Memorial Services Continue for City Leader’s Guard
A continuation of memorial services recalls a post member who served as body guard to the mayor and rose to the occasion with superb conduct, honoring the late city figure with dignified tribute.
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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
8
A continuation of memorial services recalls a post member who served as body guard to the mayor and rose to the occasion with superb conduct, honoring the late city figure with dignified tribute.
A large group gathered at Henry J. Cunningham's home for an 8 PM tribute to Jim. Friends presented a handsome traveling bag as Miss May McGoldrick read aloud selections while others contributed songs and stories in a warm, social evening.
A large gathering of friends saw Mr. and Mrs. Representative James T. Barrett and Mr. and Mrs. ex-Sergeant James S. McElroy bid them farewell on Charles Town docks before their two month voyage aboard the White Star Republic liner. They departed for Ireland England and Scotland.
The genial representative narrowly leaves on the finest ships after a flurry of osculatory farewells. Mr. McElroy delays briefly but dashes to the gangplank just in time as outgoing visitors throng the pier. On Monday evening friends presented him and his wife with a diamond pin as a going away gift.
A long catalog of individuals includes Hackett, Norton, Reid, Canney, Danehy, Dunlea, Walsh, Diehl, Forristall, Aylward, Byrne, Burke, Mullin, Leahy, McGuire, McCabe, Fahey, Barrett, Harrington, Counihan, Powers, Clary, Hart, McCrehan, Mahoney, Good, O'Brien, Rowe, McNamee, Flynn, Andrews, James, Barry, Nicker son, Conlin, Doher ty, Rose, Montgomery, Melver, Facey, Acherson, McBride, McGoldrick, Keaney, Corcoran, McCann, Brennan, McFadden, McKeown, Thurston, Coulter, Sullivan, McDermott, McCue, Neilon, OToole, Whalen, Dwyer, Field, Dinsmore, White, Aylward, Deitrick, Saltman, Thompson.
Cambridge establishes a fourth military company occupying the new armory on Massachusetts avenue. Officers elected Monday evening concluded with Wil- as part of the results.
Liam J. Greene, formerly a lieutenant in Company C, 8th Regiment, has been chosen captain, while William J. Keville was selected for a different leadership post as part of ongoing unit reorganization.
First Lieutenant and Russell A Woon second lieutenant lead Co E as it forms with its first drill at the new State armory Monday evening. Mr Greene, Cambridge police drillmaster and former member of Co C, is a well known lawyer and a Rindge Manual Training school graduate. William J Keyville of Somerville enlisted in Co M of the 8th in 1897 and served in the Spanish American war, mustered into U S service in 1808, headed to headquarters with that company.
Russell A. Wood, born in Cambridge 26 years ago, educated at Browne Nicholas and Harvard, son of ex Alderman James A. Wood, has served on Cambridge common council. New officers for E Company will be chosen by Captain Greene after competitive exams. twelve non commissioned officers to be appointed next week. Colonel Pew pleased with election results.
New England seacoast towns from Manchester by the Sea to Old Orchard and Bar Harbor prepare for a summer influx. The Boston and Maine Railroad offers two publications, a portfolio of twenty eight seashore views for six cents and a booklet titled Along Shore for two cents, to enlighten travelers.
Mr and Mrs David Patterson of 21 Donnell street welcome a son born last Monday. May party drew many from the district to Odd Fellows hall North Cambridge under the Douglas club. About seventy five children received First Holy Communion at St Peters Church Thursday morning mass at seven by Rev BE Moriarty. Requiem mass Tuesday nine o clock for Catholic Union Reading Circle members by Rev Lawrence J Glynn. John Murphy of 819 Concord avenue died Wednesday May 31 aged 53 after pneumonia. funeral mass at St Peters Friday June 2. interment at Rindge Avenue cemetery. Miss Anna Mulrey of Appleton street won a piano in a Boston contest. instrument a cabinet grand upright Conover Bros New York 71-8 octave. Plans made for the annual lawn party of St Pe
Iters parish holds multiple committee meetings to organize a festival day program aimed at surpassing previous events. Members have been appointed to diverse committees and final preparations are under way for the July 1 event.
The Sparrows defeated the George Close company 16 to 8 with Webber striking out 15 and allowing only two hits. Bateman and Connelly hit home runs as Sparrows maintained strong play. In a separate game Memorial Day, Sparrows whitewashed New England Confectionery 18 to 0 with Webber again fanning 15 and Gilhorne yielding 24 hits. Bateman led Sparrows with five hits in five at bats, marking their third straight win of the season.
Historic Nahant hosted a spirited contest between Putnam O. C. and Massasoits D. C. both composed of J. L. I. players. Doyle was roughed up early by Putnam bats, Reagan and Lynch shut out Massasoits later, and Frank Shelley starred in center for Massasoits. Over 1000 spectators saw sharp fielding and timely hits at the Relays grounds with Moran and Finn umpiring.
A London Express excerpt notes how ewes accept a strange lamb wrapped in the skin of a dead offspring, guided by scent over sight or sound. The author describes two lambing pens showing a sedate flock caring for two oddly dressed lambs, highlighting comical animal gullibility.
A gentleman greets Mrs Venus with a joke about Beauty and the Beast. She replies that she and her pug Pongo just had portraits taken. The man flirts, then accidentally hurts Pongo, and they part as strangers.
On Emory College campus in Oxford Georgia a plaque honors Ignatius Few, first president. A freshman and his cousin debated the Latin inscription Vivit non morbus est. The student quipped that it means He lives no he’s dead, provoking campus humor.
A young fisherman discards his lines and, while crossing streets, a girl’s hat is snagged by his fishing poles. The hat trails behind the buggy as the couple contemplates the odd misfortune and the girl pursues a remedy. The scene unfolds with village twilight mood and humorous embarrassment.
A hat disappearance leads a dreamy youth to post office notices and a shy meeting with the hat owner. He pursues her till he finds her in the village square, then vows to win her heart and they soon share a home in the same house.
On the street Mr Perkins recounts five years of neighborly acts including a parrot goat dog and cats disturbances. He asks Mr Taylor to accompany him to Green's to select a suitable instrument for piano lessons and to guarantee $10 a month installments.
The victim recalls an old blue coat asked about last summer. His wife, annoyed, admits she sold the coat that morning to clear clutter as tensions rise over household items. The exchange hints at a tense domestic dispute moment captured in a candid moment.
London Telegraph recounts Mr. Macready anecdotes from Irish hosts hotel staff and peasants. Jokes cover poached eggs versus poached salmon, a cottage with seven children and a proud mother, and a waiter named Pat who admits he is an angel who flies low.
An epitaph intended for a tombstone in Saragossa, Spain, honors John Quebecen as precentor to the king. It envisions his admission to the angels choir and the praise he will attract for his singing talents.
A Houston Post fragment presents a tense exchange about expenses and social expectations. A woman asks why women dress expensively while another replies with a quip about her father’s teachings and a remark about a man named T catching someone and admitting a method in madness.
In a fragmentary digression a local gossip notes Hogan's death as foretold by a jokey aside. The exchange with Mrs. Ryan suggests a cruel, reflective tone about fate and reputation, with a shabby weath of wry commentary.
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