Catholics Solemnly Mark Day of Good Friday Observance
Catholics marked Good Friday with solemn services across churches. Cardinal O Connell led the Cathedral rites including the passion, cross unveiling, adoration, and the presanctified mass. The Seven Last Words and the Three Hours Agony led devotions with Boston College president Thomas I Gasson preaching.
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Michael J. Scanlan
Augustine F. Hickey
Neil A. Cronin
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Thomas I. Gasson
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Boston College
Dethier
Anna C. Westervelt
Nora F. Burns
Virginio Cappelloni
Angelo Nicholai
John S. Keating
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Boy Crushed by Elevator in South End
Thirteen year old Hyman Thormer of 11 Savoy Street South End was crushed by an elevator at 18 Beach Street while playing yesterday. He was rushed to Grace Hospital in a dangerous condition. Surgeons believe they can save him. Ladder Company 17 responders freed him within 15 minutes. His chum found him, stayed with him, and fetched help.
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Hyman Thormer
Savoy Street
South End
Grace
Thormer
Pittsburg Mayor George Guthrie Named Ambassador to Mexico
Washington dispatch reports George W. Guthrie former Pittsburg mayor and Pennsylvania Democratic State chairman has been chosen as ambassador to Mexico but announcement may await State Department policy on Huerta recognition. Resignation of Henry Lane Wilson as ambassador will be accepted.
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Washington
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Mexico
State Department
Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
President Wilson weighs new diplomatic posts for Europe and beyond
President Wilson seeks to fill major diplomatic posts before the extra session. Possible ambassadors include Henry Fine to Germany and Charles W. Eliot to London, with Eliot’s acceptance uncertain. Other potential picks include McCombs for France and J W Jenks backing John R. Mot to China. Several ministers to distant nations are named as likely.
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London
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
William F. McCombs
France
McCombs
White House
J. W. Jenks
New York University
John R. Mott
Montclair
N. J
China
Virginia
Thomas H. Birch
New Jersey
Frederick C. Penfield
New York
Foreign Service
Illinois Vice Commission
Mayor asks city men to aid clean up campaign
Boston's department heads were asked by Mayor Fitzgerald yesterday to instruct city employees to assist the street department in its two week clean up campaign. The mayor urged maximum support to improve the city streets and public spaces.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Comforting assurance in Easter buying at Wolf's My Clothier
The ad promises, if a purchased item does not suit, customers can get their money back. Located at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets, Wolf's My Clothier markets comfort and confidence for Easter shoppers.
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Wolf’s My Clothier
Hanover
Portland
Purim Feast Ushers in Sundown Observance in Boston
The Purim festival begins at sundown in Greater Boston synagogues and temples with readings from Esther. The holiday recalls deliverance of Jews in the Persian empire through Esther and includes masking dancing games and plays while business and labor continue.
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Greater
Boston
Asiatic Empire
Ahasuerus
Stork Visits Charlestown Navy Yard to Bless Captain Oman
The navy yard in Charlestown welcomed a 10-pound baby girl for Captain J. W. Oman and his wife. Oman, who has commanded at the yard since December, was recently promoted from commander to captain. His commission bears the signature of former President Taft.
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Stork
Charlestown Navy Yard
J. W. Oman
Mayor Blasts Local Bankers Over Boston Business
Mayor Fitzgerald told the Master Builders Association at Devonshire Street that Boston’s bankers neglect key industrial opportunities. He cited the Boston Chamber of Commerce claim that Texas shipping costs are far lower than Chicago rail transport and accused bankers of not underwriting shipbuilding. He urged banks to Morganize less and urged better harbor and facilities.
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Master Builders’ Association
Devonshire Street
Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Chicago
Sulmah Club Plans Dance at Catholic Union Hall
The Sulmah Club of Dorchester has arranged a dancing party at Catholic Union Hall on April 30 1915. Committee members Miss Anna Sullivan Miss Julia Sullivan and Miss Helen McMahon oversaw the preparations for a successful event.
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Sulmah Club
Dorchester
Catholic Union Hall
Anna Sullivan
Julia Sullivan
Helen McMahon
King Alfonso commutes death sentences for fourteen prisoners
In Madrid on March 21 King Alfonso granted clemency to fourteen inmates condemned to death. The commutation occurred during the Good Friday service in the private chapel of the Adoration of the Cross at the Royal Palace.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Woman Fights Raccoon in Fatal Hen House Encounter
Mrs. Helen Sturtevant of East Lexington battled a large raccoon for over 30 minutes in a hen house. The animal ripped her clothing and grabbed her throat until she used a tin pail and then a heavy stick to kill it.
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Helen Sturtevant
East Lexington
Raccoon Attack Ended in Henyard Woman Kills Animal
Mrs. Sturtevant of 49 Kensington road found a raccoon in the hen house at dusk. After the animal attacked her twice she fought with a pail and a stick, finally killing it with two blows to the head and a broken back.
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Mrs. Sturtevant
Martha to Be Sung in English Tonight by Boston Opera
The Boston Opera Company will perform Flotow's Martha in English tonight the final of eight season novelties. The title role has been associated with Christine Nilsson and Adelina Patti, who sang it at gala events and royal visits. Tonight Miss Nielsen will sing the Patti role and the ballad The Last Rose of Summer.
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Flotow
Martha
Boston Opera Company
Christine Nilsson
Adelina Patti
England
America
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Philadelphia
Patti
Miss Nielsen
Cambridge Cemetery Chief Cleared Over Bookkeeping
The Cambridge Cemetery Commission, after hearing charges by the Cambridge Taxpayers' Association, said Superintendent Dr. J. A. Walcott may have been lax in his books but the accusations do not justify dismissal.
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Cambridge Cemetery Commission
J. A. Walcott
Cambridge Tax Payers’ Association
Canney Accusation Case In Boston District Court
Yee Wah and Moy Ni Wing owners of 11 Oxford Place filed a bill in equity in the federal court yesterday to restrain Police Captain James P. Canney of Station 4 Boston from interfering with a wooden basement window shutter.
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Yee Wah
Moy Ni Wing
Oxford Place
United States District Court
James P. Canney
Station 4
Boston
Captain orders shutter removal amid gaming claims
The captain removed an iron grate from a window after refusal. Chinese residents replaced it with a wooden shutter, which the captain now orders removed. He asserts Massachusetts law allows shutter removal to prevent gaming. residents argue the statute is unconstitutional. The bill is returnable April 10.
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Canney
Massachusetts
Cambridge Lost Taxes on Vaughn Estate Revealed
Cambridge assessors received a 15091.92 payment for taxes on the estate of Benjamin Vaughn, a retired oil merchant who died last July. Audit shows Vaughn paid taxes on 13000 worth of property previously, while inventory after appraisal valued the estate at 829974.79 with 823324.29 in personal property and 6650 in real estate.
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Cambridge
Benjamin Vaughn
Vaughn
College denies dental degrees scoop ruling from judge
Judge Crosby ruled the College of Physicians and Surgeons cannot grant dental degrees. Kerr, formerly a student, won 525 dollars damages against Dr. Eugene N. Shurtleff for promising a dentist degree after three years. The college case was dismissed. Kerr prevailed against the doctor.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Crosby
C. KE. Kerr
Eugene N. Shurtleff
Shurtleff
Kerr
The Mysterious Card leads Burwell into Paris storm
Richard Burwell a New Yorker in Paris encounters a mysterious French card left by a woman at the Folies Bergere. A hotel manager and later a detective warn him the card may trigger a serious matter as he seeks its meaning.
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New York
Burwell
Paris
London
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Hotel Continental
Rue de la Paix
New Yorker
Boston
Hotel de l’Alma
Manhattan
Grand Opera House
The Conclusion of This Thrilling Story
The Sunday Post teases the finale of a gripping saga set to unfold tomorrow. Readers are urged to await the concluding chapters, promising dramatic turns and a satisfying resolution.
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