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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
4
Ex Governor John D Long of Massachusetts fell ill with kidney trouble at the Hotel Eagle in Brunswick Maine. Dr G M Elliot said he was not in danger and hoped to resume his auto trip to Buckfield in a few days after a rest period and continued monitoring.
Commander Robert E Peary prepares for a polar expedition leaving New York aboard the Roosevelt within days. He will sail to Sydney C B to coal ship and then to Cape York. Bartlett will command a nearly identical crew for a 14 month voyage as Peary aims for the pole this year or plans a third attempt.
Fred Pooler a well known guide was drowned today after stepping from a car and falling from the wharf Pooler leaves a widow and two children
Leon Mailley the naval reservist who fired at President Fallieres in Paris on July 14 was declared insane and committed to an asylum.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has installed major gifts including a Tibetan Buddhist life of Buddha painting from Edward W. Forbes. It hangs in the Japanese corridor with faded Chinese brocades and protective silk. A 1619 Flemish tapestry loaned by Willard Fiske’s estate was placed in the upper hall.
Richard W. Lynch disappeared after driving contractor John S. Kelly's blue and red tip cart with a gray horse. Kelly values the outfit at 3850 and asks anyone with information to contact him in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, or the city. Police have been notified but no trace found.
Rumor spreads that sculptor Franklin Simmons plans to found an Maine art museum. Bowdoin College seeks the collection and may build a dedicated building to house Simmons works, with Bath Lewiston and Portland noted as his birth, youth, and work locations respectively.
General Nelson A. Miles, chief marshal of the civic and trades parade, writes to Superintendent William H. Pierce praising Boston police for their efficient handling of the route and expressing appreciation for their services during the Wednesday celebration.
Springfield August 5 William Smith twenty was drowned in the Aga wam River yesterday dragged to his death by his pet bulldog Roy Dunning his companion tried to save him but the dog leaped on his owner and pulled him under the water in a playful prank.
Editor F. J. Buote of L Impartial advocates repatriation of Charlottetown born residents now in Boston and Greater Boston. He cites more than 30 000 PEI natives in the area and seeks 10 000 to till soil in their homeland to combat urban poverty. He notes some have already returned to help rebuild their towns.
An unclaimed infant at the Westchester County Poorhouse was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quick of Pleasantville who cared for it for three weeks. The child’s skin darkened from pink and white to brunette, prompting a doctor’s visit and the eventual disappearance of the baby, returned to the poorhouse where any respectable person could claim it.
The funeral for Rev Dr Charles A Crane former pastor of People’s Temple will be held at noon today. The service will be conducted by Rev John Galbraith presiding elder of the Boston district with Bishop Malialieu and Dr George Butters assisting. Dr Butters will deliver the address. Interment is at Forest Hills Cemetery.
The body of Franklin P. Olmsted, a former well known citizen, was found in a pond in Enfield Comn today. Olmsted disappeared from home July 28 and probably died by his own action on that date. No reason is known for the act.
Sailors aboard the U S receiving ship Wabash at the navy yard recovered the body of George H. Close, 35, of 142 Essex Street Chelsea, swept away when thrown from the motor boat Dart by the City of Chelsea ferry swell on July 23. The body was taken to Jones Co undertakers for identification and burial arrangements.
Patrick J. Gately of Cambridge was turned over to Watertown police for arraignment in Waltham court on charges of breaking and entering and larceny from the Hood Rubber Company.
Judge Landis in the United States District Court ordered the dissolution of the church and school furniture trust, punished with fines totaling 43 000 dollars for admitted violations of the anti trust laws.
Mrs. Nannie Curtis of Texas, national organizer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, declares suggestive pictures in Southern saloons trigger assaults on Southern women. Speaking at the Epworth assembly in Lincoln Nebraska, she says saloons have robbed white women of loved ones, homes, clothing, and hung them on saloon walls to inflame drunks.
Mrs. W. Wein of Jamaica and Mrs. Weiler recount twelve years of deafness overcome by Cooper remedies at Jaynes stores. After a week she heard the dining room clock for the first time and noted street noises and conversations, with head noises gone and throat dropping ceased. Her husband also reports relief from lifelong constipation. Both praise the medicines as wonderful.
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