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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
12
An 1908 leap year feature notes February gains a 29th day making the year longer. It recounts historic laws, customs, and a New England belief that beans grow on the wrong side of the pod. Prominent women urge single girls to seize the chance to propose.
The yegg gang blew Shirley post office safe early yesterday and stole 500 dollars in stamps and coin. For three months they have roamed the state hitting small towns. state police now to join pursuit after clues left in various towns.
Yeggs forced the front door of Shirley post office and blew open the safe using nitroglycerine, stealing about 500 dollars in stamps and cash. They also raided the nearby blacksmith shop for tools, leaving wreckage and damaged interior. postmistress Mrs Waren cannot provide a full inventory.
Secretary Taft revisited the old Torrey mansion in Millbury where he spent summers as a boy. He spoke of pond fishing and maples, recalled his mother and family, and declined to discuss politics. He planned an upcoming Providence visit after a brief stop.
Herman Harke, an American consul passenger on the Hortensius, arrived in Boston after a Cape Horn shipwreck aboard the Prussia. He described freezing conditions and the loss of toes to frostbite during six days at sea before reaching a lighthouse colony under Argentina.
Worcester December report states Kenneth A. Mossman a Lawrence Scientific School student and Mabel I. Brown an 18 year old Westminster heiress obtained marriage licenses. Mossman absent at home, mothers say engagement known, no date set but could have wed already.
James Martin former Luzerne County sheriff who led the firing on striking miners at Lattimer in 1897 died on December 31. He and deputies faced trial after the deadly raid but were acquitted after six weeks. The case stirred national outcry as miners marched to influence workers at a neighboring mine.
Thanksgiving services for the past year were held across Catholic parishes. At the Cathedral Archbishop OConnell officiated and led the Te Deum sung by the choir with the congregation standing. Traditional year end rites were observed at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue for the new year.
Announcement today names John B F Herreshoff of Bristol Rhode Island as the first recipient of the Perkin medal for achievements in applied chemistry. His work centers on the improvement and elaboration of chemical processes.
The torpedo boat flotilla bound for the Pacific arrived at Para Brazil from Port of Spain Trinidad. They faced heavy seas and were delayed one day by bad weather. They will depart January 3 for Pernambuco, five days behind schedule.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale opened the last night of the year service at King's Chapel with a talk titled The Interpretation of Life. He urged listeners to become interpreters of their bodies and souls and to use the new year to exchange wisdom to become better men and women.
The prudential committee of the American Foreign Mission Board decided after two weeks to launch a plan to secure a permanent endowment of 2 000 000 for 20 colleges and 15 theological training schools in the Far East. Wealthy individuals are weighing the importance of these American schools in the Orient.
Major George E. Henry, a prominent Civil War veteran and former commander of Edward W. Kinsley Post 112 G. A. R., died at his home on 62 Clark Road in Brookline yesterday.
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