Naming a New Bishop for Portland
The diocesan council met at the Cathedral rectory in Portland to select three candidates for the Portland bishopric. Likely choices mentioned include Very Rev Edward F Hurley Rev N Charland Monsignor Thomas N Wallace Rev D J OBrien of South Berwick and Rev M C McDonough of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Edward F. Hurley
N. Charland
Thomas N. Wallace
D. J. O’brien
South Berwick
M. C. McDonough
Bath
Hidden Clerical Council Meeting Near Rome Influence
A secretive council meeting was held with only core members present led by Archbishop Williams of Boston and attended by W H O Connell and several regional church figures. Inquiries yielded no details as officials stated nothing could be released, with Rome expected to provide guidance. The roster included Hurley of Portland and multiple priests from Waterville Biddeford Oldtown Lewiston Bath Bangor.
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Williams
Boston
Rome
Portland
Monsignor Hurley
Father Hurley
Archbishop Williams
W. H. O'Connell
Congress Street
Constance
Edward F. Hurley
N. Charland
Waterville
P. E. Drepont
Biddeford
F. X. Trudell
Oldtown
Thomas H. Wallace
Lewiston
M. C. Mes. Donough
Bath
M. F. Walsh
Bangor
Chelsea Aldermen Hear More Graft Report Testimony
City Clerk Reed read 100 more pages of the celebrated graft report to the Chelsea Board of Aldermen. Chairman William A. O'Brien testified I have little respect for the representatives of the press. They cannot advance me in business or injure me. The reading will continue next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen of
Chelsea
Reed
William A. O’brien
Massachusetts Spiritualists hold 68th convention
Mrs. William S. Butler presides at the Massachusetts Association of Spiritualists 68th anniversary gathering in Berkeley Hall. Several hundred attendees heard spirit messages and officials boast a near tripling of believers last year as mediums from multiple states spoke. Meetings continue daily with noted mediums addressing the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Butler
Massachusetts Spiritualists’ Association
Massachusetts
Berkeley Hall
Massachusetts Association of Spritualists
Association
Alice Waterhouse
Carrie Swift
Haverhill
Nettie Holt-Harding
New York
Hattie Mason
Springfield
J. L. Belcher
Brockton
Boy 17 in Front Page Back Bay Trapping Incident
Thomas Brown age 17 became the central figure in a sensational incident at Joan F. Masters residence 12 Haviland Street Back Bay last evening. He reportedly hid in a bathroom after being pinned down by a woman who lured him to her apartment then barricaded the door and feigned drunkenness when Masters brother and a janitor forced entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brown
Joan F. Masters
Haviland Street
Back Bay
Nurse Refuses Return of Fulford Heirloom Gift
Miss Mabel BE. Lemin claims she will not surrender the $100 bequest from late Ontario Senator George T. Fulford who died in a hospital last October after injuries from an automobile accident. The alleged statement was made as she faced requests to return the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mabel BE. Lemin
George T. Fulford
Ontario
Intruder in Masters Apartments Detained by Resident
A man gained entry with false keys into the Masters apartment, evading about twenty residents until Miss Masters, a dressmaker, returned and held him captive. Mr Masters discovered the locked bathroom, police found pawn tickets on the intruder, who claimed to be Thomas Brown, 17, of Warrenton Street. Captain Paige will review the case in Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Masters
Rose
Miss Masters
Brown
Back Bay
Thomas Brown
Warrenton Street
Paige
Brookline
Barr to resign from Seaboard Air Line May first
Reported in Richmond that J. M. Barr, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, will resign effective May 1. Alfred Walter, chairman of the board of directors of the South and Western Railway Company, is expected to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. M. Barr
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Alfred Walter
South and Western Railway Company
Four nurses to return Fulford legacies after hospital rule
Senator Fulford left four $100 gifts to nurses admired by him. Executors seek return unless hospital approves keeping them. The accident occurred October 8 in West Newton when his car collided with an electric car at Beacon and Walnut. George Pulsifer said funds may go to the nurses who then return them to executor Hansen. Trustee Hunt notes hospital rule requires gifts to go to the hospital fund and that one nurse refused to turn over money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Fulford
Kery Cross
Beacon and
Walnut Streets
West Newton
Fulford
Wiliam O. Hunt
Newton Hospital
Hansen
Mabel E. Lemin
Ella B. Jordan
May Starkon
Alice Taylor
Government sets aside 750000 for Columbia River works
Washington March 28 - The United States government will appropriate 750000 dollars to protect pilings and jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River from the teredo borers. The project aims to safeguard harbor structures and ensure safer navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washiington
Columbia River
United States
Back Bay Socialite Laura Cushing’s Suicide Shocks London
The Back Bay circles recount the death by own action of Laura T Woods Cushing in London on March 16. The American-registered widow left a note signing Marie Derval with an empty laudanum bottle beside her. The Cushings once lived at 378 Massachusetts Avenue, later owned by Josiah H. Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura T. Cushing
John P. Cushing
Boston
Pimlico
London
Back Bay
Marie Derval
Cushings
Massachusetts Avenue
Cushing
Josiah H. Carter
Pearl Street
John P. Cushing & Co
Knapp Street
Bride
Laura T. Woods
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Miss Woods
Beverly
New York
Retreat at Immaculate Conception Draws Crowds in Lent
Women fill the Church of the Immaculate Conception for a retreat led by Rev. Thomas I. Gasson S J who denounces debtors and fraudsters as death’s corrective. He frames death as a moral awakening and previews talks on Judgment Mercy and a Lenten discourse at Manchester Cathedral with ties to Boston College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
Manchester
N. H
Boston College
Sligo Priest to Speak on Ireland's Wrongs in Jamaica Plain
Rev T H Quinn of County Sligo will address Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain on Ireland's Wrongs and How to Right Them. Captain John H Dillon will preside. Jamaica Plain societies reportedly sold enough tickets to guarantee financial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Curtis Hall
Jamaica Plain
T. H. Quinn
County Sligo
John H. Dillon
Debates Over Sunday Laws Move To Third Reading
In a heated legislative session supporters and opponents clash over Sunday restriction measures. Amendments to allow secular work with safeguards pass as bills move toward a final vote. The roll call shows a narrow majority in favor with lawmakers from multiple cities and towns listed.
Boston Voters Split On Sunday Bill In City Contests
A list of Boston legislators who voted for or against the Sunday bill is shown by name, party, and ward. The roll includes Abbott Ward 24, Burr Ward 24, Conway Ward 23, Leavitt Ward 20, Weeks Ward 28 among supporters and Bennett Ward 11, Clark Ward 25, Daly Ward 18, Grady Ward 6, Lomasney Ward 8 among opponents with numerous other names and wards.
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Luce
Turtle
Pittsfield
Grady
Boston
Evans
Everett
Newton
Mellen
Worcester
Senate
New England
Barrett
Cambridge
Somerville
Abbott
Allen
Bailey
Barker
Bayrd
Bennett
Saugus
Bounice
Birch
Blanchard
Uxbridge
Bodurtha
Bodwell
Bolton
Brigham
Bullard
Burnett
Burr
Carter
Clark
Brockton
Coffin
Conway
Suffolk
Crafts
Dennett
Denny
Edwards
Dennis
Easthampton
Endicott
Fogg
Gammell
Gatineau
Ceason
Godhu
Goodhue
Gore
Granger
Griswold
Hall of
Acton
Hall of Milton
Hultman
Hutchins
Jones
Stoneham
Chelsea
Keefe
Knowlton
Leavitt
Leonard
Long
Lothrop
Lowell
Mayhew
McKnight
McManus
Mitchell
Mock
Morse
Muehlig
Nason
Nelson
Newhall
Norcross
Packard
Peloquin
Phelps
Phillips
Pickford
Potter
Putnam
Riley
Rockwood
Ross
Rugg
Sandberg
Sawyer
Seward
Shackford
Sherburne
Snow
Provincetown
Fairhaven
Soliday
Sowle
Stalker
Stowe
Sullivan
Maynard
Swig
Tarbell
Tarr
Thompson
Tilton
Torrey
Truedel
Turner
Tuttle
Wit
Buckley
Callahan
Cook
Coyle
Creed
Cush
Gove
Mack
Weeks
Doogue
Brazzell
Cushing
Daly
Douglass
Driscoll
Egan
Ewell
Lerber
Fitzgerald
Gaylord
Gethro
Glynn
Lomasney
McDermott
MecEttrieck
McKirdy
Mooney
Moore
Power
Quinlan
Quinn
Teeling
Toland
Webster
McDonald
Butler
no—Scigliano
Shiels
Pomeroy Abused in Charlestown Prison Claims Made to Governor
New York lawyer H. J. Bebro, a former Charlestown inmate, says Jesse Pomeroy was abused in prison and seeks an official investigation. He alleges solitary confinement for life and eye and intestine injuries, and plans to bring Pomeroy to court to testify. Bebro vows further action and references a forthcoming book on prison systems.
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H. J. Bebro
New York
Charlestown Prison
State House
Jesse Pomeroy
Touraine
Bebro
Charlestown
Military and Social Magazine
Boston
McCausland
Washington Street
State Prison
Governor Guild
Fire destroys Masonic Temple in Dover with woman saved
At dawn a five story Masonic Temple on Central avenue in Dover was destroyed with losses over 200000. Miss Mary Peasley, a commercial college teacher, was rescued after signaling from a fourth floor window as police and fire crews evacuated about 20 lodgers. Fire started in the Jenniss hardware store and damaged surrounding properties before crews secured the scene by 2 15 am. Other losses included Jenniss 40000 Faxon 10000 Gray Brothers 5000 and Hanson 5000.
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Dover
N. H
Masonic Temple
Central Avenue
Mary Peasley
Stevens
C. L. Jenniss
Miss Peasley
Charles A. Faxon
Gray Brothers
Cigars and
Zocola Trial Over Counterfeit Indian Head Notes
The case of Giovanni Zocola, on trial for the last two days, occupied Judge Dodge's attention yesterday. Zocola is alleged to have attempted to pass counterfeit Indian head notes. It is expected the case will be given to the jury this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giovanni Zocola
Dodge
Zocola
Cod liver oil refined for easier taking in Scott's Emulsion
An advertisement extolls the improved refining method of cod liver oil and promotes Scott's Emulsion as easier to take and more digestible than plain oil. It claims doctors recommend it and that it benefits non robust children, with Scott & Bowne as the manufacturers in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
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U. S
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Sligo
Ing
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Douglas
Dowd
Downey
Duane
Dunham
Faxon
Fennelly
Ferber
Goodwin
Graham
Grant
Haggerty
Hancock
Hayes
Healy
Hibbard
Higgins
Hillard
Houlihan
Howard
Jackson
Jacques
Johnson
Kelcher
Kiely
Locke
Lynch
Macomber
Mapes
Mayberry
McCann
Mc Ettrick
McManmon
McNerney
Meyers
Murphy
O’connell
Parks
Phelan
Poor
Porter
Stoddard
Streeter
Terry
Totten
Wier
Winch
Conley
North Brookfield
D. J. McDonald
Lamoureux
O’brien
O'Rourke
Barnes
Wakefield
Dwight
Dyer
Peabody
Thayer
Bearse
Delano
Lowney
Scigliano
Willeta
Pry
Shinola Company
Rochester, N. Y
Pomeroy
State’s Prison
Galmly
Dover Masonic Temple
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