Stowaway's Sad Plight
After a 12 day voyage the Leyland line steamer Devonian arrived at East Boston two days late from Liverpool. Capt McConkey cited gales and rough seas. The ship carried six saloon passengers Aubrey Hunt Miss E Forrest Mrs C L Whitney Mrs Wood Miss E Wood and C E Owens. It also brought nine returning cattlemen and six stowaways including 15 year old Lester Lovett of Plymouth New Hampshire and an English boy J A Little from Liverpool who will be sent home. When asked about friends in the U S he said none.
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Leyland Line
Devonian
Grand Junction Docks
East Boston
Liverpool
McConkey
Aubrey Hunt
E. Forrest
C. L. Whitney
Wood
E. Wood
C. E. Owens
Mystic
Louisburg
C. B
Lester Lovett
Plymouth
N. H
Kansas
J. A. Little
England
Boutwells and Claflin There Reception by Daughters of the Revolution
A reception was held by the Daughters of the Revolution at the Brunswick yesterday afternoon. A musical programme featured cellist Lucille McConnell and pianist Grace Starbird with orchestral interludes. The receiving party included ex-Governor George H. Boutwell ex-Governor William Claflin and several society figures. The reception committee consisted of Miss J. G. Mosely and multiple named ladies.
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Daughters of the Revolution
Brunswick
Lucille McConnell
Grace Starbird
George
Boutwell
William Claflin
Curtis Guild, Jr
Austin C. Wellington
Otis 8. Brown
J. G. Mosely
F. M. Newcomb
M. R. Prescott
M. E. Miller
W. H. Boyden
W. H. Cassie
N. H. Barnes
L. W. Morse
Edwin Morgan New U S Consul at Dalny China
Edwin Morgan is named newly appointed consul of the United States at Dalny in Manchuria China. The photograph by Purdy is released as unseen public record showing Morgan in his official capacity and detailing his post protecting U S interests in the Far East.
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Purdy
Edwin Morgan
United States
Dalny
Province of
Manchuria
China
Kunz Lectures On Radium At Institute Of Technology
George F. Kunz addressed a large audience at Walker Hall on the action of radium and ultra violet light on minerals and precious stones. He demonstrated a tiny vial of radium passed through the crowd, producing visible glow despite the darkened hall, and showed diamonds varying in fluorescence under radium heat.
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Institute of Technology
George F. Kunz
Kunz
Prichard Wins in Somerville Street Commissioner Post
Asa Prichard was appointed street commissioner of Somerville by Mayor Chandler last night and the Board of Aldermen confirmed the appointment under suspension of rules. He is the son of the city’s current streets chief John Prichard and has served as foreman in the street department. Mayor Chandler withdrew John J. Kenny’s nomination for constable, and the board adopted resolutions in tribute to late Chief Wade with a funeral committee appointed.
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Asa Prichard
Somerville
Chandler
Board of Aldermen
John Prichard
John J. Kenny
Wade
Melrose Man, Violinist Clifford Sprunt, Dies in El Paso
Clifford Sprunt, 23, of Grove Street Melrose and a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, died in El Paso Texas last Sunday. He was unmarried and the remains are en route to Melrose for a funeral, expected to arrive tomorrow.
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Clifford Sprunt
Grove Street
el Paso
Texas
Dr. Sprunt
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Melrose
Produce Men Oppose Bill
A Boston Chamber of Commerce meeting of the produce trade section opposed Senate bill No. 8 aimed at protecting growers of farm products. George E. Mitchell chaired and called it the most extraordinary interference with a single class of merchants. The bill would remove commission men and require shippers to know all customer names to deal with them directly.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Senate
George E. Mitchell
Commission
Concord for Christianson sentence in reformatory
Frank E. Christianson a Postoffice Square clerk who stole about 800 dollars in bonds from his employers faced sentencing yesterday. Despite arguments for probation, Judge Aiken said probation would fail the public and ordered the youth sent to the reformatory after noting the dangers of larceny for young men.
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Frank E. Christianson
Postoffice Square
Aiken
Reformatory
Waltham Business Men Hear Hospital Service Talk
A large audience at the Waltham Business Men’s Association monthly meeting heard speakers on The Waltham Hospital Its Service to and Claim on the Public. Present were Dr Alfred Worcester freshly named Harvard professor Edwin F Atkins Royal Robbins Charles Francis Adams Robert Winsor and Dr Co J McCormick.
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Waltham
Waltham Business Men’s Association
Waltham Hospital
Alfred Worcester
Harvard College
Edwin F. Atkins
Belmont
Royal Robbins
Boston
Charles Francis Adams
Lincoln
Robert Winsor
Weston
Co. J. McCormick
15 Saved by Breeches Buoy
The fullrigged ship Henry B. Hyde of Bath Maine went ashore south of Dam Neck life-saving station near Norfolk while bound from New York to Baltimore. Its crew of 14 and the captain's wife Mrs Amesbury were saved by life savers after 14 breeches buoy rescues. the vessel was breaking up.
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Norfolk
Henry B. Hyde
Bath
Dam Neck
New York
Baltimore
Amesbury
Mrs Wolcott Hosts Debut Ball For Miss Cornelia Wolcott
Mrs Roger Wolcott plans a private Ash Wednesday eve debutante ball in the Hotel Somerset ballroom. She mourns her husband and will wear black peau de soie with lace. Cornelia Wolcott will don white satin and tulle. Brother Roger Wolcott serves as head usher.
Melrose Hears Fire Limits Plan Objected by Chief Edwards
Melrose February 11 chief Joseph Edwards of the fire department opposed the proposed city fire limits ordinance. The aldermanic committee on buildings heard arguments for fireproof construction within the central city area, with Edwards arguing the extensive limits are unnecessary now and not needed for years.
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Melrose
Aldermanic
Joseph Edwards
Fire Department
Edwards
Silver Wedding of Mr and Mrs Lawson at Brookline
Peter Lawson and Mrs Janet B Lawson celebrated their silver wedding at 78 Naples Road Brookline with their family present. Ushers included William Carberry Lauenhein and Gerard Frazar. refreshments were arranged by Florence Rand Helen Daggett and B Ames. Mary Slade served. A bronze gift from the Scotch Charitable Society honored Mr Lawson.
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P. H. Lawson
Peter Lawson
Janet B. Lawson
Naples Road
Brookline
B. Ames
Mary Slade
Scotch Charitable Society
Lawson
Judge Aiken appoints Kilduff to defend Selma Akerson
Judge Aiken of the Superior Court appoints Attorney Richard C Kilduff of Tremont Building Counsel to defend Selma Akerson confined in Dedham county jail for the murder of her infant child, two months old, left last September in Monument Park, Quincy. Akerson indicted by the Norfolk county grand jury for first degree murder.
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Aiken
Superior Court
Richard C. Kilduff
Tremont
Selma Akerson
Dedham County
Monument Park
Quincy
Norfolk County Grand Jury
Swimming and diving show at Nantasket
Nantasket February 11. Professor Winter of L street bathhouse will present an exhibition of swimming and diving next Sunday afternoon. A swimming match features Jake Scherer and Michael Ryan of Nantasket against C. H. Copeland and P. B. Haynes of the Owl Club Scituate.
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Nantasket
Professor Winter
L Street
Jake Scherer
Michael Ryan
Represen NantaSket
C. H. Copeland
PB. H. Haynes
Owl Club
Scituate
Eighth Regt Letter to the Editor Praises Post Coverage
Stephen W. Sleeper Adjutant of Cambridge writes from February 10 praising The Post for publishing facts about the Eighth Regiment. He notes officers and state citizens commend the article and expresses appreciation for Boston’s newspaper leading with the regiment’s details.
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Highth
Post
Boston
Eighth
Stephen W. Sleeper
Cambridge
Notable honors and activities across society and science
Emperor William grants Heinrich Gruenfeld a professorship and thanks him for illness respite listening. J D Law visits Robert Burns’s home to gather Burnsiana for Ayr cottage replica and seeks copies of European learning seals. Miss Susan Hicks-Beach portrays Britannia on a new florin. Lord Derby and Barrow investors form a Sunday school project with 12500 capital. Professor W F M Gross receives 5000 from the Carnegie Institution to advance locomotive testing. Elihu Root favors horses over autos in official travel. War Department lacks autos unlike others. Medal of Honor design new approval by Secretary of War with Paris artists consulted.
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J. D. Law
Robert Burns
Ayr
Mr. Law
Elihu Root
War Department
G. L. Gillespie
Horace Porter
Medal of Honor Legion
Secretary of War
Paris
Russia facing a forlorn hope says Japanese leader
H Ohashi head of Boston's Japanese colony told a Postman that Russia's fighting reputation will vanish as Japan pursues its war plan. He argued Japan can win despite smaller forces and that sentiment in Russia is divided while in Japan government and people support the war with the Mikado as idol.
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Russia
Japan
H. Ohashi
Boston
Japan's military zeal cited in Siberian railway crisis
The piece claims Japanese forces dynamited points on the Siberian railway and will obliterate the system soon. It praises Japanese soldiers as braver and better drilled than Russian troops, noting Japan's lifelong military training and financial superiority as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberian
Russia
Japan
East Boston Tunnel Tax Opposed by Longshoremen Assembly
At a meeting in Hibernian Hall East Boston the Longshoremen's Assembly 5789 K of L unanimously condemned a proposed extra cent toll for travel through the new East Boston tunnel. The group protested a j-cent tax and appointed a committee to seek preventive legislation from State Senators and Representatives.
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East Boston Tunnel
K. of L
Hibernian Hall
East Boston
Munyon cures and Paw-Paw remedies advertised
Munyon claims quick relief from head cold and lung issues with a 25 cent bottle. Promises refunds if unsatisfied and touts Paw-Paw tonic for dyspepsia nervousness catarrh sleeplessness and overall strength. Paw-Paw pills priced at 25 cents sold by all druggists.
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Munyon
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