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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
2
Next week at the port is expected to set records for banana receipts as the Admiral Dewey docks at Long Wharf with 33 000 bunches. The combined total for the week from Atlantic Fruit Company W W and C R Noyes Company and United Fruit Company will exceed 110 000 stems.
A Second Adventist camp at West Wareham including a Tabernacle and 12 cottages was burned completely today. The loss is estimated at 8000 dollars as flames, driven by a strong westerly wind, destroyed the camp after starting in brush at the rear.
A fragmented retail notice lists numerous drugstores and addresses including Tremont Street Woodward Drive Water Street Oberhauser and 150 Friend Street Eaton for a fountain pen promotion. The offer promises a polished barrel pen with rubber cap and screw section with a time-limited supply and satisfaction guarantee.
Elvina Costa, 4, died after falling into a bonfire in Milford. Her 6-year-old brother Emanuel suffered severe burns while rescuing her. both children are Humbert Costa’s offspring.
Fire destroyed the farmhouse and barn owned by Joseph B. Brown in Hampton New Hampshire. The occupier, a French family named Liberty, faced a $5000 loss. Local authorities believe the blaze was incendiary in origin.
Montreal March 31 Advices from Glasgow say the turbine ship Virginian achieved a speed of 19.83 knots on her official trial run today.
Advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes pharmacists refund money if it fails to cure and that BE. W. Grove's signature appears on each box. Price listed as 26c.
A night shift reduction follows the retirement of Patrolmen Staples and P W Skinner. M T Kennedy Martin Sharry David C Bolton James M Jayncech W H Johnston move to night duty. George E Reece E A Woodsum Cc S Johnston Samuel Burns James J Pollard move to day duty. Patrolman George L Smith takes Staples station duties.
Judge Lowell of the United States Circuit Court sentenced Edward J. Crandall a former railway mail clerk to two years in Greenfield jail for stealing a letter from the mail after he pleaded guilty. Frank A. Dolan a former Back Bay post office clerk received 18 months at Concord Reformatory and wept as the sentence was pronounced. Both defendants are married.
Albert Chester Travis of New York City known as Ike to his friends earns the title for his four years at Harvard Cambridge where he has exerted a strong influence toward bettering conditions and standards on campus.
Albert Chester Travis known as the Harvard Iconoclast led reforms at Harvard University as editor and later president of the Harvard Daily Crimson. He challenged the Institute of the hundred most prominent sophomores saying the list favored wealth over merit. His actions sparked protests but changed how prominence was recognized. He also chaired the class day committee for the next class day.
At St Paul Minnesota on March 31 officials from the prohibition committee of Ramsey County favor using Minnehaha water for the ship christening instead of wine. They argue many warships had wineless ceremonies and water christenings avoid bad luck.
The will and codicil of Mrs Jane L Stanford were proved and admitted to probate. Executors named are Charles G Lathrop Timothy Hopkins J D Grant Whitelaw Reid and Thomas L Croton without bond. The trust allocations include 2 million to Ariel Lathrop and D S Lathrop descendants 1 million to Jennie Lawton Amy Hanson and Christine Gunning children 1 million to Charles G Lathrop 125000 to San Francisco and San Jose charities and the remainder to Leland Stanford Jr University trustees.
Alonzo J. Whiteman was released from jail on $10,000 bail in Buffalo. A surety company posted the bond. He had been acquitted on a grand larceny charge, but several counts remain against him.
The 108th annual Dartmouth Medical School commencement was held in the college church. Dr M S Woodman delivered the address and President William J. T. hosted a complimentary dinner for graduates. Graduates listed include D R 11 Orford New Hampshire and several peers from New Hampshire Massachusetts and Maine.
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