Tomorrow Brings Boston Taxicab Service Start
Boston taxi service begins tomorrow with 21 new vehicles to operate by week’s end. Police Commissioner O Meara met yesterday with Armstrong Transfer Company and cabmen to discuss rates. Cabmen favor zone charges. taxis will bill by distance via a taxi meter. cabmen claim higher fares, company says 33 to 50 percent cheaper. Commissioner will study details before ruling.
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Boston
O'Meara
Armstrong Transfer Company
Sons to Officiate at Mrs Herlihy Funeral Roxbury
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Herlihy will be held at St. Joseph's Church Roxbury with two of her sons the Rev C J Herlihy and the Rev J J Herlihy officiating. Interment is at Holyhood cemetery. Pallbearers include Alderman James Curley Senator John Butler and others. Mrs Herlihy lived in Roxbury over 25 years and was active in church work.
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Mary Herlihy
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
C. J. Herlihy
J. J. Herlihy
Holyhood Cemetery
James Curley
John Butler
Thomas Dillon
Richard Brooks
Thomas Symonds
John Clarke
C.J. Herlihy
Gloucester
Herlihy
D. M. Herlihy
Suffolk Bar
Trull’s Body Washed Ashore From Dolphin Explosion
The body of John P. Trull of Woburn, a victim of the Dolphin launch explosion in Buzzard's Bay, was washed ashore Scraggy Neck. Edward E. Pecker, a survivor, identified the body by a seal ring and features. He had remained in the area to aid in locating recovered victims.
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Cataumet
Mass
Buzzard's Bay
Edward E. Pecker
John P. Trull
Woburn
Pecker
Marion
Buzzard’s Bay
Mr. Trull
Escaping Gas In Room Nearly Kills Young Woman
Miss Jennie Coombs a 21 year old waitress recently employed on Tremont Street narrowly escaped gas poisoning at her lodging on 50 Worcester Street Monday night. She was revived at City Hospital and to leave today. A maid at the house may have saved her life after discovering fumes escaping from a partly open door.
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Jennie Coombs
Tremont Street
Worcester Street
City Hospital
Miss Coombs
Organist Hessian Weds Singer in His Choir
At St. Patrick's Church Roxbury organist John P Hessian wed choir singer Miss May Burke of 4 Burrell Street Roxbury in a ceremony led by Rev Thomas Galagher. Burke a Parochial School of St Patrick's graduate known for her vocal talents. Hessian has written many compositions and long worked with George Whiting organist of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in musical productions. Sister Rose Burke bridesmaid and brother Thomas B Hessian best man.
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St. Patrick’s Church of
Roxbury
John P. Hessian
May Burke
Burrell Street
Thomas Galagher
Miss Burke
Parochiel School of
Hessian
George Whiting
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Rose/ Burke
Thomas B. Hessian
Malden Suit Seeks Fifty Thousand for Alleged Alienation
Emma F. Heath sues wealthy widow Sarah F. Merriam for 50000 dollars claiming it equals a year of her husband Nathaniel Heath’s wages. Heath denies grounds, calls suit pointless and vows no compromise as Merriam disputes the accusation, noting business ties and household arrangements.
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Malden
United States
Nathaniel
Emma F. Heath
Washington Street
Sarah F. Merriam
Pleasant Street
Merriam
Heath
Post
Evelyn
William
Hotel
Pulp Deposit A Nuisance Linked To New York Mills
Edward Hatch Jr and co owners claim New York pulp mills dump waste into Lake Champlain, foul waters and shores affecting riparian properties. Hatch asks Gov Proctor to urge New York authorities to act, after appeals failed to stop the pollution.
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Hatch
New York
Zeppelin Flyer Delayed by Steering Gear Breakage
Friedrichshafen July 14 The airship started from Lake Constance for a 24 hour flight but returned to its shed due to a breakage in the side steering gear. A next attempted ascent is planned for tomorrow night with Count Zeppelin at the helm and a distinguished party aboard.
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Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Constance
Wurtemberg
Count Zeppelin
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin
Professor Hergesell
Ministry of the Interior
Mischke
Navy
Hesse
General Staff
Lehmann
War Ministry
Sperling
Duerr and
Stahl
Stokes Attack Roosevelt Over Socialism Critique
Phelps Stokes and his wife Rose Harriet Stokes defend socialism in Stamford praising square deal as guide. They criticize Roosevelt for his Oyster Bay remarks and his stance on socialism calling his statements ignorant and harmful to the common good.
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Stamford
Conn
J. G
Phelps Stokes
Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Stokes
Forty Widows Hold Second Berwick Picnic
In Berwick Pennsylvania on July 14, forty widows aged 23 to 82 attended a unique second annual picnic. The event, celebrating the adage that it is better to have loved and lost, drew many memorable anecdotes and plans for a repeat gathering next year at the same time and place. No widowers were invited.
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Berwick
Penn
Piccnic
Final Tribute to Fr Smyth Opens Funeral Mass
The body of Rev. Father Hugh P. Smyth lay in state at St John’s Church Roxbury after a solemn procession from 26 Lawrence Ave. The funeral mass at 10 o’clock will be led by Rev. Philip J. O’Donnell with a full clerical service and a brief tribute by Archbishop O’Connell. Thousands attended the wake as robed priests chanted the office of the dead.
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Hugh P. Smyth
Lawrence Avenue
St. John’s Church
Blue Hill Avenue
Charles W. Regan
All Saints’ Church
Centre Street
Daniel C. Reardon
Newton
Roxbury
Father Smyth
Philip J. O’donnell
Arthur T. Connelly
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
John A. Connelly
St. Matthew's Church
Dorchester
M. J. Splaine
Joseph Lawless
E. J. Kenney
John O’keefe
O’connell
Cronin suspended indefinitely for on-field conduct
Providence pitcher Jack Cronin was fined 50 dollars and suspended indefinitely after striking umpire McTague during a game in Jersey City. The Eastern League president P T Powers handed down the order in Jersey City.
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McTague
Jersey City
Jack Cronin
Providence
P. T. Powers
Milliken Sells Nude Painting After Wife’s Plea
St. Louis chemist and mine owner John T. Milliken sold the Napoléon Nani canvas titled Stella to Norman M. Vaughan for 75000 dollars. The painting, ordered in bachelor days, shows a nude figure reclined on an ornate divan.
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ST. Louis
Belt Avenue
John T. Milliken
Norman M. Vaughan
Maryland Avenue
Stella
Napoléon Nani
Ethel Roosevelt to Be White House Debutante
Miss Ethel Roosevelt near Oyster Bay will turn 17 next month and be presented to society at the White House East Room, following an early debut by her elder sister Mrs. Longsworth. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will host a small party for her birthday and debutante ball with close friends.
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Ethel Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Oyster Bay
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Tata
United States Coffee Refining Company
Board of Trade
Geeming J.S. Coffee Refining CO
York, V
Mrs. Herlihy
Trull
Loy
Say Heath
Mrs. Merriam
Henry Siegel CO
Washington and Essex Streets
Boston, Mass
Amer
Ica
Henry Siegel
Washington and Essex Sts
FR. Smyth
Cronin
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