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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1913
Page
5
A petition from prominent West End residents of Malden urges the city to cull stray cats and garden henneries as part of a back to the farm movement. The document, expected to be sent to the police shortly, seeks to end the animal issue by killing.
Citizens protest an early morning pigeon mating scene on Florence Street prompting Officer Pete McLean to plan a city wide cat and hen roundup. Locals like T H Fairbairn urge a lion hunt style drive to curb nightly disturbances and nuisance roosters and hens.
The Women’s Home Mission Conference at East Northfield will end Friday. The Summer School for Sunday School Workers at the same venue will finish on Saturday.
In New Bedford a group of ministers forms a fast baseball squad at Buttonwood Park practicing daily before summer schedule. They have played the New Bedford lawyers and draw public interest as local politicians push for Sunday baseball with clergy approval. Notable members include Rev. J I Bartholomew, Rev. F H Peters, Rev. Oliver J Harris, Rev. Henry M Shields, Rev. Francis H Boyer, Rev. Hartley Ridgway, and Rev. H B Hinkley.
Peter Doyle C SS R was made rector. His brother Rev Thomas O Reilly C SS R was ordained to the priest hood by Rt Rev Thomas F Cusack auxiliary bishop of New York. Met Peter Rowan permanent rector reoccupies his cottage at Houghs Neck during hot weather. Over 100 New York City police from parishes joined the Holy Name Society of the Church of St Vincent Ferrer, a major branch in the city.
In Sharon Pennsylvania E E Wright and Pyatt Hubler unveiled a wooden minnow for bass fishing. It features a carved face with a tiny electric light and a hidden music box powered by a dry battery. The lure, painted red, is designed to coax bass with music rather than a standard spinner.
The Rev W Reynolds Cowardin of St Marys North End is in Philadelphia on missionary work matters. Rev Dennis A OBrien of Lowell, recently ordained in Rome, is assigned to St Anthonys Cohasset. A parochial school will rise on Chestnut Chelsea by Rev A Figlewiski of St Stanislaus Chelsea. Ref William Ullrich of St James Haverhill, hospitalized, shows improvement. he is brother of Rev Charles Ulrich of Gate of Heaven South Boston.
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