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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1905
Page
4
The service portrayed a solemn Boston church scene for the late mayor with archbishop, monsignors, and clergy present. Honorary bearers led the casket as relatives, public figures, and leaders from commerce and finance filled the sanctuary with about 150 clergymen in attendance.
A Sanitary Department report details a grand Requiem Mass for Bishop Brady with a 70 voice sanctuary choir and 125 voice regular choir, a full ecclesiastical procession, and the archbishop presiding. It also describes crowds at Holyhood Cemetery awaiting the funeral procession for Mayor Collins with cedar settings, flowers, and a somber, orderly proceeding.
Honorary pallbearers, with heads bared, are shown at the left of the photo as the body is carried from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
A solemn burial as a vast crowd waves black crepe and follows a traditional service. Mrs. Patrick Collins leads the family procession with Paul Collins and other relatives amid officials and mourners including Governor Douglas and MP William Redmond.
An early 20th century ad touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless home remedy with a free trial, then 50 cents full box, pushing away knife surgery. The second piece records the death of Mayor Collins, noting the dwindling Four of Us Irish group and the 1570 start of Catholic Union ideas and chaplain access.
A promotional notice touts X-Zalia as a cure for pimples eczema and many skin ailments. It claims the liquid heals raw sores prevents inflammation and promotes healthy flesh and offers a free booklet and a companion X-Zalia SOAP for cleansing and healing.
The city honors Mayor Patrick A. Collins with black drapings and closed shops from noon to 1. A heroic portrait draped at Shuman’s corner bears the inscription Boston Mourns The Loss of Her Chief Magistrate. Clergy groups plan memorials in his memory.
The Rosary at 52 Bromfield street requests credit for a floral piece sent by the schoolhouse commissioners as an offering for the Mayor's funeral. It is described as among the most striking mourning tokens yesterday in The Post.
Mrs. Jane Fluent 86 a longtime Chelsea resident died at her home 82 Suffolk Street last night. Born in York Harbor Maine she had lived in Chelsea 50 years. Survived by son Paul C Fluent of South Hanson.
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