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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1916

Page

10

Brother Gabriel Noted Prelate Dead

The Rev. Brother Gabriel C. F. X. died yesterday at Mount St. Joseph's College where he served as assistant professor of languages for five years. Previously he taught five years at the Assumption School of East Boston. In his final illness he received visits from his mother Mrs William Flynn sister Mrs Emmet Kelly brother James Flynn and aunt Mrs Edwardiner of Boston. Funeral services will be held in the chapel at Mount St. Joseph's College tomorrow at 6 o'clock.

Baltimore Brother Gabriel Mount St. Joseph's College Gabriel Mount St. Joseph Assumption Lhool East Boston Mass William Flynn Hisister Emmet Kelly James Flynn

Lynn Development Bids Opened by State Waterways Board

Bids for dredging the unfinished Saugus River channel at Lynn and for advancing the city park and beach plans were opened yesterday by the State Waterways Commission.

Saugus River Lynn State Waterways Commission

Falls Down Shaft at City Building Elevator Pit

James E. Pope 21 of 89 Falcon street narrowly escaped death after stepping backward through an open elevator door at 81 Boylston street where he works as an elevator man and fell 20 feet into the pit.

James E. Pope Falcon Street Boylston Street

Man Arrested in South Boston Larceny Case

John J. McColgan of Chelsea was held at Court Avenue station after allegedly swapping a Boston to New York ticket for a cheaper one and fleeing with a dress suitcase belonging to Peter Malloy of 175 Fifth Street. Police traced him to a pawnshop on Sudbury Street where the suitcase and initials were recovered.

Dener Colorado Springs Pike’s Peak Royal Gorge Colorado Salt Ke City Burlington Alex Stocks New Eng Agt Peter Malloy Fifth Street South Boston John J. McColgan Broadway Chelsea Court Avenue Malloy New York Atlantic Avenue McColgan Washington Street Postoffice Square Providence Congress Street Day State Street Sudbury Street

Unions Balk at Broad New York Strike

In New York on September 28 the planned general walkout in support of a carmen strike failed to materialize. Police found no evidence of a citywide strike as the United Building Trades with 100,000 members refrained from action. Longshoremen and mariners also did not join a sympathy strike, while teamsters held a secret meeting with undisclosed outcomes. Motormen earn eight to ten dollars daily, dimming prospects of a locomotive engineers strike.

New York Carmen United Building Trades Teamsters Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Arlington child claims champion sunflower blossom

Five year old J Walter Risdon of Arlington Vermont owns a 14 inch blossom the largest single bloom yet. Other readers report giants and high counts including a 1312 foot tall row of sunflowers bearing 15 inch blossoms in Nashua New Hampshire and a 12 inch blossom on a nine foot tall plant in Orleans Vermont.

J. Walter Risdon Arlington William E. Gibney Antrim New Hampshire George A. Warren Brookton Nashua George A. Willard James Dickle Orleans Edward E. Sargent Bennington Street Boston Owen F. McCabe Evarts Starr Vermont

Express thieves round up in downtown district

Captain Sullivan of the Court square station has begun a roundup of express thieves in the downtown area. He has ordered officers to watch for suspicious men with bundles as the fall season brings a Christmas rush and increased theft opportunities.

Captain Sullivan Court Square

Somerville Health Official Seeks 25-Year Retirement

Caleb A. Page, a 25 year agent of the Somerville Board of Health and past commander of Willard C. Kinsley Grand Army Post, petitioned for retirement on a pension at the Board of Aldermen meeting last night. He is also a veteran fireman.

Caleb A. Page Somerville Board of Health Board of Alderment Mr. Page Willard C. Kinsley Somerville

Horn asks court for release

Werner Horn, indicted over the Vanceboro bridge explosion, appeals to the Supreme Court seeking habeas corpus relief. He argues as a German army officer he cannot be prosecuted for wartime acts against British property and contests removal procedures and court rulings.

Washington Werner Horn Vanceboro Supreme Court Clarence Hale United States Morton

Captain George C. Devine Dies at 64 in Revere

Captain George C. Devine of the Revere police department died at his home 1 Hall street Revere after months of illness from a complication of diseases. He was born in Fryeburg Maine 64 years ago and worked for the Lynn and Boston Street Railway before joining the Revere police in 1898 rising from patrolman to captain on June 1, 1915.

George C. Devine Revere Hall Street Fryeburg Lynn & Boston Street Railway Company

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