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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1907
Page
4
Crowds throng the church despite rain to view Archbishop Williams lying in state with mitre and crozier. Police and Holy Name K Society guards prepare for a large service as officers expect a vast, emotionally charged attendance inside and outside the church.
A large crowd filled the Cathedral as Archbishop Williams was honored with a pontifical mass of requiem led by Archbishop O Connell. The procession from the residence, the 4000 attendees inside, and the symbolic rites continued with clergy and Holy Name Society members guiding the service and public viewing.
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A high mass of requiem was yesterday morning offered at the House of the Angel Guardian Roxbury for Archbishop Williams. The Rev D M Murphy chaplain officiated with the Brothers singing. Sunday morning prayers were offered for the deceased prelate, a longtime friend and benefactor of the Brothers of Charity.
The Suffolk County Branch of the American Federation of Catholic Societies holds an executive committee meeting tonight at 41 East Newton Street starting at 8 o'clock. The death of Archbishop Williams is a principal topic and Henry Wessling will preside.
Public buyers should safeguard value as sellers may push inferior goods on trusted brands. The notice urges consumers to insist on genuine items and avoid substitutes that exploit reputations.
Nicholas M. Williams, veteran sexton of the Cathedral, will supervise arrangements for the funeral of Archbishop Williams. He is said to have the longest acquaintance with the archbishop among those living, though not a relative.
The Cathedral's sexton and director of arrangements presides over the funeral for Archbishop Williams, coordinatingceremonies and rites with church officials.
The two men grew up near Pond Street in the North End and shared Irish roots. Their families were acquainted in Ireland and renewed ties on arriving in this country. For seventy years they maintained a close friendship with the archbishop outliving his relatives.
Mayor Witzgerald called a noon today special meeting of both City Council branches to pass resolutions on the death of Archbishop Williams. No resolutions proposer yet named and no eulogy planned. The Board of Aldermen may attend the funeral with a ward delegation from the City Council.
Requiem services filled churches including Sacred Heart Roslindale and St Cecilia Back Bay. A memorial window will be placed in Calvary Mortuary Chapel, with funds invited via the parochial residence in Roslindale. Archbishop Williams is praised for education and charity work.
Catholic Union members guard the bishop’s remains with rotating watches. Recent guards included Charles Gavin and Charles Lyons, then William Murphy and others, as Holy Name Society members prepare to attend the pontifical mass and burial at the Cathedral with 800 members taking turns.
Elizabeth A Power Boston charity leader paid tribute to Archbishop Williams calling the scene mournful and somber and noting his charitable work and leadership in the community
Body of Archbishop Williams will lie in state at the Cathedral until the funeral services tomorrow. At 10 a.m. a solemn high mass of requiem will be attended by city children. adults will not be admitted. 4 p.m. chanting of the office of the dead by archdiocesan priests. public admitted without tickets. 10:30 a.m. solemn high mass of requiem followed by placing of the remains in the crypt. James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore will be celebrant with a eulogy by Archbishop William H. O'Connell. admission by ticket only.
Alonzo R. Williams, superintendent of five underwriters of New York, died in Toronto on September 1 after arriving two weeks earlier to attend an insurance men’s convention and falling ill.
Boston readers hear of Mr Cooper and medicine through Jaynes Drug Stores report of A J Vogt a Chicago resident who credits Cooper with curing years of stomach trouble. Vogt says his appetite returns, stomach eases and sleep improves after trying Cooper's New Discovery and credits the remedy with saving his life.
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