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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1904
Page
7
A Boston Sunday Post feature previews the Spotted Leopard mask and other animal masks for the next issue's Animal Menagerie. Readers share kid friendly mask party reports from Wellesley Hills, Lynn, Jamaica Plain, Worcester, and Medfield with descriptions of animal games, costumes, and prizes.
Readers recount an imaginative front lawn animal party with neighbors portraying donkey bulldog wolf tiger goat pig and monkey. The letter describes costumes, antics and a playful verdict praising the Sunday Post masks and games enjoyed by children Grace Decast and others in Beverly and Medfield neighborhoods.
Henry A. Oman of Melrose escaped the Danvers State Insane Asylum for the second time in a fortnight after claiming cure for insanity. He eluded police, returned once after first escape, then climbed a high fence to vanish. A patrolman’s visit led to a confrontation at home with Oman demanding money from his wife, who gave about $13 before he fled. Authorities fear his latest escape and monitor for him.
Walthour arrives with Moran and WaLthour to challenge Hugh Maclean at Charles River Park behind the big motors. He boasts he is in peak form and ready for a top battle for the championship, noting Southern riders fear him but he'll prove his strength in the North.
Moran travels from Atlanta with a rival to face Hugh MacLean in a 25 mile race at Charles River Park tonight. MacLean has yet to race this year, but expectations say he may be bested. The event dominates the season with implications for the championship. A five mile open and a one mile amateur handicap accompany the main race.
Ex Governor Robert Pattison, twice Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia city controller, died at 6 this morning in Overbrook after pneumonia and heart weakness. He was 53, first elected at 30, youngest state chief. Pattison had not been well since his 1892 campaign against Governor Pennypacker.
Thomas W Lawson William J Brown and Camille Weidenfeldt via James B Vredenbergh petitioned Vice-Chancellor Garrison in Jersey City for a receiver for Universal Tobacco Company now absorbed by Commonwealth Tobacco Company The sale of assets was authorized and set for Aug 15 The vice-chancellor refused immediate appointment and will hear interested parties Friday to set a new sale date.
Miss Edith Terry announces she will wed Dr Julius M Purnell U S A at high noon on August 4 in Louisville. She had been engaged to Lieutenant Samuel Rodman U S S N, a Kentucky Kentuckian from Frankfort, who pursued her in San Francisco last winter. Terry, once a comic opera star named Marion Parker, was famed as the prettiest Louisville girl and a society favorite.
Nazel Chaffee from Minneapolis pursues opera after parental obstacle and a swift move to Chicago. Professor Katzenberger notes her contralto talent and signs her for the Yankee Consul season. She is the niece of Lt Gen Adna R. Chaffee and daughter of a Minneapolis businessman.
South River New Jersey Aug 1 The Conklin Methodist Episcopal Church hosted a new minister and Emanuel Bowne sang with his sister Julia Bowne in the choir. Julia has left home and town to vanish from her old life, with family members requesting she be left to disappear.
San Francisco story reports Mrs. Jack London filing for divorce from author husband Henry London naming Miss Annie Strunsky as the cause of domestic troubles. Strunsky Russian born, collaborated on Kempton-Wace Letters with London as the young man author. Strunsky Stanford graduate and sociology student.
Edwin D. Mead of the American Peace Society reports a London cablegram naming two notable visitors in October. Rt. Rev. William Boyd Carpenter bishop of Ripon and Sir John Macdon nel are expected to attend the international peace congress and possibly sessions of the Episcopal church convention following the peace meetings. The bishop's Boston visit will interest locals due to his late brother Rev Henry Bernard Carpenter once serving Hollis Street Church.
Jared H. Wibby longtime Chelsea resident aged 82 died at his home 21 Lawrence Street yesterday. Officials report he succumbed to grief after his wife’s death five months earlier, leaving a gap in the community’s senior circle.
A fashionable woman with two children, refusing to reveal identity, visited Bellevue Hospital to see a baby left on the doorstep of the Whitney mansion. Her driver indicated she resides at the Hotel Endicott and appears connected to refined parents. The child will not be adopted until parents are traced.
New York August 1 Adele Ritchie actress will undergo appendicitis operation tomorrow by Drs Bull and Gilewylie at Gilewylie's sanitarium 215 West Forty-third street. She had suspected appendicitis for a year and the case is described as very unusual with a dancing origin and one other similar case Miss Bessie Clayton.
Oliver Dorlon and riding mate Joe Fogler, the two youngest professional bicycle sprinters, will compete in the World’s fair championships in St Louis this week. They impressed last week and recall their early amateur success a year ago. Dorlon rose quickly from novice winner to a two mile handicap victor earning a horse and buggy. With Eddie Root he rode in Madison Square Garden six day race, showcasing speed and stamina before illness forced retirement while near the leaders.
Lynn August 1 The Nahant tennis tournament opened with favorable weather. Only one match played as F E Dewhurst of Australia defeated N W Cabot 6 3 7 5. Alfred Codman won by default over R B Huntington. Tournament continues tomorrow with several matches.
Moses Resnik a 38 year old boy slipped while climbing into an ice wagon on Arlington street Chelsea. He sustained internal injuries and was taken to his home then removed to the Emergency Hospital in a serious condition.
Boston Aldermen debated the New York New Haven and Hartford line project from West Roxbury to Dedham, with tensions between the board and railroad commissioners. Alderman Whelton pressed to have corporation counsel attend the hearing. Bromberg and others challenged the proposals amid a dispute over grade-crossing abolition cases. The board approved a motion to have the corporate counsel appear and another to pursue a route proposal for a West Roxbury extension. They also referred a mayoral message on grade-crossing ablations to the public improvements committee.
Yesterday the city endured a blistering heat with Thompson's Spa record 90 degrees while tens of thousands sought relief in public baths and at Revere Beach. Forecaster Smith warned of cooler conditions today but a warmer trend resumes midweek, as crowds endured the heat in tenement districts and the evening relief from a late thunderstorm.
Melrose Aug 1. Today's Old Home week program was led by the ladies with a reception in High School Hall. Invited were citizens and visitors. notable guests included Mrs Mary A Livermore, Mayors Charles I Dean Malden and S H Buttrick Melrose, ex-Mayors N S Gould and John Larrabee, Senator George R Jones and Representative John G Robinson.
George R. Hayden of 66 Orchard street Medford was riding a bicycle on College avenue near Morrison avenue Somerville when entangled with an automobile driven by Freeman B. Horsman of 39 Francesca avenue Somerville. Hayden was thrown, injured in face and chest, treated by Dr. Bryant, and later taken home by Horsman.
Emory L. Mean, principal of Milton High School in Milton Massachusetts, was selected as principal of the Utica Academy in Utica New York. About 190 applicants competed for the job.
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