Two Somerville Octogenarians Mark Quiet Birthdays
City Messenger Jairus Mann turned 87 and former City Treasurer Aaron Sargent reached his 80th birthday in Somerville yesterday. Mann, the city’s longtime messenger since 1872, attends every Board of Aldermen meeting and serves at City Hall. Mann received an elegant ring from his son Alfred B. Mann as a birthday keepsake.
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Jairus Mann
Aaron Sargent
Mann
Mr. Sargent
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Alfred B. Mann
City Hall Staff Send Bouquet to Recipient
Employees at City Hall present a bouquet of flowers to the recipient as a gesture of appreciation.
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City Hall
Floral Anchor at Capt. Ryan's Funeral
The funeral for Captain Nicholas J. Ryan longtime East Boston ferry employee was held yesterday from 499 Sumner Street with services at the Church of the Assumption at 2 PM. A large anchor floral tribute from ferry workers accompanied burial at Malden.
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Nicholas J. Ryan
East Boston
Sumner Street
Church of the Assumption
Malden
Massachusetts Woolens Leader Defends Textile Industry
The United States employs more in textiles than any other manufacturing sector and New England, especially Massachusetts, is its core. The American Woolen Company headquartered in Boston oversees 34 mills, with 31 in New England, boosting wages 31 percent and transforming local mills with modern methods and large processing plants.
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New England
Massachusetts
Boston
New England States
American Woolen Company
The
America
Bay State
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Snake in tobacco shocks Illinois man
A Tobacco chewer in Mt. Vernon found the head of a small snake in a twist of tobacco and believed the snake was rolled in as a joke. He threatens to sue the manufacturer as authorities investigate the bizarre find.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Millionaire H C Akeley to Wed for Simple Life
In Minneapolis 75 year old lumberman H C Akeley plans marriage to Mrs Clara Rood Royce as he winds down business affairs to settle in California. He seeks the simple life after resigning from clubs once run by his circle and hints at a romance tied to family ties with S D Clouga.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. C. Akeley
Clara Rood Royce
Akeley
California
Lafayette Club
Minikhada Club
Minneapolis Club
Elopement moves dying father's wish in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin on October 29 a young woman Catherine Robinson daughter of a millionaire manufacturer defies distance to fulfill the dying wish of her sweetheart's father by seeing his son's bride before the end.
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Charles Sterling Judson
Yale University
Miss Robinson
Richard Turner Robinson
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Yale
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
James E. Miller
Sidney G. Stubbs
Wisconsin
Judson
Stamford
Conn
Racine, Wis
Catherine Robinson
Union Rescue Mission celebrates 23rd anniversary in Boston churches
The Union Rescue Mission on Dover street marked its 23rd anniversary with services at Clarendon Street Baptist Park Street Church and Second Church of Dorchester led by Melvin E. Trotter. Prison Sunday events across Greater Boston drew praise from the Massachusetts Prison Association and featured clergy addresses on crime and reform. Deacon Worth and H B Allen completed 28th consecutive Sunday service at the Common under Evangelical Alliance of Greater Boston. The Rev J L Marlin of Boston University will speak at the Mens Club dinner November 3 at Tremont Street Methodist Church. Ellsworth Schumacher remains as supply pastor at Shawmut Congregational Church through year’s start.
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Union Rescue Mission
Dover Street
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Park Street
Dorchester
Melvin E. Trotter
Mission Worker
Grand Rapids, Mich
Union Mission
Greater
Boston
Massachusetts Prison Association
Evangelical Alliance of
Greater Boston
Waltham Christian Union
EB. P. Worth
Clarendon Street
JL. H. Marlin
Boston University
En's Club
Tremont Street Methodist Church
Men and Religion Forward Movement Meeting in Newton
A meeting in the Newtonville Central Congregational Church discussed an eight day religious campaign planned for January. H W Pierce executive secretary of the Boston Movement outlined the work, followed by remarks from John A Gardner of the Immanuel Baptist and Percy F Williams of Cen-
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Newton
Men and Religion
Central Congregational Church
Newtonville
H. W. Pierce
Boston “Movement
John A. Gardner
Immanuel Bapchalre
Percy F. Willams
Cen
Woman the legal wife of two men in two states
In Catron Illinois Conflicting Missouri and Illinois divorce laws leave Mrs Armilda McKanny legally married to two men. She had a Thebes man divorced by Illinois court then wed another in Missouri. A bench warrant followed for alleged Illinois statute violation and a judge later set aside the prior Illinois decree leaving her married to both men under different state laws.
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Catro
Ill
Illinois
Missouri
Armilda McKanny
James McKanny
Thebes
Putter
Dentistry breakthrough at White Dental Parlors Boston
Dentists at 523 Washington St Boston announce a new bridge method using little gold to create transparent natural looking teeth. They advertise free advice, complete services including fillings painless extractions artificial teeth, and claim over 18 years in practice with guaranteed satisfaction and reduced prices.
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Washington St
Boston
Plans for rival transatlantic service to Boston announced
Allan Line considers placing 11,000 ton steamers Scotian and Hesperian on the Boston to Glasgow route next summer with public support. Scotian, formerly Statendam, lacks previous Boston visits. Allan Line seeks bids for two new 15,000 ton, 1800 passenger ships. Laconia to sail from Liverpool on initial voyage. White Star retains Majestic, Arable, Cymric. Leyland line to run Devoniah and others.
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Boston
Allan Line
Scotian
Hesperian
Glasgow
Statendam
Holland-America Line
Rotterdam
New York
Laconia
Cunard
Liverpool
Queenstown
Franconia
White Star
Majestic
Arable
Cymric
Leylandine
Devoniah
Winifredian
Bohemian
White Star Line
Sisters Wed on Same Day in Dorchester Services
Miss Margaret V Donahoe of Dorchester married Daniel A Collins a police officer at St Peters Church with Rev Peter Rowan officiating. Simultaneously her sister Mary Donahoe wed Edward C McKenna an insurance agent with Mr McKenns as best man. A reception followed at the brides home.
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Margaret V. Donahoe
Drapers Street
Dorchester
Daniel A. Collins
Mary Donahoe
Edward C. McKenna
St. Peter's Church
Peter Rowan
Miss Margaret
Mr. McKenns
Mr. Collins
Great Liners Again to Race Across Atlantic
On a return race from Boston to Queenstown, the White Star liner Cymrie and the Cunard liner Ivernia will sail tomorrow at 4 o clock from Charlestown and EHag Boston. Last week the Ivernia beat the Cymrie by under an hour in the crossing, with strong expectation Cymric will fare better on the return voyage as both vessels race in similar trim.
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Queenstown
Livege Pool
White Star
Cymrie
Cunard
Ivernia
Charlestown
Ehag
Boston
Cymrc
Cunardep
Cymric
Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for indigestion gas and stomach headaches. It claims relief from sour belching nausea and upset stomach in five minutes and promotes lingering use for ongoing digestive health.
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