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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
7
Aug 3 reports a potential meeting between Emperor William and King Edward in Berlin. No confirmation tonight but press widely views the plan as likely, hoping to ease the bitterness between the two nations.
A well dressed man seen on upper Washington street shouting at lamp posts told reporters he is Frank Hendricks of Biddeford and a deputy sheriff of York county. He described his career and offered policing tips as officers prepare to identify him today at Biddeford police headquarters.
Three members of Engine 41 were granted veterans certificates yesterday. Engineer J. B. McKay, in the department since 1877, and W. A. Rathburn, with service since 1874, received 28 years each. C. A. Fernald earned his certificate for seven years of service.
A fire believed to be from spontaneous combustion in the Badger building boiler room at 525 Albany street last night around 7 damaged the Empire Laundry on the first floor. Loss estimated at $500 for building and stock.
The 200th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth will be celebrated January 17, 1906. Observances are planned with historical societies and Boston cooperation, recognizing Franklin as a key founder, diplomat, and thinker whose life influenced libraries, science, and publishing.
In Boston a printers society named for Franklin organizes a birthday commemoration. The Franklin Typographical Society will cooperate with state and city committees to honor the famed printer and Boston’s notable figure. Plans advance with committees and public notices expected before December.
Newport society notes feature Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Hemenway of Clarendon Street planning late summer at Newport with wide social circles. Also in town are Miss Sallie Thayer at a Narada luncheon and Mrs. Hall in Abbeville Normandy with daughters, while others head to European study and European guests visit Lenox and Boston homes.
Dear Miss Champagne offers cautious guidance to an 18 year old who lent a family heirloom ring to a young man, then faced a broken promise and deceit. The adviser urges reclaiming the ring, warns against trust without proven honesty, and suggests enlisting a male relative if needed, while noting lessons about loaning jewelry and photos to suitors.
A 22 year old writer asks about marrying a man earning $10 a week and planning to wed Oct 6 1905. The advisor cautions waiting until he can provide a home and sufficient funds, noting his lack of serious discussion and prior relationships.
An elderly man, about 87, unidentified, threw himself under a Lowell bound Nashua electric car at Lake View at 11 pm. He was severely mangled and died en route to a Lowell hospital. He wore a new suit, carried no money or papers.
In a stormy August meeting the Lynn Common Council dissolved the injunction and voted to continue cutting the City Hall lawn. The action follows an agreement ratified by Judge Fessenden in Boston, with the city to restore the grounds if the Supreme Court decides the lawn was improperly devoted to public uses.
Lynn, Aug. 3. Mrs. Lyman B. Hawkes, 55, of 589 Main street Wakefield, was seriously injured in alighting from a street car near the hay scales in Swampscott. One leg is apparently paralyzed.
Secretary of State Elihu Root arrived at North Sydney and departed for Newfoundland to witness the total eclipse of the sun on the 30th inst. He planned to proceed to Labrador for the event after brief stop.
William Scott, who fell down stairs at 609 Southampton Street yesterday, suffered a fractured skull and is on the City Hospital dangerous list with probable death from his injuries.
John Richards, best known as Uncle Dick, died at his Clyde street home in Brookline after a long illness. A landscape gardener by fame, he was born in Devonshire, England in 1811 and would have turned 95. The town mourns a longtime resident and prominent figure.
Norman E Williams aged 19 employed by J H Pray Co of Boston living on Lincoln Street Lowell drowned while swimming in Baptist Pond South Chelmsford this afternoon. He was part of a camping party that spent the month there and his brother George nearly perished while trying to rescue him.
The Panama Canal Commission seeks carpenters to work on the isthmus with wages 56 cents an hour for eight hours daily plus overtime. Transportation from New York to Colon and start of pay on embarkation day are provided. Blank applications were received by Secretary Stebbins at the Federal building.
The Boston Bar Association seeks the disbarment of George L. Weil a Boston and North Andover lawyer. Judge Fes senden heard the petition yesterday and it will be continued today. Weil admitted to the Essex County bar in 1882 and is 47. Charges stem from money transactions with Weil denying any wrongdoing.
Albany New York Chief Game Protector J Warren Pond a Democrat has resigned after 17 years in service Republicans had sought his post for the past five years leaving the department to appoint a successor.
Hugh Ferguson was found today in a hay field in Lincoln with his throat cut and a knife in his hand. The incident occurred in Pawtucket's Aug. 3 report.
Chicago dispatch notes 26 men named Smith reside at the Great Northern Hotel and a telephone operator invites them to come down to identify themselves when phoning for a room.
WINSTED Conn Aug 3 The women of Burton E Moore s household have reared 30 motherless lambs on nursing bottles in a remarkable domestic effort.
In Providence on August 3 Dr Frank P Donnelly a consumptive shot himself through the heart.
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