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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
3
A quoted oath from Mourt's Relation records Plymouth settlers binding themselves into a civil body politick. In the document they vow mutual obedience to just laws for the colony, to be established by common consent, dated Cap Cod November 11, 1620, under King James.
Provincetown reports secret service experts from Washington and Oyster Bay have altered parade plans for Corner Stone day to ensure President Roosevelt's safety. A 1200-strong marine detail will line both sides of streets as Mrs Roosevelt and guests arrive, with multiple carriages and high ranking officials marching in the procession, while lighting fails forcing kerosene lamps and a morning follow up.
The Right Hon James Bryce British ambassador to the United States stayed at Cotuit near West Barnstable over Sunday. Tuesday morning Vice President Byrnes of the New York New Haven and Hartford will fetch Bryce and Senator Crane in his private car and take them to Town Hill on arrival at Provincetown. Senators Wetmore Rhode Island and Lodge Massachusetts arrived tonight and will be hosted by Mr Grazier with other guests.
The August 19 1907 dispatch details the cornerstone ceremony for Provincetowns Pilgrim Monument with a sealed box for town records and historic copies. Included are two Boston Post issues from January 25 and June 30 1907 with illustrated monument stories, plus a long list of documents and portraits to be interred beneath the cornerstone.
Captain Joseph A. Ellis, 91, the town's oldest inhabitant and fisherman, will be presented to President Roosevelt the next day. He has long admired Roosevelt and looks forward to meeting him, praising the town's patriotism and the decorative preparations for the visit. The committee plans to introduce him at the grand stand.
Press representatives have full accommodations arranged by a committee of 20 for the Brown Hill exercises and the newspaper men banquet. They will sit at special tables near the President and at the head table beside the toastmaster Rev. R Perry Bush and honored guests.
In Provincetown two recently received stones from England and Holland draw crowds in a Central street window. The Leyden stone, from the Pilgrims church, bears The Pilgrims Tarrying Place, while the Bradford stone from Austerfield carries From the Home of Bradford. The Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association arranged the gifts with consul Frank P. Hill aiding transport. inscriptions were cut by Reuben Nickerson.
Captain Marion Perry of the Rose Dorothea, winner of the Thomas Lipton cup for fishermen, voiced a strong greeting to Theodore Roosevelt. He told a Provincetown reporter that the President is “a real man” and expressed deep support from New England deep-sea fishermen, saying they wish him continued success.
Aug 19 Provincetown crowds thick as a fair as jackies marines and officers from the Rhode Island and the New Jersey arrive by ship to showcase baseball. A band colors and cheering mark the defeat of Rhode Island. a man deposits a $5 gold piece at Town Hill monument while boys vainly hunt the coin, missing the game.
Gloucester dispatch notes the schooner Elizabeth Silsbee skippered by Captain John A. McKinnon, head of the Master Mariners Association, departing Gloucester Harbor with a tug escort for Provincetown. Many fishermen abandoned normal trips to the fishing grounds to participate in the event.
Souvenir hunters pressed a mad demand for pieces of Provincetown’s grandstand and other historic fragments. Officials and women led efforts to deter theft as parts of the stand reserved for President Roosevelt’s address were visibly damaged while preparations continued for the great event.
George E. Sands 27 of Lynn was arrested on suspicion of involvement in stealing a $700 diamond pin from Egra F. Pratt of Malden. He was released by Chief Larkin after proving conclusively he had nothing to do with the affair.
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