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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
7
Reports from Waltham on August 4 describe several blueberry related poisonings after spraying for gypsy moths. One adult and two children showed symptoms similar to ptomaine poisoning. Nearby berry pastures border recently sprayed wooded land raising concerns.
Theatrical circles report that George S. Richards, star of Hoyt's A Temperance Town, filed a divorce libel against wife Florence Meyer Farle, alleging desertion. Married May 1, 1901 in Jersey City, she left him in Boston July 1904 and has not been seen since. Richards is said to be in Atlantic City while Farle pursues acting in the West.
Gerald J. Savage Boston real estate broker charged with abducting Mary E. Mality of Edgartown Martha's Vineyard will be heard before Judge Eldridge at Oak Bluffs tomorrow. The prior hearing was postponed due to the girl's ill father who died since. Savage was arrested June 16 on the Malitys’ complaint. the girl's whereabouts remain unknown.
The Free Trolley Information Bureau run by the passenger departments of the Boston and Northern and Old Colony street railways at 30 Washington street provides travel advice for planning trips on trolley lines radiating in all directions this season.
State police demand manslaughter charges after Harrison R. Foster died from a boxing bout aboard a battleship at Provincetown. The naval commander Adler Schroeder resists surrender of David W. Williams until naval inquiry ends. Williams remains in custody at Charlestown Navy Yard as the dispute with Washington simmers.
Governor Draper sent a slate of nominations to the Executive Council covering police, library, schooling, ballot law and river basin commissions. Frederick W. Lawson would join Fall River police, with James M. Morton Jr. as chairman after the death of Rufus W. Bassett. Josiah H. Benton Jr. would replace the late Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale as State Library trustee. New Homestead Commission picks include Albion F. Bemis and Jeremiah J. Mahoney among others.
Eva Kempland 17 planned to elope with Cage Whitaker after a train stop in Athol. Objections from her mother halted the scheme as Whitaker sent his dress suitcase ahead and traveled to Keene then Orange, while Eva was kept locked at home to prevent the marriage.
This morning the National Paper Trade Association opens a three day summer meeting at the Hotel Somerset with 150 members and many spouses. Today and tomorrow the group hosts the New England Paper Jobbers Association, then the Boston Paper Trades Association hosts on Saturday led by President William Whiting. An informal dinner preceded the 10 o clock opening. Attendees plan Nantasket dinner in the palm garden, a Friday cruise on the Massachusetts Bay aboard the steamer Old Colony, and a Saturday Plymouth trip on the Betty Alden with dinner at the Hotel Samoset.
A gasoline tank exploded aboard a launch at East ern Packet pier late Tuesday night, injuring Peter Moore and Frank Johnson as they loaded ice. Both men, rescued by the fishing schooner Hat tie Knowlton, were taken to Relief Hospital and expected to recover.
Pittsfield Aug 4 Fifty years ago this week Mr and Mrs Willis Leonard of Great Barrington had twins a boy and girl. Yesterday at almost the same hour William Leonard the boy twin became a father of twin daughters. The new arrivals are the first twins born on South Main street Great Barrington since the Leonard twins half a century ago.
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