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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1907
Page
9
Winthrop Yacht Club posted a new team total record of 1527 in the Boston Pro League last night with multiple bowlers over 500 and three 300s including Whitney 338 and Whittier among the winners. Newtowne trailed as Snow, Whitney and Whittier led the five man squad.
Ten of Us swept Elmore for a third straight win while Ashton edged Allens two games to one. Roanoke doubled Independents and Iroquois doubled Chamets as the series card closed with two wins apiece.
The Andrew Dut ton team in the Sudbury Industrial League set three league records after a storm at Sudbury alleys. Team total 15336 and single string 470 marked new marks. bench ley added 114 for a new individual high. Dut ton defeated New England Newspaper Union and Linen Thread, and took two from Sparrell Plant.
Boston & Maine won two of three in a heated Corporation league match at Carruth alleys. Boston Elevated completed a three straight series with victories over New York New Haven and Hartford. The scores were not fully listed.
Ipswich line conductor Leonard Hannett says Vice-President C. S. Sergeant of the El evated road kicked him off the inward bound car after an argument over opening ventilators. Hannett alleges assault and humiliation before passengers and plans legal action with a lawyer.
Frank Gotch the American champion defeated Jim Parr the Englishman here tonight in two straight falls with times of 24 and 17 minutes.
Claude Arnold a young printer died at City Hospital Sunday morning with police suspecting blunt force trauma. His friends and a self described wife blame a policeman while others suspect robbery. Charles Briggs of 21 Dwight Street testified he saw a Dedham Street station officer threaten Arnold with a club before a doctor later removed a prisoner. Arnold reportedly spent Saturday night with men connected to North Station and American Express Company while police place him in the West End between 9 and 10 PM buying wine for companions.
At St. Mark's parish Dorchester second annual reunion 1200 people attended. Rev Father Daly and Fr Farrell welcomed guests as 200 played whist before a grand march led by Mayor Fitzgerald with Mrs Donahoe and other dignitaries.
Arrangements for Longfellow's birthday celebration on February 27 are complete. A joint committee of Harvard professors and the Cambridge Historical Society will present at Sanders Theatre with W. D. Howells as principal speaker. Invited speakers include President Eliot Professor Norton and Colonel T W Higginson.
City auditor reports about 3.0 million spent on the South station yields only 1.0 million in returns. Additional Cove street extension costs reach 497,744.66 with 77,115.92 still due from betterments. Land damages and construction for the project exceed 1.0 million, while revenue comes from betterments.
Mary Shaw opened in Alice Lit by the Fire in Manchester New Hampshire with Frederick Sydney Virginia Kline Vida Croly and a strong company before 600 club women. Her performance drew curtain calls and a post curtain speech following the second act.
Prominent merchants professionals and politicians attended the seventh annual concert and ball of the W. and A. Bacon Employees' Benefit Association at Bacon Hall Roxbury last evening. The event benefited the association fund with efforts led by W. and A. Bacon and A. L. Hardy. Richard J. Savage served as floor marshal and Hugh D. Gillis as floor director with a large reception and aid staff listed.
About 100 members of St. Patrick's T. A. and IL. Society of Roxbury gathered at the Langham Hotel for an anniversary banquet. Patrick D. Walsh presided as toastmaster with replies from Rev. Maurice F. Flynn Senator Thomas F. Curley and others amid musical interludes.
Ernest Corbett of No. 12 Pleasant Street Dorchester died last night after a weeklong illness. A noted Boston bari tone singer active in musical and social circles, he attended Boston Latin School and was linked with athletics. He was 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Corbett.
In Malden on February 5 a deputy sealer of weights and measures reported many scales were incorrect, costing the public thousands in lost measure. The board voted to muzzle all dogs for 30 days as a response. John H. Hannan was appointed fire commissioner to replace the resigned Harry E. Converse.
The Trinity five defeated the Commonwealth team at Trinity Hall last evening by a score of 18 to 11.
A Boston reader endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as effective for backache and kidney trouble. Mrs. Amelia Hanlon reports her husband’s relief from years of pain and abnormal secretions after using the remedy, noting quick action and recurring prevention. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co. is sole U S agents from Buffalo New York. Remember the name Doan's.
The Gilchrist Company held a two month old competition to boost interest in embroidery sales with categories for pillow and table covers eyelet and ribbon work Biedemeier lace scarves framed pictures and Battenberg lace scarves Prizes awarded to multiple contestants across Chelsea Roxbury Somerville Medford and Waltham with winners including Margaret Rourke Flora Salaman Mrs John Cassidy and Elizabeth Graves among others.
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