Obituary notices from Boston area dates and names
A compilation of birth, marriage and death notices from Boston area towns in September 1913. Includes numerous individuals such as Raymond Carter, Adelaide Ayer, Mary Burns, Clementina Butler, William Kins, John Connelly, Bertha Connor, Annie Cox, Honora Cronin, Sarah Fleming, Frances Gammans, Rachel Hatch, Esther Hobbs, George Hunt, Charles Hunting, Catherine Mahoney, Thomas Maylia, Joseph Kenney, Annie Miles, Edith Cruse, Sabina Kern, John Morrissey, Daniel Keefe, Mary Shea, Elizabeth Spear, and others with funeral details, residences, and service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
William Burns
Savin St
St John's Church
Butler
Newton Centre
Clementina
Willatler
Nee.cos
Newton Tre
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
William
Anna Staciakins
Stone
O' Driscoll
Border St
Connelly
Roxburs
John I
Catherine Connelly
Chadwick St
St Patrick's Church
Dudley St
Rae
Ruskin St
West Roxbury
Waverley
Chambers St
Favor
Roxbury
Lydia M. Favor
Fleming
Sarah
William H. Fleming
Fay
Heraughter
Henry Jones
N. St
St. Fulalia’s
Gammans
Charlestown
Frances M
George H. Gammans
Monument Ave
Hatch
Norwell
Rachel A
Jonathan Hatch
Frances W. Dann
Quincy
Esther Hobbs
Seely
Harry E. Hobbs
Marian Seely
Main St
George
Hunt
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Charles Hunting
Salem St
Chelsea
Catherine Mahoney
Charles D
Patrick H. Leahy
Ave
St. Rose's Church
Sydney
Australia
Maylia
Thomas
Barbara Malla
North End
Pleasant St
Mary's Church
Warren St
Kenney
Brookline
Joseph
Pet McKenney
Sullivan
Lomer St
St. Mary of the Church
Isc
Annie F
Annie Miles
Crotty
Edmund Miles
Sabina
John H
Mary
Mee Kerns
Washington St
Harlestown
John
Mary Morrissey
Carnette
Daniel
Jeffries St
Frederick A. Magrath
Jan
Rela
Sunday Church Services Across Boston Raise Week’s Devotion
A three page spread lists numerous churches from Adventist to Unitarian with service times. Notable names include Rev C O Farnham and Rev Gortland Myers, plus Mount Vernon and Brimmer streets churches, St Pauls Cathedral, First Baptist Commonwealth Ave, and Park Street Church. Services cover morning and evening sermons, Sunday schools, choirs, and special musical events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adventist Advent Christian Church
Warren Street
C. O. Farnham
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Brotherhood and Girls
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Herbert S., Johnson
D. D
Frederick Bfdleath
Heath
Johnseon
Coaticook
Canada
Robert Lister
Isabel Melville
Pilgrim
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Clarendon
Montgomery Streets
James A,ancis
The
Gentlemen of the Lords
Cheir
Edwin N. C. Barnes
A. m
Macy
Dudley Street Baptist
Fulton
Paul
Union Square Baptist Church
Walnut Street
Somerville
Francis W .Brien
Europe
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Clarendoy Street
Austen K. de Blois
Ih. D
First Free Baptist Ciurch
Warren St
Holborn St
Roxbury
Horace H. Hayes
Christian Scientist the First Church OF Christ
Scienist
Falmouth
Norway
St. Paul Streets
Boston
Episcopal ST. Paul's Cathedral
Louis C. Sanford
San Joaquin
Cal
Bishop Sanford
Church OF the Advent
Mt. Vernon
Brimrmer
William Harman van Allen
T. D
Father Nattress
Walher Cabot
ST. Ann’s Church
East Cottage
Dudley Street
A. George E. Jenner
ST. Stephen's Church
Florence St
Mixed religious lectures and spiritual meetings in Boston area
A crowded listing of talks and services at Steinert Hall, Huntington Hall, Unity Camp, Harmony Hall, and more with speakers including Thomas E. Barker and Frederick Nicholson. Free seats, no collections, schedules span Sunday afternoon and evening across several venues in Boston and Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Bible Students’ Association
Steinert Hall
Boylston St
Thomas E. Barker
Metaphysical Hall
Huntington
Boston
B. Gerwude
Catharine Howard Thompson
Jerome
Muntington Chambers
Spiritualist Meetings
Sangus Centre
Lynn
Harmony Hall
Washington Street
N. F P. Smith
Apple J. Webster
Mr. Smith
Sarah M’. Thompson
Jenette Peters
Pierce
M. M. Jollimore
Alpheus Hicker
Hardie
May Emmons
Anna M. Whittler
Moody and Sankey
Ehttdrew
C. Fannie Allen
Gowing
Allert
Massachusetts
Hey
Mary P. Vanderbilt
First Science Bible Spiritual Church
Ine
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Rebecca G. Treadwell
Allirton Hall
Washington St
Bible Spiritual
Air
Geo. Netter
Mre. Li
VY. Sutter
Conduetos
Power-service promises rapid nationwide delivery
A terse note states that deliveries of "owers" can be made anywhere in the United States within one hour of notice, indicating an urgent logistics capability. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Posse Slays Negro Over Raised Bill Near Tamme
Tl Sept 12 One negro was killed and another believed wounded by a posse near Tamme last night after a merchant tried to collect a raised bill of five dollars. The incident centers on an attempt to enforce the increased charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamme
Journeying couple plans for baby care in case of separation
A couple prepares for travel and assigns guardianship of their infant. One says the mother should worry the baby, while the other pledges to take charge of the dear little fellow and prevent harm.
Mystery of Wrecked Auto In Swampscott Deepens
An upside down seven seated touring car found early yesterday morning near Swampscott raises questions about its occupants owner and origin. Joseph J. Sheehan of Brookline is named as the car’s owner, but police note possible involvement by William Sheehan and seek answers to who rode inside and why the vehicle appeared with bloodstains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Swampscott
Joseph J. Sheehan
Brookline
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Swampscott
A. M. Carson
Cypress Street
Miss Sheehan
Sheehan
Yacht Club
Boston
William Sheehan
Carson
Benton Tours Middlesex County Campaign Circuit
Colonel Everett C. Benton toured Chelmsford, Billerica, Bedford, and Lowell speaking at the fair and at public meetings. Other principal speakers included Joseph H. Hibbard, Guy A. Ham, and Solomon Lewenberg. Benton declared he seeks the Republican gubernatorial nomination through the direct primary and supports party convention input for the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett C. Benton
Middlesex
Chelmsford Agricultural Fair
Billericas
Bedford
Lowell
Hotel Richardson
Joseph H. Hibbard
Guy A. Ham
Boston
Solomon Lewerberg
Benton
Commonwealth
Gardner
Massachusetts
Winthrop Votes For Auto Fire Truck And Sidewalk Upgrades
At a special town meeting in Winthrop last night a $5700 appropriation funded an auto fire truck with hose and two 100 gallon chemseal tanks. The meeting also approved $400 for sidewalks curbstones and street improvements due to high water pressure making a steamer unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Annie E Molloy Re-elected Leader of Boston Telephone Union
Annie E Molloy was re-elected president of the Boston Telephone Operators Union by a landslide over her opponent. The vote was announced after midnight by International President Frank J. McNulty and the international executive. Several officers and delegates were chosen for the international union, Massachusetts AFL conventions, and related bodies with Molloy and O'Brien winning key executive seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E Molloy
Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
International
Frank J. McNulty
International Executive
May EF. Matthews
Annie M. O'Brien
Boston Central Labor Union
International Union
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Fall River
Anna J. Moran
Bessie Breen
Mary Meagher
Gertrude Devine
Alice Donovan
Katherine Tierney
Mary Flavin
Anna F. Brady
Josephine Delahanty
Alice Keating
Mae Alexander
Hilzabeth Breen
May E. Matthews
Mary C. Meagher
Annie E. Molloy
Annie M. O’brien
Theresa O'Brien
Bessie Shillaby
Florence Darrah
Mary Glynn
Mary Keefe
Mary F. McCarthy
Mary MacDonald
May Wheelock
Boston C. S. A
Gertrude
Lynn Girls Vanish After Joy Ride With Men In Car
Two Lynn teens Marguerite O'Donnell 16 of 29 Southside and Angeline Doyon 19 of 837 Summer Street vanished after a Monday outing. A third girl who joined them returned home Tuesday recounting that they met two men in an automobile at Nahant and rode to Topsfield before being brought back to Lynn. The police are handling the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Marguerite O'Donnell
Southside Avenue
Angeline Doyon
Summer Street
Nahant
May Cancel All Policies At Salisbury Beach
Salisbury Beach September report says insurance firms consider canceling all current policies and halting new ones due to repeated fires over 15 years and lack of fire protection. Agents cite flimsy shore houses and high premiums. decision expected within a week as plans for concrete, larger replacements advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury Beach
Crushed Between Wagon and Barn in Charles Town
Patrick J. Reagan a teamster employed by T. J. Butler was crushed by a wagon against a barn door at 131 Rutherford Avenue Charles Town last night. He started for Staymarket Relief Hospital on a street car but fainted before reaching it. Station 1 ambulance ferried him the rest of the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Reagan
T. J. Butler
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
Staymarket
Unknown man killed on New Haven line near West street crossing
A 40 year old man was run over and killed on the New York, New Haven & Hartford line near the West street crossing yesterday. He remains unidentified at Hall's undertakers. It is believed he came from Braintree, Pridgewater or Brockton. Houghton & Dutton Co. sold today $6.00 Sweater Coats for $4.98, Shaker Knit heavy worsted yarns with set neck and sleeves, on the Tremont street floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford
West Street
Hall
Braintree
Pridgewater
Brockton
Houghton & Dutton Co
Tremont Street
House ruled by affinity shocks Philadelphia court
Mrs Hannah Singer testified that her husband Samuel Singer brought a young blonde woman named Dora Goldfine into their home as a boarder. Magistrate Hughes ordered both Samuel Singer and Dora Goldfine held for court on $2000 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hannah Singer
Hughes
Samuel Singer
Dora Goldfine
Miss Goldfine
Singer
Gardner campaigns across southeastern Massachusetts for governor nomination
Congressman Augustus P. Gardner toured Weymouth, Brockton, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River and Attleboro promoting his stance on railroad ownership, immigration cuts, and a minimum wage for women. He urged industrial peace, warned of disaster for trade, and criticized cheap labor as a cause of unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus P. Gardner
Gardner
Company C Club
Attleboro
Weymouth Fair Grounds
Brockton
Taunton
New Bedford
Fall River
Commonwealth
Weymouth
New England Fair
Declared Fall Killed Farmer McNamara in Maine
A coroner's jury on Sept. 12 found Francis McNamara of Oldtown died after being thrown from his wagon while driving through Molunkus woods on July 31. The cause of the accident remains unknown. the inquest was requested by his relatives. Reverend H. H. Noyes of Island Falls testified near the Molunkus highway soon after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macwahoc Plantation
Francis McNamara
Oldtown
Molunkus Woods
McNamara
H. H. Noyes
Island Falls
Molunkus Highway
Funeral services for Representative Wilder set at Gardner home
Washington Sept 12 Funeral services for the late Representative William H Wilder of the third Massachusetts district who died here will be held at the Representative's old home in Gardner at 2 20 oclock Sunday afternoon The body accompanied by Wilder family members and the congressional delegation will leave Washington tomorrow The services will be conducted at the family residence in Gardner by Rev B S Gliman pastor of the First Congregational Church of which Mr Wilder was a member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Wilder
Massachusetts
Gardner
Wilder
Gliman
Snake in Factory Terrifies Connecticut Workers
A five-foot South American Odafang snake caused panic at Landers Frary & Clark Cutlery in New Britain, chasing workers through departments before being killed in a barrel. Women fainted, men helped evacuate, the visit halted production for over an hour after the snake emerged from hollow cocoa bola wood shipped from Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Landers, Frary & Clark Cutlery Company
Brazil
Snake In Factory Baffles Workers Then Crushed
Four women armed with clubs chased a venomous looking snake through a factory. It glided from department to department causing panic in the polishing room where a worker fainted. The snake crawled into a barrel in the shipping area and was crushed when the foreman tipped the barrel. The skin proved dark brown and velvety.
Exhibition Run Leaves Crtlery Chief Pondering Damages
President Charles F. Smith of the crtlery company contemplates recovering damages for loss of time and profits amid a reign of snake terror as an exhibit was placed on display later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Smith
Crtlery Company
Benton Lays Corner Stone of Massachusetts Masonic Temple
Worcester, Sept 12 Colonel Everett C Benton grand master of Masons of Massachusetts laid the corner stone of the new 225000 dollar Masonic Temple in this city He was accompanied by Grand Lodge officers and city Masonic bodies as a large crowd gathered at the Pearl street old temple then marched to the Tona street site for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Everett C. Benton
Masons of
Massachusetts
Grand Lodge
Old Temple
Pearl Street
Tona_ street
Famous Love Letters of Richard Steele Revealed
The article recalls Sir Richard Steele importuning devotion in courtship with Molly Scurlock. It notes Steele’s close ties to Addison and Swift, and records a letter urging restraint before their planned wedding, expressing disinterested passion and obsession with his beloved. The tone blends literary history with intimate correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Richard Steele
Addison
Spectator
Dean Swift
Richard Steele
Barbados
Molly Scurlock
Jonathan Scurlock
Carmarthen
Holland
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Detroit
Mich
Raymond Carter
Newton
Henry
Mos F
Dorchester
John Behemack
Smith Street Place
Malden
Margaret M
Shea
Highland Cave
Immaculated Conception Church
Lam
Holy Cross Cemetery
New York City
Sherman
Medfield
Mass
Puner
Elizabeth Spear
Charles Spear
Rosalie M. Boyd
Charles M. Boyd
Congregational
Park Street
Park and Tremont Streets
A. Z, Conrad
Dr. Conrad
J. Willis Conant
Conrad
Shawmut
Corner Tremont and
Brooklinests
FE. Ellsworth Shumaker
Old South Church
Willis H. Butler
Hope Chapel
Shawmut Street
Church and
Pleasant Streets
Bible School
G. Charles Gray
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
West Newton Street
Allen A. Stockdale
Methodist Episcopal
People's Temple
Columbus — Avenue
Berkeley Street
A. H. Nazarian
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Temple Street
State House
Frank W. Collier
Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church
W. M. Tufts
Roxbury Church OF the New Jerusalem
St. James and
Warren Streets
William F. Wunsch
Church OF the New Jerusalem
Frochom Street
State House Park
the Key
James Reed
H. Clinton Hay
Unitarian
King's Chapel
Tremont
School
Leni, Getrons
Posse
Negro
Raised Bill
Snow
Thos. Snow & Son
North Market St. Opp
Faneuil Hall
Molloy
Matthews
Cong. Gardner
Big Snake
May Belle
Mississippi
Flossie McCloud
Nebraska
Marie Revere
Beadhy
Sig Franz
Franzs
Johnson
York
Crawford
John KE. Henshaw
Grace Avery
Sydney Jarvis
Virginia Dare
Cummings
Gladyings
Chalk Saunders
Killian
Moore
Majestic
Ned
Olive Wyndham
John Cort
McIntyre & Heath
Imes
ATS
Hanky Panky
James Russell Lowell
Quincy Adams
Sam Bernard
ALL For the Ladies
Werba & Luescher
Little Highness
Mizzi Haj
Castle Sq. Pitt Tremont
Winter St
Loew
Tures Sane
Loew’s ST. James
Loew's Moving Picture Weekly
Gaiety
Mollie Williams CO
Waldron
Sirwreceres
Dreamland Burlesquers
Grand Opera House
Joyland Burlesquers
Matinee Daily
Matt. Ott Co
H. B. Warner
Charlies Frohman
N.Y
Colonia Klaw & Erlanger
Maclyn Arbuckle
Ooais
Mats
Merry Martyr
Plymouth
Fox
Irwin
Miss Irwin
Hite
RED Sox
ST. Louis Fenway Park
Wright & Ditson's
Revere Beach
Et Cvhriners Society
Huntington Ave
Fort Hill
Nantasket
Lee Alden
Lina Lewis Nautical
Rowe’s Wharf
BAY State Lin
Georgia
Tennessee
Wash
Gloucester
North Shore
Cape Ann
City of Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
State St
BH. S&s. Merchant
Ning Philip
Commercial Wharf
Sorensen
Central Wharf
Sanday
Point & Nahant
Boston Harbor
Lincoln
Otis
Hill
Provincetown
Dorothy Bradford
Bay Zine Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Revere
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