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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1905
Page
7
The newest Spring Overcoats, Covert Vent Back Garments, are short with deep back vents and concave shoulders. Made in our workrooms from Olive and Tan Coverts, a tightly woven worsted wool blend with a handsome lustre, designed to hold shape and appeal to young men.
John O'Brien aged one from 40 Moseley Street Dorchester has been missing since last Wednesday. Parents and police urge any sightings and contact Dorchester Police with information.
A concerned boy, eager to see the world, vanished from home amid suspicions he may have been lured away. Parents, who have searched tirelessly, report he wore a dark gray cap, knee trousers, dark coat, white shirt and black lace shoes. He stands about five feet two inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.
A large audience heard the second production of A Box of Monkeys in Jacob Sleeper Hall yesterday. Presented under Beacon Association of Boston University auspices, the play proved a great success. Marion Squires of Lynn wowed as Lady Guinevere Flandpoore while H E O'Donald vied closely for honors.
The side wheel steamer Providence built for the Old Colony Steamboat Company ran trial courses off Newport Rhode Island and reached 23 miles per hour for four consecutive hours. The performance matched the record of the steamer Priscilla and the vessel was accepted as meeting contract requirements. It was built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company for service between Providence and New York.
The New England Association of Exeter Alumni met at the Copley Square Hotel with many attending. Speakers urged enlarging grounds and funding a library building, a new dormitory, and an endowment for instructor salaries, noting Exeter’s strong representation at Yale Harvard Princeton and elsewhere. A tribute was paid to trustee General William P. Chadwick.
The article recounts a Brockton Massachusetts fire rescue and the heartbreak of survivors. It describes a husband who placed his wife’s clothing in an empty casket to honor a vow and the community relief effort. It notes 100 cases investigated with 29 widows and 49 children under 16 awaiting aid, highlighting dignity and self-reliance of the victims.
The fishing schooner Galatea from Boston, commanded by Captain Russell, went ashore at Odiorne Point in Rye yesterday morning and was completely destroyed by the sea today.
Freeman D. Osgood a leading Boston merchant of 20 years ago died at his Cedar street home Roxbury after a lingering illness. He was 74. He left Holderness New Hampshire with 25 cents and built C H Osgood Co. He and Anna Faxon Perry celebrated their golden wedding last year and he leaves a widow and three children.
Gus Emanuel, baggage master for the Florida East Coast railway, waived examination in Jacksonville and posted a $2000 bond after being charged with robbing north bound tourist baggage. Over $1000 in jewelry recovered. total estimated thefts may reach $50,000 as investigators note thieves targeted north bound baggage to delay discovery.
A foreign visitor to Cambridge City Hall was finagled into thinking he would work for President Eliot at Harvard. He paid 16 to buy a supposed uniform and was promised a better position, but police say he was targeted by Walter Marston 21 of Cambridge, who has a history of soliciting acts for shows. Marston’s case was continued to next Tuesday.
A Boston resident asserts that a concrete mixer occupies the Common and must be removed. He argues other contractors working off Washington Street have equal right and urges continued public opposition to preserve the Common’s intended use.
A letter to the Post cites filthy Tremont Street Roxbury Crossing and poor sidewalks in Dorchester. The writer notes winter ashes remain under the bridge and Comins School sidewalk neglected all winter. The Post reports the street department is rushing to fix Easter flood damage and mud in lanes varies by district.
A reader asks who benefits from the surplus in mutual and stock life insurance companies. He notes three mutual policies and two endowments matured, with remaining policies in other firms. If a company winds up, who shares the accumulated surplus and how do contributors' rights apply?
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