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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1906

Page

4

Swear to Ballot for the Public Weal Festival at Faneuil Hall

More than 300 young men and new voters pledged not to sell or pawn their votes but to vote as conscience and the public good direct. The event, organized by the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government, featured eminent speakers on duties of citizenship.

Faneuil Hall Boston Equal Suffrage Association For United States South Carolina Boston Thomas B. Fitzpatrick Huntington Fitzpatrick Atlantic City van Camp van Camp Packing Co Indianapolis Ind

Boston meeting echoes civic duty for young voters

A Boston audience heard the Boston Singing Club and English High School Orchestra perform patriotic songs as leaders like President Huntington, Ransom, Fitzpatrick, Wadlin, Ames, and Rabbi Fleischer urged youth to uphold constitutional rights, cast informed votes, and study history. The Freeman's Oath of 1634 was invoked to inspire integrity.

Boston Singing Club English High School Orchestra James A. Beatty William E. Huntington Boston University R. C. Ransom Charles Street M. HE Thomas B. Fitzpatrick Horace G. Wadlin Boston Public Library Charles G. Ames Church of the Disciples Rabbi Fleischer Huntington Ransom Boston Emerson Shaw Sumner Garrison Phillips Channing

Time Change for Yvette Guilbert’s Hollis Street Concert

Yvette Guilbert’s farewell concert at Hollis Street Theatre starts at 2 30 this afternoon instead of 3 00 due to a longer programme. She performs historic French ballads with costume changes plus modern French and English songs with Armand Forest on violin and Richard Hageman on piano in Boston.

Yvette Guilbert Hollis Street Pompadour du Barry Armand Forest Richard Hageman Boston

Dolliver Rivalry Over Tobacco Smoke Sparks Joke

Senator Knox joked to his doctor that he was only smoking a cigar given by Senator Dolliver, not using tobacco, while discussing smoking cessation during a Washington visit on March 25.

Washington Dolliver Knox

Hospital boat to replace Clifford at East Boston

At Atlantic Works in East Boston the new steel hospital boat is under construction to replace the Clifford. Piling 150 feet long forms a platform as frames are set with a flat floor for stability and comfort. Completion goal is mid July and the vessel will cruise the harbor daily with improved stability in rough weather.

Atlantic Works Boston Clifford

Job Seekers of Revere Probing Town Posts After Election

After March town election selectmen meetings draw crowds as residents seek jobs. Chief of police post remains open with debate over age 72, while Joseph G. Stowers holds the superintendent of streets role. About 80 to 90 special police are expected to be appointed as anxious applicants press for positions.

Revere Charles H. Rhoades Joseph G. Stowers

Lightning Kills Preacher in Carson Church

In Carson Iowa on March 25 the Rev J B Lentz pastor of the Latter Day Saints church was struck by a bolt during a thunderstorm and died within an hour. The strike caused a chandelier to light the area and triggered a church fire that was quickly put out. Several worshippers were stunned by the event.

Carson, Ia J. B. Lentz Latter Day Saints’ Church

Will of John Winslow Filed in Worcester Probate

The last will of John Winslow of Barre, written 43 years ago, was filed and allowed. Two witnesses are dead and the third is Henry Wilkins of West Brookfield, age 83. The estate, worth several thousand dollars, goes to his wife with $50 left to his daughter in California.

Worcester John Winslow Barre Henry Wilkins West Brookfield California

Body of Actor Mack Unclaimed in Morgue

Edward Mack 41, vaudeville comedian, died March 21 after seeking treatment for a complication of diseases at City Hospital. His body remains unclaimed at the City Hospital Morgue. He resided at 66 Cambridge Street. A he named Melvin R Logan of Canton as his nearest friend, but no such person was found there.

Edward Mack Cambridge Street City Hospital Mack Melvin R. Logan Canton

Davis Company Hardware Celebration Offers Special Prices

Beginning today and continuing all week the S. H. Davis Company hardware dealers on Sudbury street corner of Portland will offer a range of articles at special prices. The two floors display tools, materials, chafing dishes, cutlery, fishing tackle, bathroom supplies, and Chilton paints. Five large show windows showcase many useful items for shoppers.

S. H. Davis Company Sudbury Street Portland Davis Chilton

Retreat for Women Opens at Immaculate Conception

The annual women’s retreat at the Church of the Immaculate Conception opened last evening. Rev. Thomas I. Gasson of Boston College led exercises and delivered a sermon on the meaning and value of life, urging the Christian view of earthly trials as preparation for a deathless life.

Church of the Immaculate Conception Thomas I. Gasson Boston College Father Gasson

Change in Date of Fr. Gasson's Lenten Sermon

The next Lenten sermon at St. Mary's Church Endicott Street will be Sunday evening at 7 30 by Rev. Thomas J. Gasson S J on the sacrament of marriage. He will discuss annulling impediments error regarding identity slavery compulsion existing bonds solemn vows and sacred orders.

St. Mary’s Church Endicott Street Thomas J. Gasson S. J

Women’s Sodality Mass at St Mary’s Church North End

Fully 300 members of the Young Women’s Sodality of St Mary’s Church in North End received holy communion yesterday morning at the 7 30 o’clock service. The 9 o’clock mass honored living and deceased members of Division 42 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians with large turnout from North End Charlestown divisions.

Young Women’s Sodality of St. Mary’s Church, North End Division 42 Order of Hibernians North End Charlestown

New York Woman Found Praying in Fifth Avenue in Nightgown

Mrs Henrietta Weston described as a daughter of Arthur Simmons a longtime White House messenger went insane yesterday afternoon and was found on Fifth Avenue clad only in a nightgown praying.

New York Henrietta Weston Arthur Simmons White House Lincoln Fifth Avenue

Japanese spies captured near Vladivostok fort

Two Japanese spies posing as merchants were captured at a Vladivostok fort. Plans and notes on fortifications were found on the individuals, indicating intent to gather military information.

Vladivostok

Yale Professors to Retire From Active Labor

March 25. Professor Eugene L. Richards of mathematics and Professor Arthur W. Wright of experimental physics at Yale announce retirement from active labors at the end of the college year in New Haven.

New Haven Eugene L. Richards Department of Mathematics Arthur W. Wright Yale

Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey Promised Unvarying Quality

The ad extols stability in Graves' Maryland Malt Whiskey, claiming constant character and purity. It touts suitability for sickness, medical use, and as a mild stimulant, noting full sealed quarts with the Chester H. Graves & Sons signature and urging consumers to avoid substitutes.

Graves Maryland Chester H. Graves & Sons

Middlesex Delegates Choose National Representatives

In East Cambridge 240 delegates met to elect Middlesex County's national delegates for the August Senate meeting in Saratoga N Y. John McCarthy Somerville Joseph R Cooney Wakefield D B Curnane Everett and Bernard F Doris Cambridge named delegates with Corbishley Gavin Hendricks OConnell and Maguire as alternates.

Middlesex County Hiberniany Institute Hall East Cambridge Saratoga N. Y Middlesex County John F. Donnelly Cambridge John McCarthy Somerville Joseph R. Cooney Wakefield D. B. Curnane Everett Bernard F. Doris James J. Corbishley Waltham Thomas J. Gavin Watertown John T. Hendricks Lowell O'Connell Newton Maguire Medford P. J. Flynn Donnelly Daniel Reidy East Weymouth Suffolk County John H. Dillon

Suffolk A C H Board Meeting Reports Emmet Day and Parade

Suffolk County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians met at Association Hall with County President John H. Dillon presiding. Reports showed Emmet Day at Majestic Theatre netted about $600 and parade plans for March 17 discussed. A resolution thanked the Boston Post for fair coverage. A county convention to nominate delegates for the Saratoga national gathering was announced for next Sunday at 11, with elections set for April 8.

Suffolk County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Association Hall Washington Street John H. Dillon Majestic Theatre Suffolk Boston Post Dillon Saratoga N. Y

Cork Men's Benevolent Association Marks First Anniversary

The Cork Men's Benevolent Association held its regular meeting at Appleton Hall with 20 candidates advanced to the first degree and 25 applications received. Delegates attended from Mayo Clare and Galway clubs as 500 members celebrated the anniversary with songs and entertainment by members including Jeremiah Kelly and James Fitzgerald.

Cork Men's Benevolent Association Appleton Hall Mayo Clare Galway Jeremiah Kelly C. J. Saunders C. Mahoney James Fitzgerald James Grady Daniel Donovan William J. Galvin William McCarthy T. Harrington M. Hayes Patrick Casey John EF

Baseball League Planned by Catholic Total Abstinence Union

Arrangements are under way to form a church league among Catholic Total Abstinence Union societies in the Boston archdiocese. Young men have held meetings and the next gathering is set for Sunday evening April 8 at 64 Union Park Street to organize a baseball schedule for the coming season.

Catholic Total Abstinence Union Archdiocese of Boston Cathedral Temperance League Union Park Street

Alma Press seeks second divorce from John Press Jr

Alma Press requests a second divorce from John Press Jr claiming she was choked by him. The remarried couple had just 388 days as husband and wife after an earlier divorce.

Chicago John Press, Jr Alma Press

Catholic Total Abstinence Union Adopts New Constitution

At the Salem convention in Cambridgeport the archdiocese of Boston body approved a new constitution and by laws. The changes raise per capita tax to 13 cents with 2 cents for junior societies and set a national share, plus a forthcoming list of officers and a May 30 next convention.

Catholic Total Abstinence Union Salem Board of Government Archdiocese For Church of the Annunciation Parish Cambridgeport Archdiocese of Boston Maurice Dineen Malden Hibernian Total Abstinence Association Francis J. Butler Union St. Leo’s Church Dorchester Father Doody Church of the Annunciation Mullen Edwin Mulready Rockland Otto T. O'Leary Archdiocesan Union Farrell National Union F. J. Butler

Communion for Roxbury TAU Members at St Patrick’s

Two hundred members of St Patrick's Total Abstinence and Literary Society Roxbury and 100 members of St Patrick's Ladies' Total Abstinence Society received holy communion at 7:30 mass in St Patrick's Church Dudley Street yesterday morning. Rev James Finnegan commended the group and urged attendance at the parish retreat starting April 8 for two weeks. A breakfast at 431 Dudley Street clubhouse followed the service, then a sacred concert.

St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence and Literary Society Roxbury St. Patrick’s Ladies Dudley Street

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