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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
3
In Lima on February 28 President Pardo visited Admiral Evans on the battleship Connecticut. As he left the pier a large group of American sailors and marines lined the way and cheered him as he boarded a launch to the warship.
President Pardo met Admiral Evans aboard the Connecticut and praised the fleet’s reception in Peruvian waters. Evans spoke of 16,000 sailors’ future verbal reports as Lima crowds cheered. Pardo thanked Roosevelt and noted links to the Panama Canal project, with events marking last night in Callao and on the Louisiana batteship.
Secretary Metcalf will review a fleet of 45 American fighting ships in San Francisco Bay in mid April. The yard of ships includes 16 Evans squadron battleships such as Tennessee Washington South Dakota California and Maryland and cruisers Charleston Milwaukee St. Louis Albany along with torpedo boats and auxiliaries. The display will be visible from the cities and will lie from Mission Wharf to Hunter's Point.
Honolulu residents prepare to entertain Rear Admiral Evans and his fleet arriving at the port. Former Queen Liliuokalani designates the site of King Kamehameha’s final conquests with a flag raising ceremony marking the spot.
In a committee discussion on a Spain war veterans preference bill Major Willis W. Stover warned that recognizing veterans boosts patriotism and recruitment for a potential war with Japan. He praised the Japanese army as superior while Secretary Brooks and ex-President R H Dana opposed the existing civil service veteran preference law, noting its flaws.
L. Hutchins of Whitman was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal James Ruhl on a mail fraud charge. An ad in a magazine promised a photography recipe for ten cents, but recipients were told a dollar was needed for the full recipe. Hutchins was committed to Charles Street jail awaiting March 10 hearing.
Drug store notice promises a refund if Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails to cure chronic catarrh. Advertisement states price of 25 cents and claims healing effects with pharmacy involvement.
Arrangements are complete for a leap year party at Grand Army Hall tonight hosted by the Shirley Club of Revere. The club, formed recently, includes prominent town women. Only 100 invitations were issued due to the hall’s size. Lena Willard will direct the floor, assisted by Ethel Hutton Martha Hutton and Norma Amee.
In Houston Maine on February 28 Higgins Hill sponsors a strange tale as Joe Dolley's hired man hears a cow in the barn producing the tune Old Zip Coon. Investigators conclude a dropped harmonica in the stable caused the animal to mouth the instrument, frightening the man who fled to fetch Mrs Dolley.
Information from New York reports Henry Sanger Snow the missing treasurer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company was seen in a Toronto hotel on Wednesday two weeks after his disappearance. Police have notified Toronto authorities.
A simple non opiate remedy for coughs and sore throats. Brown's Bronchial Troches provide immediate relief and are sold only in boxes.
The $1,000,000 estate of the late Joseph F. Greenough moves to the Supreme Court after Mary Magdalene Greenough and her son Joseph appeal Judge Grant of the Probate Court. The Probate trial revealed three widows. Judge Grant ruled in favor of Martha D. Greenough, widow No. 1.
Members of the Columbian Rowing Association East Boston plan a memorial service for Alfred Be. Grinnell a former member who drowned in Boston Harbor on January 27 1908 The group will meet at the clubhouse Sunday March 1 at 8 pm and march to St Marys Church Marginal Street for services conducted by Rev W H Tucker All former members are invited to attend and meet at the boathouse
A dynamite bomb was thrown at a carriage carrying President Alcor ta in Buenos Ayres but did not explode. Four people were arrested on charges of complicity in the plot.
President Alcorta issued a January decree closing extraordinary sessions and enacting the 1907 budget after Senate obstruction. Police barred senators and deputies from parliament on January 27 to prevent any violent action. Public support for the decree was reported as favorable.
James Anderson Hawes of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society spoke at the New England Alumni Association banquet at Young's Hotel. He shared impressions from his Egyptian travels and praised Egyptian people while noting DKE ties among Harvard Yale leaders. Norman Duncan accompanied Hawes during part of the trip.
Hugh C. Leighton son of Portland mayor was ordered to appear in court after 500 postal cards were seized from the Hugh C. Leighton Postal Card Company on a complaint by Rev Henry N Pringle secretary of the Maine Civic League.
Judge Calvin W Brown of counsel for Herbert Woodbury announced no immediate move to obtain bail. Woodbury remains jailed in Dover pending grand jury action for the September term of the Supreme Court. release would depend on his health.
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