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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
4
Gray haired veterans from 1861 and young vets of 1898 joined memorial services at Boston churches and suburbs. Memorial Sunday brightened skies as the Grand Army of the Republic recalled battles and the nation’s perilous days with music and marching.
Mrs William L Douglas wife of the ex Governor is steadily recovering at Brockton Hospital from an operation performed Friday by Dr Maurice Richardson of Boston with four other surgeons and Dr J Grover her family physician Grover said she would stay about a week or 10 days The operation aimed to guard against future complications not appendicitis and her condition is favorable.
Manuscript sermons of Presidents Thomas Clapp and Naphthall Daggett were found at Yale Divinity School. Notes show Daggett sermons were preached multiple times between 1757 and 1765, including a November 1760 thanksgiving. Also found are fragments by Rev Chauncey Whitelsey and Dr Bellamy.
John J. Brittain, walking delegate and Carpenters Union officer, allegedly called 42 strikes in a single day within the eight hour limit while visiting building sites in Chicago. He sped across miles to beat an injunction, prompting questions about enforcement.
A large memorial tablet for Captain Robert Keayne, founder of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, was presented to First Church Boston. Hon. William A. Morse spoke on Keayne's arrival in Massachusetts and public spirit. Rev. Charles E. Park accepted the tribute amid church ceremonies and military honors.
Memorial services were held in Chelsea at the First Congregational Church with multiple veterans organizations in attendance. A sermon on The Patriotism of General Grant was delivered by Rev John A Higgons. Services also took place at St Pauls Episcopal Church and in East Boston at the Masonic Temple with orations by Colonel Edward Anderson and readings of Gettysburg address. A musical program by the Arlington Glee Club complemented the day.
Comrades from Edward W. Kingsley Post 113 and Gettysburg Post 191 attended services at Roxbury churches with memorial sermons by Rev. Clyde W. Bromell and Rev. J Stanley Durkee. Roslindale and Charlestown veterans groups joined the observances with daughters of veterans and Spanish War veterans in attendance. The ceremonies included offertory pieces and a combined display of veteran organizations.
The Ninth Regiment Veterans Association of South Boston attended an 11 o clock mass at St Augustine's Church. The celebrant was Rev John J Harkins. Address by Right Rev Mgr Dennis O Callaghan urged defending the flag if the Pope sent aid. Dennis Sexton led the association with William Mc Namee as adjutant.
Two black bear cubs escaped a cage in Park & Pollard poultry shop at Canal and Market streets causing a noisy spectacle. They toppled fixtures, freed foxes, birds, and dogs, led to a nightly chase by Officer Flavin, and ended by sleeping amid the chaos after hours of pandemonium.
Admiral Nelson Lodge 161 Sons of St George held a reunion and memorial service in South Boston to mark the lodge’s 33rd anniversary and Queen Victoria’s birthday. Hundreds gathered, with a parade from Gray's Hall to St Matthew's Church and a 10:30 service by Rev. Ernest N Bullock. The day also commemorated 1818 tolling of the Faneuil Hall bell.
Alfredo Grevel, 9, fell from a freight car on the south side of Union wharf and was knocked unconscious. His father found him bleeding from a serious head wound and he was taken to Relief Hospital in critical condition.
The article argues gas in the stomach comes from starch fermentation caused by incomplete digestion. It promotes Maps Flake as the perfect food, claiming steam cooking for six hours, 90 hour curing, ultra thin flaking, and 30 minutes of toasting to make a fully digestible product that won’t ferment.
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