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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1907
Page
5
The Booklovers' Contest Editor reports about 950 letters praising the contest and 40 to 50 "kicks" from 17,800 answer sets. Twenty six people worked seven weeks to judge winners, with some readers criticizing the tougher final problems and one answer deemed below standard.
Originators of a Boston school nurse bill oppose removing a required two year nursing diploma. Dr Louis P O Donnell and supporters warn the current text lets in unqualified applicants and risks political appointment. Physicians and School Board members urge lawmakers to reinstate the original two year training standard.
At Wellesley Farms on April 12 a loose brake bar on express train No 4 tore along the station platform splintering ties and narrowly missing 25 to 30 waiting passengers. The bar swept past a group of suburbanites just inches above their heads as the train sped by.
In Melrose on April 12 an unknown thief forced entry to Frost and Hawes store and emptied the cash register. The unknown robber escaped with about 15 dollars in cash amid a mystery surrounding the crime.
Lyman M. Miller a Chelsea resident died after tending an order while recovering from pneumonia. He guarded a varnish formula inherited from his father so closely that even his 42 year foreman does not know it. Miller served as secretary of Star of Bethlehem Lodge A F and A M and held multiple Chelsea masonic roles. He was once president of the Common Council and served two terms in the House. He was a widower with no children.
On District Attorney Moran's recommendation the Morrison indictment for allowing prisoner John H. Glover to escape from the Charles street jail was placed on file. He believes a conviction would be impossible to obtain.
Mayor Fitzgerald announced Joseph M. Donovan of 28 E street South Boston as messenger and chauffeur to the head of the Boston fire department after Wells selected the top civil service averages for the post.
Governor Guild will nominate two additional Superior Court justices at the executive council meeting next Wednesday. George A. Sanderson of Ayer, Middlesex district attorney, is favored as one appointee, though he plans to retire at the end of his current term.
The Rev Charles T Billings of Lowell and son in law of President William H Baldwin will speak at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union tomorrow evening at 730 oclock Miss Lillian F Bounke a soprano soloist will sing.
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