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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
4
Brigadier General Crozier testifies before the House military affairs committee that the United States could field about 3 million troops quickly but would struggle to match a first class power. He cites ammunition needs and government plus private production capacity to sustain a war effort.
The annual junior class dinner at Boston College Cambridge’s Riverbank Court Dutch Room featured District Attorney Pelletier delivering the address. Timothy A. Sheehan served as toastmaster with a committee including Leon Noonan James Collins Daniel Burke Thomas Flynn and Francis O'Brien guiding arrangements.
Miss Harriet Smith of Hyannis Massachusetts was fatally injured when an automobile overturned. She was touring the world at the time of the accident in Honolulu Hawaii on December 16.
Hyannis reports 25 year old Harriet Smith daughter of Howard F. Smith a Boston real estate operator and granddaughter of Stephen Smith a Boston desk maker died in Honolulu. She was a Smith College graduate born in Hyannis and survived by her parents two brothers Dr. Stafford Smith of New York and Milton S. Smith of California.
The fishing schooner Raymah, Captain Felix Hogan, rode a violent gale in the Bay of Fundy last Tuesday morning. Repairs to the mainsail were made as the crew fought high seas and a threat of foundering, using foresail jib and jumbo sail until daylight.
The note lists a box of 325 items with prices 15 cents 25 cents and 38 cents. Details are fragmented but indicate a catalog or sale listing.
John R. Murphy spoke at the Grand Army Club of Massachusetts annual ladies night at Revere House praising true friendship among veterans and liberty abroad. An audience of over 100 heard tributes to Civil War sacrifices, with remarks by state and auxiliary leaders and the Post 66 Glee Club performing.
Delegates from about thirty unions and central committees met at the Twentieth Century Club to pledge enthusiastic support for the 1915 movement. They adjourned to January 20 to elect three labor directors and form a labor group to work with the movement. John I. Sewall presided. C. B. Thompson outlined aims including cheaper transit and sanitary worker housing. A. M. Huddell urged cooperation, backed by Henry Abrahams and Boston Central Labor Union president Murphy.
New York reports three sisters who held the life of Ocey Snead now in custody in East Orange New Jersey on charges of murder. Their bedridden grandmother Mrs Marf tha Wardlaw aged 83 and Fletcher Snead the cousin she married remain at large. A rumor of Fletcher Snead hiding in St Catherine's Ontario was denied by local police.
Within 24 hours three Snead relatives were arrested in a case linked to Ocey Snead. Mrs. Caroline W. Martin, sister of Mrs. Snead, was arraigned today, followed by the arrest of Mrs. Mary W. Snead, who is both Ocey Snead’s aunt and mother-in-law.
Co. S. Collier, class of 1911, won the Pasteur medal in the final contest held in the Foye lecture room at Harvard College last night. Eight men competed in the trials including A. A. Berle Jr., the youngest freshman, with H. B. Ehrmann, class of 1912, earning honorable mention.
The Met presents a two series season at the Boston Opera House from Jan 10 to 15 1910 and the week of March 28 1910 with Tristan und Isolde Lohengrin Tosca Parsifal and Ti trovatore in first series. Subscriptions and public sales dates and price scale announced for single and multi performance options.
Edward Tilden conductor of the Gilt Edge express on the N H N H and H R R died after being stricken with heart disease while his train passed Branford last night He was about 50 and lived in Hyde Park Massachusetts.
The Rev. J Wilbur Chapman the evangelist will return to this city tomorrow night from Brooklyn New York. Dr Chapman will be the guest of George E Davey over Sunday.
Dr. Chapman preaches three sermons Sunday at First Presbyterian Church Readville Blue Hill Chapel and Ebenezer Baptist Church with pew owners seated early and public admitted later. Post notes no speech at Park Street Church, while Chapman Alexander plan a Maine campaign then Columbus Ohio and Europe for simultaneous campaigns starting in April.
William A. Hayes of Charlestown a former health commissioner under Fitzgerald and key figure in the four year ago mayoralty bid joined the Storrow forces yesterday in a strong statement endorsing Mr Storrow.
Inventor Moody Boynton becomes a new asset for the Hibbard forces. He visited the Mayor’s office and offered to join the stump speakers defending the Mayor against so called vested interests.
The Limerick Club marks its fifth anniversary next Sunday at 2 30 PM at 694 Washington Street. Ex Mayor John Fitzgerald will speak alongside Aldermen Curley and Timilty. A banquet will follow. Dennis Keating and Andrew Fahey lead the arrangements, inviting all Limerick men and women and Irish county club members.
The need to buy and receive a large flour quantity signals public demand for Creamart The Oval Loaf and Butternut Breads.
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