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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
4
The Wells-Informed seek a known value liquid laxative and the California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna as a trusted, ethical solution. It promotes wholesome, gentle, and prompt relief and is sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A launch carrying Pfeisner and a companion upset after being occupied by them. Pfeisner could not swim and was rescued along with the other two passengers. The remaining occupants were saved by nearby boats after the accident.
West Seboois Maine August 5 coroner Bragdon investigates the death of Nathan Bordeau Auburn man who disappeared last winter during a hunting trip and rules drowning as the cause with no inquest. In the same towns unknown Polander body found on Seboois Lake shore awaiting coroner. likely drowned last winter. Middleboro Massachusetts August 5 prominent French resident John Bernier age 58 dies at home from a long shock lingering illness.
Due to the Knights of Pythias parade, Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets moved its double legal stamp day from Wednesday to today. Shoppers can combine the stamp event with a red tag sale offering strong value, inviting visiting knights to renew acquaintance with the store.
Miss Mary Obey, a Maine native from Houston, rises from study abroad to debut as leading soprano with the Romany opera company after unexpectedly thrilling Boston audiences with an aria from Traviata. News of her success reaches New York, where she is instantly engaged as leading soprano.
Michael P. Gay of Ashland filed a suit in East Cambridge Superior Civil Court against Allen W. Adams for five thousand dollars. He alleges a printed town election circular labeled him jailbird and signed Law and Order. The document cites a past town hall cost of ten thousand dollars and accuses the target of political manipulation.
Emerson reports the Eliot street paving bid from Pleasant to Tremont won by J I Fitzgerald at 8908.05 dollars. The Kneeland street paving bid between Washington and Harrison avenue won by the John Donley Company at 5009.65 dollars.
The fifth annual water sports event at Falmouth organized by Professor William F. Stone was postponed from last Saturday to next Saturday because of weather conditions.
In a reader letter Miss Mildred Champagne advises a young woman torn between a wealthy suitor and a beloved poor match. Parents urge practicality over romance, warning that luxury fades without means. The columnist cautions against marriage for status and against loving a man who cannot provide.
Westchester County Sheriff Lane appoints Richard Harding Davis author and playwright as deputy sheriff. Davis vows to assist North Castle residents against crime with local support and a touring car for patrolling.
Miss Katherine Prescott Wormeley 78 longtime Newport resident and translator of Balzac dies after hip fracture and illness. She served as a Civil War nurse, wrote The Other Side of War, and published French translations including Balzac and Moliere editions. Birth in Ipswich England, daughter of Rear Admiral Ralph Wormeley.
Frank J. Bacheller as administrator sues George M. Wetherbee for $10,000 over the May 5 1907 Cambridge death of Warren M. Bacheller after being struck by Wetherbee’s car as he alighted from an electric car on Western Avenue. Wetherbee fled the scene and was later sentenced to three months in East Cambridge jail and a $1000 fine by Judge Hardy.
Mayor Hibbard resists haste over Finance Commission recommendations and weighs establishing an unpaid Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners. He plans discussions with the existing Schoolhouse Commission members on the report’s implications.
The Finance Commission reports thorough investigation into earlier charges by Mayor Hibbard and Commissioner Noyes. It may prompt action to recover funds paid twice to William White for school furniture, with Schoolhouse Inspector Davenport suspended. Sturgis supports absolute fire proofing, Bell declines comment, Noyes cites vindication.
Judge Alton B. Parker denounces Republican ties to corporations and urges a federal law banning corporate campaign contributions. He cites New York’s state act as a model and argues for a trusted Democratic president and Congress to end the alliance, calling for immediate action.
In Binghamton New York on August 4 Fred C Niles of Chenango Bridge a noted Prohibitionist attempted suicide by hammering a nail into his brain after a period of nervous trouble. A physician removed the nail and he survived the act.
Senor Queson, a Philippine Assembly leader en route home from St Peters burg where he studied the Russian Duma, reports the Philippine Assembly has a far wider latitude of authority than the Duma after his observations.
The Boston elevated seeks to extend North station platforms to the emergency track and add a new platform for transfers between middle tracks and the main line. The plan, aimed at linking stations with Washington street tunnel, faces opposition from Canal and Causeway street property owners.
In Rumford Falls Maine August 5 police were deployed to prevent interference by striking paper workers at International Paper Company mills. Strikers urged the on duty employees to quit as officers remained on site for most of the day and will stay overnight and into tomorrow morning.
Boston's gross funded debt rose to 108,694,706 on July 1, 1908 from 103,732,906 on Dec 31, 1907. The rise of 4,961,800 is shown in the city auditor's monthly exhibit released yesterday.
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