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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1907
Page
5
A fire at a lodging house on War renton street forced residents outside. Thomas Savage, 20, reentered to save his bank book and collapsed amid smoke but recovered later. Mrs Elden says the blaze started when a ledger sparked a match igniting a couch fringe. Damage estimated at under $200.
The Quincy Homestead Improvement Association meeting voted to support town purchase of Dedham Water Company plant. They endorsed evening schools and formed a committee to oppose a new rate plan by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company. Senator Bromberg’s land purchase bill for a Forest Hills elevated station was approved. Town funds were authorized to buy a single stone for Provincetown’s Pilgrim monument.
Fire in Larmour's clothing store on Pleasant Street, part of the Y M C A building, caused about 6000 in damage from smoke and water. The blaze likely started from a lit cigar butt brought in while cash was counted. Other tenants included Bowser dry goods Bonino fruit and Atherton's clothing on the ground floor and a second floor petticoat factory.
Police in Malden and Boston search for Samuel Levi who vanished Saturday with $752 from his employer a clothing store at 6 Salem Street Malden His wife on Eastern Avenue grieves and visits friends hoping for a lead but finds none.
A 9 oclock mass at St Marys Church North End celebrated by Rev William J Richley S J honored living and dead members of Division 42 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Inspector Burr recounts how a pistol carried by Stephen A. Cornell, Roosevelt's body guard, fell from its owner during a Quincy House meal in zero weather. The gun exploded, wounding Inspector Walker A. Smith. Burr and others defend it as an accident with no intent to draw weapons.
C A Hancock of Hancock Company cites sharp track curves as the primary cause of the Pennsylvania flyer wreck. He argues that straightening curves reduces accidents and opposes broad speed limits, proposing curve-based limits and acceleration of track improvements.
Prince Robert de Broglie and his American wife Estelle Alexander face a Paris row as over 100 aristocrats petition Prefect Levine to bar their stage appearance for public decency. The prefect warns of police disruption if they perform. The couple previously performed in New York and Boston and face opposition from Prince Amadeo de Broglie.
The Hon. Louis A. Frothingham will speak tomorrow evening in Huntington Chambers Huntington avenue. He will relate his experiences and observations at Panama and in Costa Rica under the Republican league of Ward 10. Stereopticon views will be shown with vocal and instrumental features.
Richmond reports confirmation of the engagement between Mrs. Gertrude Tucker Logan of Virginia and New York and former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle of Washington. The ceremony date is not announced. Mrs. Logan is the daughter of the late John Randolph Tucker. Carlisle’s Washington home is described as a showplace.
The Evangelistic Association of New England will host its annual banquet at Tremont Temple Lorimer Hall on Thursday evening. Rev C L Goodell D D of Calvary Methodist Church New York City will deliver the annual address. He is noted as a leading pastor evangelist across denominations and recently welcomed 238 new members in one Sunday, 184 on confession of faith.
Wilber Herbert aged 19 and his aunt Jessie Witherbee age 57 eloped from the home of Herbert’s father in Harrison Nebraska. Herbert sent a note to his father saying they are in love and have left to marry, while Witherbee, a former schoolteacher and sister of Herbert’s deceased wife, was not considered handsome.
Rev. James Alexander at First Presbyterian Church urged bringing more young men into all church roles. He argued the Christian world overemphasizes doctrine over opportunity and that higher standards will push youth to greater effort and achievement. He noted many young men succeed in business and professional life.
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