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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1910
Page
3
New Bedford and Springfield opened two stores Saturday, bringing the chain to ten outlets. The owner plans to weave goods into a single line for all stores next year, aiming to cover Massachusetts with volume of business and competitive prices.
Major Ambrose Bancroft Civil War veteran and longtime Woburn resident died by hanging at his Highland Street home in the early hours. He had been in feeble health two years and showed signs of despondency. The body was found by his daughter after he failed to appear at his usual time. Medical Examiner Harrison G. Blake conducted a preliminary inquest.
President J F McLeod of the Boston Intercolonial Club and Massachusetts Democratic State chairman told Sir Wilfrid Laurier and other Dominion ministers in Ottawa that the maximum tariff clause is a mischief-maker. He spoke after his meetings on February 13.
Major Bancroft born August 22 1832 in Woburn served as first lieutenant then captain in the Thirty-second Massachusetts Company K, rising to major after 26 engagements with four wounds. A Boston resident, he held local offices in Woburn, belonged to Mt Horeb Lodge Loyal Legion G A R posts and was longtime Boston & Maine railroad employee. Survived by wife in California a daughter and Dr Irving R Bancroft city physician of Los Angeles.
The Chickasawbut Club of the South End honors Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with exercises at St Stephen's House on Decatur Street. Harry Lavine will read the Gettysburg Address and four members will deliver five minute papers on Lincoln's life.
Ottawa sources report ministerial remarks urging relief from tariff burdens amid mutinous sentiment in the United States over existing rates. The speaker notes Canada will not retreat from treaty obligations with France and others while seeking improved tariff relations with the United States. McLeod invites Postmaster General Lemieux and M P Goodeve to Boston Intercolonial Club spring dinner to deliver addresses.
Irvin Hantchett, 16, a white boy, was arrested in Deland Florida charged with killing Mary Tedder at Glenwood. The victim was stabbed in 65 places and butchered. The boy reportedly came from a Connecticut school of correction and was spirited away by the sheriff.
Mayor Slitzgerald toured downtown after dinner as the street cleaning department cleared snow and slush. He spoke with foremen and workers praising the effort and forecasting better conditions for morning business.
A dinner of the Citizens' Municipal League at the Boston City Club aims to settle the City Council leadership. The current scene is unsettled and prospects for agreement appear poor. Councilmen Frederick J. Brand Walter Ballantyne and John J Attridge indicate they will continue the contest.
Hundreds along the Charles River basin watched the tug Leader plow through ice fields after a Saturday night freeze. The bow drove over the massed ice and slammed through, keeping the basin navigable for passing tugs and barges up river. The Leader has faced ice since winter onset, keeping the dammed river open for traffic.
The Bingville Club of Neponset stages a costumed dance at Kelliher Hall to aid Mrs. Mary Rowell. Attending are Miss Alice McCarty, Miss Mabel Finigan, Miss Vivian McCarty, Miss Catherine Cullen and other noted Quincy and Neponset residents.
Marlboro reports 5-year-old Charles Taylor nearly frozen on Hildreth School steps last Tuesday. His mother Mrs A H Taylor has hired Attorney Winfield Temple to probe alleged teacher ill treatment and the illness cause. The boy remains seriously ill with pneumonia.
Dr Roland Dwight Grant condemned ex-president Charles W. Eliot's views on a future religion. He told Lorimer Hall listeners that religion needs miracles and mystery, arguing that denying the Bible and the miraculous makes Christianity and life meaningless.
Superintendent O A Morton calls for a special meeting to hear both sides Tuesday night over alleged denial of admittance. Mrs Taylor says her son was kept out in zero weather as pneumonia is treated by Dr C W Smith. The mother recently buried her own mother and remains in precarious condition.
The four masted schooner George M Grant, bound from Newport News to Boston, ran ashore in heavy seas at West Chop near Vineyard Haven during a strong westerly wind. Tug Richmond refloated her at 10 a m and towed to harbor anchorage with no injuries reported, though she lost her starboard anchor and chain.
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