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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1907

Page

5

Wakefield Assessors Plan In House Line Survey

Wakefield assessors met at the town hall to discuss the Melrose Wakefield boundary dispute. They will have a surveyor trace the Main street to Stuineham line to include John A Pycott property owned by the Pycott estate, with Frank J Sherman residing in the affected house.

Wakefield Melrose and Board of Selectmen Main Street Stuineham John A. Pycott Frank J. Sherman Melrose Fenwick Road Mr. Sherman

Ahearn Re elected Borough President of Manhattan

John F. Ahearn is re elected borough president by the Board of Aldermen to succeed himself after being removed from the office by Governor Hughes on City Club charges. He had previously been elected borough president by popular vote at the last city election.

New York John F. Ahearn Borough of Manhattan Hughes City Club Ahearn

Washington Officials Stricken By Grip

From Washington D C word arrives of many grip cases among high officials. The article urges immediate treatment with Tang Kuro three times daily for coughs, praising Lang Kuro from refined pine tar as a throat and lung remedy.

Washington, D. c Capitol New England North Carolina

Woman's Weary Journey

Dedham reports the death of Marie Magdelina Hatfield Meyer who walked from Texas to Massachusetts with a child, survived a Mississippi steamboat tragedy, and after years of struggle returned to Dedham on Oct. 5, 1876. Her life included German origins, time in Boston, and reliance on frugality to support her son.

Dedham Bussey Street Marie Magdelina Hatfield Meyer Weston Texas Massachusetts Mississippi Germany Boston Meyer Sulphur Springs

Multiple Local items Across New England in Brief

A batch of December dispatches from New England and surrounding areas cover crime and rescue in Bridgeport, a Christmas excursion funded by Miss Mary Eldridge in Norfolk, lighthouse operations near Pollock Rip, a murder adjudication in Providence, a Roosevelt gift to Cove School in Oyster Bay, a church appointment in Rochester, a marshal arrest over embezzled mail matter in Springfield, a forged check case in Lynn, a swindler case in Waltham, Rhode Island banking law revision plans, and the death of Mrs. Caroline B. Stiles in Reading.

Chatham L.s Jessie Barlow Mystic Providence Clarence W. Johnson Evelyn Oyster Bay Roosevelt Sarah C. Provost Cove School Rochester N. Y Frederick Robertson Griffin Braintree Mass Unitarian Church Springfield United States C. L. Frink Pittsfield Gus Porgis Stanhope E. Blunt United States Army Lynn Clifton E. Russell

Forefathers Night Highlights Boston Leaders

In Ford Hall the Congregational Club hosted Forefathers Night with speaker Mayor-elect George A. Pibbard and Harvard professor Hugo Munsterberg among those addressing the crowd. Pibbard pledged to be a missionary mayor and to uphold Boston’s good name. Munsterberg discussed German American relations and Puritan influence.

Ford Hall Congregational Club George A. Pibbard Mago Munsterberg F. E. Enrich D. D William R. Campbell Hibbard Boston Hugo Munsterberg Harvard

Nationwide Congregational Drive Aims Two Million Gift

A meeting at the Sunday School Church Building Society room discussed a year or two long effort by Congregational officers to raise a total contribution of two million dollars for Congregational benevolent societies from churches of the denomination.

Saunders Sunday School Church Building Society Congregational Benevolent Societies

Chinese Immigrant Case Faces Court in Vermont

Hor Lew Sang alias Hor Yin and his wife Tuey She and daughter Hor Toy were arraigned in the U S Circuit Court at Richford Vermont on charges of deceiving Chinese immigration officials in 1905. Co defendants H Elden Prescott Robert J Rodday and fugitive Burt E Ellsworth faced related aiding and abetting counts. All pleaded not guilty the trial resumes this morning.

Richford Hor Lew Sang Hor Yin Tuey She Hor Toy Dodge United States Circuit Court H. Elden Prescott Dock Square Robert J. Rodday Harrison Avenue United States Burt E. Ellsworth Somerville Hor

Post readers rally to aid Santa Claus in cry for help

Letters from readers describe impoverished families and children asking Santa for basic gifts and necessities. The Santa Claus department at the Post coordinates charity, with neighbors and readers offering cash, toys, and essentials to bring Christmas cheer to those in need.

POST Santa Claus England Papa New England Lst Dorchester the Post The Winthrop Jamaica Plain Beverly Santa Claus Department

Kubelik and Hambourg Deliver Mixed Recital at Symphony Hall

At Symphony Hall yesterday, violinist Jan Kubelik and pianist Mark Hambourg offered a varied program from Beethoven to Grieg. The pairing showcased contrasting styles, with Hambourg displaying aggressive force and Kubelik revealing growing refinement, though some passages sounded fragmentary and overextended.

Jan Kubelik Mark Hambourg Symphony Hall Beethoven “Kreutzer Grieg Gluck Sgambati Mendelssohn-Liszt Spohr Hubay Mr. Hambourg M. Kubelik Kubelik Hambourg Melanie Liszt Lucila

Thief Breaks into Parker House Room

A thief used a false key to enter a Parker House room yesterday afternoon and stole several toilet articles of value. He was frightened away before rifling a dresser containing jewelry valued in the hundreds of dollars.

Parker House

Paul Revere and Scigliano Park Name Battle Debate

At a Common Council meeting Purcell proposed renaming North End Park as Scigliano Park while Willcutt urged Paul Revere Park. Both orders died but a motion to reconsider passed 27 to 14.

Purcell Common Council North End Park Scigliano Park Willcutt Paul Revere Park

Hub News Briefs Report Local Incidents and Sentences

A 16 year old, Daniel McIntosh, was injured in Williams court and sent to Relief station with severe leg injuries. Burglars with false keys stole clothes and jewelry worth 500 dollars from 11 St James street. Carrie Wilson claims William Diggs threatened her with a knife on Cherry street stairs. William Diggs received one month at the house of correction. Phillippi Debba, 19, arrested for robbing New Haven railroad yard fixtures. five gas fixtures reported. John H Fallon got three years in state prison for robbery after refusing to aid probation officials.

Santa Claus Santa Charles Jamaica Plain Malden Everett Daniel McIntosh Highland Terrace Williams Court Mrs. Marcuson Henry Brown St. James Street Carrie Wilson William Diggs Cherry Street William House of Correction New Haven Railroad Briggs Phillippi Debba Fleet Street Debba John H. Fallon Raymond Fallon

Erie railroad summoned over passenger service complaint

Albany December 19 the up state Public Service Commission has summoned the Erie railroad to answer the complaint of the United Commercial Travellers of America regarding its service.

Albany up-State Public Service Commission Erie Railroad United Commercial Travellers of America

World News in Brief Dec 19 1922 Albany to Parkerburg

Governor Hughes requisitioned James E. Lytle from Foxboro Massachusetts for defrauding Automatic Needle Company of Springfield of 500 dollars. Other items include Cortelyou’s health, a typhoid outbreak in Caguas Puerto Rico, Albert Staples death in Evanston, H M S Shearwater ordered to search for Silberhorn survivors, Fawn schooner ashore near East Pass Florida, and Parkersburg Mill Company fire with losses over 100000 dollars.

Albany, N. Y Hughes James E. Lytle Foxboro Mass Automatic Needle Company Springfield Victoria B. C Shearwater Esquimault Chili Silberhorn Mobile Ala Tampa Fla East Pass

Night riders threat prompts tobacco warehous guards in Lexington

In Lexington Kentucky authorities report no major fear yet but keep 100 guards on duty nightly at warehouses and wagons loaded with tobacco to deter possible organized night rider attacks.

Lexington

New York’s St. Regis Leads Modern Hotel Luxury

A study lauds New York for premier hotels and ranks the St. Regis as the peak of twentieth century luxury. It notes the hotel’s ideal location and superb management delivering high value and home comforts for business or pleasure visitors.

New York St. Regis

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Ostons Washington and Winter Streets Madras Anearn Washington Bridgeport Conn Thomas McCann Winsted, Conn Norfolk Hartford Mary Eldridge Rhode Island General Assembly Special Commission General Assembly Reading Caroline B. Stiles Samuel G. Stiles Haven Street Greater Boston Tuey Kubelik and BY Olin Downes Henry Siegel Co Essex Streets Henry Siegel Co.—Men’s Store Paul Revere Scigliano ERIE Dame,soddard & CO Dame, Stoddard & CO Washington St. Opp Bromfield ST Cortelyou San Juan, P. E Caguas Chicago Albert M. Staples Cne Evanston Parkersburg W. Va Parkersburg Mill Company Franklin St Ward
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