Odd Fellows Meet Today in Massachusetts District Report
The Independent Order Odd Fellows Massachusetts district reports a net gain of 408 members for the year. Officers’ reports will be presented at Oasis Hall on district meeting day. The district list shows total clear cash capital of 215 096.93 on Jan 1 1911 plus mortuary funds 10 887.25, totaling 225 934.18. A key report concerns the May formation of the grand lodge of the United States, a move led by Massachusetts district officers. James W. Riley of Methuen may be elected Provincial Grand Master. he has led Odd Fellows work since 1893.
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Massachusetts
Independent Order Odd Fellows
Manchester Unity
Oasis Hall
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge of the
United States
Thee
James W. Riley
Methuen
Burns Links Opera House Bombing to McNamara McManigal Gang
Detective William J. Burns, returning from New York, said the Boston Opera House dynamiting fits the McNamara McManigal pattern. He heads to Los Angeles for trials of John J. McNamara James B. McNamara and Ortie McManigal in the Times explosion case that killed 21.
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Boston
McNamara- McManigal
William J. Burns
Los Angeles Times
Burns
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
John J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
Ortie McManigal
Burns Attacks Gompers Over Labor Frame-Up Claims
In a Devonshire street agency speech, Mr. Burns denounces Samuel Gompers of the AFL for calling the McNamaras and McManigal framed. He says he interviewed witnesses in Indianapolis and has absolute proof linking the men to dynamite and the Springfield clock tower case. He predicts an impartial trial and union repudiation of the accused once prosecution facts are known.
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Devonshire Street
Burns
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
McNamaras
McManigal
Indianapolis
McNamiaras
Peoria
Ill
Los Angeles
J. B. McNamara
Springfield
Navy Yard Man Charged with Metal Theft
Joseph Joy of Everett formerly with the Charlestown Navy Yard was tried before Judge Dodge in U S district court for allegedly stealing about 50 dollars worth of metal from the yard.
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Joseph Joy
Everett
Ordnance Department
Charlestown Navy Yard
Judge Dodge
United States District Court
Boston Tunnel and Highway Project Update
George G. Crocker, chairman of the Joint Board of Metropolitan Improvements, presented the Boston tunnel and highway plans at the Boston Society of Architects dinner. He detailed work completed and the probable cost, noting a four million dollar estimate for the project connecting the North and South stations.
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George G. Crocker
Joint
Board of Metropolitan Improvements
Boston Society of Architects
Exchange Club
Tunnel and Highway Plan Advances With Mellen Support
Boston officials debate a route via Causeway and Atlantic avenues for a tunnel and highway. President Mellen pledges 2 million toward tunnel costs and highway construction, with city taxes recouping part of the expense. Transit leaders urge rapid completion amid potential land development gains along the route.
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Crocker
Causeway Street
Cross
Richmond
Beverly Streets
Atlantic Avenue
Mellen
N. Y
N. H
Powers Urges Men to Join State Militia
The Hon. Samuel L. Powers urged business and young men in Brunswick to enlist in Massachusetts militia. Powers, then a member of Congress, supported the national militia bill known as the Dick Bills and actively helped its passage.
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Powers
Samuel L. Powers
Brunswick
Massachusetts
Congress
Notables Attend Dinners and Events Across Boston Hotels
Officers past and present of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows dined at the Quincy. Harvard Dental School junior class 42 strong at the American House with toastmaster I T Hassett. New England Railway Club dinner at Copley Square Hotel featured James F Paige on Japan and Trans Siberian railways.
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Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Quincy
Senator Turner
Fall River
J. S. B. Clarke
Matthew Thompson
J. W. Riley
Lawrence
J. W. Gregg
Everett
Caleb W. Mulock
Somerville
H. J. Wentzel
Joseph W. Young
Springfield
George W. Rocket
Malden
George Emsley
Lowell
G. H. Reedwell
Middleboro
J. H. Handford
New Bedford
James A. Smith
Thomas J. Ashton
Harvard Dental School
I. T. Hassett
Dean Smith
Cross, Cooper and
Kazanjian
New England Railway Club
Copley Square Hotel
James F. Paige
Paige
Fore River Ship Building Company
Elks Honor President Nicholson At Boston Banquet
More than 250 Elks attended the first annual Association of Massachusetts Elks banquet at the American House. Grand Exalted Ruler August Herrmann traveled 1000 miles to present a silver chest to President Nicholson, who praised Herrmann as a great ruler and urged Elks to back his financial reforms and a new Elks home. Mayor Fitzgerald welcomed Herrmann and sang after his speech.
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James R. Nicholson
Association of Massachusetts Elks
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
Nicholson
John F. Fitzgerald
Herrmann
Boston
Adeline
Norman “White
Thomas H. Dowd
Mark Sullivan
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lawrence Sullivan
Boston Lodge
James A. Gallivan
Prince of Good Fellows
King of Fair Play
Order
The
Elks
Grand Lodge
Atlantic City
Massachusetts
Elkdom
Bride Dies By Gas in Malden Home
Mrs. Etta Nudelman a 37 year old bride of three months was found dead in her room at 108 Essex street Malden from a gas suicide. Her husband Eugene Nudelman and two visitors witnessed the scene. She had been married twice and leaves a husband and a son from a prior marriage.
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Etta Nudelman
Eugene Nudelman
Essex Street
Malden
Nudelman
Nudelmans
Harvard Exeter Club Banquet At Harvard Union
The spring banquet of the Harvard Exeter Club was held last night at the Harvard Union with 100 members in attendance. R. C. Benchley served as toast master. Speakers included R. C. Floyd, R. T. Fisher, Professor S. Tufts, Dean W. C. Sabine, A. Beane 11 and Lotarop Withington 11.
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Harvard Exeter Club
Harvard Union
R. C. Benchley
R. C. Floyd
R. T. Fisher
Tufts
Dean W. C. Sabine
A. Beane
Lotarop Withington
Bail Denied for McNamara in Dynamiting Case
John J. McNamara’s application for bail on the dynamiting charge was denied by Superior Judge Bordwell in Los Angeles on May 9, with leave to renew the motion at any time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John J. McNamara
Bordwell
Col Hamilton Praises Peruna For Spanish War Saves
Col Arthur L. Hamilton of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers reports long use of Peruna both personally and in his family. He claims his regiment had among the lowest casualties during seven months of service at Camps Alger Meade and Bushnell, noting seven deaths among 1400 men and attributing part of the benefit to Peruna.
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Arthur L. Hamilton
Seventh
Ohio Volunteers
War Department
Army Corps
Alger
Meade and
Bushnell
Peruna
Peruna Advertisers Cite Life Changing Health Claims
A Kansas City reader credits Peruna with saving his life after severe colds and lung involvement from prolonged exposure in unheated shops. A Lehigh Arkansas resident praises Peruna for curing chronic catarrh after years of suffering, reporting restored smell and relief after ten bottles.
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Warner
Free Name of Warner’ S Safe Cure Co
Rochester, N.Y
New England
Hallett Davis Piano Co
Underwood & Underwood
Labor
J. J. McNamera
Giant Powder Company
Oakland
San Francisco
Bryce
M. A. Schmidt
David Kaplan
Navy Yard
Josiah Quincy
Transit Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Fitzgerald
William B. de Las Casas
Metropolitan Park Commission
Society
N. H. Larsen
Architects
Parker, Thomas & Rice
Technology
Harvard
Maurice Ketten
Doc
the Doctor
Xofles
Worthington
T. S. Lippy
Lenox
Seattle
Washington
Mrs. Lippy
S. T. Elliott
the Vendome
West End Improvement Society
Revere House
Herrman
Elks Guest
Borden
Peerness
Tran
ARK
Ordens
Borden’s Condensed Milk CO
M’namara
Col. Hamilton
O. U. S. Volunteer Infantry
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