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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1911
Page
5
Edward T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia banker and Drexel & Co. partner, was sworn in as a special policeman with arrest powers. The honorary position honors his substantial contributions to the police pension fund and his prominence in finance.
Fire in B. I. Snow’s Sandwich street home yesterday was halted before major damage to household effects but suffocated his pet canary, valued highly by Snow who said he would rather lose the goods than the bird.
Theodore Roosevelt dined on a 15 cent lunch in New York today as a guest of cousin James Roosevelt, general superintendent of the Third Avenue Railway. He ate chop with peas, bread and butter, banana fritters, and coffee, finishing with his shouted praise Bully.
Lynn Y M C A announces a new aeroplane design and aircraft machinery design course at its technical institute William H Lyons chosen to lead the program The course aims to provide thorough instruction in aeroplane drafting for students in February in Lynn Massachusetts.
A memorial show of Winslow Homer paintings will open at the Museum of Fine Arts next Wednesday after a preview for subscribers on Tuesday. Works include All's Well owned by the museum, The Fog Warning, The Scotch Fish Women, The Huntsman's Dog, Three Fishermen and a Girl, and In a Cornfield. The display, featuring loans and samples of his sea themes, will be in a dedicated room and ready by Monday night.
At the Old Court House the Fire Hazard Commission discussed an extra assessment on property in hazardous fire zones to fund added protection. Attorney Samuel M. Child was instructed to study legality with a view to pushing a bill through the State House. The plan starts a series of measures to reduce potential conflagrations.
Boston's City Council, in its 1910 11 session ending this afternoon, plans to pass a proposed amendment unifying the park public grounds bath and music departments as a farewell act by the Good Government members.
Martin Lomasney, long rooted in local politics, appeared in a Grahame White flying cap as he entered the House. Senator Doyle greeted him and the two discussed the aeroplane hobby amid talk of Fitz. A lecture later featured travel shots from Carlsbad Marienbad Nuremberg Heidelberg and Swiss lakes with repeats scheduled for 2:15 PM.
Burton Holmes delivered the fourth travelogue of the season at Tremont Temple last evening. The lecture, titled Motor Journeys in Germany, highlighted early automobile travel as a pioneering method for sightseeing and education.
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