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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1907

Page

2

College to Aid Workers Hearing on Foreman Training

The Massachusetts Commission on Industrial Education will hold a 7 30 PM hearing in Room 240 at the State House on creating a higher technical school for ambitious workers. The envisioned foremen and supervisors program would provide practical training beyond shop work and aim to be nearly free for students.

State House Massachusetts Commission On Industrial Education Massachusetts Ele

December Boston payroll draft sets record total

The city of Boston announces a December payroll draft of 1 226 762 99 dollars, the largest single monthly payout in history. The five week period boosts totals above last year’s four week payments by 53 426 92 dollars.

Boston

Punch and Judy Ranked as Smallest Horses in Country

W J Furbush of West Newton brings from Maine the smallest gray horses Punch and Judy. They stand about 12 hands and weigh 650 pounds each. Bred in Maine and Kansas from Messenger Morgan stock and an Indian pony mare by a Percheron sire. They are superb saddlers and can carry a man 60 miles in a day. At West Newton school teachers will use these trained ponies.

W. J. Furbush West Newton Metropolitan Club Maine Punch and Judy Morgan Kansas Furbush

Lumber Ships Leave Boston in Long Race to Buenos Ayres

Under favorable conditions two square riggers race from this port to Buenos Ayres each carrying lumber. The Brynhilda, Captain J B Schmeisser, sails with 1,387,426 feet of lumber, and the Benjamin F. Hunt, Jr., Captain S P Drinkwater, 897,282 feet. The Hunt cleared at 10:55 a m and the Brynhilda at 11:20 a m within twenty minutes.

Buenos Ayres Brynhilda J. 8. Schmeisser Boston Benjamin F. Hunt, Jr S. P. Drinkwater Boston Light

Yolande Mine Disaster Death Toll Tops Seventy

In Yolande near Birmingham Alabama rescuers report 38 bodies recovered from Mine No 1 of the Yolande Coal and Coke Company as fire is found inside the mine. The death toll rises to more than 70.

Birmingham Ala Yolande Coal & Coke Company Yolande

Michael Sullivan dies in Cambridge at age about sixty

Michael Sullivan proprietor of the Middlesex Market died yesterday at his home on Essex street Cambridge. He was about sixty years old and a parishioner of St Marys of the Annunciation Church and associated with its religious and charitable societies.

Michael Sullivan Middlesex Essex Street Cambridge St. Mary’s of the Annunciation Church Bird Chelsea Mary Michael F. Bird Golden Marlboro Street St. Rose’s Church Amesbury Mass Calman South Boston Daniel J Margaret R. Calman West Seventh Street Lady of Our Rosary Charlestown Ann Jane Felix Doran Nce Beattie Garland Gloucester Joseph Everett Garland Unitarian Judson Street Packard Walpole Herbert Sumner Packard Topliff Wellesley Hills George A Uate Samuel Toplist Auburn

Wealthy Gloucester woman vanishes into night

Miss Catherine Crawley, 42, left her Madison avenue home Friday night in a light dress and no hat. Grief over her mother's death a year earlier spurred a lengthy search as snow fell, with Gloucester police未 acting. Her family fears she wandered to the cemetery hillside and river, facing exposure in freezing conditions.

Gloucester Catherine Crawley Madison Avenue William Miss Crawley

General Frederic D. Sewall Dies at 82

General Frederic D. Sewall revenue agent in charge of the New England division died in his Otis apartment on Mt. Vernon Street after months of heart trouble. He was 82, the department’s oldest serving agent. Born in Bath, Maine, he enlisted in the Civil War as assistant adjutant general on General Howard's staff and later commanded the Nineteenth Maine Regiment.

Frederic D. Sewall New England Otis Mt. Vernon Street Sewall Sewalls Bath Howard Nineteenth Maine

Cure a Cold in One Day Bromine Quinine Box

E. W. Grove's Cold Cure box claims to remove the cause of a cold in one day. The product features the signature of E. W. Grove and is priced at 25 cents.

E. W. Grove

French Bride Testifies to Save Husband in Court

Olivia Betitte a 16 year old bride testified Wolcott 30 procured their license under false pretences to marry her. She claimed she told him she was 18. Judge McDonald fined Wolcott 100 dollars and urged deterrence. The case traces to September license filing and Betitte family complaints from Mayacinthe Quebec.

Marlboro Olivia Betitte Joseph Wolcott Wolcott McDonald Betitte Mayacinthe Que Wilfred Bettte Amedee Bernard

Drowned Dory Tragedy Off Cash's Bank Claims Crowell

Foster Crowell and dory mate Samuel Hibbs were aboard the Matchless when a comber capsized their small boat near Cash's Bank. Hibbs clung to the overturned craft while Crowell disappeared, later to be reported as drowned, with relatives to learn grim Christmas news.

Foster Crowell Cash T Wharf Stillman Hipson Young Crowell Samuel Hibbs Hibbs Crowell

Civil War Bomb Explodes Wounding Worker in New York

A veteran Civil War era bomb found in the old New York custom house on December 13 exploded en route to sea. Michael J. Howell of the bureau of combustibles lost his right arm and was left unconscious, with recovery described as doubtful after treatment at a hospital.

New York Custom House Michael J. Howell Bureau of Combustibles

Two men arrested after North End chase fight

Carmine Sbordono and Harry Natoli were chased by Officers Durham and Kenneally and arraigned in Municipal Criminal Court with cases continued until Friday. Bail was set at $500 each. They allegedly stabbed Patrick J. Grant, 26, of 42 Sumner Street East Boston with a knife and razor.

Carmine Sbordono Harry Natoli Durham and Kenneally North End Municipal Criminal Court Patrick J. Grant Sumner Street East Boston

Doctor's Wife Hears Of Deafness Cure By Phono-Pneumo

Mrs Wright wife of a well known physician is said to be cured of deafness by the Phono-Pneumo treatment. All persons calling before January 1 will receive one week's trial treatment absolutely free.

J. H. Wright Lake St. Worcester

Osmo-Chemic Free Trial Offer for Respiratory Ailments

The Osmo-Chemic Physicians promote a treatment claiming to boost lung oxygenation by generating ozone and delivering healing remedies. They advertise a December 21 deadline offering a month of treatment and medicines at no cost for new patients seeking diagnosis and care.

Osmo-Chemic Physicians Claim Cures Across Many Ailments

A collection of testimonials from Mrs. M Whelton, Collinsville Mass to Mrs. Josephine Wilson Boston and others claim the Osmo-Chemic treatment cured catarrh of lungs stomach bowels nose throat womb liver head vertigo and cancer of the tongue breast rheumatism and stomach catarrh. Remarks from residents and a Real Estate Agent in Boston and New Hampshire accompany the endorsements.

M. Whelton Collinsville Mass Josephine Wilson Maverick St BE. Boston Lewis Morrill Merrimack Spo C. A. Belcher Bellingham Geo. I. Morrison Spring St Lynn M. F. Shannon Pine St West Peabody D. C. Bixby Haverhill Wm. O'Connell Summer St Boston Sarah E. Place Dover, N. H N. Montgomery

Police Captain Sentenced for Contempt in Kings County

Acting Police Captain Kahne was jailed for 30 days and fined 250 dollars for contempt of court after failing to obey a writ restraining him from taking Ber tillon measurements of Frank Jenkins. Jenkins, recently indicted on forgery and larceny in connection with the suspension of the Jenkins Trust Company.

New York Burr Kahne Kings County Frank Jenkins Jenkins Trust Company

Prouty Confirmed as Interstate Commerce Commissioner

The Senate today confirmed Charles A. Prouty of Vermont to be an interstate commerce commissioner.

Prouty Washington The Senate Today Charles A. Prouty Vermont

Osm o chemical system of medicine office hours notice

J L Plankett chief consultant offers a book on chronic disease. Address in Boston Massachusetts at 18 Boylston street suites 8 9 10 and entrance 18. Send 2 cent stamp for the book. Hours are 9 to 12 and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8, closed Sundays.

J. L. Plankett Bayehe Cian Boylston St Boston Mass

Unity Club minstrel show at Unitarian Church

The Unity Club of the Unitarian Church of Revere presents its second annual minstrel show this evening in the church basement on Beach Street.

Unity Club Unitarian Church of Revere Beach Street

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