Mission Church Amateurs Stage "Pilate's Daughter" Elab orate Presentat ion
Mission Church amateurs presented Pilate's Daughter a five act sacred drama by Rev. F. S Kenzel at St Alphonsus Hall before about 200 attendees. The piece portrays crucifixion era events showing Christianity overcoming idolatry with elaborate scenery and lighting. Leading performances by Alice Starkey as Claudia Pilate's daughter, Alice Daly as Leah, May Birch as the sorceress, and Rubin as a vestal virgin. The Rev Father Kenzel announced three more showings next week including Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
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Alice F. Starkey
Claudia
Pilate
Alice F. Daly
Leah
May Birch
Rubin
Kenzel
Tragedy in Brooklyn Ends with Wife and Self Fire
In Brooklyn on May 2 George T. Bruns an examiner of accounts for the Aqua Life Assurance Company shot his wife then killed himself at their home. Bruns likely died Edna Dashiell sister of Mrs Bruns spent the evening with the couple reports Bruns was jealous and accused his wife of extravagance and attention from other men.
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New York
George T. Bruns
Aqutted Life Assurance Company
Brooklyn
Mr. Bruns
Edna Dashiell
Turkish rebels claim victory near Mocha in Yemen
Cairo dispatch reports a whole battalion of Turkish troops annihilated by rebels near the Mocha seaport in Yemen. The Mocha governor allegedly taken hostage, with deserters joining the rebels as the fight continues in the southwestern Arabian region.
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London
Daily Express
Cairo
Egypt
Mocha
Boston Merchant A S Cook Controls 400 Square Miles of Camps
Boston merchant A S Cook of the Boston Ranching Company has secured sporting rights over about 400 square miles in northern Franklin and Somerset counties Maine. The venture covers bear, moose, deer and fishing lands with capacity for 600 sportsmen and numerous cabins. The Moose River system and Bald Mountain area encompass a network of lakes, ponds and streams including Long Pond.
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Boston
A. S. Cook
King of Maine
A. Stowell & Co
Winter Street
New England
Franklin County
Maine
Somerset
Boundary Mountain Range
Bald Mountain
Big Brassua Lake
Moosehead Lake
Cook
Heald Pond
Moose River
Somerset County
Amon
Newton man seeks wife and child at Boston train station
J. T. Sturges of 21 Thornton street Newton tells police he has been searching for his wife and 2 year old baby since Sunday morning after missing them at South Station. He traveled from Waltham to Boston via Watertown and Harvard Square, wife unaware of his new Newton home, no foul play suspected.
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Newton
J. T. Sturges
Thornton Street
Sturges
Waltham
Boston
Watertown
Harvard Uare
Boylston Street
South Station
Funeral Plans Set For Pauncefote in Washington
Secretary Root orders Major General S B M Young to lead military arrangements for the Pauncefote funeral. Equal numbers of army and navy ushers and body bearers to be used, with Major McCawley in charge. Army and navy leaders to attend in uniform. condolence messages including one from King Edward.
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Root
S. B. M. Young
Pauncefote
Army
Naval
McCawley
Marine Corps
Navy
Miles
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Vers Meyer
Ashington Barracks
Artillerrom
King Edward
Rumored hitch in peace talks in Pretoria
London reported after midnight that a rumor of a hitch in South Africa peace negotiations reached the lobbies. The Associated Press despatch from Pretoria warned that optimism about peace might not reflect solid facts, and censorship limited new details. The government postponed the budget committee stage to later allow recasting if peace is secured.
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London
Associated Press
Pretoria
South Africa
Ohio Republicans Convene for State Convention in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 26 Ohio Republican leaders gather for the state convention with Senator Foraker absent. Governor Nash acts as temporary chair as leaders including General Grosvenor and Congressman Dick discuss platform planks on Cuban reciprocity, trusts, and tariff. Hanna supporters push to win 18 of 21 State central committee seats at district meetings tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Foraker
Nash
General Grosvenor
Hanna
Congress
State Central Committee
Miss Collins Hosts Sunday School Reception at Home
Miss Lila Collins wife of a St Stephen's Sunday school teacher hosted a reception for her pupils at Garden Court street last evening. The program featured vocal and instrumental selections by several attendees and refreshments followed. Assistance for hostess duties came from Miss Teresa Fennelly Miss May Dodd and Miss Pliza Cashin.
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Garden Court Street
Lila Collins
St. Stephen’s
Miss Collins
Teresa Fennelly
May Dodd
Pliza Cashin
A. O. H. Holds Special Suffolk Meeting For One Ball
The Suffolk county executive board of the A. O. H. met at Pythian Hall and set plans for the single ball next Thursday at Mechanics Hall. Over 5000 tickets sold, and a road transport plan for 10,000 attendees was arranged. The First Hibernian Regiment and Irish volunteers will be in full uniform. Invitations sent to Governor Crane, Lt. Governor Bates, the Speaker and Senate President, Suffolk senators, state officers of the A. O. H., county presidents, and officers of the ladies' auxiliary.
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Suffolk County Executive Board
Pythian Hall
Mechanics’ Hall
Hibernian
Irish Volunteers
Crane
Bates
House
Senate
Suffolk County
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Unitarian Anniversary Week Opens With Large Boston Reception
The Unitarian anniversary week began with a reception at the Hotel Vendome drawing about 1000 attendees from across the country. E. A. Eliot and Emma Law led the welcoming group alongside prominent ministers and affiliated society leaders. Notable attendees included Thomas R. Slicer, Alfred Manchester, W. W. Fenn, C. H. Padner, and many Brookline and Jamaica Plain residents.
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Hotel Vendome
E. A. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
Biot
E. A. Horton
American Sunday School Society
Horton
Charles Dole
Unitarian Cemponents Society
Dole
Emma
Law of the Woman's Alliance
Percy Atherton
Young People’s Religious Union
Thomas R. Slicer
New York
Mr. Winckley
Philadelphia
Alfred Manchester
Salem
Earle Wilbur
Meadville
Penn
H. J. Crocker
Ann Arbor
Mich
C. H. Padner
C. St. John
Charles Newhall
Jamaica Plain
Miss Lee
James Eels
Rhoades
West Roxbury
R. H. ‘Davis
C. B. Hackley
J. A
Labor union notes from a busy city meeting
Carpenters Union No. 83 initiated 16 members and donated 10 to striking tin can workers. June 16 marks the union’s 20th anniversary and a regional convention of 185 carpenters local unions will meet at Wells Memorial Hall. Brewery workers strike was endorsed with a $5 fine for non union saloon patrons. Sign Writers Union No. 91 to host a talk on June 16. Allied Metal Mechanics Local 23 admitted 25 new members. Plate Printers No. 8 elected delegates to the June 18 New York convention. F C Boland and ex President Thomas F Morrisey named. Tin can workers were counted at 20.
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Carpenters’ Union No
Wells Memorial Hall
New England
Allied Metal Mechanics
Plate
New York
F. C. Boland
Thomas F. Morrissey
Somerville School Board Promotes and Welcomes Staff
At last night’s meeting the Somerville School Board promoted Helen L. Follanshbee to second assistant and Eda C. Nichols to first assistant in the English High School. resignations were received from Mary P. Anderson Florence M. Marshall Eva Warren Elizabeth Wheelock L H Knowles Jennie Sutherland Ida May Pattee Eva B. Whiting and others. New teachers elected include Bertha Martindale Mary Corry Maud Nickerson Lila Marble Zelpha Thayer Emma Co Blanchard Rosabel Franklin Catherine Burden.
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Somerville School Board
Helen L. Follanshbee
Eda C. Nichols
Mary P. Anderson
English High
Florence M. Marshall
Perry
M. Eva Warren
Edgerly
Elizabeth M. Wheelock
L. H. Knowles
Forster
Jennie FE. Sutherland
Carr
Ida May Pattee
Eva B. Whiting
Hodgkins
Bertha Martindale
Mary Corry
Maud Nickerson
Lila M. Marble
Zelpha WL. Thayer
Emma Co. Blanchard
Rosabel M. Franklin
Catherine A. Burden
Struck by Automobile Hits Crane Near Columbus and Yarmouth
Phineas M. Crane, 62, of 358 Columbus avenue, was struck by a car at Columbus Avenue and Yarmouth Street. He received medical care for a scalp wound and fractured collar bone and was sent to City Hospital. The auto was owned and driven by Eugene B. Stanley of 39 West Street.
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Phineas M. Crane
Columbus Avenue
Yarmouth Street
Judge
City Hospital
Eugene 8. Stanley
West Street
Morris Murch and Butler Low Price Brass Beds Agency
Morris Murch and Butler at 97 and 9 Summer Street have long offered low prices on brass and iron bedsteads with consistent quality. They specialize in good goods at low prices, building a large business. They recently secured the sole agency for Ostermoor patent elastic felt mattresses.
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Morris, Murch & Butler
Summer Street
Ostermoor
Wabash Introduces Through Sleeping Cars to Colorado
The Wabash Railroad launches a through sleeping car line from St. Louis to Denver for summer travel, departing St. Louis at 9:00 a.m. and arriving in Denver at 11:00 a.m. the next day, with intermediate calls at Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Through sleepers to St. Louis will run from Boston North Station at 6:18 p.m. on trains starting May 23.
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Wabash Railroad
St. Louis
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Boston
North Station
Barely Escaped St Pierre Disaster Mentioned by Yale Man
Thomas Max Smith of Yale class of 1898, who sailed from Barbadoes on the Korona, arrived aboard the Caracas from Venezuela and Porto Rico. He described St Pierre as a heap of ruins with fires, Mont Pelée lava, and wrecked harbor debris, noting a failed attempt to land due to extreme heat.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Porto Rico
Thomas Max Smith
Yale
Smith
West Indies
St. Pierre
Barbadoes
Mont Pelee
Carey Tri
Ryan Beats Handler in Kansas City Bout
Tommy Ryan defeated Jimmy Handler of New York in Kansas City tonight. Ryan opened with strong combinations in the second round and scored four knockdowns in the fourth, prompting the referee to stop the bout to protect Handler. Handler showed gameness but could not match the local winner.
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Kansas City
Tommy Ryan
Jimmy Handler
New York
Ryan
Handler
Sieloff Knocks Out Sims in Eighth Round Bout
Otto Sieloff of Chicago defeated Art Sims of Akron in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round match in St. Paul. Sieloff’s manager announced an immediate challenge to Joe Gans for the lightweight championship.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Otto Sieloff
Chicago
Fonhgnt
Art Sims
Akron
Sieloff
Joe Gans
Lowrey and Tipman Box 20 Rounds to Draw in Baltimore
Jack Lowrey of New York and Joe Tipman of this city fought to a twenty round draw in Baltimore. The bout ended with neither man gaining a clear victory.
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Baltimore
Jack Lowrey
New York
Joe Tipman
Benny Yanger Beats Austin Rice In Six Round Match
In Chicago on May 2 a six round bout ended with Benny Yanger outpointing Austin Rice of New London Connecticut. Rice fought hard and drew the crowd applause with a spirited showing.
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Chicago
Benny Yanger
Austin Rice
New Ndon
Kennedy Biscuit Works Named For Butter Thin Biscuits
Butter Thin Biscuit fame rests on Kennedy Biscuit Works who produced the genuine article and warned that imitators imitate Kennedy’s. The prompt calls for Kennedy’s genuine Butter Thin Biscuits and contrasts with counterfeit versions.
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Kennedy Biscuit Works
Kennedy’s
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