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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1911
Page
8
Arch bishop O Connell will join 17 new cardinals in a Rome consistory after a Vatican summons. The Boston leader and two other American appointees travel late next week for the ceremony, with a grand beretta and zucchetti display marking the elevation.
Mgr Diomede Falconio apostolic delegate to the United States and Archbishops O Connell of Boston and Farley of New York were named additions to the college of cardinals. He will sail for Rome not later than November 10 and will not return to America. Bonaventure Cerretti will act as chargé d'affaires until a successor is named.
Rome reports that 17 cardinals will be created in a consistory including three Americans. Columnists say Pope Pius IX elevating four Americans signals growing US influence and hints at an Irish American pope. Archbishops Farley and O Connell, alumni of the American College, celebrate the change.
The Rev Ambrose F Roche of Water town a leader in the Catholic Federation says Archbishop O Connell s elevation to cardinal marks a crushing defeat for modernism in the United States He praises O Connell s loyalty to the church and to America and rejects claims of neglect of American Catholic interests by the Vatican.
A review of Philip J. Doherty's Fraught with timely analysis of the federal liability law for railroad workers in interstate commerce. The Boston lawyer’s work surveys remedies, constitutional questions, and compares state and federal approaches, with case collection and notes on wages, master servant doctrine, and where railroads engage in interstate commerce.
A Pilgrim Magazine beauty note advises women with sagging cheek muscles and a double chin to lift their heads and wash the face with a saxolite and hazel lotion. The mixture claims to tighten skin, reduce wrinkles, and firm neck and chin, with rapid effects and druggist availability.
Boston Oct 30 1911 Mayor Fitzgerald writes to Cardinal Merry Del Val after Archbishop O Connell is elevated to Cardinal. He and Boston Catholics express gratitude and note the Cardinal's notable character. The piece also describes the cardinals biretta with red material horns and a string loop.
The red hat signifies the cardinal rank and was first granted to secular cardinals by Innocent IV at the Synod of Lyons in 1245 while religious cardinals received it from Gregory XIV in 1591. Cardinals also wear scarlet biretta and mantle, use the umbrellino with bareheaded blessings, and display episcopal ornaments in titular churches.
Ex-Congressman John A. Keliher was hailed as mayoral candidate at a Ward 9 dinner for Isaac Gordon. The event, attended by about 150 at 1651 Washington St, urged support for the straight Democratic ticket and featured speakers including Gordon, James Donovan, Councillor John Attridge, Leonard, Thomas M Joyce, and Max Mitchell.
An article promotes using mergelized wax to remove dull skin. Spread like cold cream and wash off next morning to reveal a fresh layer. Claims gradual removal of lifeless skin and a healthier complexion without surgery.
A gas explosion on Tremont Row in Boston burns 48 year old Currant and triggers a citywide panic. Fire officials and utility workers investigate a leaking gas main near Portland and Hanover streets and evacuate manholes while police chase rumors of dynamiting. Currant, treated at Relief Hospital, may be discharged today.
Ellis W. Appleby, a 60 year old storekeeper and Baptist deacon from Old Bridge, was arrested in Middlesex County on arson charges. Investigators link him to numerous fires in Old Bridge and the August blaze at Glover and Stonaker's general store, with $5000 bail posted.
The night workers chapel holds a special service tomorrow morning at 3 30 to observe All Souls day with Mass by Rev Father Lyons.
A decades old discussion notes that plump figures are favored socially and in love while thin people face ridicule and misery. It cites digestive health and a patent-like weighing remedy involving tincture cadomene, pepsin essence, rhubarb, and cardiol compound as a suggested method to gain weight.
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