Holy Thursday Observances In City Churches
Maundy Thursday was observed with pomp in Catholic churches across the city. In Boston’s Cathedral Archbishop Williams and Vicar General William G Byrne led pontifical mass with deacons Fitzpatrick Smyth McQuaid Patterson and master of ceremonies MacCormack. Good Friday worship planned with cross adoration and sermons. Sunday will celebrate resurrection with He Hath Risen theme and festive vespers across parishes.
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Archdiocese
William G. Byrne
St. Cecilia's Church
W. H. Fitzpatrick
Hugh P. Smyth
William P. McQuaid
G. J. Patterson
Archdiocese of
Boston
Thomas J. MacCormack
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
Sanctuary
Egypt Postmaster Feud Sparks Town Upheaval
In Egypt on March 27 a dispute over a postmaster appointment causes uproar as T J Newcomb seeks to oust longtime postmaster Miss Edna A Litchfield. A petition signed by over 160 patrons objects to removal, led by Dreamwold chief G H Pollard and opposed by town officials. The issue centers on premises and income from the fourth class office with Lawson estate nearby. The petition heads to Congressman William L Lovering for action.
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Egypt
Thomas W. Lawson
T. J. Newcomb
Edna A. Litchfield
E. H. Nichols
Boston
Silas Peirce & Co
Newcombe
Nichols
Miss Litchfield
Charles Peare
Peare
Little Post Office
George Sampson
TW. Lawson
G. H. Pollard
Mr. Pollard
Mr. Lawson
Dreamwold
Lawson
Newcomb
The Strenuous Life and Piles Cure Advertisement
A period style editorial-like piece warns of rapid life harming women and links irregular bowel movements to piles. It promotes Pyramid Pile Cure suppositories as a quick painless remedy, with testimonial from Mrs. John H. Castana and a mail order offer from Pyramid Drug Co.
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John H. Castana
Arch Street
Chicago
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Woman commits suicide in police station after shooting husband
New York dispatch reports Mrs Annie Isaacs killed herself by drinking carbolic acid inside a police station today. Earlier she attempted to kill her husband by firing seven shots with two revolvers and fired at the arresting officer. Jealousy is given as the motive.
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New York
Annie Isaacs
British bar the warship Bolivar at Trinidad port
News from Willemstad reports that the British legation in Caracas notified Venezuela that Trinidad Governor was told to deny Bolivar entry to Port of Spain and British West Indies. Bolivar to coal elsewhere, likely Martinique, hampering revolutionaries' plans. Venezuelan gunboats guard waters. Montilla and Riera forces suffer losses.
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Willemstad
Curacaa
Caracas
Venezuela
Trinidad
Bolivar
Port of Spain
British West Indies
Martinique
Varela
Montilla
Coro
Riera
Ethel Collins arraigned on cent larceny charge in South Boston
Ethel Collins, 18, of 6 I street was arraigned before Judge Fallon in the South Boston Court yesterday charged with larceny of 75 cents from Minus M Nalbandian a storekeeper. Her case was continued until Saturday with bonds set at 100 dollars. The police say Ethel is hard to capture and harder to keep after capture. She is without a mother and lives with her sister.
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Ethel Collins
I Street
Fallon
Boston
M. Nalbandian
Ethel
Resignation of Rowayton School Principal Ends Scandal
South Norwalk Conn March 27 The Rowayton public schools principal John W McClellan resigned after a slander suit filed by teacher Miss Ervin arising from an anonymous letter sensational in the Rowayton community.
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Norwalk
Conn
John W. McClellan
Rowayton
Ervin
Danvers Asylum Again Opens to Visitors this Spring
The Danvers Insane Hospital will reopen to visitors on Mondays and Wednesdays each week beginning March 31.
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Danvers Asylum
Danvers Insane Hospital
Fire Panic at St. Mary's Church Marlboro
Holy Thursday services at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlboro were disrupted by a fire panic when a drapery at the repository caught fire. Priests Rev. J C Caisse and Rev. J C Genest, with lay helper N D Lacontre, controlled the blaze and calmed the crowd. Sister Mary Cecilia and St Anne's Academy girls aided in safety. one sister injured by being pushed.
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St. Mary’s Church
Marlboro
Mary Cecilia
Chaperon and Vesper Girls Cause Harvard Uproar
A young chaperon with a fluttering handkerchief and two vesper girls created a chaotic scene in Memorial Hall at Harvard last night. The group, led by a gallant escort, attracted cheers from 800 students as the trio repeatedly attempted to flee a dark gallery recess, finally racing into view atop the stairs in full sight.
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Harvard
Appleton Chapel
Jack
Emperor Frances Joseph Holds Maundy Foot Washing
In the Hofburg on Maundy Thursday Emperor Francis Joseph washed the feet of 12 aged men. The ceremony was witnessed by nobility and the diplomatic corps including Robert H. McCormick US minister who afterward received bags of money hung on the participants' necks.
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VN Pnna
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Robert 8. McCormick
United States
Travel Offers Westward Fare Reductions via Rutland Line
To San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle during March and April. Greatly reduced rates to other points West over the Rutland railroad. Your tickets and information address Simmons and Marsters, agents, 290 Washington Street, Boston.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Rutland Railroad
Simmons & Marsters
Washington Street
Boston
Guns tied to Boer conflicts drift in South Africa
In Pretoria on March, reports state four guns taken by the Boers when General Methuen was captured remain in General Delarey s possession. The guns recaptured by Colonel Kekewich were the ones lost during the Von Donop convoy disaster.
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Pretoria
Methuen
Delarey
Kekewich
von Donop
Advance In Wages At American Steel Hoop Company
Stationary engineers at the American Steel Hoop Company in Pittsburg Pennsylvania were notified of an immediate voluntary 10 percent wage rise and a tonnage bonus.
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Pittsburg
Penn
American Steel Hoop Company
Good Friday Services at Old South Church
Special Easter Friday service at Old Bouth Church on Boylston Street at the corner of Dartmouth. An 8 o'clock service will be held with Rev. George A. lg to preach.
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Norfolk
Old Bouth
Boylston Street
Dartmouth
George A.lg
Five Dollars a Box The Price Cut No Figure
A letter extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming quick relief from acid indigestion after a week of distress. It praises a 50-cent box, notes neighbor endorsements, and features signatures from A Ellms and Chas. F. Buzzell, with Toronto reader Mrs Jas Barton detailing misdiagnosed bladder and kidney trouble improved by the tablets. It adds that all druggists sell them and physicians endorse their use for various stomach issues.
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Sudbury
Mass
Jas. Barton
Toronto
Canada
Stuart
Dowieites tied up by smallpox quarantine
In Chicago on Michigan avenue John Alexander Dowie s Leaves of Healing complex faces a 20 day quarantine with 173 followers and many servants confined after porter Fred Speller showed a smallpox case. Three policemen guard entrances while doors on the ground floor are barred to prevent escape. Speller was taken to Isolafon hospital.
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Chicago
Mangyney
Michigan Avenue
John Alexander Dowie
Fred Speller
Speller
Isolafon Hospital
Navy Yard Repairs Plan Shifts From Large Ships
Charlestown Navy Yard may not receive the Baltimore, Brooklyn, or Maine for repairs as believed. Officials expect the Lancaster and Essex, wooden training ships, to come for repairs in months. Until the new dry dock is finished, large ships cannot be sent there.
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United States
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Maine
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Lancaster
Essex
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