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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
4
Charles Mathison 20 of 26098 West Broad way South Boston was found dead in bed by landlady Annie Johnson after the gas was turned on full force. He was a wood turner and died of accidental asphyxia per Medical Examiner MacDonald. Relatives were not located.
Arthur Bothwick and Albert Decker, young married men, left Jacksonville on Sunday in a small sailboat to gather Christmas decorations. The boat overturned and they drowned in the river near Jacksonville on Christmas Day.
Supt Rowe and the City Hospital staff staged a festive Christmas morning for 22 young patients. A decorated tree with electric lights, toys, a graphophone concert, and a turkey feast lifted spirits despite illness.
At a Huntington Chambers peace meeting the Emerson Union urged that humane education be made obligatory in public schools. Miss Christine Brown called for two peace days yearly, denounced vivisection, and argued education of youth drives peace and disarmament, contrasting France and America.
The battleship Rhode Island sat in dry dock at the navy yard decorated with evergreen and holly as snow fell. About a quarter of the crew were on shore leave and joined the festive scene yesterday among the decorations.
Sailors who had nearby friends returned to their ships for a noon turkey dinner. Mass was held at 9 o clock on the Missouri and Wabash. Rev. Father Gleason officiated on the Missouri and Rev. Father Brennan on the Wabash.
The Faith and Hope Association distributed presents to Little Wanderers Children’s Hospital Home for Incurables Children’s Mission Chardon Street Home and Channing Home yesterday. A number of poor families were also cared for by the association’s members.
Minneapo lis reports Peter Medio a wealthy contractor said to be worth over 25000 choked himself with rope. His body was found hanging from a tree in woodland about a mile from Minnehaha Falls, a year after his wife’s death.
In New York a car driven at high speed by William Daly and carrying broker Robert H. Simpson plunged into a 10 foot sewer excavation at Broadway and Sixty second Street. Both men survived but suffered serious injuries and gas main was ruptured. Simpson faced asphyxiation until help arrived. Daly was badly hurt and internally injured. Both were hospitalized.
LaForest Howe a Harvard chemistry graduate student had a near fatal accident on Fayette street Watertown yesterday afternoon when his sleigh collided with a Christmas gift laden sled. He was dragged along a path before reins broke and the horse ran free. Howe escaped with deep scratches and bruises and is well known in Watertown social circles and on campus as Jolly Howdy.
The Children's Health Fund held its twelfth annual dinner for 1105 poor children. Volunteers visited homes all last week to reach those in need, with meals distributed from 31 Exchange Street and many dinners sent to recipients unable to attend.
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