Catholic Church Notes Mission for Parishioners Opens Next Sunday
Three weeks of Redemptorist led missions begin March 11 at St. Joseph's Roxbury with weeks devoted to married women single women and all men. Cathedral notices omit dalities meetings except Confraternity of the Holy Cross Friday 3 pm. 2000 attend novena for St Francis Xavier at Immaculate Conception Harrison avenue. Retreat for Children of Mary Society starts next week at Notre Dame chapel Back Bay Fens. Devotion of the 40 hours to begin Friday at St Patrick's Lowell St Tarcisius South Framingham and Convent of Our Lady of Perpetual Help East Boston.
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Mer. M. J. Splaine
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
Redemptorist Order
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Confraternity of the Holy Cross
St. Francis Xavier
Charles W. Lyons
S. J
Begton, College
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Children of Mary Society
Academy of Notre Dame
Fens
St. Patrick’s Church
Lowell
St. Tarcisius' Church
South Framingham
Convent of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
East Boston
French Liner Chicago Passes Zone to Bordeaux
The French liner Chicago, sailing Feb. 19 with 141 passengers including 90 Americans, reached Bordeaux safely after crossing the submarine zone. Most American travelers were hospital volunteers en route to France for war relief work. This marks the first Bordeaux New York round trip by a French liner since the German submarine policy was announced.
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New York
Chicago
Bordeaux
France
Wife and Mother warned toward a jolly home reform
A biting note targets a woman who calls herself Wife and Mother claiming she takes nearly all earnings to save for herself. It cautions that a patient man and a potential strong daughter in law could confront her, suggesting her household may lack liveliness and comfort.
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London
Paris
Venice
Rome
Readers debate how much money husband should spend
A Sewing Circle reader and a respondent discuss money in marriage. They describe partnerships with separate finances, weekly bills, rent allocations, and limited luxuries. They caution that happiness in the home should supersede money, noting that individual cases determine allowances and that misers threaten married life.
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Hubby
Biography Snippet: David II of Scotland’s Tumultuous Reign
David II of Scotland ruled for 41 years but reigned in person only 18. He spent nine years as a refugee in France and 11 as a prisoner in England. Married at four to Joanna, crowned at seven, he fled to France at ten, and later spent 11 years in captivity. He died childless at 47 after Scotland paid a large ransom.
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David II
Scotland
France
England
David
Joanna
Philip VI
Edward
Saugus Town Election Heats Up Over Bryer Farnsworth Clash
In Saugus the town election campaign grew heated as Rev. Lynn V. Farnsworth opposed re election of Joseph G. Bryer chair man of the school committee and Bryer fired back in strong terms. Voters faced a lively election day with the outcome uncertain.
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Lynn V. Farnsworth
First Congregational Church
Saugus
Joseph G. Bryer
Bryer
America for Me in the Scrap Book of Poems
The poem celebrates returning home to America while admiring Europe. It contrasts Old World grandeur with American freedom, youth, and sunlight. The speaker favors home, westward voyage dreams, and the land of room enough beyond the ocean bars.
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America
Over the Wire A Little Chat on Style with Dorothy
Dorothy recalls a hurried costume ball plan as Lucille rushes in asking about outfits for the night. Lucille aims for an Eastern princess look, borrowing Egyptian makeup, and wears a tan straw spring hat with black satin bands and lace. She pairs this with blue hydrangea blossoms and pink roses for a striking, Parisienne vibe.
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Lucille
Three Gunmen Captured at Station by Police
Three boys ages 8 to 11 confessed their plan to shoot rabbits in the Klondike after robbing a Boston uncle. Arthur Brown 11, Melville Malone 8, and Morris Dempsey 9 were seized at South Station while attempting to buy New York-bound tickets with $9. They carried air rifles, belts, and bundles, and claimed to be sons meeting a father in Michigan, with police later handing them to their parents.
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Klondike
New York
South Station
Metropolis
Arthur Brown
Mt. Vernon Street
West End
Melville Malone
Arlington Street
Morris Dempsey
Dundee Street
John H. Moore
Brown
Moore
Michigan
Lagrange Street
Fashion Notes From A Past Era
The item notes trends including pink large-sized corsets white net for evening frocks the arrival of the Russian blouse for summer and new coats for little girls in checked materials plus lace abundant on blouses and dresses with sweaters slipping over the head as a popular style.
Our Captain Gily frees the dove
An inauguration day feature from Castine Maine recalls President Wilson in Pass Christian Mississippi as a dove is released from a cottage veranda. The verse elevates Lincoln era imagery with themes of peace, higher law, and national renewal presented through a, poetic tribute to a leader and his symbolic act of freeing a wounded dove. The piece blends reverent nationalism with calls for a broader, humane future.
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George Willis Patterson
Castine
Mellows Attacks England at Clan-Na-Gael Meeting
Captain Mellows, a leader of the Easter uprising, told Clan-Na-Gael at Hibernian Hall that England has fought Germany to the last Frenchman and now contemplates fighting to the last American, reflecting anti British sentiment in Dublin.
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Liam ‘Mellows
England
Clan-Na-Gael
Hibernian Hall
Germany
Emmet Birthday Rally Attacks England in Irish Hope
The 139th anniversary of Robert Emmet’s birth featured a tirade against England as speakers urged Irish independence. Hisses greeted Redmond, while Peter Golden urged loyal Irishmen to oppose Britain and drew comparisons to Casement seeking German aid. Norah Gonnolly aided Captain Mellows’ escape and also spoke.
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England
Redmond
Robert Emmet
America
Europe
Carson
Ulster Volunteers
Ireland
Dublin
Germany
Allance
Peter Golden
Roger Casement
Napoleon
Talleyrand
Emmet
Casement
Golden
Norah Gonnolly
Captain Mellows
Tribute to Sanborn by Suffragists in Concord Memory
The Concord Equal Suffrage League honored the memory of Frank B. Sanborn known as the Sage of Concord for his efforts on behalf of the suffrage cause. The tribute expressed appreciation for his lifetime support and advocacy.
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Sanborn
Concord Equal Suffrage League
Frank B. Sanborn
Concord
League
Mr. Sanborn
Mary Pickford recollections touch a child named Billy
The writer recalls a tiny boy who asked to swap curls and be her sweetheart, while a mother guides him through studio life after his father was killed during a Jersey picture shoot. The piece reflects on tragedy's reach into a child's world and a mother's protective love.
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Mary
Billy
Jersey
Reefer
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