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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
5
Harvard's retiring president Charles W. Eliot spoke to about 1600 students from kindergarten to high school at the Horace Mann School urging hard work. He warned against a prevalent outside view of doing as little as possible to burden unemployed brothers.
The workers compensation act passed last year is praised as the only effective measure from the recess labor committee. The act lets employers submit a plant specific compensation plan to the board for approval and allows employees to accept it in lieu of legal remedies. Critics note no schemes have emerged and suggest empowering employees to propose plans with employer input or board hearings to encourage more such submissions.
Gilbert Cass of New York City was elected president at the American Institute of Architects final session in Washington. R. C. Cram of Boston and Irving K. Pond of Chicago were named vice presidents, with J. Harleston Parker of Boston named among the fellows.
Bedford Indiana December 17 Mrs Delle Covey was granted a divorce from Perry Covey in the Lawrence Circuit Court and then wed Homer Hiltenburg by Judge J B Wilson. Both incidents took just five minutes in court.
In New York on December 17 Right Rev David H Greer the Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York voiced support for Trinity vestry plans to discontinue services in St Johns Chapel Warneck street arguing it expands church work without demolishing the landmark He said public opinion was too hasty in assuming abandonment implies total premises overhaul He added there is no plan to remove the chapel building and no such proposal has been considered by Trinity authorities Signatories to the protest included President Roosevelt Mayor McClellan J Pierpont Morgan Levi P Morton Joseph H Choate D O Mills Anson Phelps Stokes Hu Hu Root Seth Low and twenty other leaders.
Fiammondport New York December 177 The Silver Dart the fourth aeroplane by the Aerial Experiment Association here made two successful flights today with a small crowd watching at the field.
Winchester dispatch reports George E. K. Orndorff of Winchester Virginia a wealthy lumber dealer hunting deer in Hampshire county near Capcon Bridge West Virginia killed two deer within one minute after spotting three fine deer in the woods. He shot one buck and one deer with each barrel of his shotgun.
Mrs. Helen O Rogers of Hasbrouck Heights files suit in Jersey City Court of Chancery for separation after a five year marriage to a Boston born United States Steel statistician. She cites incompatible temperaments and a troubled home life including two young children and his claimed financial independence notice to her debts.
Brief notices report several deaths across Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island on December 17 including Captain James Wells of Poquonock aged 53 a Worcester Hospital inmate George T. Watson and Winchester native S B White The Salem scout cruiser arrived at Newport signaling a naval presence in Rhode Island.
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