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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1909
Page
3
Advices reach the Home Missionary Society at 14 Beacon Street that Dr W T Grenfell who has administered to the needs of Labrador fishermen and traders has been named a magistrate by the Canadian government.
H Percival Dodge of Boston chosen as minister to Morocco succeeding Gummere. Dodge has served in the diplomatic service for 10 years with posts in Berlin Tokio and Central America.
George K K Tucker of Cambridge seeks an annulment claiming his wife Marion Laura Curtis had two previous marriages. He alleges she wed Walter Ballantyne McLean in Beverly and another husband before meeting him, with possible connections to a Chicago man and a vanished husband. The case involves four men and one woman with family ties across Cambridge Somerville Concord Bridgewater and Allston.
Mayor Hibbard issues permit to Rev. Francis J. Butler director of Holy Family Temperance League for a 15000 child parade on the Common Boston to commemorate Rev Theobald Mathews visit 60 years ago diocesan branches plan parade preparations Knights of St John the Baptist will debut in uniform at Whiton Hall Dorchester next Friday.
Jesse P. Van Ness aged 70 and Mrs. Mary Shufelt 65 wed in Pittsfield this afternoon, after meeting years ago as childhood friends. Van Ness, a fruit grower and justice of the peace in East Greenbush, N Y, and Shufelt from Utica, N Y, traveled 50 miles for the ceremony and returned on the next train.
Conductor David C. Smith Jr, formerly of Division 3 of the Boston Elevated, was tried in Dorchester District Court yesterday and convicted by Judge Churchill of larceny of fares from the Boston Elevated.
New York April 20. Love letters from William E Annis to Claudia Libby Hains written while her husband served in the Philippines may play a role in Captain Peter Conover Hains murder case. Attorneys discussed publishing the letters if Claudia testifies. Relatives and officials noted the defendant's mental state as a lunacy commission was discussed.
At the AP annual meeting in New York on April 20 delegates resolved to abolish all tariff on ground wood and reduce news print paper tax from six dollars to two per ton.
George A. Phipps presented a 1600 signature petition to the Elevated road urging improved car service on the Meeting House Hill line from Codman Square to North station. Signers include Harvard Improvement Association and Dorchester groups who seek a seven minute schedule and faster Geneva Avenue connections. They cite long waits of 30 to 45 minutes under current conditions and argue surface cars offer a more popular option for women, children, and the elderly.
In East Dedham on April 20 the $1200 worth of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Annie Boucher was recovered. Two schoolgirls, Ethel Beake and Annie Brown, found the bag in Germantown and returned the gems, including a $350 scarfpin gifted by the Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy.
New England will extend a welcome to a merchant delegation starting a May 4 tour of Maine business centers. Special trains will run to Biddeford during the delegates stay. Final arrangements were completed yesterday afternoon for a Pullman equipped train with sleeping and dining cars and fast schedule.
The St Charles, a thoroughly modern outlet with a renowned exclusive patronage, offers fronting beach access on the Boardwalk. Features include hot and cold baths, sea water attachments, a sun parlor with ocean views, an orchestra, year-round openness, golf privileges, and an illustrated book. Newlin Haines listed in advertisements.
Society notes announce the engagement of Miss Joan C. Bird second daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Sumner Bird of East Walpole to Mr Louis Agassiz Shaw son of Mrs John B Curtis of Chestnut Hill and Beverly Farms The couple share a love of outdoor sports and riding with plans for a future wedding after Miss Bird’s forthcoming European voyage.
Superintendent Stratton D. Brooks denounces school officials dictating graduation attire. Leominster School Board mandates caps and gowns for all graduates with town to supply outfits, while Brooks emphasizes parental choice and cost should be personal.
Mrs Joseph Aries of 16 Franklin Court Dorchester reports her husband Joseph Aries missing since Thursday morning in Gardner Massachusetts where he worked She fears he may have been committed to a hospital by authorities due to nervous trouble and possible mind impairment
Secretary of War Dickinson accompanied by General J. Franklin Bell and eight others arrived in Charleston to board the naval yacht Mayflower for passage to Panama. Mrs Dickinson and other ladies are in the party and the yacht sails tomorrow afternoon.
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