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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
4
Nathan Waldman sues Taylor Brothers in Superior Court alleging he was ordered to drive a dangerous fractious horse to Chelsea on April 22. The horse became unmanageable, he was thrown, severely injured, and suffered medical expenses and great pain.
Boston marked the 100th birthday of Charles Dickens with a Tremont Temple gathering presided by John D. Long and featuring Frank B. Sanborn Bliss Perry Major Henry Haynie Edwin Mead and Col D C Pavey. Attendees heard readings from the Christmas Carol and Pickwick Papers and viewed Dickens memorabilia now on display at the Twentieth Century Club Joy Street.
Charles Dickens birth centennial celebration at Carnegie Hall drew a nearly full house, four fifths women, with Hamilton Wright Mabie presiding. John H. Finley Augustus Thomas and others spoke as William Watson read a commemorative poem. Eulogies were read from James Bryce Jules Jusserand Arthur Hadley Maeterlinck Ellen Terry Winston Churchill Lodge Owen Wise De Morgan Gibson Chesterton Brandes and George Lawrence among others. Mr and Mrs George Lawrence attended as honored Dickens kin.
A fragmentary printed piece evokes Bret Harte’s poem Dickens in Camp featuring a campfire gathering, pine shadows, and a blending of Western pine with Kentish imagery. The cadence recalls shared storytelling and the enduring tale of lost campfire worlds.
The Thursday Morning Fortnightly Club marks Charles Dickens centenary with a performance of The Dickens Remonstrants at Whiton Hall Dorchester. Leading role goes to Mrs Alice Taylor Jacobs with Rosa Dartle by Mrs John A McAuliffe and cast includes Mrs Charles T Gettemy Mrs Georgia Bates and others.
In Washington the Democratic caucus ordered an inquiry into the money trust after defeating the Henry plan for a special committee by 115 to 66. W. J. Bryan drew severe criticism as the caucus instructed House committees on banking and currency, judiciary, interstate commerce and elections to pursue the investigation.
The Democratic caucus backed Representative Underwood s substitute for Henry s resolution, urging that legislation and investigations stay with standing committees. The debate featured sharp lines between anti Bryan and Bryan allied factions with key figures like Speaker Clark and Rep Pujo supporting Underwood. provisions referred to banking and currency and interstate commerce committees were highlighted as guards of the House against external interference.
Captain Charles D. Wyman of the coal barge Glendower was killed in his bunk with a weapon resembling a hatchet. Medical Examiner George B. Magrath testified in U S District Court after examining the body at dawn on June 10 as the barge reached Boston.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for cold and grippe misery. It claims relief from headache fever sneezing sore throat and nasal congestion within hours and promotes a 25 cent package available worldwide. It notes no quinine and three years of research costing over fifty thousand dollars.
Sheriff John Quinn Jr leaves his Dorchester home at 7 AM with his mother and sisters for the sheriff's house at Charles Street jail where he will reside until January. Workers have prepared the house and he announces a campaign for the three year term next fall with confidence in securing Democratic and Republican nominations. Other hopefuls named include James Donovan John F Dever and Senator James H Doyle.
Allis MacFarland, found guilty of murdering his wife Evelyn by cyanide poisoning, was sentenced today by Chief Justice Gummere to die in the electric chair at Trenton on March 17. MacFarland's counsel says he will appeal.
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