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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
2
Cardinal O Connell presided at a high mass of requiem for Rev Michael Dolan rector of Our Lady Help of Christians Newtonville. More than 100 priests attended with many monsignori. The church was crowded and Catholic society representatives were present. The Rt Rev Joseph G Anderson D obtained.
Cardinal OConnell led the elegy for the priest buried in Lowell after a day of state viewing. Auxiliary Bishop D. V. G. and bishops from the Philippines were present in the sanctuary. A requiem high mass opened the day, followed by a solemn high mass at 10 a.m. with multiple clergy assisting and music by diocesan choirs.
New York July 29 Kate Masterson a newspaper and magazine writer and playwright was today committed to Bloomingdale for treatment. She had been sent to Bellevue hospital two days earlier on her brother’s application after delusions that she was being persecuted were observed.
Loretta Thayer, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank L Thayer, has been secretly moved to friends home after three threatening letters and an incendiary fire at her Brockton residence. Authorities pursue suspect. The incident follows a week of fear and warning to Miss Thayer.
A Brockton High School girl moved with her parents to Abington at 1064 Washington Street received three more letters in the past week. The letters threaten violence unless she ends her relationship with her sweetheart, despite efforts to escape the harassing suitor.
Black Hand style letters ending with skull sketches followed Monday night by a pantry fire at the Thayer home. Incendiary origin suspected. $4000 coin collection saved, clothing and furniture damaged about $1000. Police seek a 19 year old Brockton High School alumnus reportedly enamoured of Miss Thayer.
The Department of Commerce reports a sharp drop in exports from Hamburg Kiel and Lubeck to the United States in the first six months of 1915. Value falls from 14,994,585 in 1914 to 1,158,257 in the current period with Hamburg leading the decline from over 13,000,400 to just over 1,000,000.
Three hundred and fifty red shirted men and 12 hand engines drew crowds at Chelsea yesterday. Despite heavy showers most of the day the veterans carried on with their programme and completed their celebration.
A morning parade in Chelsea featured fire engine units led by Mayor Malone and Governor's council member Hon. Herbert P. Walgatt. Hancock of Brockton won first with a 206+ ft hand engine throw, Fountain of South Hadley Falls took second after beating ex Mayor Hurley’s Salem team, third with 189 ft 11 1 2 in. Salem achieved 178 ft 2 in. A postparade banquet at the Chelsea engine house crowned the winners.
Jacob Grossman of Cambridge and Joseph Weiner of Roxbury were convicted yesterday in Roxbury District Court on cruelty charges from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They were fined $20 and $10 respectively for beating and driving a galled horse.
President Wilson grew uneasy about Ellen Wilson McAdoo health and sent physician Cary Grayson to Boston to consult Dr. Smith, a renowned children's disease expert. Mrs. McAdoo cares for the child but dietary trouble resisted treatment, delaying improvement.
The President plans to stay away from Washington for at least a week as his secretary Dr Gray s son heads to North Haven Maine to see the child. A visiting party including Edward P Barry and Bowles toured the summer home before continuing to Springfield with party leaders.
E Hopkins of Dorchester writes to the Post arguing against automobile use in Franklin Park. He notes Saturday rides with his sick wife, the bird cage and bear den areas, and fears speeding cars will endanger mothers, infants, and children, urging preserving the park as a car-free pleasure resort.
A reader urges republication of an editorial denouncing Park Commission Chairman Dillon's plan to open Franklin Park to automobile travel. The letter condemns shrubbery removal and street widening as unjustified, arguing the park should remain free for women and children and preserve its beauty.
A letter to the editor praises the Post for urging autos out of Franklin Park. The writer notes park roads are unfitted for cars and that the park is popular with children visiting the elephants, thanking the paper for its influence.
Bridgeport leaders pledge ongoing campaign for an eight hour workday across 150 or more plants after the Remington strike. J J Keppler, vice president of the International Association of Machinists, says he will stay in Bridgeport and rally members at a mass meeting tomorrow night.
Cambridge tale details Mary a blind woman living with her widow mother. She works at the Woolson House Shop as a skilled weaver earning all they have to live on.
A Cambridge woman loses her weekly pay and vacation car tickets. Her coworkers contribute to replace the salary, and a local boy returns the envelope and tickets. Mary offers a quarter, but the boy declines, saying his mother forbids payment for honesty. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind vouches for the tale.
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