Talk by Dean Hodges on Social Righteousness
The second Lenten talk by the Church Social Union featured Rev. George H Hodges discussing social righteousness. He urged privileged people to live with Christ like fraternal charity and address poverty through informed, neighborly action and personal sanctification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Cochrane
Commonwealth Avenue
Church Social Union
George H. Hodges
Episcopal Theological School
Campridge
Jesus Christ
Consumers’ League
Twelve Bills Against Miles In Equity Over Policy Proceeds
The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company sues in Suffolk Supreme Court seeking reach and application of life insurance policy interests held by former treasurer Frank C. Miles to cover alleged indebtedness from fraudulently converted securities. Miles’s life is insured for 90000 dollars. Defendants include Berkshire Life State Mutual Life New England Mutual Life John Hancock Mutual Life and National Life Insurance. An order of notice issues upon motion returnable March 10.
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Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Suffolk Supreme Court
Frank C. Miles
Life Insurance
Miles
Berkshire Life Insurance Company
State Mutual Life Assurance Company
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
National Life Insurance Company
T. Hunt
Marsh murder trial drags on with arsenic and alibi testimony
Eva Garney testifies Mrs. Marsh wished her husband dead so Buzzell could have a home there. Denslow Herrick recalls arsenic mentions for horse medicine. George Fisher links Mrs. Marsh to Buzzell before Marsh’s death and aided in poison search. W. Holden corroborates search. Mrs. Marsh kisses Buzzell before separation and asks to burn letters. Doctors testify to illness and arsenic refusal.
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Montpelier
Marsh
Eva Garney
Buzzell
Fisher
Marsh Place
W. W. Holden
Holden
Forty three admitted as attorneys and counsellors at law
Suffolk Supreme Court Judge Morton admitted forty three qualified petitioners to the office of attorneys and counsellors at law. Two were women Miss Mary Corbett and Miss Helen Wescott. The group were sworn in on motion by Judge Dewey after passing the bar exam held January 2.
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Morton
Suffolk Supreme Court
the Commonwealth
Mary E&. Corbett
Helen J. Wescott
Dewey
Board of
Bar Examiners
J. Weston Allen
Daniel B. Beard
Elias B. Bishop
John W. Britton
Albert P. Carter
William F. Corliss
George M. Cushing
Frederick W. Dallinger
Everett F. Damon
Robert G. Dodge
John J. Douglass
Charles H. Fiske, Jr
Ernest D. Folsom
Leonard A. Frink
David J. Gallert
Charles B. Gleason
James A. Halloran
William Hoag
Edward F. Hollis
Robert Homans
William D. Howe
Sherman R. Huston
Francis J. Keléher
John M. Kendricken
Thomas J. Kenny
John P. Kirby
John B. Nicholéls
Josephf. O'Connell
Ernest K. Piper
William A. Quigley
William W. Risk
Fred R. Robinson
Everett C. Roche
William Rosnosky
Huntington
Herbert G. Woodworth Chosen for Tea Standards Board
Herbert G. Woodworth of Robinson and Woodworth is named by the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the board of experts to establish tea standards. The seven-member commission will regulate imports, meeting March 22 at the appraisers' store in New York City.
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Herbert G. Woodworth
Robinson & Woodworth
Broad Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Appraisers
New York City
Viceroy Li Hung Chang Encounters Brooklyn Schoolgirl
In New York City Li Hung Chang questioned a Brooklyn bicycle rider and gave the girl Miss Josephine Amelia Claudius of Babylon a silk scent bag and autograph. Separately Winfield Scott Sperry, 16, escaped from Yaphank county house and walked 25 miles to Babylon to visit his former sweetheart Stella at her home.
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New York
Li Hung Chang
Brooklyn
Josephine Amelia Claudius
van Buren Street
Babylon
N. Y
Winfield Scott Sperry
Yaphank
Young Sperry
Charles W. Sperry
New York Hospital
Winfield
Sperry
Winny
Stella
Bicycle girl meets Li Hung Chang in Brooklyn 1896 letter scene
Miss Claudius, a Brooklyn Girls High senior, rode beside the Chinese statesman Li Hung Chang as his carriage passed the Union League Club and Broadway Ferry. He complimented her riding, invited her to the Waldorf, and sent a silk scent bag with a blessing phrase. The viceroy’s brief Pekin letter, dated November 25, 1896, explains gift meanings and cultural notes.
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Brooklyn
Girls’ High School
Claudius
Union League Club
Broadway
The
Waldorf
Li Hung Chang
Josephine
Waldorf Hotel
China
Pekin
Mack
Returned After 26 Years Lucas Comes Home To Vineland
Captain Lucas returns to Vineland New Jersey after twenty six years away and finds his wife Mary alive and well. After traveling west to seek fortune he reunites with his wife and daughter at their home, revealing he is a lumberman from Eureka California.
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New York
Lucas
Vineland
N. J
Enoch Arden
Mary
Mary B
Hackman
Pleasantville
Baroch Arden
Captain Lucas
Moses
Eureka
Cal
Girl Rescues Uncle From Fire in Middletown Home
Emma Beckwith, 16, of Cattaraugus Centre, Middletown, N Y, saved her unconscious uncle John Beckwith from a morning house fire. She entered through a smoke filled kitchen, wrapped him in a blanket, and dragged him outside as flames caught her dress. Neighbors extinguished the fire and revived the uncle. Emma was uninjured.
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Middletown
N. Y
Emma Beckwith
Cattin Centre
John Beckwith
Kleptomania Plea Accepted in Malden Case
Rebecca Wallace, charged as a pickpocket, had her kleptomania defense accepted after two physicians testified to mental illness. District Attorney Stevens did not press the case. A lower court judge had rejected the defense and sentenced her to one month in jail. The case notes her stable home life in Malden with husband and seven children.
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Rebecca Wallace
Stevens
Burke
Malden
X rays Find Fishbone in Mrs Fountain Heart Nerve
Mrs George Fountain of Eastport Maine suffered months of pain treated for various illnesses after a fishbone she swallowed earlier was misattributed. A Portland Hospital X-ray locate d the bone embedded in a heart nerve. removal ended the agony and she returned home cured.
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Eastport
George Fountain
Portland Hospital
Sadie Ross Still Missing in Cambridge Disappearance
Sadie Ross aged 16 remains missing after vanishing from her Cambridge home on March 6. Her mother received a letter from a supposed Mrs. B. F. Brown claiming Sadie is safe in a good home, but the letter is a blind and not in Sadie's handwriting. Mrs. Brown has not been located.
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Sadie Ross
Cambridge
B. F. Brown
Sadie
Corean Prince Reported Held by Exiles in Yokohama
Prince Eui Wha of Corea, second son of the Korean king, is reportedly held prisoner in Yokohama by Corean exiles. They, aided by Japanese authorities, plan a raid on Korea to enthrone Hui Wha, with exiled leaders including Pak Yong Hyd. Missionary J S Gale confirms the prince was ordered to study in America but unable to depart.
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San Francisco
Cal
Orient
Peru
Euil
Coréa
Yokohama
Eui Wha
Corea
Japan
America
J. 8
Gale
Pak Yong Hyd
Death of Edward J. Donahue Prominent Haverhill Businessman
Edward J. Donahue aged 38 died this afternoon in Haverhill from a complex of diseases. Born there and educated locally, he built a career in manufacturing cut sales. He served on the Democratic congressional and city committees and belonged to Commercial Lodge K of P Merrimac Court M Co O F and Knights of the Golden Eagle. He was a former Representative in the Massachusetts Legislature from the third Essex district and leaves a family.
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Haverhill
Edward J. Donahue
Boston
Democratic Congressional and City Committee
Commerceial Lodge
K. of P
Merrimac Court
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Red Jacket Firemen Host Peabody Union Banquet
About forty members of the Peabody Union visited the Red Jacket Firemen's Association at their Inman Square Cambridge headquarters. The banquet began around 8 o'clock with Captain Nathan Poor of Peabody Amiioha and Captain W T King of the Red Jackets presiding.
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Red Jacket Firemen’s Association
Peabody Union
Inman Square
Cambridge
Nathan Poor
The
Peabody Amiioha
W. T. King
Red Jackets
Boston House debates monument control and city governance
Lawmakers weighed removing the Bunker Hill Monument from the care of its association and transferring it to the Commonwealth, while several municipal reform bills advanced with referendums and district elected aldermen. The Bunker Hill resolution failed 38 to 8 amid fierce debate over ownership and preservation.
Sanderson Seeks Ban on Kinetoscope Fight Pictures
Representative Sanderson of Lynn introduced a bill to ban public or private kinetoscope showings of prize fights within the state. The measure, signed by about thirty House members, would jail or fine violators up to 200 dollars and three months. The bill was referred to the rules committee.
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Sanderson
Lynn
Fitzsimmons-Corbett
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
House of Correction
Greater Boston Put Off Resolution Referenced
The committee on metropolitan affairs with Senator Quinn dissenting sent the Greater Boston proposition to the General Court for reference and reported on the Metropolitan District Commission findings.
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Greater Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Quinn
Metropolitan District Commission
Victory resolves $800 to Indian veteran W H Morton
The House substituted for an adverse committee report a resolve providing for the payment of a bounty or security of $800 to W. H. Morton an Indian veteran of Gay Head.
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House
W. H. Morton
Morning Sessions Adopted For March 29 Start
The order for morning sessions begins March 29, adopting a schedule that last year started forenoon sessions on April 8.
Public Service Committee Opposes Labor Restriction Bills
The committee on public service reported against a bill banning non citizens from Massachusetts state charitable institutions and from public works. Ramsay Lyon and Toomey dissented in the charitable institutions vote while Lyot and Tééméy dissented in the public works measure.
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Committee On Public Service
Massachusetts
Messrs
Ramsay, Lyon and
Toomey
House
Lyot and
Tééméy
Conduct of Battery A old troubles of the unit
A terse report revisits the long history of Battery A detailing prior difficulties and ongoing concerns within the unit. The article outlines leadership transitions, training gaps, and inherited challenges affecting readiness and morale.
Hearing Reopens on Militia Disbandment Case at State House
The committee on military affairs resumed the Clarke bill inquiry into the state militia and its conduct. Testimony centered on Battery A disbandment with witnesses including John Perkins and Elmer Stevens detailing discharge issues and alleged favoritism, plus notes on officers Peabody and Parker and a chaotic camp life. The session adjourned to Monday at 10.
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Committee On Military Affairs
Representative Clarke
Wellesley
State House
Battery A
William H. Bent
John K. Perkins
Adjutant-General’s Office
General Banks
Waltham
Boston
Follett
Elmer E. Stevens
West End
Capelle
Jacob C. R. Peabody
Richard F. Parker
Tieuteharnt Hall
John McLiay
Lynn
Frank L. Stevenson
Stone
Hennesy
Stevenson
Peach
Lieutenant McKay
Ipswich
Malden
McLay
Bent
Third
United States Flying Artillery
Chinamen Wish to Wed After Return to Canton
Four Cantonese men living in the United States applied at United States Commissioner Fiske for papers to return to Canton with plans to marry there. They range from about 29 to 35, have saved $2000 to $5000, and began as laundrymen before building businesses. One is unmarried and seeks a wife. another is already married.
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United States
Fiske
Yee A Haw
Canton
Tuck Wah
Chung Chang
America
Les Kes Ching
Laren
Shropshire Led Gay Life Misdeeds At Paris Consulate
Clyde Shropshire once vice-consul-general in Paris faced charges of defalcation extortion blackmail and theft of estate funds. He allegedly pocketed consulate fees extorted exporters swindled the French government and robbed funds from deceased clients with authorities estimating total embezzlements near forty thousand dollars. Consul-General Morss had warned of his habits and the government prepared to cover the losses.
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Washington
Clyde Shropshire
United States
Paris
Howard P. Maclean
Shropshire
State Department
Morss
Chicago
Manufactures
Lustrous silks showcased in Lustrous Cashmere line
The Shuman Corner Tie for gentle men priced 50 70 and 1 is shown this week in Lustrous Cashmere Amazon and Peau de Sole silks Atlan tiqué Monsereau Nickele and other shades.
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Shuman
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Lapham Mills
Washington St
Dean Hodges
Wash
Burn Credit Houser
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Brooklyn Girl
Josephine A. Claudius
K Hung Chang
Prince
E. J. Donahue
T. F. Keenan
Bunker Hill Monument
General Court
Common Council of
Cove Street
Dorchester Avenue
Union Depot
Lomasney
Committee of Military Affairs
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts Benefit Life Association
Réprésentative McCarthy
Special Commission
Bunker Hill Monument Association
Commonwealth
Judiciary Committee
Myers
Webster
Storey
Keenan
Mills
Newburyport
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Bouve
Hingham
McCarthy
Charlestown
Dubuqué
Fall River
Reidy
Manchester
Winchester
Allene Store
Spitz Bros
Mark
Summer Street
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