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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
7
Harvard President Lowell denounced organized cheering and ragtime as poor taste at a Music Teachers Association session in Boston. He warned that college and alumni gatherings now favor shallow, catchy music over true expression, urging exploration of music as genuine art.
The Regent Street negative of Bishop Phillips Brooks, believed lost since 1888, has been recovered. Proceeds from copies sold will benefit St. Luke's Home for Convalescents, a London institution linked to Brooks. The 1830s London portrait was taken when he was Boston Trinity Church rector en route to India.
Dudley M. Holman private secretary to Governor-elect Eugene N Foss sent a signed statement to the Boston Post stating that lodge support alleged as sham is false and urges careful scrutiny of the claims surrounding the new administration.
Letter to the editor defends a circular summarizing Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s yea and nay votes on the Payne Aldrich bill. Norman H White disputes accuracy, while the author insists the transcript reflects official records, including July 8 pairing against Lafollette and support for the conference report.
Councillor Timothy Gy Buckley of Charlestown visited East Boston clubs last night and canceled open-air rallies due to weather. He will rally tonight at Maverick Square 8 PM Central Square 8 30 PM and Day Square 8 45 PM. He spoke to Court General Warren Foresters of America where he is Past Chief.
Mayor Fitzgerald appointed John F. Cronin of Ward 28 to the Board of Children's Institutions Trustees replacing the resigned Mrs. Rachael S. Thorndike. Cronin, a Harvard graduate and respected lawyer, will join Mr. Ginsburg in guiding the institution toward improved management.
Frank Hazard aged 58 of 109 Clarke Avenue Chelsea collapsed and died yesterday afternoon while waiting to have a prescription filled at a drug store on the corner of Broadway and Fatner Street Chelsea.
Councillor Brand quotes a rival prophesying the January 10 election result and offers to withdraw from the City Council race if Rothwell or Bottomley of the Good Government Association accepts and runs. The proposal remains open until noon Thursday to let the “big men” step in and let citizens judge their qualifications.
Five workers were killed and about twenty injured when 2400 pounds of blasting powder exploded at the American Smelter and Refining Company plant in El Paso. The blast damaged buildings nearby and shattered windows three miles away as tunnellers worked beneath the slag mound. Eight workers in the farthest tunnel were rescued alive.
Berlin report outlines Joseph Brucker plans to cross the Atlantic in the airship Lushard from the Cape Verde Islands to the Barbadoes or Trinidad. He will use top envelope sprinklers spraying ocean water to cool gas, tow torpedo-shaped water cylinders, a six-man crew, two 500 horsepower motors, and a non-sinkable lifeboat. He aims to reach the other shore in four to five days using trade winds.
William F. Donovan of Leonard Street was chosen by the Cambridge School Board to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of John Carmichael as truant officer. The selection was announced at last night's board meeting.
Miss Lucy Jones of the University is named deputy sheriff by her father at her request. She aims to aid in policing Fayette county, with duties focused in Uniontown.
Judge Lowell of the United States Circuit Court appointed Frederick P. Cabot of Boston receiver for the Southern Maine Steamship Company yesterday on petition of creditors. The company, once Tiles of Shoals Transportation, owns a steamer, a Portsmouth New Hampshire wharf, and a hotel on one of the Isles of Shoals, but is deeply in debt with little equity for unsecured creditors.
A Tokyo dispatch reports American vice consul Adolph A. Williamson attacked at a Dalny fish market by Japanese and Chinese. The incident will be reported to the State Department.
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