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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1913
Page
8
Advertises specially selected conductors for low fare trips to California on the Burlington Route. Promotes comfortable, well informed guidance throughout the journey. Contact Alex Stocks, New England Passenger Agent, C B Q R R, Boston for details.
Ethel A. Pigeon 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs L B Pigeon of 16 Second Street Everett, has been missing since last Saturday after leaving for the Broadway Theatre. She was seen boarding a car for Boston and has not been located. She wore a long brown coat with brass buttons black shoes stockings a linen dress and a red plush hat with a rosette. She is described as large for her age.
Roxbury James H Baxter retired Boston police officer will lie in state at 8 Shirley Street before high mass at St Patrick's. Arlington Heights Johanna G Bengtson dies at 75. services at Woodlawn Cemetery chapel. Melrose T Raymond Blackstone dies in his 25th year. funeral from 156 Vinton Street. Everett Charles Frederick Burkholm 63. service at Henderson Chapel. Waltham John J Cooley 57. funeral 8 15 am then St Marys 9 am. Lynn daughter of Charles and Mrs Collins. Somerville Ellen J Dewiree Barry funeral April 24. Charlestown Edward Doherty 9 months. funeral April 28. Charlestown Mary A Douglas widow of Walter. funeral April 24. Jamaica Plain Louise Duplain wife of Joseph. funeral notice later. Dorchester Stella Hubbard Dyer. Roxbury Elizabeth Furey. Jamaica Plain Patrick J Herbert. Cambridge Mary A Hughes. South Boston Julia E Kehoe. East Boston Margaret Love. Malden Simeon Merise 75. Dedham May Mills 57. Dorchester Mary Moriarty infant. Lynn Jacob D Mudgety. Somerville Jacob A Sanbom 16. City Christina Seminara. Dorchester Christina Seminara. Dorchester James Shea. East Boston Manuel Silva child. Dorchester Daniel J Swanton. Albany Mary Timoney. Dorchester Eleanor Turley.
Workmen for Elston and Swift yesterday razed the famed Hypatia Home chamber in the old brownstone at No 6 Ashburton Place. Townsfolk recalled that two decades ago No 6 was famed as a haunted residence and long-timers of Somerset Court debated if Hypatia Horne’s wraith is finally laid to rest.
In Concord New Hampshire Hypatia Home married plans collapsed when her fiancé vanished and she died kneeling beside her bed in Boston. Workers digging at Ashburton Place No 6 uncovered a wreath of faded Mayflowers and a faint odor, fueling local belief in the haunting as the house is demolished for a new business block.
Mt Pleasant Council No 98 K of C announces the death of Dennis I Le Blanc. Funeral from 71 Eastern Ave Lynn on Thursday April 24 at 8 80 am with Requiem Mass at St John s Church of the Errangelist Lower Swampscott at 9. Broth ers urged to attend. Charles A M NAMEE Grand Knight John B SHEERIN Recorder.
John Mahoney four of 56 Cambridge Street a wiper at the Boston and Maine round house died after being struck by an inward bound train at East street crossing Cambridge He died hours later at Massachusetts General Hospital He was en route home and it is believed he did not hear the approaching express.
The quadruple screw turbine steamer Calgarian, built at Fairfields yards on the Clyde, is launched for the Allan Line. Sister to the Alsatian, it features double bottoms, watertight bulkheads, cruiser stern, separate ventilation and refrigeration, and luxurious passenger facilities. Length 600 feet, beam 7 feet, capacity 18 000 tons with 200 saloon 500 second cabin and 1000 third class passengers.
Gloucester April 22 George Tucker a lodger at Mrs Alice Clausen Main street was severely burned and nearly suffocated when an oil stove exploded in his room cutting off exits Fire department arrived after the alarm and rescuers forced a path through flames Tucker was carried to the street and revived after rescue by ladder company and hose crews
Rival balloting of union and non union employees of the telephone company for a three member board to represent the girls in labor dispute cases led to rumors that discord within the ranks had not ceased.
Union operatives reported voting at 7 Warrenton street while non union workers cast ballots at exchanges. The result could shift power between factions as Annie C Molloy was chosen president and Mary C Meagher and Mary T Murray to the arbitration committee.
An invitation extends to New England friends to visit the model store on Federal Street Boston to see how orders by mail and at the counter are treated with courtesy and speed. The building is near South Station with transit access. mail orders receive the same careful attention as in person purchases.
Arrivals and clears list includes steamers Canopic Inradeo Verona Ella Jacobsen Cuneo Thyra Menier and many others sailing and towing barges. Cleared and sailed entries show vessels bound for Cuba New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Portland with multiple tugs lighters and schooners noted.
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