Tributes Roll For War Dead At Fenway Military Mass
Cardinal O'Connell presided as 10 000 veterans of foreign wars and others honored comrades who died in service at a large Fenway Park mass yesterday morning.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1922
Page
7
Cardinal O'Connell presided as 10 000 veterans of foreign wars and others honored comrades who died in service at a large Fenway Park mass yesterday morning.
A solemn Memorial Day ceremony at Copley Square featured Cardinal O Connell and a large clergy and military presence. Veterans from Foreign Wars and the 101st, plus many bands, participated as troops filed onto the park grounds for a mass and rifle volleys.
A religious address urges deaf Americans to strive for national welfare through Christian virtue. The sermon links faith to patriotism and duty, urging honesty, justice, and charity as foundations of government amid economic and social challenges. A Boston ceremony follows with Mass, military honors, and a grand review led by Mayor Curley and Senator Allen.
Churches across Boston and New England held memorial services for fallen heroes from the Civil War Spanish American and World War eras. Veterans in uniform attended at Chelsea Malden Somerville Dorchester East Boston Roxbury and other areas with wreaths flags and memorial squares. The Sacred Heart in East Boston hosted a major military mass with the American Legion band supplying music.
Belfast reports unofficial word that a truce was reached at Newry and Dundalk this morning after heavy fighting in South Armagh. Ulster constables used carrier pigeons for help. no further casualties but civilians lay dead nearby. A man named McCabe was hospitalized in Newry with a bullet wound. his earlier court martial for spying ended in death and later compensation. Dundalk teems with border-area civilians, some without lodging, while gunboats sit at Carlingford in Dundalk Bay.
Headed by the Rev. John J. Gilday, several hundred St Patrick's Church children marched in a May procession honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. After the procession, a statue of the Blessed Virgin was crowned on the parochial school campus.
Police questioned a North Westport farmer Valenty Fayley after he allegedly beat his wife and set fire to their home. His 1 year old child died from exposure despite hospital transfer, while the mother and four other children were rescued. A friend recounted her husband drawing a knife across his throat before the fire, but investigators doubt his death occurred in the blaze.
A basement fire at Dr M J Kelley residence 116 Maint Street Watertown started by spontaneous combustion. Miss Gertrude Kelley and Miss Margaret McCarthy were nearly overcome and carried to safety by Hoseman Peter MacNichols. They were revived and returned to the damaged home.
Mrs Martha Moore Avery told a Boston audience that medieval Catholic institutions kept prices fair with guild oversight and no extreme profiteering. She argued there was less poverty, more universities, and that Catholic discipline protected labor from exploitation and preserved genuine charity.
Auguila Sylvester of Willimantic is hospitalized at St. Joseph's with a broken back and spinal injuries after the family automobile overturned on the Columbia State highway three miles from the city. No other occupants were hurt.
In Skowhegan Maine on May 28 Roland Daggett a 13 year old boy son of Omar Daggett drowned in the Wesserissett Stream while fishing with two companions.
A crowd crowded around Boston Common yesterday as seven speakers urged Washington to release 113 wartime espionage act prisoners. The sunlit gathering heard criticism of President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty and mild speeches otherwise while bands of war veterans played nearby.
The former Bowdoin Square Theatre leading lady returns to Boston for a week of performances and greetings with friends. She calls it good to be back in Boston and previews a bright reception for her fans at the theater. Also notes Mrs. Ethel Stoner is elected mayor of Corkville Wyoming, a place once known for its rough reputation.
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