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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1902

Page

7

Campaign for District Option Campaign for District Option

The district option campaign is in full force with liquor dealers, temperance groups, and clergy canvassing. A five member committee leads the optionists, while both sides push aggressive publicity including a new paper The Strict Option and red white and blue billboard motifs.

Brighton Father Butler Dorchester Kittredge South Boston Fallon East Boston John Atwood Roxbury Mr. Morgan Temperance Bishop Potter

Missing Malden woman Julia Donahue sought by police

Malden Oct 8 Mrs Julia Donahue wife of Matthew Donahue of 14 Townsend Street has been missing from her home since Thursday Police in Boston and nearby towns have been notified She left home to visit a store while entertaining friends inside the house

Malden Julia Donahue Matthew Donahue Townsend Stret, Malden Boston

Wife vanishes. husband fears foul play prompts search

A wife says she will return shortly, but her husband grows anxious over her disappearance, fearing foul play and urging authorities to investigate and locate her as a missing person.

Brotherhood of St Andrew opens convention with 400 attendees

The Brotherhood of St Andrew began its convention yesterday with about 400 people in attendance. The afternoon program included an address by Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins of Philadelphia and a period of silent prayer. Notable attendees listed include Rev. R. J. Phillips of Syracuse, Rev. J. M. Richmond of Syracuse, Rev. H. P. Seymour of Portland, Rev. J. H. Sharpley of New Haven, Rev. F. Tomkins, Rev. Charles M. Tyndale of Cape Vincent, Rev. F. J. Bassett of Providence, Rev. Ellis Bishop of Boston, Rev. S. Brown of Bellefonte, Rev. A. J. Graham of Rochester, Rev. J. P. Hawkes of Dedham, Rev. H. Montgomery of Fredericton, Eugene C. Denton of Rochester, Hon. G. Harry Davis of Philadelphia, A. Pointer of Colorado Springs, Fred Rice Rowell of Seattle, John B. Whitehead of Denver, and Henry T. Fidler of Providence.

Brotherhood of St. Andrew Floyd W. Tomkins D. D Philadelphia R. J. Phillips Syracuse N. Y J. M. Richmond H. P. Seymour Portland J. H. Sharpley New Haven

What the Columbia Freshmen Mustn't Do

New York Oct 8 Sophomores at Columbia distributed orders forbidding freshmen from smoking pipes unless they win two of three cane sprees and only after Feb 22 of the following year, carrying canes after tug of war victory, walking on grass plots, sitting on library steps or ledges, entering the College Tavern without an upperclassman, wearing golf trousers, or caps with prep school insignia. Interrogations and campus fights followed as authorities prepare to interview many freshmen. sophomores captured four vans of freshmen to force them to dance and sing.

New York Columbia College

Orleans Life Saving Crew Rescues Schooner Chatham

The schooner George Glover, en route from New York to Boston, struck by an unknown three masted vessel near Minot's Light in Massachusetts Bay. Crew members including Oliver Libby and Mrs Libby and Miss Addie Moody from Rockland Maine battled wreckage all night. Orleans life saving crew reached her in the morning, bringing the vessel to anchored safety as exhaustion grew, tow likely to port.

Orleans Chatham George Glover Fles Chatham Beach Glover New York Boston Massachusetts Bay Minot Oliver Libby

Loom Fixers Elect Woonsocket Officers

The National Loom Fixers' Association of America closed its convention with officers elected. President Michael J. Trainor of Dover New Hampshire. Vice president John J. Purcell of Newbyed ford Massachusetts. Secretary George Delleta of Lowell Massachusetts. Treasurer D J Mor row of Lowell Massachusetts. Executive committee John Flood New Bedford John Hanley Lowell Arthur Blanchard wrence. Next annual convention set for Chicopee Massachusetts in September 1916.

Woonsocket R. 1 National Loom Fixers' Association of America Michael J. Trainor Dover N. H John J. Purcell Newbyedford Mass George Delleta Lowell D. J. Morrow John Flood New Bedford John Hanley Arthur Blanchard Wrence Chicopee

Seventeen Year Old Armenian Boy Making Great Record at Perkins

Seventeen-year-old Armenian pupil Kirkor Hagopian at Perkins Institution for the Blind in South Boston astonishes instructors with rapid progress. Once unable to read, he now reads easily, plays piano, and excels in language science history and geography while overcoming severe injuries from his homeland. The institution marks its 70th year with growth in enrollment and finances including a $50,000 donation, and plans for a new girls building.

Perkins Institution For the Blind Kirkor Hagopian Helen Keller Boston Hagopian America Mozart Cesar Helen Curtis Bradlee Boylston Street Kindergarten For the Blind Francis H. Appleton Amory A. Lawrence Edward Jackson Michael Anagnos J. Theodore Heard M. D William Leonard Benedict George H. Richards William Endicott Richard M. Saltonstall Charles P. Gardiner Lothrop Thornd Henry Endicott Edward Wigglesworth Grew

Prohibition Candidate Mrs. Fanny J. Clary Declines Nomination

Mrs. Fanny J. Clary of Williamsburg is the Prohibition candidate for State Representative from the first Hampshire district. She tells a Post reporter she was surprised by the nomination and may decline, praising temperance work and Suffragist aims, while noting mixed party experiences and her farmer lifestyle with 150 acres of orchards. She supported liquor restrictions for medicinal use and arts, and spoke of education for women in national matters. The Clary farm once hosted a cider mill now abandoned under her management.

Williamsburg Fanny J. Clary Hampshire Good Templars and Women's Christian Temperance Union State Sons of Temperance Susan B. Anthony Prohibition Party Clary Pomona Grange Hampshire County Clarys

Thief's Victim Lipman in Critical Condition After Attack

Manchester Oct 8 Joseph M Lipman injured by sandbag attack last night remains in a precarious condition with recovery chances deemed slim. Police report details are scarce and the suspect is sought.

Manchester Joseph M. Lipman

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