Funeral of 1¢ Fire Victims
A burial is planned for one victim on Sunday with three more to be buried Monday as authorities investigate the 1 cent fire tragedy. Names and exact locations are not yet released.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
1
Funeral of 17 Peabody fire victims at St John’s Parochial School
The Peabody disaster at St John’s Parochial School claims 17 young lives from 21 victims. A solemn high mass begins at 10:30 as 17 white caskets are moved before 600 pupils and 17 Notre Dame sisters who guided evacuees. Burials follow for the remaining four victims over the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Peabody
Nicholas J. Murphy
St. John's Church
Sisters of Notre Dame
Funeral Services Pause Pea Body Business
All business will be suspended in Pea body during the funeral services. Large manufacturing plants will close at 9 o clock to allow workers to attend the services. Continued on Page 6 First Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
A. C. Lawrence
Archie Hurlburt
Quotation on divine right in governance from Dr Anna Shaw
Dr Anna Howard Shaw, a leader of the U S woman suffrage movement, asserts that Kaiser Wilhelm's divine right claim for Germany is no worse than Massachusetts residents believing they govern their state by divine right. The remark draws a comparison to state authority and legitimacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
German Empire
Massachusetts
Anna Howard Shaw
United States
Boston Suffrage Rally Draws Crowd to Tremont Temple
The speaker, president of the national organization, addressed a packed Tremont Temple audience. The crowd filled every seat and stood in every corridor. thousands were refused entry as doors closed twenty minutes before the rally began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
Boston
Plan Last Effort to Stop Strike
Mayor Curley seeks help from Governor Walsh and Boston business leaders in a final push to halt the strike. The effort involves representatives from major local firms and state officials continuing on page 9 column 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Boston
Curley
Bulgaria Take City Stronghold Captured After 20 Mile Advance
Bulgarian forces seize a key stronghold at Strumitsa as they push 20 miles into enemy territory. The opposing Bulgars suffer heavy losses in the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strumitsa
Bankers Morgan Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
New York Oct 29 J P Morgan who had been at his desk after recovering from bullets inflicted by Erich Muenter is again bedridden and treated by specialists for appendicitis. The operation was performed at noon by Doctors Markoe Lyle and Smith and was described as successful with Morgan resting comfortably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan
Erich Muenter
Morgan
Markoe, Lyle and
Smith
Morgan in Stable Condition After Attack and Surgery
The attack of appendicitis was mild and not linked to the attempted assassination of Mr. Morgan by Mounter. Financier Morgan has fully recovered from two bullet wounds and his health is excellent. He testified last Tuesday before the Thompson investigating committee on elevated railways and later attended a United States Steel directors meeting in good spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Morgan
Mounter
Morgan
Thompson
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Chinese Girl Killed by Auto in Minnie King Tragedy
A six year old Chinese girl, Minnie King of 16 Tyler Street, died from injuries after being struck by an auto owned and operated by Dr. Charles H. Gilbert of Watertown at Tyler and Kneeland streets on her way home from school. She was taken to the Boston Dispensary. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wong King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie King
Tyler Street
Tyler
Kneeland Streets
Charles H. Gilbert
Mt. Auburn Street
Watertown
Boston
Bennett Street
Wong King
French Army Advances in Bulgaria Capture of Strumitsa Reported
A Athens rumor claims a French force advanced into Bulgarian territory and captured Strumitsa after a three day battle. Bulgarian troops reportedly suffered heavy losses, retreated in disorder, and left numerous prisoners and dead. A further development is a rumor from German and Greek sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Near East
Athens
Strumitsa
Night Sky Notes and Anniversary Tidbits for Portland Area
Continued column lists astronomical timings for Portland and nearby towns with rises, moon phases, and equinox details. It also notes sunrise and sunset, planet positions including Jupiter Saturn and Mars, and a 1881 Arctic tragedy anniversary along with Sheridan’s birth and the Tower of London fire anniversary.
Fair Forecast for Boston and Nearby Areas
Forecast for southern New England calls for fair weather Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Moderate southwest to west winds expected. Northern New England remains partly cloudy Saturday with rain in eastern Maine and cooler readings in Vermont and New Hampshire. Sunday turns fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Temperatures Recorded at Spa on Specific Dates
Listed readings show morning and evening temperatures across several dates with average temperatures noted. Entries include times such as 3 a m and 9 p m, with values ranging in the 40s to 60s and a stated yesterday average of 56.4 and last year’s average 51.28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atompson
Spa
M.cere
Volunteer guide robs Mrs Prior in Roxbury Somerville hit
Mrs Elizabeth Prior of 3 Hazelwood Street Roxbury was robbed of a handbag containing six dollars by a young man who offered to guide her to friends on Wigglesworth Street Somerville. The assailant fled and is believed to be connected to three previous Somerville robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth FE
Hazelwood Street
Roxbury
Friends
Wigglesworth Street
Somerville
Assault Struck Woman in Somerville Drug Store Encounter
Mrs. Prior, lost and seeking directions near Medford and Sycamore, Somerville, was approached by a young man at a soda fountain who offered to guide her to Wigglesworth Street. On entering Wigglesworth Street he robbed her handbag after a violent blow to the jaw. The suspect matches a recent Somerville series description: about six feet tall, smooth face, slender, dark clothes, black soft hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Todd
Wigglesworth Street
Veteran court attendant dead in Roxbury
William A. Norcott, 63, of 272 Past Cottage Street Roxbury, a veteran court attendant for 17 years at the Boston Municipal Court, died at the Relief Hospital about 7 PM after a cerebral hemorrhage. He leaves two sons and a daughter, one son Edward Norcott a U S Navy chief boatswain who served with Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay during the Spanish war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Norcott
Cottage Street
Roxbury
Boston
Relief Hospital
Norecott
Edward Norcott
United States Navy
Admiral Dewey
Manilla Bay
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