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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
12
Cambridge Fire Department Chief Bunker urges removing department management from city government. He says politics disturb discipline and favors mayoral or chief engineer appointments and abolishing the common council. He also calls for more alarm boxes larger hydrants and new quarters for Ladders 1 and 5.
Stocks and bonds tied to the missing Col ton estate were found in the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company vaults. The discovery followed the indictment and arrest of J. Dalze Brown and attorney Walter Bartnett, bank officers and custodians of the securities.
Morse's ads promise record December sales and planned gains for next year. Stock clearance offers drastic markdowns on overcoats and suits from $50 to $7.50, with sizes 35 to 44 and youth ranges, excluding black or blue suits.
A black stocking found north of Page street near Avon reservoir renews Brockton police efforts to locate the missing Ball children. Father John Ball, away from town, cannot confirm the item, while James J. Pye leads a 10 man Stoughton fire department search and about 100 volunteers scour Avon and Stoughton woods.
A man about 40 was found dying last night on the railroad road bed near the Broadway bridge. His left leg was cut off below the knee and he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he is not expected to live. He is 5 feet 9 inches, 170 pounds, dark complexion with black hair and mustache.
John Chandler Bancroft Davis, longtime diplomat and Supreme Court reporter, died today at age 86. Born Worcester 1822, he served as Assistant Secretary of State, minister to Germany, and judge on the Court of Claims, later reporting for the Supreme Court since 1883.
An English educated man known as the hermit of the Middlesex Fells dies in Melrose. Charles Frederick Powell is identified posthumously as the likely name, with hints of a Trinity College Oxford background and a connection to a Boston Public Library card. Relatives in the South End may view the body.
Lynn December reports a dramatic rescue at Bennett Pond where eight children fell through thin ice. Three boys Wilbur Broderick Johnny Reagan and George Carey formed a human chain to pull victims to safety while peers and bystanders watched in awe. The rescuers endured cold wet clothes and returned home to explain their actions.
At Temple Chabei Shalom Rabbi Eichler praised President Eliot of Harvard for saying Jews are inferior in physical development. He criticized pro Jew praise as insincere and argued Jews have a right to imperfection, urging balance of mind and body and supporting physical culture over mere scholarly achievement. He cited immigrant vitality and urged integrating strength with intellect for American manhood.
In dense fog on Grand Trunk Passenger Train No. 5 a head on crash with a double-header freight train occurred one and a half miles north of Lenox Michigan. Five trainmen were killed with four dying instantly and the fifth dying three hours later.
Senator Hale, chairman of the Senate naval affairs committee, voices support for Admiral Brownson after his resignation as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Hale notes a pending bill to recognize staff officers’ rank but bar them from commanding ships, underscoring ongoing interservice tensions with Surgeon General Rixey.
Tenants on the East Side declare they will withhold rent unless landlords cut rents. Leaders are discouraged as socialists run a loosely organized campaign and frown upon recognized organizers.
A strike driven by about 60 committees and 100 advisers centers on the Socialist party headquarters at Grand street. The investigation committee resists women leaders, while rent disputes draw police and city health and tenement departments into the fray. A landlord is shown in effigy at 216 Cherry street as tenants endure high rents and grievances.
Pauline Newman, a striking advocate for rent relief on New York Citys East Side, travels from the Battery to Hay terms Italian settlements to mobilize women. She explains she works by day and organizes at night to unite residents against rent hikes and rising living costs.
Miss Gertrude Johnson of East Boston and Amos Coiffe, manager of a Scollag square restaurant, plan a quiet marriage tomorrow evening in her parents’ parlor. The couple, well known in Noddle Island, began their romance about a year ago after Coiffe first visited the Meridian Street store where Miss Johnson worked. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Mr. Talbot.
In Port of Spain Trinidad on December 27 Sir Henry Moore Jackson toasted King Edward, President Roosevelt and the United States navy at a dinner honoring Rear Admiral Evans and select officers of the battleship fleet. The meal was enjoyed with no speeches and much merriment.
Rear Admiral Evans lauds Trinidad reception as cordial and friendly and notes American ships enjoy Port of Spain hospitality. The Yankton departs with Panther for Rio de Janeiro, fleet likely to sail Sunday. Liberty parties are large. only three have overstayed. Sailors praised for decorum and good will. 1500 to 1600 ashore daily with no serious incidents.
A small crew report shows a brisk coal passing race between the Vermont and the Virginia with the Virginia crew prevailing. The cokers Leonidas and Hannibal sailed today with Leonidas bound for Hampton Roads and Hannibal for Pensacola.
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