Private funeral held for J. Montgomery Sears at Mt. Auburn
Mt. Auburn Cemetery gates stayed locked for J. Montgomery Sears services. Episcopal rites led by Bishop William Lawrence followed by a brief chapel service and a private procession to the crematory. Attendees included family and a few notable associates. outsiders were barred.
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J. Montgomery Sears
Mt. Auburn
William K. Russell
Southboro
Allston
William Lawrence
Diocese of
Massachusetts
George S. Pine
Church of the Holy Trinity
Marlboro
Sears
Church of the Advent
Dresden
George Gardner
Willard T. Sears
Francis Bowditch
Doctor Pfaff
S. D. Warren
West
Charles P. Gardner
William E. Doyle
Professor Hardy
Alpheus Hardy
James F. Ormond
Wife's Hour Death Vigil on Hartford Tracks
Mrs. Henry Dalton kept vigil beside the Hartford division tracks for seven hours after her maimed husband was struck by a train near Fishfry street. He lost an arm and a leg, was found alive at 7 am by Frank Mather, then died at hospital. She aided him after he fell on the south rail during an attempt to move away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Henry Dalton
Fishfry Street
Frank Mather
Dalton
Road to Wellville promises cure for coffee woes
An Oakland woman recounts her eight year coffee habit and digestion woes followed by recovery after switching to Postum Food Coffee. She credits two days for初 improvement and a year of steady strength, noting the product’s claim and the publisher’s offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
San Francisco
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Park Department Revolt Over Proposed Uniform Rule
Park department workers plan a strike if the city enforces new uniforms. The issue will be raised with Mayor Collins as a union-led committee weighs uniform design, citing past precedents from police and street cleaners and noting possible city-wide uniforming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Department
Collins
Martin
Russell
New York
Waring
Seth Low
Prince Henry
Prussia
Boston
Prince Albert
Colsins
Metropolitan Park Police
City
Timothy Sullivan
Knights of Labor Assembly
Patrick McKenzie
Workman
Woman Victim of Footpads on Washington Street
Officers from Stations 4 and 5 pursue two young men who robbed Miss Lillian Walsh a cashier at Castle and Washington groceries yesterday afternoon. They grabbed her pocketbook containing 110 dollars in cash and a 5.85 check plus a bank book before fleeing into a Corning Street house. Walsh believes she could identify the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Walsh
Washington Street
Corning Street
Miss Walsh
Castle and
Washington Streets
Death at Fore River Works Crushed by Heavy Machinery
Dimoso Labantino aged 31 of 31 Water Street Quincy was instantly killed at Fore River ship works while unloading a 14 ton piece of machinery from a freight car. The machine slipped from skids and crushed him. He had a wife living in Italy.
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Quincy
Dimoso Labantino
Water Street
Fore River Ship Works
Labantino
Italy
Man at Brookline plant loses thumb to circular saw
John Casey of 953 Albany Street Boston was working at Holtzer Cabot on Station Street Brookline when a circular saw nearly severed his thumb. He was rushed to General Hospital where amputation is feared.
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Holtzer-Cabot Company
Station Street
Brookine
John Casey
Albany Street
Boston
General Hospital
Clergy Oppose Child Labor Resolution At Meeting
At a Congregationalist ministers meeting the Rev R W Wallace proposed national legislation to limit hours for child workers in factories and mines. The resolution was tabled amid doubts about constitutional action with calls for a public meeting to organize sentiment.
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Congregationalist Ministers
R. W. Wallace
Moxie Becomes Summer Moral Booster
A dialogue reveals a craved bottle of Moxie as a cure for heat and monotony. The speaker jokes about dying of thirst without it and extols Moxie as zest for summer holidays in the country and the tough seasons in the city.
Italian Hosts See Fireworks Over Feast Celebration
About 25 000 people witnessed a grand fireworks display in North End Park marking the Feast of the Blessed Virgin. The Italian colony has observed the day for 13 years with crowds along Commercial Street and from elevated trains. The Somerville Fourth of July Association and St Leonard's Church members participated, with committee leaders praising the city’s display as a strong value.
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North End
Somerville Fourth of July Association
W. E. Loveless
Society
Axilium Christianarum
St. Leonard's Church
Prince
White sale at Gilchrist's delights Boston shoppers
The article promotes Gilchrist's summer white sale with a large emphasis on white garments across floors. Ninety percent bear the Consumers' League trade mark, ensuring healthful conditions and fair pay. The third floor highlights white lingerie and corset covers, while other floors feature shirtswaists, summer dresses, hats, and white furnishings.
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Gilchrist
Consumers’ League
Boston Town
Gilchrist’s
Tragic Death of Theresa Norris in East Boston
Theresa Norris, 21, a Newfoundland immigrant, was found dead by Mrs. Annie Curtis at 27 Brooks Street East Boston. Officials say she died by accidental asphyxiation after leaving a gas source slightly on. She had fled poverty with her widowed mother and younger siblings to help them.
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Newfoundland
Pretty Theresa Norris
Annie Curtis
Brooks Street
East
Boston
Theresa
Figary
Theresa Norris
Girls Defend Graduation Dresses In Letters To Editor
Readers from Beverly Malden and nearby towns protest plans to ban graduation dresses. They argue dresses are a cherished rite and note gowns are fine but not for every occasion. Letters urge affordable simple fabrics and persisting tradition for future graduates.
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Beverly
Post
Malden High School
Malden
Fire Threatens Reading Homes As Woodland Fire Grows
A wildland fire near Reading, June 6, spreads across more than 60 acres of woods. About 100 men and boys join firefighters, aided by neighboring towns, as residents battle the flames with buckets and improvised tools. By midnight the fire was nearly under control with a small guard remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Lasell Seniors’ Burning of the Books Celebrated
In Auburndale on June 6 Lasell campus hosted the annual Burning of the Books. Seniors in cap and gown led by juniors with torches and a brass band marched to a bonfire and cast books and papers into the flames. Seminary girls and faculty danced around the blaze as flames lighted the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburndale
Lasell
Deck hand scalded on dredge at Long Wharf
Jose Aquine, 27, of 13 Wleet street, suffered severe burns to hips and ankles after a hot water leak on the dredge Boston off Long Wharf. He moaned in pain for more than 36 hours, remained onboard Sunday night, and was moved to the General Hospital in a dangerous condition aboard the tug B. T. Haviland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Aquine
Wleet Street
Boston
Long Wharf
B. T. Haviland
General Hospital
Circus usher Bramlet drowned in Connecticut River
Springfield June 5. Charles Bramlet 25 an usher with Ringling Bros. circus was drowned while canoeing in the Connecticut River last night. Two fellow employees W H Yarrington and Frank Wellner narrowly escaped clinging to the overturned canoe and were rescued. Bramlet's body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles Bramlet
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Connecticut River
W. H. Yarington
Frank Wellner
Bramlet
Woman Dugan Rescued After Taunton River Jump
Taunton reports Mary Dugan wife of Charles Dugan of Church street leaped into the Taunton River after alighting from an electric car. Bystanders hauled her from the water and three men subdued her on the bank before she was taken to the central police station and placed in a padded cell.
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Taunton
Mary Dugan
Charles Dugan
Church Street
Poe
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Nancy
Ellville
PARK
Fore River
Seltzer
Rie
Tarrant CO
Hudson Street
N. Y
Moxie
Blessed Virgin
North End Park
W. S. Moody
Tremont St
Near
Temple Pl
Oxford
Vicinity
THE
White Dental Parlors
Washington ST
White
Lasell Girls Burn Books
Usher
Connecticut
Borrezo
Workingmens Co-Operative Bank
Col. Bromfield
Frank FE
Burbank
Sec’y and
Treas
Atu
Thomas Jefferson King
King Dental Parlors
Crosby’s
KLINE
Arch St
Philadelphia
St. Vitas
J. Kewman & & Sons Corp
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