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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
Official despatches report American troops and constabulary engaging Moro outlaws in a protracted battle at Lanao, culminating in the capture of the Moro stronghold near Manila on April 22.
On his return from the drive his Excellency slept briefly then dined with friends. He plans a sight seeing tour and a Boston Chamber of Commerce visit. In the evening he attends the Merchants Club of Boston at the Algonquin for a dinner. He will address the commercial development of China and progress toward constitutional government.
The Chinese minister Wu Tingfang, in a parlor interview after a Boston railway day, comments on fashion with Mrs Hamlin, jokes about the Merry Widow hat, discusses oil dust control, and shares opinions on American men and baseball noting some confusion about the sport and calling it rough but enjoyable overall.
After a State House hearing the rail road commissioners Cambridge trip examined the route for the Cambridge subway. A Boston Elevated officials and Cambridge citizens visited Kendall square Sixth street Portland street Lafayette square Central square Dana street Putnam square and Harvard square to gauge needed stations.
Ward Vanderbilt, a New York lumber magnate and husband of Mrs. Mary Scannel Pepper Vanderbilt, wired from the city that he would come to Wakefield at once after learning of his wife’s illness.
Mrs Vanderbilt a noted spiritualistic medium fell ill at a Spiritualist Association meeting in Lynn. She was taken to the Chase home at 202 Lewis Street and later brought to the Libby home at 97 Lowell Street in Boston where she remains seriously ill with neuralgia of the heart. The Libbys are close friends.
Davenport a 25 year schoolhouse inspector denies charges by Schoolhouse Commissioner Noyes that an inspector conspired with contractors to defraud the city. Mayor Hibbard sent the matter to the Finance Commission after noting apparent dishonesty in schoolhouse repairs.
Washington April 22 The House judiciary committee declared it constitutional for the national government to acquire land in the states for forest reserves if shown to aid navigation. The vote followed adopting a resolution opposing the White Mountain and Appalachian reserves without needed information on navigability of streams. Death notices accompany listings for Bowes Foley Gorman McInnis Sandford Metzler Roche McGrath and others with funeral details.
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