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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1906
Page
3
W Scott Hyde, prominent San Francisco manufacturer, learned by telegram from Boston that his wife and children are safe but his Chicago property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed. Hyde, rushing west for tidings, offered $1000 for a telegram to his family and pressed on despite relief at the news.
The advertisement claims Beecham's Pills help women avoid sallow skin low spirits and weak nerves and improve health and appearance. It emphasizes repeated use during debility nervousness headaches and low mood to assist Nature and restore vitality.
Philip H. Mansfield of Vahey Innes Mansfield pleads for information on relatives in San Francisco after the quake. He seeks word on his cousin Walter Mansfield and wife and Mrs. A. N. Towne, plus three Napa cousins, while Campbell rushes to the coast to search for Mansfield's mother and sister. Seats have been sold to raise funds for the Sparky fund via Kidder Peabody.
A committee of Lynn businessmen and citizens chaired by Mayor C N Barney was formed to solicit contributions for San Francisco disaster victims and to telegraph 10000 immediately. Patrick Lennox of P Lennox & Co pledged 1000 toward the fund.
In aid of San Francisco sufferers, James K. Hackett Mary Manning and their company perform Sutro s play The Walls of Jericho at Tremont Theatre Sunday evening. Manager Schoeffel provides the house free with all attaches.
Newport mayor calls mass meeting in Opera House Sunday to mobilize aid after the San Francisco disaster. Subscriptions reach 500 dollars today and churches will collect Sunday. City Council to consider an appropriation at tomorrow night’s meeting.
Wells Fargo and Company expresses willingness to ship any relief shipments at no charge when sent to relief officers or organizations in San Francisco or nearby towns for aid to sufferers.
Three thousand Boston district clerks and carriers form a relief subscription for San Francisco government service employees. Postal officials led by George A. Hibbard and Frank E. McMillan pledged support, with messages sent to San Francisco Superintendent J. E. Power and Railway Mail Clerks leader Thomas Feeney.
The Senate in executive session confirmed postmasters including W. P. Leete of North Haven Connecticut and G. W. Bureau of Baltic Massachusetts and A. Bliss of Andover Massachusetts.
An earthquake caused six minutes of tremors in Honolulu with Fort Street buildings swaying and some homes partly demolished. Water in the harbor rose quickly and officials feared a tidal wave, but vibrations ceased after six minutes.
Governor Curtis Guild Jr calls all mayors and board chairs in Massachusetts to form local committees to raise funds for California earthquake relief. Funds go to K idder, Peabody & Co. as general fund treasurers with full credit to contributors and cities. Immediate action requested across the Commonwealth.
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