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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1911
Page
5
The Warren Avenue Baptist Church preacher said Boston’s mayor should protect the city from fire trap buildings while denouncing the fire danger he cited. He condemned last nights performances as hellish plays and urged action against similar shows.
A speaker denounces dram shops and Boston brothels masquerading as hotels and calls out licensed liquor venues as greater perils than past disasters. He urges holding owners and employers accountable for fire safety to prevent further tragedies and links New York’s fire to a broader moral decay in American cities.
Funeral services were held yesterday in Trinity Church Copley Square for Professor Ellen H Richards of MIT. The ceremony featured a 50 voice choir and honored pallbearers from MIT leadership and faculty. Cremation followed at Forest Hills. Delegations from Fellows, Technology societies, and alumnae groups attended including the American Home Association and the Boston branch of the AA.
The Rev. Charles F. Weeden of Harvard Congregational Church Dorchester and Mrs. D. R. Knight presided as the cornerstone for the new $20,000 church on Gleason Street was laid at 5 30 PM before many parishioners and visiting clergy.
A copper box was sealed in the church stone containing church records, calendars, photos, and lists including contributors, building committee, Ladies Benevolent Society, and balance of 1910 materials. The laying used the 20 year trowel, newly replaced by Howard Brothers. Pastor aided by Deacon Baker and others. choir and clergy participated in the ceremony.
A Post report shows mileage increases in several New England routes under the New Haven system. Comparisons of the 1889 Pathfinder with a current issue reveal extended distances for Middleboro New Bedford Boston Stoughton Mansfield and for New Haven Stamford from Boston, suggesting tariff and station changes.
Fragment shows a transit route from New York City to Boston via Springfield and Hartford division with distances 78 miles 74 miles 32 miles and 34 miles. Mentions New Haven and dates 1889 1911 in a travel or railroad context.
In Brookline churches yesterday pastors urged approving a referendum to grant firemen one day off in five. Speakers included Rev. Lucius H. Bugbee and Dr. Dillon Bronson, with support from Rev. O P Gifford and other local clergy.
Several ministers urged Sunday closing of post offices following a circular from Postmaster E. C. Mansfield seeking public opinion. Other pastors opposed the measure, voicing dissent from their pulpits yesterday.
A Boston gathering heard several ministers advocate ending Sunday post office openings. They urged letters to the postmaster, arguing Sunday closure would ease stress, protect carriers, and fit a rest day, while some warned against abrupt or total shutdowns and favored gradual hours reductions.
Yesterday the Mechanics Hall display ended its 1 p m to 10 pm run with 8000 visitors on Children's Day. The American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists called it the most successful show yet, with a total weekly attendance of 19 000. Flowers will be distributed to hospitals and institutions for the sick and children.
The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists adopted and sent resolutions expressing appreciation to Mayor FitzGerald, the public, and the press of Boston for aid in making its second annual flower show a success.
Dr James Ormond Wilson longtime DC school superintendent and noted educator died at his home on what was to be his 86th birthday. He had been in poor health recently. Wilson a Dartmouth 1850 graduate led the National Educational Association in 1880 and since 1892 led the American Colonization Society.
Henry Mm. Hamilton, longtime Maine Central engineer and later storekeeper in Portland, died today at age 69. He is survived by his brother Dr. Frederick Hamilton, president of Tufte College.
Drivers urge City Hall to repair a badly rutted 12 on 1 asphalt stretch on Boylston Street. The thoroughfare, near two automobile clubs and major auto trade, risks tire bursts and suspension damage. FE Gilmore of the Bay State Automobile Association sent a formal letter to Mayor FitzGerald outlining the complaints.
A reader reports 98 white Plymouth rocks laid 15 484 eggs from January to November, averaging 158 eggs per hen over ten months, with 2 421 eggs in April. This year 150 hens including 80 partridge Plymouths produced 1 958 eggs in the first 50 days of last month, challenging the claim.
In Foxboro on April 2 C H Randall states a figure of 98 or more. The remark reflects a confident forecast or claim about a count or total.
South West Harbor Maine resident KE S Thurston reports 12 Rhode Island reds produced 268 eggs in January and notes starting two hens late in January. He asks the reader from Hopedale if they can beat the record and shares the dates of installation.
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