Cross for Boston bishop-elect to be presented
A reception will honor Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Anderson bishop-elect of Boston next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Michael Matthew Cunniff’s Brookline home hosted by the Guild of the Infant Saviour. He will receive a pectoral cross of precious stones in a carved gold setting, a bishop’s insignia that always contains a relic of the crucifixion.
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Joseph G. Anderson
Boston
Michael Matthew Cunniff
Brookline
Anderson
Taft Joins Beverly Golf Club as Honorary Member
President Taft becomes an honorary member of the Beverly Golf Club in Chicago after a notice of election was mailed to the White House and a letter of acceptance was received.
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Chicago
Taft
Beverly Golf Club
White House
Hibbard Vetoes Defeated in Dorchester Council Session
Dorchester City Council defeated Hibbard vetoes amid heavy debate over a $10,000 appropriation for a public landing at Northern avenue bridge and a $35,000 substitution for vetoed loan items. Unanimous transfer of $30,000 to the park department funds Mystic and Ashmont playgrounds and Billings Field. A joint city charter conference was set for next Monday night in the Common Council chamber. Proposals to end tolls on East Boston ferries were tabled for next meeting.
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Northern Avenue Bridge
Lauriat Avenue
Dorchester
Goodwin
Park Department
Mystic
North Hkrnghton
Ashmont
Billings Field
Bamitaps
Franklin Field
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Corbett Delivers Evangelistic Message at Bowdoin Tabernacle
The Tabernacle Church on Bowdoin Square hosted EH A Corbett in an evangelistic service last night. He criticized wealth gaps and religious indifference, urging plain speech and warning Back Bay residents about moral danger. He returns next Thursday for another address.
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Tabernacle Church
Bowdoin Square
A. Corbett
Corbett
Back Bay
Boston
Bob Ingersoll
Moody
Mr. Corbett
Many Public Requests in Mrs. Smiths Will
Under Mary E. Smith of Malden the probate filing in East Cambridge details $1000 to Malden Public Library, $1000 to Maplewood Baptist Church, $6000 to First Baptist Church of Northampton, $2000 each to three Baptist organizations, with residue to adopted daughter Edna EF. Smith. Estate valued at $40,000.
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Mary E. Smith
Malden
East Cambridge
Women’s Clubs Elect Officers at Springfield Meeting
The State Federation of Women’s Clubs closed its annual session in Springfield with election of officers. New officers include President Georgia A. Bacon of Worcester and a slate of vice presidents, secretaries, and directors. The group debated surplus funds and funeral expenses from the Boston biennial, opting to return surplus to clubs while funding related costs from federation reserves. Two new clubs were admitted, Quest and Question Club of Winthrop and Clio Club of Ashburnham.
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Springfield
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Unity Church
State Street
Annie M. Pfeipher
Hyde Park
George C. McLean
Chandler Smith
Quincy
Richardson
East Boston
Bonds
Winchendon
Woods
Beverly
Georgia A. Bacon
Worcester
Caroline Ss. Atwater
Women In Council
Roxbury
Florence Breed
North Shore Club
Lynn
Marian <A. Crocker
Women
Peabody of
Malden
Winn
Major Winn of
Newport
Federation
Winthrop
Clio Club
Ashburnham
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Concert of Women's Club Draws Aid to Clubhouse Fund
Society patrons pack Copley Hall for a cafe chantant by the Professional Women's Club to raise funds. About 40 girls in national costumes circulated with cigars flowers and sweets while Mayor Hibbard and president Marion Brazier attended. The program featured dances and John Kendrick Bangs' The Real Thing staged by Miriam O Leary Collins with Mary Ashton and Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift in key roles.
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Chantant
Copley Hall
Professional Women's Club
Alice Chapman
Hibbard
Marion H. Brazier
Lucius Manlius Sargent
S. Tucker Burr
Augusta King
Richard Hamlin Jones
John Shepard
Edward Payson
John Kendrick Bangs
Twelfth Night
New York
Miriam O'Leary Collins
Mary Ashton
Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift
Vincent Club
Murderer Pelosi Tracked After Slaying Wife in Foster Place
Police traced Giacinti Pelosi to the Braintree line after a night of searching for the North End man wanted for Marianna Pelosi's murder. The body was found at their Foster place home with a wound behind the left ear. A wall letter claimed motive and confessed the killing at 12 o'clock tonight.
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Giacinti Pelosi
Foster Place
North End
Marianna
Braintree
Hanover Street
McDevitt
Magrath
Dugan
Luigi
Flore
Says Young Wife Was Too Fond of Liquor
Interest rose in a divorce case as Vera and Henry W. Keefe argued over alleged wife infidelity and drunkenness. Detectives testified to late night visits at a Pembroke street lodging house. Keefe described his 1898 marriage and numerous intoxicated incidents and a suicide attempt by his wife. The case remained unfinished.
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Vera
Henry W. Keefe
Pembroke Street
Dainty Pearly White Corn Toasties Sold by Postum Makers
Postum and Grape-Nuts creators offer Toasties thin wafers, fully cooked and toasted to a crisp golden brown. Ready to eat from the box with cream or milk, praised for exquisite flavor and tender crunch. Popular 10c, Large Family size 15c.
Dr Hutchison Returns After Mysterious Disappearance
Dr Percy Adams Hutchison Harvard instructor in English vanishes from New England Sanitarium Stoneham. He reappeared at his attorney Edmund A Whitman’s office asking only to reassure his worried mother and offered few details of his three days away.
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Percy Adams Hutchison
Harvard
Innglish
New England
Stoneham
Edmund A. Whitman
Woman in duel with burglar at Gainesville home
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet widow of a Confederate general fought a burglar in her Gainesville residence at 2 AM. She fired as the intruder fled he returned fire and she continued firing until her pistol was empty.
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Gainesville
Helen D. Longstreet
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