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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
5
Secretary Root received from Ambassador OBrien in Tokio a transcript of Japan s reply to the immigration memorandum. The State Department says the reply is long and appears to show a disposition by the Japanese government to meet American desires in a satisfactory manner.
Skowhegan Me January 2 Orville Mason was fined ten dollars for contempt of court after being caught looking through the grand jury door and listening to evidence against his brother Herbert S Mason who was arrested yesterday at Canton for assault with intent to kill a neighbor in a Supreme Court appearance
The Tremont Theatre reopens with the production of Tom Jones on Monday in the Louise Gunning era. Among the cast is a Boston girl slated to take one of the leading roles.
Boston audience lauded Mise Gunning in her debut on the stage at a seasonal production. The daughter of a clergyman, she aspired to broader achievement and performed with notable polish earning favorable notices.
Inspector James Dennessey sails to Tampa to place Ernest D. Blackwell under arrest for larceny of bonds valued at 1565 from Ernest Merrow of Salem. Blackwell, once a State Street broker, is a known figure to local police who have arrested him many times and seen him escape on only a few occasions.
Colonel Roger Scannell of Kerry and Councilman William Foley led a humorous year end ceremony in City Hall Boston. The session featured a mock oath a goat joke and a vow to reform marriages with a council marriage committee.
The 1907 Boston Common Council ceased to exist after refusing to accept a market committee report for a 30 percent rent increase. Other actions include approving a 2500 loan for a handball alley, passing a 399 monthly pension for ex-City Auditor Dodge, rejecting a municipal lighting plant, sending a codified charter to the Legislature, and denying 17000 for the North End bathhouse.
Boston Superintendent of Schools Brooks faced rumors over transferring Mise Ellen Griswold from the Girls Latin School to Dorchester High. He refused to deny the rumors and said the claims against him are contemptible. A Parker House meeting formed a committee to seek reversal or appeal to the School Board. Griswold’s pupils launched a petition for reinstatement, while Brooks offered no public reasons for the transfer.
Mayor Fitzgerald at Boston City Hall received a carrier pigeon message from Minneapolis Mayor James C. Haynes. The relay spanned five hops from Aurora Illinois to Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia before reaching Boston. The exchange wished prosperity and happiness for 1908 amid notable bank deposits and overflowing granaries in the northwest.
Mrs Thiel says actor Mr Thiel has loved birds since boyhood and now owns over 60 pigeons of all kinds. He is a friend of Mayor Haynes and, on the mayor's suggestion, released two carrier pigeons last Saturday at 9 16 pm as they returned to their rooftop roost. She adds her joy in feeding the birds that can do almost everything but speak.
The Frothingham Grammar School held a flag ceremony with 16 small silk flags given to each teacher. The presentation was by the Women’s Relief Corps auxiliary to Major George L. Stearns Post, G. A. R., Charlestown, as students gathered in the hall.
Col William C Greene and Greene Consolidated Copper Company officers were fined 250 each by Judge Giegerich in New York Supreme Court. The contempt order stems from a suit by James A Grant of New York over Cobra Grand Copper Company stock. The Arizona corporation and its leadership are named in the ruling.
The Leap Year Club of East Boston held its fourth anniversary party at Copley Hall on Clarendon Street. Young ladies selected partners for dances, facing bashfulness as men stepped in to help. The grand march began after 8 PM led by Leon Grady and President Jennie Sadler with about 75 couples, attended by matrons Mrs. James F. Nolan Mrs. William F P McClellan Mrs. Louis Cook and Mrs. George Fredette.
A society woman returns from Europe with a skin food recipe popular among refined circles. The mix uses Rose Water Spirits of Cologne Sartoin dissolved in hot water, applied twice daily with thorough massage for improved complexion.
Court Messenger Charles F. Dolan is congratulated by the Don't Worry Club after a gift from Chief Justice Aiken. The present is a picturesque stein inscribed with a proverb about avoiding trouble and staying steady amid troubles.
In Brookhaven Mississippi today a mob abducted a Black man from police and shot him in broad daylight, an incident not linked to local authorities. In Berlin a fire damaged the bedroom of Prince Eitel Friedrich at the Bellevue royal château, harming contents of the suite.
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