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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1910
Page
4
Michael J. Reagan, described as a "good fellow" and friend of a deceased benefactor, was jailed after failing to post an $18,000 bond in Municipal Court. He faces larceny charges for allegedly taking $13,000 from Mrs. Harriet N. Brown and agreed to extradition after counsel advised.
A man was brought back to Boston yesterday where he was arraigned and held for the grand jury, awaiting further proceedings.
Weather permitting Charles J. Glidden will ascend from Court square extension Springfield this afternoon about 2 oclock. He will be accompanied by Jason S. Bailey owner of the Boston Department Store and member of Bailey Guild of New York. Glidden is president of the New England Aero Club and will use the balloon Massachusetts the same size as the Springfield.
Alexander Pope, animal painter, argues against a proposed Boston zoological park. He cites a deer living freely in a zoo versus a cow confined on a farm, praising the deer’s year round shelter access and the cow’s nightly restraint.
Daisy Tuscan and Peroxide straw hats feature shirred chiffon facing with rose buds. Tuscan Straw options include tam crown with satin ribbon and June roses. Prices range from 2.98 to 8.98 for various Milan and straw bonnet styles.
Fragment describes a straw colored frock with shirred chiffon facing trimmed in soft satin ribbon. Features include small mushroom lace, rosettes of satin, and Tuscan chiffon detailing.
Description of Misses hats featuring mushroom shaped Lace Straw with ribbon through the crown and floral trim, priced around 2.98. Also notes a straw hat blocked with a fancy tap and a satin ribbon scarf trimmed edition priced 1.49 in soft silk offerings.
A historical notice describes a line of fabric and trim with chiffon facing trimmed by June roses and satin ribbon. The entry lists a price of 2.98 and references a decorative ensemble.
A lion on the ship Hyades escapes its cage and then befriends a lamb named Claudie. Sam Stevenson and Colonel Benson chase and recapture the creature, learning Claudie had bonded with the lion. Claudie is saved and relocated with the other animals at Lexington.
The Italian steamship Lazio brought 28000 boxes of macaroni and 18000 of lemons to Boston yesterday. The macaronis stretched around the earth twice end to end, with extra length to reach the Bunker Hill monument, and even form an eight inch lovers knot. If routed to Mt Ararat after Noah’s day, it could circle the globe twice more before reaching Walla Walla. Water-filled holes could float a 28 foot Luzitania boat and a four and a half inch pencil. a 20 horsepower engine would need 109 days to push water through the sticks. No seconds counted, so minor error possible.
Julius L. Chaloff of Dorchester won the first annual Mason and Hamlin prize at the New England Conservatory of Music in Jordan Hall Boston. The $1100 Mason and Hamlin grand piano goes to the top senior pianist.
Arrangements for a concert of Ireland s sweetest melodies by distinguished composers have been completed under the Irish Choral Society of Boston. The Huntington Chambers program on Sunday evening May 1 promises a most notable musical treat.
Grain Alcohol offered in sealed 8 16 and 32 ounce bottles. Chester H Graves & Sons and partners advertise their firm name over the cork in each bottle. Boston manufacturers and several Boston druggists, including Melvin Badger Theo Metcalf Co Paul Klein, distribute the product.
At the Continental Congress in Washington on April 22 Mrs. Sarah T. Kinney of Connecticut won the honorary vice presidency over Mrs. Charles H Deere of Illinois by 50 votes. Georgia’s Mrs. Anna Caroline Benning won the 10th vice president general post over Minnesota’s Mrs. Charles Russell Davis by 87 votes.
An unidentified 16 year old boy died at 2170 Washington Street Roxbury after collapsing from his chair at about 8 pm Medical Examiner Leary ruled natural causes and noted the youth likely lived near Dudley Street terminal He wore a Dudley Grammar School class of 1908 pin and a Holy Name Society badge.
The Florence Crittenton League of Compassion marks its second anniversary with a 3 pm Park Street Church program led by Rev. Dr. A. Z. Conrad. Ten-minute talks include Gifford Prodigal Daughters and Winston The Girl in the Rooming House. Another note covers Bos ton Evangelical Alliance noon meeting at Tremont Temple with evangelist Lewis Bernhart, a 22-year prison veteran.
A Boston reader accuses Commissioner O'Meara of bias in firing two policemen for leaving boats to eat, while praising leniency for a brutal arrest and a head clash. The writer questions the fairness of a trial board and highlights potential public hardship from removals.
Rev Thomas I Gasson S J president of Boston College will lecture on A Visit Among the Crow Indians of Montana Sunday at 4 pm in St Rose Hall Worcester Street Worcester. The illustrated talk features a musical program and is open to Knights Ladies of St Rose and friends.
Franklin Allen Smith of Fort Wayne Indiana appears in Berkshire county Probate Court to overturn a decree declaring him legally dead. His brother Fan C Smith of Williamstown identifies him as the long lost sibling, while Frederick A Smith seeks to have him declared dead and named administrator of their father Hiram A Smith estate.
The claimant is named by John CC. Smith Cassius D. Phelps Frank Corey and Charles A. Millis the latter two from this city Corey once a boyhood friend of the claimant and Mills a former Williamstown teacher. He visits his childhood home and cemetery gravesites with his wife before meeting a brother who pledges support in the contest against Frederick A. Smith who has seen him but offers no recognition.
Two men in an afternoon exchange on State and Washington Streets discuss a suit advertised for ten dollars. One asks if the bargain is real and learns the suit came from Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets, prompting curiosity about the advertised price.
A Boston ad touts Snow Special 11 year old Kentucky whiskey from 1899 in oak barrels. It claims proven health benefits and offers full gallon jug price 4.75 and quart 1.25, with pint and half pint options, at 59 North Market Street near Faneuil Hall.
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