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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
7
In 1907 the death of Thomas Bailey Aldrich and the Longfellow Centenary spark renewed interest in New England poets. The Post will publish daily selections of the best New England verse for teachers scholars and general readers.
A ceremonial hymn invoking divine guidance for the United States as it marks a new era. The speaker praises unity, liberty, art and labor, and asks for peace, justice, and moral strength to sustain freedom across centuries, with a reference to Concord and the old world. Copyright note credits Houghton Mifflin Co.
Charles Murphy a Cambridge youth living at 47 Rice street North Cambridge attempted to jump through the window of Dr J G Roberts during a planned laughing gas dental procedure He shattered the large plate glass then scrambled to the window sill before being pulled back Inside the dentist kept him until calm then he was taken to City Hospital Murphy was later returned home Crowd feared an explosion from the anesthetic.
Somerville high school pupils must pay full fares on Boston Elevated Railroad cars to and from school. The School Board urged the Mayor and Aldermen to seek half fares. Mayor Grimmons learned from General Bancroft that Chapter 600 of 1897 allows a toll not exceeding 5 cents for 25 years, exempting the company from half fares.
Rev Edward Everett Hale marked his 85th birthday as word arrived that the Hale endowment fund hit 26000. A letter from Andrew Carnegie offered 5000 toward the fund if the Lend a Hand Society could raise 19000.
Six hundred men in the McAdoo tunnel fled a cave in as a big fire damaged wooden supports. Five men were seriously burned, others injured. Engineers lost nerve but volunteers saved the fugitives with hoist buckets left 80 feet down. The blaze started from a boiler room spark near Dey Fulton and Church streets, destroying derricks and flooring and risking compressed air machinery.
Jessica Kincaid and Dr. Philip Loring rekindle a broken engagement after Jessica hides in an ambulance and discovers the doctor is near death yet reveals a personal love beyond his medical calling. He feigns a serious illness to win a honeymoon with her, prompting a renewed promise to marry within a month.
Colonel William Goddard chancellor of Brown University is suddenly ill prompting Colonel Robert H. J. Goddard to travel to Aiken South Carolina for medical reasons. The report, datelined Providence Rhode Island, notes the emergency occurred as of April 3.
Walter Wellman arrived in New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm II to seek his north pole airship expedition. A delegation from the Aero Club of America presented a pennant designed by Gutzon Borglum for him to carry from the stern of his airship.
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