Fare raise would hit workers on Bay State lines
Salem and Lynn residents protested a proposed fare increase to 6 cents at a Public Service Commission hearing. Officials and town solicitors from Salem, Lynn, Swampscott, Saugus, Beverly, Danvers and others questioned Expert Feuster over valuation, maintenance costs, and planned changes including removing eight cent transfer checks and introducing fare zones on several routes.
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Bay State Street Railway
Public Service Commission
Swampscott
Saugus
Beverly
Danvers
Hamilton
Wenham
Middleton
Arthur G. Wadleigh
Wadleigh
Robert M. Feuster
James W. Santry
William D. Chapple
Mr. Chapple
Guy Richards
Joseph J. Sheenan
Peabody
Feuster
Feustel
Bay State
Salem Town House Square
Lynn General Electric Company
Peabody Square
West ‘Uynn
Chapple
British Steamer Baron Vernon Sunk
The British steamship Baron Vernon of 1779 tons gross has been sunk, Lloyds reports. The vessel was not armed.
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London
Baron Vernon
Lloyds
Cambridge Mayor withholds drug licenses amid veto risk
Mayor Rockwood has not signed the sixth class liquor licenses for 26 Cambridge druggists. The ten day limit expired yesterday and he left for St Louis for his son's wedding. Reports say he already vetoed the licenses and sent them to return to the council, threatening a veto override.
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Rockwood
Cambridge
St. Louis
Chaseville Mills Strike Reaches Settlement
Webster June 2 The 65 workers in the card and picker rooms of the Chaseville mills, part of the American Woolen Company, accepted Agent Prentiss Howard's compromise. Picker hands get 11.50 weekly, card strippers 13, up from 10.79 and 12.50 respectively, with 300 idle workers set to return Monday. A 10 percent demand had been raised.
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Webster
Chaseville
Amercan Woolen Company
Prentiss Howard
Cardinal O Connell Leads Priesthood Ordination at Cathedral
More than 4000 people gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross as Cardinal O Connell officiated the ordination of 18 men to the priesthood and 24 to the diaconate. The ceremony began with a low mass at 9 o clock and lasted over two hours.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Cardinal O’connell
Ordination Mass Welcomes Priests and Deacons
Priests from across the archdiocese filled the epistle side while hundreds of seminarians from St. John’s Seminary Brighton sat gospel side and center aisle. Cardinal addressed the ordinands after the mass, praising parents for their support. Names of ordained priests and deacons from multiple parishes and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate are listed.
Church notes mark 32nd anniversary of Cardinal O Connell
Next Monday marks the 32d anniversary of Cardinal O Connell ordination to the priesthood in Rome at St. John Lateran. Alumni of Boston YMCA evening school form an association led by George Ryan and Miss Marcelle LePage with Joseph H. Willis as honorary president. Clergy news includes Rev Dr Mark C Driscoll named spiritual director of the Technology Catholic Club at MIT. Also announced are June 10 ordinations for Rev William T Coholan and church events in Dorchester Street and Brighton.
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Church of St. John Lateran
Rome
Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston
George Ryan
Meade
Marcelle LePage
Gearson
Joseph H. Willis
Boston College
William T. Coholan
South Boston
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
New York City
Father Coholan
Mark C. Driscoll
St. Peter's Church
Cambridge
Technology Catholic Club
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Father Sriscall
M. J. Scanlan
Catholic Charitable Bureau
St. Regis
Lake Street
Brighton
William Devlin
S. J
St. Zita’s Association
Joseph A. Walsh
St. John’s Seminary
Twain's Companion Innocent Dead at 180
Stephen M. Griswold, friend of Henry Ward Beecher and Mark Twain, died at his Brooklyn home aged 180. For over six decades he was an usher at Plymouth Church and served a term in the State Senate beginning 1886. Born in Windsor Connecticut, he accompanied Twain on an excursion where Innocents Abroad was conceived and was hosted by the Russian emperor's palace during that trip.
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New York
Stephen M. Griswold
Henry Ward Beecher
Mark Twain
Brooklyn
Griswold
Plymouth Church
Dr. Beecher
State Senate
Windsor
Conn
Praise for leadership of Redmond in Ireland reforms
Judge Thomas P. Riley praised John F. Redmond and the constitutional movement in Ireland. He urged Irishmen to rely on leadership to complete reforms and achieve a government of Ireland for Ireland and Irishmen.
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Brockton
John F. Redmond
Constitutional Movement
Ireland
Thomas P. Riley
Ireland's path: constitutional movement vs revolutionary rise
Judge Riley urges readers to weigh the Irish party’s courage and the press, clergy, and public sentiment in deciding whether revolution or constitutional methods should lead Ireland. He recalls past movements, honors fallen patriots, and questions the legitimacy of revolution’s promises. He credits Redmond’s leadership and urges reasoned support.
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Ireland
Riley
Friends of Ireland
Constitutional Movement
Revolutionary Movement
John E. Redmond
Malden Pupils Celebrate Shakspere Tercentenary
More than 600 persons joined Malden High School pupils in a Shakspere tercentenary celebration in the school hall. The English Club presented 16th century dances and Shaksperean portraits with scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania was portrayed by Sara E. Thorpe, a capable junior, drawing special praise.
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Malden High School
Sara E. Thorpe
Titania
Everett Woman Shot by Husband Chester Walcott
Mrs Stella Walcott of 49 May Street West Everett was shot in the leg after a reported beating and being locked in a closet by her husband Chester Walcott brother of Joe Walcott. Police hunt for Walcott after he fled the scene.
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Stella Walcott
Massachusetts General Hospital
Everett
Chester Walcott
Joe Walcott
May Street
West
Walcott
Mayor's Son Receives Governor's Personal Letter
James M. Curley Jr., son of the mayor, owns a letter from Governor McCall. The governor wrote thanks for a bouquet James presented at a preparedness parade. He signs "My Dear Jimmie" and predicts a useful life for the boy.
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James M. Curley, Jr
McCall
James
Jimmie
Lfe
Funeral Services for Mrs. Mealey
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Mealey wife of Francis Mealey of 67 Franklin Street Brookline were held at St Marys Church Brookline. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev Father John Sheehan with deacon Rev Michael Coffey and sub deacon Rev John Kane. She was among Brooklines oldest residents and survived by her husband four sons and five daughters including Brookline firefighters Francis J John M and Peter A. Also a sister Mrs Michael McGrail and six nephews were pallbearers.
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Mary Mealey
Francis Mealey
Franklin Street
Brookline
St. Mary’s Church of the Assumption
John Sheehan
Michael Coffey
John Kane
Bradley Hill
Jamaica Plain
Jeremiah Murphy
Joseph Gurnane
Somerville
B. V. Mealey
Michael McGrail
Chestnut Hill
James Mahon
Charles Mahon
T. Jeremiah Mahon
John J. McGrail
James J. McGrail
Realty Man of Newburyport Dead
Frank E. Cutter a real estate and insurance broker of Newburyport died after months of illness He was born in the city 64 years ago and for many years headed the F I Cutter Son painting firm
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Newburyport
Frank E. Cutter
IF. E. Cutter & Son
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Roxbury
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