Union League Shows Gains at Biennial Session
The Union Fraternal League held its biennial session at the Quincy House reporting the largest membership increase and record financial balance. Officers noted 2899 applications since the last meeting with 69 rejected, 48 death claims paid, and 574 sick and accident claims. Financials showed rising balances with 1908 and 1909 receipts and a grand total of 54148.52, and total death and disability claims to date totaling 282063.07. New officers were elected including John Merrill of Boston as supreme president and James F. Reynolds as supreme treasurer.
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Supreme Congress of the Union Fraternal League
Quincy House
Supreme Medical Director
J. P. Roubern
Salem
Supreme Treasurer
Assembly
James F. Reynolds
Supreme
John Merrill
Boston
William McKeever
Lynn
T. A. Paradis
North Grosvenordale
Conn
Philips J. Tetrault
Holyoke
Joseph E. Pellerin
Manchester
N. H
Somerville
John C. Barthelmes
Brookline
J. P. Roulier
Edward J. Dailey
M. D
John P. Leahy
Dorchester
W. S. James
Cleveland
John
Trial of Cleveland Chief Kohler Opens Defense Push
The second day of the trial of Chief Fred Kohler, nicknamed the Golden Rule Chief, opens with the defense buoyed. Prosecutors call their key witness from the red light district to prove charges of immorality and related offenses.
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Clevela
Fred Kohler
Cleveland
Bak
Red Light District
Witnesses Implicate Chief Kohler in Alcohol Disorder
Testimony centers on a woman’s sighting of Chief Kohler drinking in a disorderly house and on Patrick J. Brown a former Muncie police officer who signed charges against the official. Brown said Kohler refused to hear a theft report and ordered him from the office amid cross examination reveals bets and bias. Several officers testified to Kohler’s intoxication and disciplinary actions against three policemen by the chief.
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Kohler
Patrick J. Brown
Muncie
Ind
Brown
Cost of Travel Goes Up on Two Rail Lines
Passenger rates rose yesterday on the Boston and Maine and the Boston and Albany lines at distant points, but Boston commuters are unaffected. Officials say the changes restore pre February 1 1907 and pre 1906 rates, respectively, after voluntary 10 percent reductions.
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Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Boston
Rail fares rise across New England railways in major stations
Rail operators cite higher operating costs and stagnant new revenue as reasons for the fare increases. Key changes include Boston to Salem 20c to 35c, Boston to Portland 2.30 to 2.50, and Boston to Albany 3.80 to 4.50, with several Massachusetts Central Division towns also up. The New York New Haven Hartford line keeps rates unchanged for now.
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Boston & Maine
Boston
Salem
Lowell
Lawrence
Concord
N. H
Portsmouth
N.H
Portland
Rochester
Bellows Falls
Clinton Junction
Clinton
Bondsville
Belchertown
Pansy Park
South Amherst
Fast Hadley
Hadley
Amherst
Northampton
Boston & Albany
Highland
Newton
Worcester
Springfield
Albany
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Revised Book of Psalms Adopted by United Presbyterians
The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church adopted a revised Book of Psalms in Philadelphia today after a spirited session. Rev. W. A. Campbell of Mercer Penn led the opposition to the revised book.
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Philadelphia
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church
W. A. Campbell
Mercer
Penn
Girls Society entertains parish at Dorchester church
The Girls Friendly Society of St. Ann's Episcopal Church Dorchester hosted a parish gathering with two farces No Admittance and Susans Finish. Cast included Agnes Foyer Gladys Ritchie Mabel Hodgkins May Collins Florence Fletcher Violet Fletcher Sylvia Fletcher Amelia Fletcher Rosalie Rowe and a sketch A Pair of Lunatics featuring Professor Stone and Ida F Powell.
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St. Ann's Episcopal Church
Dorchester
Susan
Agnes Foyer
Gladys Ritchie
Mabel Hodgkins
May Collins
Florence Fletcher
Violet Fletcher
Sylvia Fletcher
Amelia Fletcher
Rosalie Rowe
Professor Stone
Ida F. Powell
Rose Festival Aids St Josephs Roxbury Beloved Event
A rose festival to aid St Josephs Church Roxbury will be at Inter Colonial Hall on Saturday June 4. The afternoon features children and mothers with a Rose Byrne led program including a rose dance and flag dance by parish pupils. The evening centers on the parish adults with a French doll exhibit in a Timothy Smith Company window.
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St. Joseph's Church
Roxbury
Miss Rose Byrne
Miss Byrne
St. Joseph’s Parochial School
St. Joseph's
Morrison
Elizabeth Lavey
Reynolds
Timothy Smith Company
Giant 25-Pound Lobster Draws Crowd In Chat ham
One of the largest lobsters ever brought in by Captain Frank Gaspa on the schooner Matchless. The five foot crustacean weighed nearly 25 pounds and was hauled from the ocean bottom off Chat ham. It is estimated to be about 29 years old.
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Frank Gaspa
Matchless
Chatham
Explosion Kills 25 In Utah Cement Quarry
In Devil's Slide Utah a quarry operated by Union Portland Cement Works was rocked by a blast today killing 25 workers and injuring several others. The incident occurred about 30 miles east of Ogden.
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Ogden
Utah
Union Portland Cement Works
Devil's Slide
British Sunday school delegates to visit Boston five days
British visitors from a World Sunday school convention will arrive in Boston this afternoon at 4 40. The party will tour the suburbs by auto before dinner and stay five days at the Commonwealth Hotel. Led by Mr Hartshorn, they will depart on the steamship Ivernia next Tuesday morning.
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Boston
Ivernia
Washington, D. C
Huntington Avenue
Ww. N. Hartshorn
City
Commonwealth Hotel
Cure Claims for Pink Pills Tonic in Nervous Disorders
Advocates say partial paralysis and severe nervous disorders can improve with Dr Williams Pink Pills. The remedy builds blood to nourish the nervous system, with hundreds of cures cited by grateful patients. It is described as harmless and non addictive.
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Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Paralyzed Patient Credits Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mr Olave E Dallimore of 38 Nassau St New York City recounts paralysis years earlier with locomotor ataxia then Landry's paralysis. After doctors gave days to live he started Dr Williams Pink Pills and recovered in eight months, returning to work and driving to Niagara Falls.
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Williams
Olave E. Dallimore
Nassau Street
New York City
Landry
London
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
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Supreme Congress
Boylston St
Martin Prince
Mass
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk
GHO. A. P
Onesimus Dermo
Boylston Street
J. C. Bayles
New York
Birt
E. M. Dickson
Resiner St
Indianapolis
Blasin Co
Maine
David
Girls’ Society
Theresa E. White
Whitefield
Coos Co. N. H
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
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