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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1904
Page
2
A large holiday gathering at Franklin Field drew about 10 000 skaters as hockey rinks opened and families enjoyed new skates. The festive crowd mixed ages and nationalities with few incidents, crowds thinning by evening yet returning after supper to lighted rink scenes across Boston and nearby ponds.
Miss Marguerite Hyde Leiter, eldest daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, married Henry Molyneux Paget Howard the 19th Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire at the Leiter residence in Washington. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Roland Cotton Smith with a family gathering. The couple will sail for England next week after a New York stay.
St Petersburg December 26 Emperor Nicholas issued a reform ukase addressing eight topics raised by the zemstvos memorial. It promises referral to the council of ministers with reports on relief measures. The constitutional assembly and Jewish religion are not specified. all creeds are to be treated.
Christmas brought cheer to 350 veterans at the Soldiers' home on Powderhorn hill in Chelsea. Three trees lit up the two hospital floors and Peter D. Smith hall where Frank Baxter the janitor acted as Santa on a lively wooden horse, spreading merriment throughout the home.
Martha Atwood aged 30 of 11 Oleander Street was struck by outbound car No. 194 while crossing Dudley Street near Humphrey Street in Roxbury about 5 30 yesterday afternoon. She was assisted home by a Division 9 police officer and it was reported she was badly bruised.
News from Boston reports the death of William E. Barnaby in Colorado Springs. A Dorchester native and Roxbury Horse Guards member, his mother recently visited him there before he died.
The British 2330 ton freighter Drumelzier, sailing from New York to Havre Dunkirk and Swansea, grounded on a shoal off Fire Island Bar at 7 last night. Life saving stations aided, but wreckers failed to pull her off amid northwest wind, sleet and rough seas. crew to be rescued if needed.
A chimney fire at 236 Marlboro Street yesterday noon in the home of William A. Jeffries caused neighborhood excitement as the fire gongs sounded. Firemen quickly subdued the flames shooting from the chimney with no injuries or property loss.
Charles F. Dodge, back from Texas to answer perjury charges linked to the Morse radi ve case, collapsed in his Broadway Central Hotel room. A physician treated his sore throat malaria and general weakness as he barely signed a confession. Assistant District Attorney Garvan and James W. Osborne offered no new developments.
George H. Conley of Boston schools will submit Agnes G. Gilfether as principal of the Shurt leff School in South Boston. Gilfether, current assistant principal at South Boston High, reflects a push to place women in charge of girls only schools.
Lawrence December 26 John S Lowell aged 60 a veteran gateman at the Washington mills of the American Woolen Company opened a boarding house door this morning and fell down stairs fracturing his skull He died in General Hospital six hours later
Superintendent Pierce received a telegram from Donora Pennsylvania asking to locate Annie Barretts son. The young man works on street cars and Pierce will review the Boston Elevated Roads employment list to find him, hampered yesterday by a holiday closure.
Huntington dispatch reports a deadly dance altercation at Grangers Logan County after Martin Johnson asked Lucy Atkins to dance without her escort's consent. In the ensuing gunfight four men were killed John Hart Marvin Hart Martin Johnson Luther Bascom and two others were wounded Henry Turbeville likely fatally. More than 20 shots were fired as factions formed and fought at the church hall after a Christmas entertainment.
The City Hospital holiday visit by O. E. Mills of the New England Conservatory of Music and a group of young girls brightened 600 patients with Christmas cards flowers and convalescent dinners. Dr Holt led the effort in well dressed wards with evergreen decor and a large orderly procession.
A famed Cambridge athlete and a charming Huntington schoolteacher were revealed in a developing romance. The report notes social circles and local interest as details emerge about their relationship.
Charles Andrew Leitch and Eleanor Mabel Woodhull were married at Grace Church New York City on Christmas Day. Leitch, a Cambridge English High School graduate, works as a traveling agent for Hartford Blower Company. Woodhull, a schoolteacher, is granddaughter of the late Jeffrey Amherst Woodhull of Huntington, S. I. Leitch is known in Boston and Cambridge athletics, excelling in shot putting with Cambridge Y M C A track and the Caledonia Athletic Club.
On Friday volunteers crossed the Shahke River and surprised a Japanese force, killing about 100 and taking 15 prisoners. Russian casualties were reported as trifling.
Brookline police investigated a break at E. E. Pierce's candy store Sunday night after the owner found the door partially open. The door was barred from inside and nothing appeared to be missing.
The Boston Sunday Post outlines deadlines for the Proverb Contest No 81 and No 82, urging entrants to mail answers to Proverb Editor P O Box 5276 Boston by 6 pm Saturday December 31. It warns against sending via express, stresses prepaid postage, and notes that prize decisions rest with the Proverb Editor.
The Boston Post announces a Proverb Picture contest with coupons printed on Post sheets. Entrants mail completed lists by 6 pm December 31 to Proverb Editor, P. O. Box 5276 Boston. Send coupons only, in separate envelopes for each set, with no pictures. Duplicate sets allowed, neatness rewarded, entrants may seek outside help, employees of The Boston Post are ineligible. Proverb Book contains all used proverbs, offered for 25 cents. The Proverb Editor may revise conditions as needed.
Contest rules explain no advantage to ink or pencil answers, legibility enough. Duplicates mean multiple coupons with the same number but different answers are not preferred. Organize answers in numerical order, send in one envelope, and note that No 36 may be changed to No 87 due to a Post error.
Gov Wright confirms Palajanes uprising on Samar's east coast near Dolores and Oras. He cites delayed coast guard relief, isolation of detachments, and ongoing reinforcement by General Allen and Constabulary, with possible troop aid from General Corbin if needed. Speaks of monsoon access and continued efforts to restore order.
Three notices announce deaths Mary E Campbell aged 59 from 171 Paris street Boston funeral from residence to Sacred Heart Church at 9 amRelatives invited Margaret Lyons of Charlestown funeral from 49 Bunker Hill street to St Catherine's Vine street burial Holy Cross relatives invited to attend Charles E Logue Dorchester beloved son of Charles and Josephine W Logue aged 22 years 9 months 13 days funeral from 50 Barry street to St Peter's Meeting House Hill for solemn requiem high mass relatives invited omit flowers
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