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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
5
Massachusetts figures mused on how to present themselves with dignity and democracy as William H. Taft popularized the nickname Plain Bill. Acting Governor Draper, Senator Vahey, and others weighed requests for preferred forms of address while fielding the Post reporter questions.
The speaker recalls a dramatic transformation from lifelong drunkenness to sobriety after trying a Cure promoted by Dr. Haines. A trial sample was secretly given, consumed regularly, and used by Mary to monitor progress. The narrator confesses that a shift in desire for drink began, leading to renewed hope and love.
A brief poem-like reminiscence credits the speaker’s wife Mary and Haines' Cure with curing him. He describes the recovery as a divine act and a modern miracle, acknowledging his wife and the treatment for saving him.
In New York a meeting at Klaw & Erlanger formed groundwork for a national body of theatre men to foster cooperation and improve conditions. Key figures included Klaw, Erlanger, Frohman, Keith, Proctor, Poli, Williams, Kohl, Beck, Meyerfeld, Shubert, Coe, Nixon, Havlin, and Zeigler. no mergers planned.
A man believed by bystanders to be John D. Rockefeller acted quickly to move a car full of friends past a lowering railroad gate at Euclid Avenue crossing. The west gate struck the vehicle but was restrained, and the east gate rose moments later, allowing the auto to clear the tracks just before a train arrived.
Antonio Ballerini 23 of Charter street was charged with complicity in the larceny of a pocketbook containing 300 dollars from Henry C. Pickering supervisor of construction for the school department. He was held over for the next Superior Criminal Court sitting.
Sisters of St. Margaret at Louisburg square end operations after failing to reach satisfactory leasing terms. The Episcopalian order vacates 2 and 17 Louisburg square and relocates to South Duxbury Mass. The private hospital, long a city landmark, remains closed until new quarters are found. A sister of ex Mayor Matthews Jr. leads the order.
Martin Wheeler, aged over 50, threatened suicide, took a family shotgun, vanished into the woods, and led a 14 mile posse search near Montpelier. He later returned home alive after a fake funeral scare that exhausted local volunteers including Calais officials and the sheriff's department.
Lexington Ky August 6 Judge Harmon Stitt of Paris won a baby boy in a raffle at the Paris Opera House and has formally adopted him naming Pontius Pilate He said I do this so he will keep his hands clean.
The Honduran government refuses to rescind or cancel the exequaturs of the American consul and vice consul at Ceiba after a State Department request in Washington. The dispute centers on diplomatic credentials and Honduran authority.
Justice Gaynor of the New York Supreme Court today held that making an ordinary bet is not a crime. He dismissed the case against George Sterling who was accused of violating new anti gambling laws by betting a basket of golf balls on a Nassau County golf match.
A historic quotation states that ordinary betting is legal within private settings yet holding out to bet broadly or recording bets makes one guilty of a crime. The distinction rests on public offering and general recording activities rather than simple wagers.
Ward 17 Tammany Club members plan a public meeting to protest Mayor Hibbard's refusal to issue $80,000 in bonds for Ward 17 playground purchase. Land selection rests with the Mayor and park commissioners. residents urge action on the appropriation made over a year ago.
Fire at Burley Hall near Oakham damages estate of Frederick Guest. Damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Guests at house party led by Winston Churchill aided in saving valuable pictures and tapestries though many historic items including Cromwell letters were lost.
The body of Ulric Archambault of 329 River Street Woonsocket was found in the Blackstone River. Police theorize he was assaulted robbed of $50 and thrown overboard while unconscious, though Medical Examiner Dr. Robert G. Reed suspects death by his own action.
William B. Raynor son of Senator Raynor eloped with Mrs. William Fisher and was returned from Norfolk. He has filed a writ of habeas corpus against Dr. Bush of the Shepard Asylum, alleging confinement against his will and mental unsoundness.
Seaman Albert E. Heisel of the battleship Wisconsin reportedly jumped overboard after receiving a wireless cross word from his sweetheart while at sea in the mid Pacific. His disappearance was noted on July 31.
Two hundred colored members of Grand Lodge No. 7 United Order of Odd Fellows paraded the Boston streets from Odd Fellows Hall to the Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church. A convention earlier elected Col. D B Allen of Newport and Lt Col C L Tucker of Boston. next annual meeting set for Newport. A dinner at the Baptist Church and a grand ball at Berkeley Hall followed, with Richard Johnson of Lynn, born 1819 in Louisiana, noted as the order's oldest member and longtime treasurer.
Salt Lake City Aug 6 E H Harriman visited here and stated that election outcomes would not affect U S railroads. He argued that Republican and Democratic policies toward railroads that violate laws are identical, so Taft or Bryan would bring no change.
The grand jury in New York began hearing testimony on an alleged conspiracy to manufacture divorce evidence involving Frank Jay Gould. Key witnesses included Mabel MacCauslan, leading to arrests of Mrs. Ben Teal, Harry Mousley, and Julia Fleming for subornation of perjury. bail matters were adjusted for Teal, Mousley, and Fleming as the district attorney pursues further disclosures.
Fire Commissioner Parker retired three members on pensions of 600 dollars a year each and reassigned four new permanent men to quarters. Pensioners are Michael B. Reardon 60 of Chemical 11 William H. Gill 41 of Ladder 8 and Alonzo C. Akerly Jr 34 of Ladder 27 injured in service. New permanent men named F J Sullivan Engine 40 J M ONeil Engine 13 J D Mitchell Ladder 4 and J J Cronin Tower 2.
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