Survivors of First Boston College Graduating Class Reunite
Six living members of Boston College's first graduating class of 71 72 gathered at the rectory of the Church of the Sacred Heart Roslindale for a reunion dinner hosted by Rev. John F. Cummins. Attendees included Rev. William P. Brett Dr. William A. Dunn Dr. Henry C. Towle James R. Murphy and Edward A. McLaughlin, all Boston natives and distinguished in clergy medicine and law. The group planned to establish the Rev Thomas I Gasson s J medal for philosophy at Boston College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston College
Church of the Sacred Heart
Roslindale
John F. Cummins
William P. Brett
S. J
William A. Dunn
Rome
Henry C. Towle
Dorchester
James R. Murphy
Edward A. McLaughlin
Boston
Robert Fulton
Brett
Europe
Dunn
Ter
Italy
France
Germany
Austria
Towle
New England
Father Cummins
Thomas I. Gasson
Father Gasson
Health Board Closes School Over Scarlet Fever Fears
Melrose May 9 The Board of Health closed the Mary A Livermore School amid an epidemic scare after four pupils tested positive. The building was disinfected and a yellow flag will fly for several days while physicians monitor potential additional cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Board of Health
Mary A. Livermore
Williams Pink Pills touted as blood and nerve tonic
An advertisement for Dr Williams Pink Pills claims general debility from bad blood can be cured by a tonic treatment. It highlights symptoms such as weakness indigestion and insomnia and cites a Chelsea Massachusetts user who regained strength and started his own business after using the pills. The ad notes the pills treat anemia rheumatism grip after effects and fevers and offers pamphlets and a price of 50 cents per box or six for 2.50 from the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Havey
Willow St
Chelsea
Mass
Dr. Williams
Laborer Killed by Locomotive on Railroad Elimination Work
Antonio C. Digeano aged 50 of Roxbury was killed while working on the Dudley Street grade crossing project of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. He stepped in front of a speeding engine to dodge another, was hurled into the air, and killed instantly. A widow in Italy and a 20 year old son in the city are his survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Antonio C. Digeano
Marshfield Street
Roxbury
Digeano
Italy
Funeral for Warren Batchelder in Cambridge
The funeral for Warren M. Batchelder killed by a mysterious auto in Cambridge last Sunday was held yesterday at Temple Street Baptist Church. The service was conducted by Rev. Franklin Hamilton with assistance from Revs. Charles Crane and Rowe, and burial followed at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren M. Batchelder
Cambridge
Temple Street Baptist Church
Franklin Hamilton
Charles Crane
Rowe
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Alleged Moxie Swindle Targets New England Dealers
Moxie manufacturers warn of an extensive fraud scheme in New England. A well dressed man posing as an advertising agent offers a free case of Moxie in exchange for buying a one case certificate, with two prepaid cases after May 15. The company posts a $250 reward for information leading to arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Moxie
Moxie Nerve Food Company
Boston
Moxie Company
Moxie People
Revere Seeks Five Cent Beach Fare From Elevated
Revere Massachusetts officials and residents urge the Boston Elevated to match the five-cent fare offered by the Boston & Northern and the Narrow Gauge to Revere Beach. They point to fare discrimination with eight or eleven cent options and push for uniform eight cents plus a toll or a straight five-cent rate. A town meeting is planned to mobilize support and press state park and railroad authorities for the concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere Beach
Boston
Massachusetts
Coney Island
Greater Boston
Boston & Northern Electrics
Scollay Square
East Boston
Revere
Elevated
Board of Selectmen
Benjamin Keeping
Hugh McKay
Boston & Northern
Gange Roads
Wonderland
Ocean’s Edge
Park Commissioners
Railroad Commissioners
Bancroft
The
Sullivan
Beach
Keeping
White Posts
Orient Heights
Bellingham Station
Chelsea
Broadway
Revere Street
Selectman
McKay
Northern
Post
Boston Elevated
Eastern Electric Railroad
Woman leads chase before arrest for petty theft
Gerald Brown 22 of 7 Marlowe Street was arrested by Lagrange Street police on a charge of stealing a pocketbook from Nellie O'Donnell of 15 Eliot Street containing $2.85 last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Brown
Marlowe Street
Lagrange Street
Nellie O'Donnell
Eliot Street
Crisis in Strike Coming Monday
George B. Hugo of the Employers Association said there is nothing to arbitrate after a conference with Feeley for the master teamsters and Mansfield for the union failed to yield an agreement. Feeley said the union’s wage and shorter hours demand is supported, but open shop remains a roadblock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Hugo
Employers’ Association
Feeley
Master Teamsters
Fred W. Mansfield
Mr. Feeley
Boston Contractors Union Keeps City Strike Up
About 340 drivers of city teaming operations remain idle as the Contractors' Association of Boston, with 186 member employing teams, met at the Hotel Langham to press for higher wages. They seek increases from 3 to 4 dollars daily for single teams and 5 to 6 dollars for double teams, with Sand and Tip Cart Drivers' Union 91 urging a $10 weekly rate for single drivers starting April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Contractors’ Association of
City of
Langham
Union 91
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First Boston College
John F Cummins
W' Perell
Henry C Towle -Pttake
James B. Piurphy
Health Board
Ada Au
Chase
Bargain Aiy
Dodge-Spear CO
Washington Sperry
Bailey
Candy Dept
Knox
Worth LLC
Swift
Pride
State Board of Conciliation and
Arbi
Fitzgerald
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Carters
Foston
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston & Maine Freight
Chaster Ingalls
Lamartine’ Street
Jamaica Plain
Ingalls
Fry Phipps
Hiawatha Patent Family
Hamburg
Patterson-Sargent Company
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe’s Wharf
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