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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
4
An exchange between Anty Drudge Mr Newlywed and Pee Bes aed promotes Fels Naptha soap as a means to wash clothes in cool or lukewarm water. A rooming house residentLaundry woes are reduced without boiling water by following the product directions.
George Riley of 244 Webster Avenue Cambridge was severely burned when a kettle exploded while he read a newspaper at home. The lid apparently clogged and blew off spraying boiling water. he was treated at Relief Hospital and returned home.
Miss Olivia Blamey Williams of St Mabyn Cornwall, aged over 70, walked 2358 miles last year averaging 46 miles weekly. Her current year already surpasses that total with last week she walked over 50 miles visiting parish customers she helps with plain sewing.
The Rev. James H. Downey son of Mr and Mrs Timothy Downey celebrated his first solemn high mass at St Peters Church Plymouth today. He was assisted by Fr Burke deacon Fr Perry sub deacon Fr Buckley master of ceremonies. Parishioners presented him with a gold chalice and other gifts were given by people outside the parish.
David Lohane, manager of a Atlanta auto agency, bled to try to save Alfred Smart Grandy eleven, after he was struck by Lohane's car. The boy died despite the blood transfusion at Grady Hospital yesterday.
Samuel Pruyn a prominent Northern New York lumberman died in Glen Falls yesterday. Born in Cambridge New York in 1820 he helped organize the Finch Pruyn Company a major Adirondack lumber concern.
In Stearns Whitely county Kentucky a desper ate battle occurred between a posse led by two deputy United States marshals and a group of strikers. The incident prompted a request for more ammunition from Marshal Sharp in Cincinnati Ohio.
At noon in Stearns Whitely county two posse members were wounded and several strikers injured as the Simpson Hotel burned during a firefight. Deputy Marshal John C. Mullins was killed. another striker died in the blaze while others escaped or were wounded. The clash stemmed from U S authorities attempting to serve injunction notices on the striking miners.
Thousands of workers in London and Glasgow face unemployment amid broad distress and destitution. Shabby unemployed bands paraded shopping streets as police watched. more than 1000 homeless men seek Salvation Army shelter tickets each midnight, with only half the crowd accommodated. Cases rise of men jailed for stealing food as pleas to charities surge.
Miss Mary A. Hardin, 47, died at St. Mary’s Hospital Racine when an anesthetic was given and she lay on a transporting table in an elevator that stopped. Nurse in charge pulled the operating cable raising the car. Miss Hardin’s head was crushed between platform and floor. Sister Venerada, inexperienced with the elevator, caused the mishap. Physicians witnessed the attempt to operate. An inquest cleared hospital attendants of blame.
Union City Tennessee December 25 addition al evidence the alleged confessions of three alleged Night Rider members from Reelfoot Lake was offered by the State in the trials of eight alleged leaders accused of taking part in the lynching of Captain Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log. Proceedings hinge on whether the three can be used as State witnesses per a proviso to the testimony.
Grenoble dispatch reports General Feyrier dead in France. Once grand chancellor of the Legion of Honor, he resigned July 13, 1895 after a Chamber of Deputies censure over the canal question.
A wave of speculation follows Judge Wright’s Cincinnati ruling and President Roosevelt’s stance. Supporters of labor leaders Gompers Mitchell Morrison urge swift presidential action while others doubt reversal and push for potential pardons or sentence reduction. Bryan leads a broad labor sympathy chorus with nationwide messages of concern and support.
Boston union workers plan a mass meeting to protest sentencing of AFL leaders Gompers Mitchell Morrison. John J. Hynes calls special executive committee session at Wells Memorial Hall tonight to plan action and a Farnell Hall gathering is requested for next week.
Washington December report notes Judge Daniel Thew Wright, who sentenced labor leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison, was appointed to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by President Roosevelt. Born 1864 in Cincinnati, he rose from Riverside mayor to Hamilton County prosecutor and Common Pleas judge before moving to Washington in 1903, noted for labor-protective work.
Last Sunday the SUNDAY POST gave away 1000 Whitewood Picture Puzzles as Xmas Gifts to winners in the dot contest making the prizes the largest yet. Next Sunday will offer DOUBLE PICTURES with every box enabling two distinct pictures doubling the fun. The Dot Contest remains easy and open to all ages with 1000 prizes available.
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