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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1914

Page

8

Impressive Funeral for Mrs Catherine Splaine in Watertown

Solemn services at St Patrick’s Church and graveside rites in St Patrick’s Cemetery Watertown marked the last rites for Mrs Catherine H Splaine mother of Rt Rev M J Splaine D D rector of Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Rev R H Splaine of the Church of the Sacred Heart Watertown. Attendance inside and outside the church set a town record for a funeral.

St. Patrick’s Church Watertown St. Patrick’s Cemetery Catherine H. Splaine Mer. M. J. Splain Cathedral of the Holy Cross R. H. Splaine Church of the Sacred Heart

Requiem Mass Held at St Patrick's Church Boston

Solemn high mass of requiem begun at 10 a m with Rt. Rev. Ambrose Roche as celebrant assisted by Deacon T W Coughlin and Subdeacon Maurice Lynch John J O Donnell served as master of ceremonies Acolytes included John F Whelleher and David F Regan The choir augmented by Cathedral singers led by Pio de Luca featured solos by Pio de Luca and James H Ratigan Miss Mary Kenney was organist The church interior was black garb with silver trim Many high church officials and priests from across the diocese attended along with sisters nuns from Dominican Charity Mercy Gray Nuns and Passionist orders

Mer Ambrose F. Roche St. Patrick’s Church T. W. Coughlin Maurice Lynch John J. O'Donnell John F. Whelleher Watertown David F. Regan St. Patrick's Church Roxbury John W. Mahoney Thurifer Pio de Luca Signor James H. Ratigan Mary Kenney George J. Patterson Ss. Peter and Paul's South Boston Edward J. Moriarty St. Thomas Jamaica Plain Mer. J. J. Chitdek Church of the Most Precious Blood Hyde Park Mgr Peter Rowan St. Peter's Meeting House Hill Charles J. Sullivan Cardinal O'Connell Charles W. Lyons Ss. J Boston College Redemptorist Passionist Dominican Order Sisters of Charity Sisters of Mercy Gray Nuns

Funeral cortege at graveside for mother of Mgr Splaine

About 1000 mourners attended the graveside as the funeral cortege arrived. Five St Dominic's Academy children from Waverley were present along with fifty priests who chanted the Benedictus led by Rev M J Scanlan. Prayers were read by Rev John F Kelleher. Mgr Splaine blessed the body as it was lowered. Father Scanlan cast the first shovelful and the clergy followed.

St. Dominic’s Academy Waverley M. J. Scanlan Charities John F. Kelleher Mgr. Splaine Scanlan

Corporations Pay Millions to State Treasury

Large corporate tax payments dominated the final deadline period as state Treasurer Mansfield and aides worked through the last hours to collect millions. Major firms including American Telephone and Telegraph and Edison Electric Illuminating contributed sizable sums, calculated from local taxes and state rate averages. The notice closes with a teaser about a future Sunday Post feature on a new military weapon.

Mansfield Europe American Telephone & Telegraph Company Edison Electric Dluminating Company The New England Telephone Company Old Colony Trust Company Boston Elevated Bay State Street Railroad New Haven Railroad Metropolitan Life Insurance Company New York Life Insurance Company John Hancock Life Insurance Company

Brief in coal suit is ready in New York

The Department of Justice prepares to file in New York the brief in the anti trust suit against the Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company. The Sherman act case, filed months ago, aims to break up a suspected hard coal monopoly. A November 11 argument before Judge Hough in New York District Court is anticipated as a pivotal case.

Washington Department of Justice New York Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company Hough District Court

FIGHT BANDITS 2 DEAD 2 HURT IN BORDER GANG CLASH

In Blaine Washington on October 22 two bandits were killed another mortally wounded and a fourth seriously hurt after a clash with Canadian and American immigration officers at the international boundary. One outlaw killed Adams a BC immigration officer and an outlaw shot himself dead after a hip wound. A Northern Pacific detective James Keith was shot in the hand. Over $4000 was found on the dead bandit and the dying man carried about $1700 in gold.

Northern Pacific Railroad

Cambridge schoolmaster William Bradbury dies at 54 years service

Funeral services for William Frothingham Bradbury veteran Cambridge schoolmaster and Handel and Haydn Society president who died yesterday will be held from his late home 469 Harvard Street Cambridge. Bradbury taught 54 years including 34 as head master of Cambridge High and Latin School. He also served as librarian secretary and president of the society and authored 25 math textbooks. He was a Boston University Board of Visitors member and led the American Institute of ...

William Frothingham Bradbury Cambridge Handel and Haydn Society of Boston Harvard Street Bradbury Cambridge High Handel and Haydn Society Boston University American Institute of

Massachusetts High School Masters Club and Cambridge Choral Society

Instruction lists three organizations: Massachusetts High School Masters' Club, Middlesex School Masters' Club, and Cambridge Choral Society. The item presents names in a sequence, implying a grouping or collaboration among the groups. No further context or actions are provided in the fragment.

Massachusetts High School Masters Middlesex School Masters’ Club Cambridge Choral Society

Cooper Must Die in Chair

The Supreme Judicial Court upholds Daniel J. Cooper's first degree murder conviction for the Oct 4 1913 killing of Alfred G. Bradish and burial beside a wood road. No error found to grant a new trial, leaving the extreme penalty in place.

Daniel J. Cooper Alfred G. Bradish Upton Supreme Judicial Court Cooper

Fireman Richard J Colbert Die After Hospital Surgery

Richard J Colbert longtime Quincy fireman died at Quincy Hospital after an operation last Saturday. He served twelve years in the department and was president of the Firemen Relief Association, and a member of the Eagles and A O H.

Richard J. Colbert Quincy Quincy Hospital Firemen’s Relief Association The Eagles

Standard for Apples Needed in New England

Apple growers at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in New England urged uniform laws to standardize apple grades and regulate advertising. They argued that flooding markets with second or third grade fruit harms prices and reduces demand for first quality apples.

New England Chamber of Commerce

Gasolene Gus Plays New Game in Sunday Post Comic

Gasolene Gus enters a brand new game in the comic supplement of the next Sunday Post, inviting readers to follow a fresh humorous puzzle and engaging antics featured in the paper’s weekly color section.

Gasolene Gus Next Sunday Post

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Wasp An Ton Street Temple Place Coats Chinchilla College Oxford Navy Copenhagen Chinchilla Evni-Tred Shoes Catherine Splaine Mgr. M. J. Splaine Rathiorerine Splaine Monsignor Splaine St. Patrick’s, Watertown Bertha R. H. Stearns 2 CO Locomobile Company of America F. M. Halligan Exchange Car Dept Bandits U. S W. F. Bradbury Supreme Court R. J. Colbert Winter Street Anty Drudge Anty Fels & CO Philadelphia
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