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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1910
Page
4
Attorney Samuel D. Elmore denounced the Glover will contest as a plot to vent vengeance on a defenseless woman. He proclaimed the contest lacked good faith and asserted the will is the best evidence of its merit.
One hundred or more friends of Mr and Mrs John H Shea gathered at their home in Dorchester to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. A reception with music by an orchestra and a collation followed. Miss Ethel Knowles sang and the couple received several gifts including a silver service from Old South Clothing Company and a cut glass vase from the Lady Lancers.
The closing arguments in the Glover will contest center on undue influence claims and the murder plot, with Judge McIntire to rule if the evidence suffices to proceed on the will's specification. Attorneys clash over witness credibility as they defend Clarence Glover's final wishes and question the motive of the brothers.
James Wilson, a 75 year old reputedly the oldest pickpocket in the nation, spoke with skill to a Superior Court jury yesterday. His plea for acquittal failed and Judge Wait sentenced him to one year in the House of Correction. He has spent most of the past 55 years behind bars.
Kate Fraser of Cambridge died April 1 and left no provision for Hedley Farquahar her nephew, stating he is the only blood relative in the country. The codicil was filed in the Probate Court East Cambridge yesterday.
An undergraduate in The Alumni Weekly exposes widespread cribbing in Yale exams. He notes freshmen start morally strong but pressured by peers into cheating, describing boastful tales and a shift to accept cribbing as legitimate. He urges adoption of an honor system to curb the practice.
An official of International Paper says shipments are going out from all mills and no customer has missed paper deliveries. He notes improved conditions with workers applying for re employment, no strike danger at Rumford Falls, and Maine mills stabilizing. Director Philip T. Dodge denies visiting Corinth and Glen Falls to discuss settlement. The company will not yield on re employment terms or outside interference.
The farmhouse in Bow New Hampshire where Mrs Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science was born on July 16 1821 burned today. The residence had recently been occupied by Walter Perrigo and his family.
Preparations were completed for the first dance of St. Raymond Branch No. 1011 Catholic Knights of America to be held at Bethesda Hall. St. Raymond Branch, the South Boston unit, is the largest in the state and among the most progressive. committee includes Kitty McAuliffe, Ruth McManus, Richard J. Dwyer, Joseph P. Curley, James Cavanagh, Thomas H. Davis and Ben Greuter.
TLaddie the prize coyote hound owned by William N Cronin of L street South Boston escaped from its kennel yesterday snapping its chain breaking its collar and jumping over a five foot fence to freedom. The animal bred by William Jennings Bryan has a fox like head long muzzle dark brown fur white breast and paws and two inch fangs. Though gentle with familiar friends it is ferocious to strangers and police are warned to watch for it.
An old advertisement touts Monarch House Paint as 100 percent pure and practical for painters. It claims no better paint exists with 40 shade options from Carpenter Morton Co located at 77 Sudbury Street.
Hilton Co. at Washington street and Temple place prepares a full spring opening after extensive store alterations. The Boston location, part of a four city chain, says its growth outpaces space and highlights in house tailoring and strong buying to offer cosmopolitan styles in a big display. Next week will reveal the spring lineup modeled after New York Fifth Avenue tailoring.
The Sun notes fear of a second McKinley summit claim by Fairbanks area prospectors. Prof W F Parker of Columbia University predicts a new ascent attempt and details Parker Belmore Browne and J H Cuntz joining a Seattle May expedition for Cook Inlet access, with AGS and Explorers’ Club backing.
The 38th annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the Boston archdiocese will meet at St. Rose Hall Worcester street on Patriots Day. Delegates from about 50 branches will attend a 9 o'clock high mass at Immaculate Conception Church. John T. Shea of Cambridge will preside. officers up for re election include Shea, Murphy, O Brien, and others.
Mayor Fitzgerald says Fenway dump is better than no dump after inspection. Superintendent Emerson supports continuing dumps due to ash and refuse needs while noting dangers and the cost of removing the Fenway site, estimating an $80,000 annual city loss from dumping.
In New York on April 8 the Seligman family learned of Jesse Seligman, son of Albert J. Seligman, marrying Mary Maxwell. The couple wed March 6 in Jersey City after years of acquaintance, despite the banker preferring a longer wait. The match drew little objection beyond the father’s wish they delay a bit.
Mayor Witzgerala reacts as his bill to divert part of the $300000 auto revenue is killed in House committee. He says the Boston Park Commission must seek Highway Commission consent to ban autos from parkways, leaving the issue to state bodies and the Legislature.
Franklin H. Warren was held on $806 bail after being brought to Boston by Detective George Farrell and arraigned in Superior Court on the charge of polygamy following the kidnapping of his two children from their grandmother’s Dorchester home on March 10.
On April 8 the French submarine Ventose reached a depth of 113 feet and maintained the dive for 24 minutes near Cherbourg marking a new record in underwater navigation.
Nancy Kimball, claimed oldest Free-will Baptist in the United States, celebrated her 100th birthday at her niece’s home in Chocorua New Hampshire, with family and Cambridge Boston guests, Malden Mass. kin, and schoolchildren led by Miss Emma P. Drew paying respects.
Dexter Wadsworth a leading Quincy dry goods merchant and park board chairman died at 44. He had been in business since 1889 and was a prominent local figure.
A large audience at the Royal Institution in London heard Professor Percival Lowell of MIT lecture on the canals of Mars. Lowell received an ovation for his talk.
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