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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
3
Hartford Dec 20 The 50th Christmas dinner awaits John Warren convict No 1 the Willington wife murderer at Weathersfield penitentiary as the State Board of Pardons adjourned without unanimous action on his release petition.
Catherine Neill known as Goldie Neill, once famed on Broadway, is granted a pardon for the 1907 manslaughter of her husband in Greenwich Connecticut. She was sentenced to five to nine years and will be released to the House of the Good Shepherd after a favorable board vote.
Malden plans a convent and parochial school at Irving and Ferry streets. The church site at Main and Centre has been repurposed for an Elevated terminal. Trustees of the Hill estate and Rev. P. J. Hally signed for a 23 573 square foot lot priced at 20000 dollars. construction starts in spring.
John Mordue aged 20 of 79 Antwerp Street Brighton slipped while alighting a Western avenue car late last evening and suffered a fractured skull.
Mayor Hibbard left Boston by train for New York and is expected at a high level meeting within 48 hours. Reportedly he intends to gain Republican support from U S senators to secure votes. He recalled declining the police commission offer from Governor Guild for personal reasons.
The official campaign typewriter, valued at 85 dollars, was stolen last Thursday but recovered by police. Captain Peabody and his men traced the device to a Merrimac pawn shop, where it was pledged for two dollars, and it has now been redeemed and returned to Storrow headquarters in Flashman Hall West End.
At a special meeting the Stationary Firemen's Union 242 adopted resolutions and endorsed John F. Fitzgerald for mayor urging friends to cooperate to secure his election.
James J. Storrow spoke at four Brighton private meetings and two rallies at Storrow and Ward 10 headquarters. He criticized ex Mayor Fitzgerald's promises and questioned if he would keep pledges as he did when first elected.
Boston voters hear a dispute over the city purchasing department led by ex Mayor John F Fitzgerald and accusations against Mich ael J Mitchell. Storrow campaigns in Ward 10 and Brighton while Fitzgerald denounces waste and rails against Morgan backed opponents.
Nostalgic advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a rapid cold cure. Druggists refund money if it fails. box bears E W Grove signature and costs 25 cents.
John F. Fitzgerald spoke at eight house parties in Dorchester and three dances in Roxbury East Boston and Charlestown. He received cordial receptions at every event with a large turnout. The standout gathering was at 16 Allston Street Dorchester for 200 New Dorchester residents invited by John Lally to hear Fitzgerald and James J Byrne.
An early testimonial claims age is a blood disease cured by ridding blood of extraneous matter. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised by W G Skinner of Wakefield Massachusetts for healing rheumatism and restoring health. The ad promotes Wood's Sarsaparilla in liquid form or Sarsatabs.
Washington reports a grand son for John R. McLean and Thomas F. Walsh. The baby is the first child of Edward Beale McLean and Evelyn Walsh McLean, heirs to combined fortunes near forty million dollars. The infant is linked to prominent figures including Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Bahkmietieff.
The Rev. John A. Daly pastor of St. Mark's Catholic Church Dorchester yesterday marked his 25th anniversary as a priest. He spent the day quietly visiting the home of Rev. Father Coughlan in Watertown and later hosted several Dorchester priests at dinner at his home.
New Haven will see a Taft House hotel built opposite Yale campus at the former New Haven House site. The project carries a budget of 1.5 million dollars with Charles P. Taft supplying most funds. The hotel is to honor President Taft and is expected to rise on the Yale-adjacent site.
The oldest American actress Mrs Sol Smith born in Boston and debuting 47 years ago at the Boston Theatre suffers poverty in New York aged 79. A suit for 233 dollars revealed her hardship. She earns a small salary and is repaying borrowed money. She starred as Mrs Jones in The Cottage in the Air at the New Theatre. Her father W H Sedley was long time Boston Museum stage manager and her mother Sarah Riddle was a famed Bos 60s actress.
President Taft left the White House just before six for a long walk attended by John Hays Hammond Captain Archie Butt and a secret service agent. Few people noticed him as he walked briskly in the dark wearing an old gray suit and buttoned coat over a gray sweater.
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