New England News in Brief Highlights Oct. Events
A survey of brief New England items notes Bishop Feehan invites diocese priests to select board of consultors, youths seen near Worcester theaters, Yale Peabody fossils harmed by plaster, Miss Gladys Vanderbilt at Newport opera, Gen Josiah Pickett honored on death bed, Bath Iron Works awarded destroyer contracts, a polecat disrupts a Sharon farm club, Massasoit spring marked in Warren, two men sentenced in Watertown car case, burglars hit Turk's Head building, Abbie G Montgomery dies in Providence, youths injured in Brookton accidents, and a Brockton fire scare spared by quick action.
Boston News Briefs Report Lodger Dead and Car Incident
Mary Donovan 58 a lodger at 14 Bradford Street was found dead in her room about 8 30 yesterday. William Emery 51 of 5 Dilworth Street fell on the Washington and Milk Streets corner front platform injuring his nose and forehead. Patrick Cusick 35 of 1526 Columbus Avenue sprained an ankle when hit by a falling hemp bale at freight house No 2. Inspectors arrested Louis C Fleckner alias Louis C Halford 24 of Buffalo N Y on larceny charges involving a bag tin box 5 gold piece and a watch chain all valued at 42 and 574 in money on June 26. Frank Enwright 18 with epilepsy was taken to City Hospital. An Italian laborer found unconscious on Dorchester Avenue near Park Street is believed to be a New Haven railroad section hand.
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Mary Donovan
Bradford Street
William Emery
Dilworth Street
Winter Hill
Washington and
Milk Streets
Patrick Cusick
Columbus Avenue
New Haven Railroad
Smith
Burr
Louis C. Fleckner
Louis C. Halford
Buffalo
Mardnas K. Harlan
Tremont Street
Frank Enwright
Kneeland Street
City Hospital
Division 11
Dorchester Avenue
Park Street
Crow Indian Festival Draws Wide Native Attendance in Billings
In Billings Montana on October 18 the Crow Indians host a large festival with many Sioux Cheyennes Nez Perces and other tribes present along with Crows. The event resembles a carnival celebration and has become an annual native occasion.
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Billings
Mont
Woman Arrested on Fortunetelling Charge in Pittsburg
Mrs. A Barnum of 329 Grandview Avenue was arrested in Pittsburg after telling her husband she would be arrested and describing the officer who would come for her. Detectives Roach and Porter took her to the Central station on a fortune telling charge.
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Pittsburg
A. Barnum
Grandview Avenue
Central Station
Roach
Porter
Night assault claim unsettles Birmingham man
A burly man from Birmingham, Michigan, reported to Dick Erwin at midnight that three assailants attacked him, sprayed him with oil, and tried to burn him alive. He was taken to Pontiac for mental evaluation.
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Birmingham
Mich
Dick Erwin
Pontiac
Court Protects His Fence in Detroit
John Dryja of Hammond and Ranspach streets obtained an injunction from Judge Mandell to stop Walter and Olive Craft from tearing down any fence Dryja may erect on the lot line between their properties in Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
John Dryja
Hammond
Ranspach
Five Arrested in Joplin News-Herald Plant Dynamiting Case
Five persons including Minnie St Clair Charles Smith U S Martin Bessie Beam and Hazel Pay alias Hazel Reed were arrested at the home of Minnie St Clair in connection with the September 15 plant dynamiting in Joplin Missouri authorities said.
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Joplin
Joplin News-Herald
Minnie St. Clair
Charles Smith
U. S. Martin
Bessie Beam
Hazel Pay
Hazel Reed
Archie Upper Dies After Freight Train Collision in Scottville
Arch ie Upper, found dead on a Scottville railroad crossing, was returning from Reed City to join a family reunion when no passenger train could reach Reed City Saturday night and he rode a freight instead.
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Ludington
Mich
Archie Upper
Scottville
Reed City
Pepper exposes theft suspects in Marlinton whiskey haul
In Marlinton, Cayenne pepper disrupted a bloodhound tracking a theft case. Joe Mc Looney and Dick Rochards, both Black, were arrested for stealing a large whiskey consignment. Sergeant P. D. Yeager and his dog followed the scent until the pepper halted the search.
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Elkins
W. Va
Marlinton
Joe McLooney
Dick Rochards
P. D. Yeager
Shawnee pow wow opens in Collinsville with Chief Spybuck host
The Shawnees inaugurate what likely will be their last pow wow in Collinsville today with Chief Spybuck presiding. Dances and festivities are planned and participants include delegations from several other Indian tribes along with numerous white guests.
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Tussa
I. T
Collinsville
Spybuck
Six Braintree Sisters Tie In Remarkable Triple Wedding
Six of 13 children from the Braintree family took part in a rare triple wedding at Christ Church Quincy. Miss Mabel Alice and Florence wed in one ceremony, while Miss Grace and Cora and Lillian joined other brides in the same event.
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Alice
Florence
Christ Church
Quincy
Grace
Cora
Lillian
Mrs Edwin Hardy Responds To Husband Arrest
Mrs Edwin Hardy, wife of a Quincy pastor fined for entering a suspected Cleveland house, greeted a Post reporter with a smile and called her husband’s arrest a misunderstanding. She lives with three children at 15 Forster Street, Quincy.
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Edwin Hardy
Quincy
Cleveland
Post
Hardy
Forster Street
Reverend Hardy's Cleveland Arrest Stirring Support From Quincy
In Quincy residents defend Reverend Edwin N. Hardy pastor of Bethany Congregational Church since 1895. Reports say he was arrested in a tenderloin resort after a sociological inquiry into destitution and illness and fined ten dollars plus costs. His associates insist the arrest misstates his actions.
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Cleveland
E. E. Craig
Hartford Seminary
Graham Taylor
Chicago
Hardy
Hartford
Taylor
Edwin N. Hardy
Bethany Congregational Church
Quincy
Congregational National Council
J. J. Jennings
Johnson
T. King
New Elks Lodge Founded In Fergus Falls Parade
Fergus Falls Minnesota hosts a Fourth of July style parade to mark the birth of a new Elks lodge. The highlight shows lodge members chained and blindfolded, led behind a donkey and a goat in a public display.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Elks’ Lodge
Rabies Panic Sweeps DuBuque Trappist Monastery Area
A rabies scare grips Dubuque and nearby farmers after a farmer near Centralia reports a dog going mad and biting four dogs which then ranged through cattle horses and hogs before being slain.
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Dubuque
Trappist
Centralia
Chorus Girl Seeks Divorce in Sioux Falls Case
New York report notes Irene Bishop, once Irene Bishop known on Broadway as the chorus girl wife of J Raynor Storrs Wells, has joined a divorce colony in Sioux Falls South Dakota. The Wells family had learned of the union after parental disapproval and Newport society estrangement.
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New York
J. Raynor Storrs Wells
Sove
Newport
United States Navy
Sioux Falls
S. D
Irene Bishop
Broadway
William Storrs Wells
Cathrine Countiss Appears in The Man’s the Thing at Orpheum
Cathrine Countiss, a popular actress in the South and West, plays with Carlyle Moore in The Man's the Thing this week at the Orpheum, though she remains less known in the Feast region.
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Cathrine Countiss
Orpheum
Carlyle Moore
Miss Countiss Captivates Boston Audiences in Vaudeville
Miss Countiss makes her first Boston appearance and draws six to seven curtain calls for a dramatic sketch in vaudeville, her charm and beauty delighting local crowds.
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Miss Countiss
Boston
Luncheon Given for Miss Mabel Merriam in Washington
Mrs. Clarence Edwards hosted a luncheon at the Alibi Club in Washington DC in honor of Miss Mabel Merriam who will wed tomorrow at St John’s Church to Mr. John Tyler Wheelwright of Boston.
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Washington, D. C
Clarence Edwards
Alibi Club
Mabel Merriam
St. John’s Church
John Tyler Wheelwright
Boston
Triple wedding in a Braintree family astonishes region
Six Hollinshead sisters in one ceremony at Grace Church Quincy tie three couples in a unique triple wedding. Brides Mabel Helen Florence Edith and Alice Gertrude wed William Wiley James Smith and Charles Howie while Cora Emily Lillian Agnes stand as bridesmaids. Families plan more celebrations as John Hollinshead praises his large brood and reflects on his 13 children.
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Braintree
Grace Church
Quincy
John Hollinshead
Washington Street
Mabel Helen
Florence Edith
Alice Gertrude
William Wiley
James Smith
Charles Howie
Grace May
Cora Emily
Lillian Agnes
Fair Hollinshead
W. E. Gardner
Solomon
Mabel
Washington
Florence
Philadelphia
Alice
New York
Hollinshead
Society Watches Tiny Timepieces In Fad For Women
The latest fashion features ring watches set in gold, worn on a thin band, and some women wear many watches on fobs. Traveling clocks in leather cases double as handbags, while handbags may include small gold watches. Bracelets and even a serpent bracelet with a green enamel watch draw attention on city transit.
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Sweden
Dresden
Dorothea Dix Hall Benefit Charms Berkeley Hall Crowd
A Dorothea Dix Hall Association benefit in Berkeley Hall drew a large enthusiastic audience for fire relief. Children including Ruth Fielding and Doris Horslin won encores with mimicry and acting while Stella Craig Mazie Lorman and Catherine McGregor staged dances and sketches. Rev. Father Van Alen presided and enjoyed the performances.
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Dorothea Dix Hall
Berkeley Hall
Old Orchard
Ruth Fielding
Doris Horslin
Stella Craig
Mazie Lorman
Catherine McGregor
Honey Boy
Holsteiner
Juliette Day
Father van Alen
Beginning of Human History lecture at Grove Hall Church
The Universalist Sunday School Association opens its Old Testament Course at Grove Hall Church Dorchester on Oct 29 with Professor Albert E Bailey presenting The Beginnings of Human History. The series continues weekly through the Roman period covering Herod the Great and the fall of Jerusalem.
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Universalist Sunday School Association
Grove Hall Church
Dorchester
Albert E. Bailey
Jerusalem
Rally at First Baptist Church for Missionary Union
A rally at the First Baptist Church on Thursday November 7 will feature speakers including Rev. H. C. Applegarth D D and Rev. M. D. Eubank M D in support of the American Baptist Missionary Union.
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First Baptist Church
American Baptist Missionary Union
H. C. Applegarth
D. D
M. D. Eubank
History of the First Church in Roxbury Nears Press
W E Thwing and Rev James DeNormandie prepare a history tracing 1630 to 1904. Five buildings on or near the site, with full lists of pastors elders deacons and lives of men like John Eliot Nehemiah Walker William Ruggles. The volume promises an attractive edition and includes early church leaders. Minnesota Man for Dorchester Church On Oct 27 the first sermon of the Rev.
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Roxbury
W. E. Thwing
James DeNormandie
John Elot
Nehemiah Walker
William Ruggles
Pastor Budlong Accepts Dorchester Call
F D Budlong long time rector of St Martin's Church Fairmount Minnesota will preach at St Mark's Church Dorchester after accepting a call there His work will begin in one of the citys best fields of labor
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F. D. Budlong
St. Martin’s Church
Fairmount
Minn
St. Mark’s Church
Dorchester
Storytelling art featured at Universalist Sun-Gay meeting
A few hundred attendees at the First Universalist Church in Dorchester heard Mrs. Louie E. Ware of Worcester discuss the art of storytelling. The event, part of the Universalist Sun-Gay School Association, included professional music and noted it is held on the third Wednesday each month.
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First Universalist
Dorchester
Louie E. Ware
Worcester
Universalist Sun- Gay School Association
West Somerville
Charles Gy Ames
Church of the Disciples
Boston
Taunton Rally Adds Metcalf Speaker On Sunday School Topic
The Taunton Sunday School rally on the 23d announces a new speaker, Robert C. Metcalf, former Boston and Winchester superintendent of schools, to discuss the best thing to do in the Sunday School. Rev. Guy W. Miner returns to duties in Franklin and Medway parishes.
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Taunton
Robert C. Metcalf
Boston
Winchester S
Guy W. Miner
St. Stephen’s Church
Franklin and
Medway
Harvard Professor Attacks Foreign Protection Policy
Professor E. C. Moore of Harvard back from China says foreign protection of Christians in the Celestial Empire has done more harm than good in a new statement.
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E. C. Moore
Harvard
China
Celestial Empire
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