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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1912
Page
7
Mayor James H. Malone of Chelsea appointed a new license board naming Charles E. Sloane as chair, along with Wallace KE. Lee and John J. McCabe. The commission includes two Republicans and one Democrat.
Frederick A. Wilburn, 53, a mill yard chauffeur, drove a motor truck into a freight train on a spur track in Holyoke, dying at the scene. He leaves a family.
Mrs. Florence Greenlaw Porter and Carl S. Porter of Mattapan married secretly on Sunday. They returned to Lynn to inform Mrs. Ida Greenlaw at 02 Hamilton Avenue, where she greeted them with a telegram stating the marriage. The mother confirmed the union with open arms.
Mrs. Catherine Vanasse aged 67 of 504 Salem street Medford died after clothing caught fire from a lighted oil stove in her room. She died at Malden Hospital at 11:20 PM. Her daughter Mrs. Annie Lafreniere who lived with her suffered severe burns while trying to extinguish the blaze.
Mrs. Vanasse suffered severe burns when an oil stove toppled and set her ablaze in the kitchen. Neighbors and a nearby priestly party administered last rites as doctors predicted she would not survive the night.
Professor O. H. Ennis of New York opened classes for 165 stuttering children at the Julia Ward Howe School house. He claims stammering is a learned habit and can be cured in days, outlining a imitation based method and reporting prior success in Sacramento.
The Highland Congregational Church in Roxbury traces its roots to 1853 when Eliot Church members formed a Sunday school in a public schoolhouse on Orange Street. A Parker Street chapel was built in 1857 and served as meeting place until 1871. The church was organized in 1869 and incorporated as The Highland Congregational Society, with pastors Mills Dunning Campbell serving across decades.
Madge Devlin a 25 year old domestic worker in the family of Dr J L Bremer of 295 Marlboro street is listed as dangerous with a fractured skull. She was knocked down and run over by an automobile on Hereford street and Commonwealth avenue early last night at the city hospital.
Charles Shaughnessy a 45 year old chauffeur for Eliot C Clark was taken to police custody then released on recognizance as doctors treat Miss Devlin. Shaughnessy said she crossed Hereford street and suddenly stepped back as his car from Commonwealth avenue struck her mud guard causing a skull fracture. Clark the car owner aided in moving the injured woman to City Hospital.
The will contest over William S. Innes a retired policeman ends as evidence is presented and arguments are heard this morning. Two wills drawn within four days of his death are in dispute and the case moves toward a closing judgment.
Witnesses testified yesterday in a dispute involving Luella Eldredge former housekeeper of Mr Innes who claimed to be engaged and to receive half of about 9000 in cash. Eldredge denied kicking Mrs Hyde. Innes gave a three stone diamond ring and a ruby birthstone. Annie M Hydee housekeeper after Eldredge illness contests the will receiving half of the estate in the first will four days before Innes death and one quarter in the second will two days before his death.
The City Council race to replace the late City Clerk Priest ended in a draw. "Smiling Jim" Donovan, once the frontrunner, watched supporters outvote him and the election was postponed for a week amid rising opposition from the Good Government Association and backers of the new city charter.
Local leaders favor a practical politician for city clerk. Wilfred J. Doyle, longtime assistant to the late clerk, is seen as the strongest candidate if the election proceeds. Council split 5 to 4 on postponing, with Donovan supporters arguing for votes while McNary’s intervention influenced the outcome.
In Battle Creek Michigan on April 8 Miss Fannie F Dowkontt widow of Rev George Dowkontt a noted missionary married Judge Livingstone W Cleaveland of New Haven Connecticut philanthropist and missionary worker. Cleaveland heads the New Haven city mission and is president of the State Y M C A.
Captain Raphael Lobez of the White Star liner Cretic faced a U S Commissioner on immigration law violations as the ship arrived with overcrowded steerage. About 109 women allegedly lacked privacy and 27 stowaways were found, causing 50 crew members to desert. bail set at 1000 dollars. ship due back May 4.
Mayor Eugene R. Stone of Quincy won a struggle with 20 councilmen to push a substitute budget after a speech highlighting a $489,206.42 plan would impose a prohibitive tax of over $22 per thousand. Sixteen councilors supported the veto while Richards Cunningham Sandberg and Ross dissented. Dudley proposed a new budget of 11,200 less and the bill went to the Finance Commission for report next Monday.
A party of Miss Coullinan's friends surprised the bride-to-be with a linen shower at her sister Mrs John Donavan's home on Watson road Quincy. She is to marry Thomas Connelley a well known young electrician of Quincy tomorrow evening.
An ad notes relief from rheumatism using a product from Eimer and Amend’s New York firm. It promotes a Boston outlet at 535 Boylston Street via T. Metcalf Co. and urges readers to carry the remedy.
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