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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1912
Page
4
The diocese announced that All Saints Day Friday will not be a fast day and abstinence from meat. Cardinal O Connell attended high mass at the Cathedral and presided. Masses next Friday are scheduled at 5 30, 6, 7, a children's mass at 8 and a solemn high mass at 9 with vespers and benediction in the evening.
Two intruders broke into John Goepper's Cambridge residence on a Saturday evening, rummaging through rooms and stealing jewelry valued at 400 dollars. Family members discovered torn bed sheets improvised into a ladder hanging from a second story window, revealing the escape path.
The Very Rev. Thomas I. Gasson S J president of Boston College celebrated high mass at the Church of St Augustine Andover on October 26 and preached an eloquent sermon on The Religious Obligation of Belief Good Citizens The church was crowded
Lawrence Nickerson twenty four of 71 Worcester street is at City Hospital in serious condition after a bathtub gas poisoning attempt cited as the third such act by a South End youth in a week. He turned on the gas and awaited death with the bathroom door closed. Landlady Cynthia Kenney alerted Patrolman Desmond who forced the door and found him unconscious.
Edward Kress of 102 Concord street operates his own fire department by owning and maintaining a small private apparatus fleet. He trades surplus units with cities for new wagons and trucks, often receiving money in exchange. Currently he holds a steam fire engine a nearly new chemical and a heavy ladder truck with all its use saving gear.
Miss Katherine E. Colbear of Clark University has trained a hummingbird to fly to her finger and perch there for meals. The birds, kept at 146 Woodland Street, Worcester, are so tame they ignore danger from humans, according to a reporter.
Edward O Hara once employed at Brightwood Big Four shops faced police court for operating a locomotive unlawfully and for drunkenness. He received a $100 fine and costs, six months in the workhouse on the locomotive charge, and $1 plus costs on the drunkenness charge.
The piece argues gray hair does not reflect mental or physical decline and condemns cheap hair dyes. It promotes a new scientifically targeted darkening method that gradually restores youthful color, claiming healthful, luxurious hair growth. An illustrated book on hair restoration is offered free by Koskett Laboratory in New York if a coupon is returned.
In Hingham Massachusetts former Governor John D. Long marks his 74th birthday with quiet family observances at home. He recalls Roosevelt’s Spanish War decision and predicts the Bull Moose movement will wane, praising Foss and Walker and noting his Unitarian faith and a seaside walk with Mrs. Long.
Edward Kane died after attempting to drink a quart of whiskey in one pull at a New York saloon. He staggered home in agony and told his wife that John Mann had made the wager and bought the whiskey. Police arrested Mann on a technical charge of involvement in Kane's death.
The Rev. P F Cusick of the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue is quite ill. Father Cusick has served at Boston Galitese for three years and is well known in Boston.
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