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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
7
Adjutant General James P. Parker informed Worcester Mayor John T. Duggan that the state has taken over the Worcester Armory and the city is no longer responsible for the building.
Washington B. Thomas named head of the sugar trust to succeed the late H. O. Havemeyer. He oversees a $90,000,000 corporation with a salary and dividends rivaling presidential pay. Known for philanthropy, golf, and elite Boston society, he splits life between Pride’s Crossing and Back Bay mansions, a Harvard man of 52 summers.
The photograph of Mrs. Hibbard, wife of Boston's Mayor-elect, was taken yesterday and is a fine likeness of the cultured and charming woman who will succeed Mrs. Fitzgerald as Boston's first lady. She has filled the social post with rare charm and talents.
Professor Theodore William Richards, Harvard chemist and longtime department head, born 1868 in Germantown, educated at Haverford and Harvard, studied abroad, and married to J. H. Thayer's daughter. He advanced atomic weight theory, published key works, and earned fellowship in major scientific societies. He joined Carnegie in 1902 and is cited as a leading American intellectual.
The Chelsea funeral for Alderman William H. Melley was held yesterday morning at St Rose Catholic Church. Relatives friends and many business men attended. Mayors Willard and Beck along with the Board of Aldermen were present, with delegations from the Chelsea lodge of Elks St Rose T A and B Society and the Highland Social and Athletic Club.
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