No 3 elected officers led by CC W Clayton and M A Driscoll with J R Hennessey as adjutant and A G Payson as quartermaster Also named were T H Costello paymaster and F J Balkin color sergeant The camp shows 2 active and 10 honorary members Installation date to be announced later
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East Boston
Music Hall
CC. W. Clayton
M. A. Driscoll
E. R. Gray
J. R. Hennessey
A. G. Payson
T. H. Costello
CC. A. Martell
W. J. Elwell
J. J. Shannon
M. J. McDonough
F. J. Balkin
C. Vandervort
M. J. Graton
M. J. Merrigan
I. F. Clark
Diplomats Divided Over Miss Roosevelts Wedding Gift
Washington diplomatic circles are split over a joint gift for Miss Roosevelt. Ambassador Hengelmuller convened a meeting of ambassadors without inviting ministers, provoking indignation among ministers who may send their own gift. Several diplomats plan personal gifts regardless.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Count Hengelmuller
English High Class of '92 Holds Reunion
The WW4th annual reunion banquet of the class of 92 at English High School was held at Quincy House with 68 members present. All former teachers who taught that class spoke, including John Casey and James A. Bentley. Walter Gould Lincoln launched a $1000 reunion fund to cover future expenses. Officers elected were Walter A. Webster president Frank A. Coburn and William A. Bogart vice presidents and Lincoln secretary treasurer. Letters of regret came from J Pierpont Morgan and Thomas W Lawson.
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English High Schol
Quincy House
John Casey
James A. Bentley
George W. ‘Yames P. LeBon
James Thom GB. Travis
Albert P. Walker
Iliams
Gould Lincoln
Walter A. Webster
Frank A. Coburn
William A. Bogart
Walter Gould Lincoln
J. Pierpont Morgan
Thomas W. Lawson
Annual meeting of New England Deaconess Association funds hospital
The New England Deaconess Association held its annual meeting at 2 30 PM in the Wesleyan Association committee room 86 Bromfield street. Members pledged 2000 toward the hospital fund to start building soon. Old officers were re elected and R S Douglass added to the board. Reports showed progress across departments.
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New England Deaconess Association
Wesleyan Association
Bromfield Street
R. S. Douglass
W. T. Perrin
T. C. Watkins
Emma H. Watkins
Josephine Fisk
Deaconess Home
Orianna F. Harding
Bible Training School
Ahring
Ellen Hibbard
Deaconess Journal
T. A
Archdiocesan Changes Made in Boston Clergy
Important transfers and changes in the Archdiocese of Boston were announced yesterday. Father Michael J. Scanlan is transferred from Concord to become an assistant at Holy Cross Cathedral. Father Scanlan, from East Boston, is expected at the Cathedral in a few days. Father John J. McGarry of the South End takes Scanlan’s place at Concord. He was ordained in Rome. Father M. J. Duffy, ordained at the Cathedral at Christmas, has been loaned to the Providence diocese as assistant at Valley Falls, R I, for perhaps six months. Father Duffy is from Quincy. Father William J. O’Connell has been assigned temporarily to Randolph.
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Archdiocese of
Boston
Michael J. Scanlan
Concord
Holy Cross Cathedral
Father Scanlan
John J. McGarry
South End
Father Twomey
Father McGarry
Rome
M. J. Duffy
Providence
R. I
Valley Falls
Father Cassidy
Father Duffy
Quincy
William J. O’connell
Randolph
Knights in Blackface minstrel show at Brookline Town Hall
Brookline Council 110 with Knights of Columbus staged their annual minstrel show before a large audience in Town Hall. Interlocutor Thomas B. McCaffrey led the performance with a cast including Miss Mary O'Brien Miss Sarah Reardon Miss Gertrude Keasley Miss Kitty McMahon Miss Janie Gallagher Miss Irene O'Connor Patrick Rutledge William Caulfield John McCarthy Harry Walsh William Riley and Robert Sheehan.
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Brookline Council
Knights of Columbus
Thomas B. McCaffrey
Mary O’brien
Sarah Reardon
Gertrude Keasley
Kitty McMahon
Janie Gallagher
Irene O’connor
Patrick Rutledge
William Caulfield
John McCarthy
Harry Walsh
William Riley
Robert Sheehan
Bailey Re-elected President At Annual Meeting
J Warren Bailey of Somerville was re-elected president at the eleventh annual meeting held yesterday by the Mas- group, with officials announcing continued leadership and next year’s planned program.
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J. Warren Bailey
Somerville
Co operative Banks' League Meeting Noted in Wesleyan Hall
In Wesleyan Hall the Massachusetts Co operative Banks League held a meeting with D Eldredge of this city serving as secretary and treasurer.
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Sachusetts Co-operative Banks’ League
Wesleyan Hall
D. Eldredge
Massachusetts Republican Club Elects Officers and Policy Stance
At the annual meeting of the Republican Club of Massachusetts officers were elected: President Grafton D. Cushing of Hingham, secretary Charles B. Barnes Jr. of Hingham, treasurer Arthur L. Devens of Hamilton. Cushing said the club does not plan a platform or back any particular candidate, though it may draft doctrines in the future. The executive committee praised campaign poster advertising.
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Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Grafton D. Cushing
Charles B. Barnes, Jr
Hingham
Arthur L. Devens
Hamilton
Cushing
Harvard Installs Liquid Air Machine in Boylston Hall
Harvard will use a new liquid air machine designed by Professor W. P. Bradley to produce two quarts of liquid air per hour for research. A 20 horsepower motor will drive the device, to be installed immediately in Boylston Hall.
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Harvard
Boylston Hall
W. P. Bradley
Wesleyan University
England Wins Venus of Velasquez For Record Sum
London reports England has outbid France to acquire the famed Venus of Velasquez. The painting was bought for over a quarter million dollars with the purchase money guaranteed by an anonymous donor.
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London
England
France
Venus of Velasquez
Standard
Oppose Buying Lighting Plant at Boston Merchants Meeting
At a special directors meeting the Boston Merchants Association unanimously opposed establishing a municipal lighting plant. They warned of a $60,000,000 damage claim and a $3,000,000 annual city burden, urging city council to defeat the proposed vote and support related legislative actions and committees.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
A. Shuman
Amory A. Lawrence
Jerome Jones
Arthur C. Farley
Josiah E. Bacon
John CC. Cobb
Harry W. Cumner
John Hopewell
F. O. Houghton
Joseph B. Russell
Edward
Shuman
Common Council
Hopewell
Jones
Association
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Board of Trade
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Board of Directors
The
Boston Transit Commission
Indian football star Dillon ill delays Carlisle wedding
Charles Dillon a famed Sioux Indian football guard at Carlisle Indian School was seized by pneumonia after Saturday's rehearsal for his planned wedding to Rose LaFarge a Crow girl. Officials halted the elaborate ceremony set for seven tonight and hope Dillon recovers within days with plans to wed before week’s end.
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Carlisle
Penn
Charles Dillon
Rose LaFarge
Dillon
Bridegroom Revealed as Woman in Independence Arrest
In Independence Missouri on January 23 John Allaine Whitman and Miss Marietta Jolley wed in a morning ceremony by Justice J. F. Buchanan. Suspicious friends led to Whitman’s arrest when it surfaced that he was really Pauline Webster, a woman. Jolley allegedly said she could not live without him.
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Independence
John Allaine Whitman
Marietta Jolley
J. F. Buchanan
Whitman
Pauline Webster
Jolley
Mrs William Clark Stuart Charged In Poisoning Husband
Gloster Mississippi January 23 Mrs William Clark Stuart wife of a wealthy planter is charged with poisoning her husband to collect a life insurance policy of 10000 dollars.
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Gloster
William Clark Stuart
Vermont mill owner killed in elevator shaft
Hardwick Vermont January report: Frank T. Russell proprietor of a flour mill died after being trapped in an elevator shaft at his mill. He spent the night at work due to power trouble and was found by his wife after she freed him.
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Hardwick
Frank T. Russell
Fusiliers Depart for New York Ball
The Boston Fusiliers led by Major William E. Martin depart at 6 p m today via the Fall River line to attend a ball hosted by the Old Guard of New York.
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Boston Fusiliers
William E. Martin
Fall River Line
Old Guard of
New York
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Clayton
East
Boston Camp
Deaconess Hospital
Archdiocesan
Rev
M. J. Scanlan
Knights IN Black-Face
K. C
Bailey
Massachusetts Co-operative Banks League
Republican Club
New-York Life Insurance CO
Alexander E. Orr
Tee
New York Insurance Dept
Messrs. Price
New-York Life Insurance Company
Haskins & Sells, Certified Public Accountants
Elijah W. Sells
C.P.A
Pai
Mer
Legislative Committee
Rose LA Farge
Vermont
Fusiliers
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