Confirmation Rite Administered at Two Dorchester Parishes
Bishop Anderson confirmed a 400 strong class at St Mark's Church and a larger group at St Gregory's Dorchester yesterday. Assisting were Rev John A Daley Rev John M Farrell and Rev William F Too hig. The ceremony drew a packed auditorium as the bishop urged duty and courage in living church teachings.
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Dorchester
Anderson
St. Mark's Church
Dorchester Avenue
St. Gregory's
John A. Daley
John M. Farrell
William F.toohig
Pronunciation and time zones in old Post letters
Readers ask about the pronunciation of amen and the saying about October weather. The editor cites Vizetelly favoring a as in ape for amen in speech and r in song. Queries include global noon equivalence from Boston to Chicago London Petrograd Melbourne Manila and Yokohama.
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Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
London
Petrograd
Melbourne
Australia
Manila
Yokohama
Circle formulas for diameter based area and circumference
Reader asks for circle formulas using diameter. Circumference equals diameter times 3.1416. Area equals diameter squared times .7854. Values are approximate.
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Post
Record Bowler Roy Flagg's Scoring Feat Emerges
Aberdeen South Dakota bowler Roy Flagg reportedly posted scores of 270 300 and 800 across three consecutive games with an implied average of 250. The source lists a remarkable string with no corroborating context. Birthday stones per month are cited as garnet amethyst, bloodstone or jasper, diamond or sapphire, emerald or carnelian, agate or chalcedony, ruby or onyx, sardonyx, chrysolite, opal or beryl, topaz, turquoise.
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Roy Flagg
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Clarifying the Pope quotation and Old State House front
The item clarifies two historic quotes and a city landmark. It identifies the Pope quotation about the ages of man from Essay on Man and notes the Old State House front orientation on Washington Street versus State Street. It explains that the Declaration was first read from the State Street balcony and that Washington Street briefly became the front during a later reception.
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Post
Sir
Old State House
Washington Street
State Street
Harbor
Boston
Washington
Four doomed sea ships shown in Boston Harbor photograph
A Boston Harbor scene features four ships three four masted schooners and one steamer doomed to loss or torpedoing within three years. The Henry W Cramp remains missing after seven months. The Barbara was sunk by the Germans. The Major Brown sank after a coal leak. The Marquette of Red Star line was torpedoed.
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Boston
Barbara
Henry W. Cramp
Major Brown
Marquette
Wyman H. Fales
Irving Street
West Somerville
Lloyds
Norfolk
Rio
Bermuda
Fales
Brown
Red Star Line
Burglaries Net Rich Weston Home Loot
Weston expects a $500 reward after thieves smashed a window at Paul Clifford’s Central avenue home on Oct 7. Jewelry including watches diamonds sapphires and silverware plus over 100 items were stolen while the family was away. The Watts Detective Agency now watches pawnshops and second-hand shops for the recoveries.
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Weston
Paul Clifford
Central Avenue
Clifford
Watts Detective Agency
Monponsett Visitors Plan Annual Reunion at Elk’s Hall
Cottagers and vacationists from East and West Lakes Monponsett will hold their annual reunion this evening at Elk’s ballroom in Cambridge Central Square. The Monponsett Club will feature ballroom dance exhibitions by Fred Babb and Miss Mary Doyle and soft shoe dances by Babb and Walter Bradbury. The organizing committee includes George E. Babb Herman F. Beyer Fred N. Babb Miss Pauline Pryor Miss Mary Doyle Albert Drew Miss Viola Palmegren William K. Ruff Miss Isabel McEachern Frank Cook James M. Crocker and Harry Varley.
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East and West Lakes
Monponsett
Elk’s
Central Square
Cambridge
Monponsett Club
Fred Babb
Mary Doyle
Walter Bradbury
George E. Babb
Herman F. Beyer
Fred N. Babb
Pauline Pryor
Albert Drew
Viola Palmegren
William K. Ruff
Isabel McEachern
Frank Cook
James M. Crocker
Harry Varley
Everett High Cheerleader Bobsy Captures School Fame
Everett High School senior Beatrice Adelaide Sullivan known as Bobsy rises to fame as the top cheerleader. From her Central Avenue home she leads with a megaphone cry Skyrocket Boon Boom Everett and energizes crowds at football games.
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Everett
Bobsy
Central Avenue
Beatrice Adelaide Sullivan
Boon
Prices Rise Again in One-2 Lunchrooms
Dishes in the one-2 lunchrooms gained last week with most items up five cents and some by ten cents. Boston baked beans and meat rose from 25 to 30 cents, beans and corned beef up to 35 cents in a few downtown spots, and beans with brown bread moved to 35. Doughnuts dropped to one cent each as small portions reduced profits.
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Boston
Newspaper Row
Price Boom in Lunchroom Staples Across Markets
Menu price predictions point to higher beans eggs and hash across lunchrooms. A rise from 15 to 20 or 25 cents for beans and eggs increasing from 20 to 25 cents, with two eggs up to 80 cents in many spots. Corn beef hash set to reach 20 cents, hash with eggs up to 45 cents, and chicken pie costs climbing by 5 to 10 cents depending on location.
GOP Plans A Busy Week In Massachusetts Campaign
The G O P launches a final week of campaign events across Massachusetts a week before election day. Governor Coolidge will attend one rally at Tremont Temple while five Baxter autos and the Allen Warner squadron tour Essex County and other regions. National figures Poindexter Taft Sproul Burnyquist Milliken and Allen join the state effort with J Weston Allen and Joseph Warner leading the efforts.
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Bay State
Coolidge
Tremont Temple
Charles S. Baxter
State House
Allen-Warner
Essex County
Unitec Shoe Machinery
Beverly
J. Weston Allen
Newton
Joseph Warner
Tauntom
United States
Poindexter
Taft
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Burnyquist
Minnesota
Milliken
Maine
Allen
Kansas
Prominent Italian Resident Paolo Contestabile Dies at Speech
Paolo Contestabile a pioneer Italian settler and noted chef collapsed and died in Washington Hall Everett while addressing the Everett Sons of Italy on Good Citizenship He was 60 and helped push a Columbus statue in Columbus Park South Boston He led the Independent Order of Binary and Domestic Workers of Ava council and is survived by a widow and five children of 18 Tilesitreet Elverett.
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Paolo Contestabile
Boston
Washington Hall
Everett
Sons of Italy
Contestabile
Columbus
Columbus Park
Council of the Independent Order of Binary and Domestic Workers of
Ava
Tilesitreet
Elverett
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