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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
6
The article notes the 12 01 a m start of the Chinese New Year with heavy mail to and from the Flowery Kingdom. Boston postal clerks struggle with Chinese names while carriers face extra work. Observances in Chinatown are low key apart from a general gathering.
Boston church events highlight a February dedication week at First Church Dorchester led by Rev. Arthur V. with noted speakers. Dudley Street Baptist Church honors Brig. Gen. N A M Dudley as life member and arranges Civil War talk. dozens of local clergy and officials attend a large Page Bible Class reunion and dinner with addresses on manhood and faith.
Walter Walling confronts Bert Manton over a symbol of sentiment a sister Helen left behind. Bert redeems himself by earning a diploma and a clean slate, proving willpower can outweigh past failings. The story ends with Helen's note and renewed friendship.
General Samuel D. Parker visits Boston fire headquarters as the new fire commissioner, receives brief welcome from retiring Commissioner Wells and Chief Mullen. Wells, ending a long tenure, submits to farewell amid messages from police and city officials. Parker to begin duties at 9 o'clock today.
Sixty five Bethany College students at Wellsburg West Virginia left classes in protest after the faculty stood firm on expelling fifteen students for their role in an effigy burning of President C. Ramblett ten days earlier. About twenty five of the 60 girls refused to attend classes.
Mme Gadski presented a concise program in Symphony Hall receiving attentive, discerning applause. Critics praised improved vocal technique and refined lieder style though noted some overemphatic passages and limits in upper tones.
The Rev. Appleton Grannis, assistant pastor of Trinity Church, accepts a call to the Church of the Holy Apostle at Ninth Avenue and Twenty eighth Street New York. He succeeds the Right Rev. Robert L. Paddock named bishop of eastern Oregon. The church has over 1000 communicants and Grannis will lead with two assistants and three deacons.
Margaret Pickles ten year old daughter of Reverend Frederick M Pickles of East Cambridge was rescued from a fire that threatened the parsonage Thursday night and later returned to school after recovering from the fright. Miss Bessie Pickles credited herself with the rescue and described a narrow escape as the fire broke out while the younger sister slept.
A vast fire threatened a residence but the father alerted firefighters. The family carried Margaret from a smoke filled third floor, guided by the mother and followed by a child to prevent delay. Mr Pickles and his family stay with Dr BE W Cooke near the parsonage while they arrange a new home. Only clothes were saved. nearly all possessions were lost.
Budapest Jan 31 five million dollars in American funds was paid from New York to the Hungarian Discount and Exchange Bank for the Count and Countess Szechenyi as the marriage settlement for Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt fortune likely totals about fifteen million, with Hungarian law requiring the funds to be placed at her husband's disposal before the wedding.
Worcester Jan 31 The Rev John J McCoy sued the New York Central for 500 dollars claiming injuries to his thoroughbred driving horse during transport from Springfield to Worcester. The case was settled today for the full amount without trial.
Advertises numerous grocery and meat items with sale prices. Beef cuts include rounds sirloin and corn fed prime beef with reduced per pound prices. Fresh pork poultry lamb and fish items offered with discounts on beans spices and condiments.
Workmen watched a section of the Charles River dam rise and hold perpendicularly during the draw test. The electric operated lock draws at the Boston end and sluice ways on the Cambridge side are nearing completion. The two lifting draws, controlled from a tower, form part of the dam roadway.
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