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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1911
Page
14
Autograph letters by Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science to be auctioned by C F Libbie & Co. on February 23 and 24. Dated 1876 just after the first publication of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures the letters are intimate missives with personal references to a female cousin.
A set of letters from 1876 describes Mrs Grover falling in love with Gilbert A. Eddy after a medical crisis at Lynn Massachusetts. The notes mention spiritual affection, scientific pursuits, and plans for future change, with an engraved marriage announcement to Eddy to be sold alongside the letters.
Afternoon mass meetings at Tremont Temple and Y M C A headquarters honored President Lincoln. Rev Charles A Fulton spoke on Lincoln Today while W R Batchelder recounted an eyewitness account of the Ford’s Theatre night and the Lincoln party's arrival for Our American Cousin.
The article notes public recollections of Abraham Lincoln across Boston churches. Speakers include Rev. H. L. Winston at Bromfield Street and Rev. A. A. Berle at Shawmut, praising Lincoln as emancipator and symbol of national unity. Other sermons cover Lincoln’s courage, piety, and impact, with ties to Darwin and ongoing Lincolnism through February observances.
Mrs. Mary E Chapin a Boston metaphysician announced she had cured Albert Kane of Batavia of blindness after three days of mental treatment. Kane had been in a hospital for the blind and faced removal to a state institution before the treatment begun. He reportedly fed himself and moved unaided after the sessions and sent a four page letter of gratitude from his Batavia home.
Washington Feb 12 Clara Barton founder of the Red Cross has improved after bronchitis at her Glen Echo Maryland home. Dr J B Hubbell says her breakdown came from overwork keeping up correspondence and demands from friends and admirers for writings.
Dr Cortland Myers startled parishioners at Tremont Temple who often nap in church by warning that God will judge sleeping fathers and mothers at home. The address, titled Where is the Wandering Boy, then drew listeners into the remainder of the sermon.
Judge Mil ton J Durham longtime comptroller of the treasury under Cleveland and former U S congressman from Kentucky's Eighth district died in Lexington Kentucky at age reported locally. The death marks the end of a noted public service career spanning federal and state roles.
President Taft travels through Pittsburg after a series of reciprocity campaign wins in Ohio and Illinois. He returns to Washington tonight and will push the treaty with renewed vigor, planning key conferences and focusing on Senate prospects.
The President urges reciprocity with Canada as a remedy after the HeCall bill report, praising past trade gains with the Philippines. He notes a shrinking Senate filibuster threat, predicts broad support, and cites personal praise from Representative-elect Martin W. Littleton for the reciprocity policy.
Illinois legislators return to Springfield to face a clea rly defined choice on Canadian reciprocity with the President or Speaker Cannon of Danville. The dispute centers on a letter from Speaker Cannon to Senator Bailey and May test liberal support for immediate Senate action.
A cat triggered the burglar alarm at 32 Haywood Place last night around six. American District Telegraph responders and Langrage Street police entered the building but found no intruder. The cat’s fur touched a "gigger" wire, causing a circuit that set off the alarm.
Miss Mary Pearl Collins 21 is appointed superintendent of the mined by six Boston women who formed a company and financed the venture. Helen McNary is vice president, with Annie Ellingsworth May Sullivan and the Slattery Powers sisters as other members. The site chosen in Bull Hill Cripple Creek district is blamed on their father’s mining expertise and Miss Collins’s mining camp experience.
In Philadelphia on February 12 prayers were said in all Roman Catholic churches for Archbishop Ryan. Messages of sympathy arrived worldwide including a cable from the Vatican signed Merry del Val to Archbishop Prendergast. Other figures such as Mayor John F. Fitzgerald of Boston and several bishops sent condolences.
Memorial services were held in the House today for the late Representative Charles Q. Tirrell of Massachusetts and the late Senator Charles J. Hughes Jr. Massachusetts representatives presided and spoke on Tirrell’s character and accomplishments.
William H. Ashley of 20 Cliff Street Malden was badly burned when a gasoline furnace exploded on January 18. Surgeons at Frost Hospital in Chelsea led by Dr. George B. Fenwick restored his features in a difficult but successful operation.
Ashley, brought to hospital from a Revere beach accident, survived a grievous facial trauma. Surgeons repaired a blown nose bridge, replaced a sunken eyeball, and rebuilt skull fractures. After ten days he walked home praising Dr. Fenwick for restoring his face though smell and sight remain lost.
Ee O Thorp of 227 Broadway Cambridge is in serious condition at Cambridge Relief Hospital after a dispute at Fred Shorgrenn’s home at 213 Broadway. Shorgrenn, in custody at Station 2, is charged with assault following Thorp’s entry, insults to Shorgrenn’s wife, and a scuffle that left Thorp with multiple facial injuries.
Major General Frederick D Grant Fred E Boston leader of the Sons of Veterans and John E Gilman Boston leader of the G A R spoke at Lincoln memory exercises in Philadelphia held by the Sons of Veterans Association. Grant recalled experiences with Lincoln and a resolution urged the Senate to pass a bill for mustering in and out of the son of U S Grant.
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