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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
6
Commissioner Stephen O Meara urged funding for new police station houses after a special aldermanic committee reported that current stations violate decency rules. He said underground cells and antiquated buildings hinder police work and must be replaced.
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Association held its annual banquet at the Copley Square Hotel. William T. Hornaday, president of the New York Zoological Park, spoke on British America as one of the few areas for big game hunting, sharing insights from his extensive wildlife research.
An ad proclaims a money back guarantee on Rexall Orderlies for constipation. It touts a recent odorless ingredient claimed to be gentle and nonirritating, highlighting suitability for children and delicate patients and offering 36 tablet packs at 25 cents and 12 tablets at a lower price from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
Boston Lodge 264 of the International Association of Machinists prepares for its annual reunion and ball at Odd Fellows Hall Tremont Street. About 100 couples are expected to attend led by Miss Jessie Bradford with Fred C Bullard as floor marshal and Joseph H Gilmore as floor director.
Walter L. Sears spoke at the Universalist Church Mens Club on Boston's free employment office. He said skilled labor and farm hands are in high demand while unskilled workers hold steady. First class mechanics need not idle if they accept employers terms. toolmakers, punch people, carvers, draftsmen, carpenters, wagon makers, factory workers, and housework girls are sought as summer help approaches. The resort season starts around June 15, with temperate, skilled workers finding work more readily than in 17 months.
The Leopold Morse Company Mutual Benefit Association held its annual meeting on April 8. Membership stands at 90 with 372 dollars donated in the past year to sick and needy members. Chelsea residents benefited from a Chelsea fire and one member died. Elected to officers for the coming year were 8S. Simons president M. Marks vice president J. Smith secretary J. J. Delea deyene and C. PD. Coe A. D. Dimmick A. F. Ripley M. Ascher and Anna Sanger as trustees.
Civil war veteran General Jones Frankle, a well known figure in insurance circles, died at Cambridge Relief Hospital aged 79. He had been ill since January and died from shock after an age related operation performed last week. He formerly lived in Haverhill and leaves a widow.
Society guests from New York Boston and Newport attended the wedding of Miss Elsa Putnam daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pickering Putnam of Charlesgate and Samuel Powel of Newport Harvard class of 08 yesterday at Arlington Street Church. The Rev Paul Revere Frothingham officiated.
Frederick MacMonnies and his wife Mary Fairchild of New Haven were divorced in November of last year by French courts. The couple married in Philadelphia in 1888 and plan a quiet separation with joint custody of their two children. MacMonnies remains at Giverny V, working on a Denver commission fountain. his mother resides with him. Mary Fairchild is in Paris, studying at the Louvre for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
An explosion from a benzine bottle at Dr. Murray’s office in Park Square caused a small fire. Patrolman Littlefield rushed to the scene after sending an alarm and rescued Miss Florence M. Hewitt who was fainted on the second floor. She was carried to the street and revived.
The infant Major Charles I., the engineer who laid out plans for the National Capitol, will be moved from Green Hill Maryland to Arlington Virginia. The ceremony in the Capitol rotunda on April 28 will include in state viewing, with addresses by Vice President Sherman and Ambassador Jusserand of France.
Jean Duplan head of a southern French silk group says $10,000,000 capital will relocate plants to the United States. He and D A Gillet, a French silk maker, depart for Havre aboard the La Provence as they study conditions here.
Mr. Duplan says a three year study found transfer of French silk production to this country advisable for French manufacturers. He notes cooperation with Paterson dyeing plants and French banks backing the move, driven by tariffs cutting profits as the U.S. market remains the largest buyer.
The Admiral docked at Aden with Theodore Roosevelt and his party aboard for a brief stay. Some members planned a shore excursion to collect bird specimens, continuing the hunting theme of the voyage. Frederick Selous, famed author and hunter, has joined from Naples and may participate in a two week shoot.
The Dorchester Historical Society prepares for Dorchester Day on June 5. Five bronze tablets will be placed in various district sections funded by a city appropriation.
London Ontario April 18 Lady Carling wife of Sir John Carling former postmaster general and agriculture minister for the Dominion died today in London Ontario Her passing removes a prominent spouse of a senior government figure and a longtime public figure in Canadian politics.
A Boston evangelistic effort report shows nearly 39000 raised by churchgoing residents to fund revival meetings. After expenses, 8148.46 remains for future evangelism with 1000 held in trust and about 7000 for summer tent work and hospital visits. The Gypsy Smith balance of 800.31 was added to campaign funds.
President Taft sends Congress a special message seeking a Philippine tariff revision to maximize customs revenue while extending protective duties. The plan, aligned with the Payne bill, raises some duties, adds to the free list, and increases internal revenue to offset losses from free trade provisions.
The steamship Lady Sybil chartered for winter trade is returned to owners. The faster A W Perry now sails from Boston every Saturday noon for Halifax with connections to all maritime points. Low rates appeal to travelers and anglers alike, ideal for trout and salmon fishing trips via Plant Line.
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