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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
4
President and Mrs Taft hosted a formal state reception for the diplomatic corps with about 1500 guests. Refreshments were served in the state dining room for the first time in many administrations, ending the Roosevelt era practice of a blue room circle.
Herbert D. Pierce, the American minister to Norway, says ex-President Roosevelt will travel to Christiania to deliver his Nobel lecture after a visit to Berlin.
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, met with newly elected Mayor Gaynor in his office and spent an hour in conference. Murphy noted Tammany’s influence on Gaynor’s rise to the mayoralty and posed for photos on the City Hall steps.
The body of Dr. Sylvester R. Adams, a Chelsea dentist, was recovered yesterday by diver Gif ford at the Meridian street bridge where he reportedly jumped last week.
Judge Hardy suspends James T Cassidy from practicing law for one year starting January 1, ending December 31. The disbarment was ordered yesterday by the court.
The old Salem custom house built in 1819 may be sold at public auction and possibly destroyed. Congressman Gardner introduced a bill for a new custom house, and the government cannot fund two. The site holds Salem history and artifacts including early records and witchcraft archives.
The freight steamer Bunker Hill crashes into the end of Central Wharf causing $1000 in pier damage. No injuries or vessel damage reported, and repairs were arranged. Chief Officer Grinnell commanded the Bunker Hill while Captain J. J. Healey stayed ashore.
A discussion of modern diet theories debunks vegetarian, low protein, and fasting plans as nonsense. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as universal digesters that fit any meal and invites readers to request a free sample from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
Boston association appeals for funds to support the open air tuberculosis camp at Mattapan. Land donor James M Prendergast gave 20 acres and a main building valued at about 8000 dollars plus sleeping shacks. Christmas stamps raised 3300 dollars, Quincy A Shaw contributed 1000 dollars, Edison Electric provided free extended service. Plans call for new wings and cottages so patients may bring families. contributions to George S Mumford, treasurer, Summer Street, acknowledged.
In Millbury on January 4 15 year old William A Washburn son of Eugene S Washburn a farmer was fatally injured when the belt of a Ramshorn mills mixing picker threw him against the bonnet tearing his skull. Millhands tried to halt the moving belt.
A special meeting of the Association of Theatre Managers of Boston honored Mrs Agnes Booth Schoeffel wife of president John B Schoeffel. L J McCarty and others spoke of her worth and a sympathy resolutions committee was formed. The group voted to attend the funeral in a body and all box offices would close during services.
Violinist Leandro Campanari, a familiar figure in Boston for 29 years, gave a cordial recital in Steinert Hall. The program featured works by Veracini Vieuxtemps Leclair Paganini Lalo Schubert Wilhelmj and Wieniawski with Campanari praised for refined musicianship and enthusiasm.
In Bellefontaine Ohio on January 4 two pigs squealed loudly as a farmer carried one under each arm. The noise drowned two locomotives as George Adams was struck and killed on the Big Four tracks at Mt. Victoria. Both pigs escaped.
The Reincarnated Man attempts to reach an ancient Aztec temple by airship and narrowly escapes the vengeance of the guarding Indian tribe. The story page teases more details in Sunday's Post.
Magnates consider a new larger union station at Haymarket square for New York New Haven Stratford Boston and Maine Boston Albany railroads. Tentative plans cite a 15000000 dollar project linked to a tunnel from South station to improve rail streetcar connections. If approved, South station would serve only local traffic while main intercity routes move to the new facility.
The Fort Plain area in the Mohawk valley reported a temperature of 20 degrees below zero this morning marking a severe cold snap across the region.
Ernest E Holmes seeks divorce from Florence F Holmes and asks for custody of 14 year old Stanley R Holmes. The suit follows a prior alienation action naming Charles Ss Cummings a Boston broker involved with Framingham note schemes. Cummings bailed on 20000 dollars and his trust holdings are in custody.
Members of the Sheet Iron Workers Union 17 celebrate a citywide adoption of the new scale raising minimum pay from 3.60 to 3.75 daily with a $4 raise planned for June 1. The lone holdout firm then agreed to pay the new rates. A union smoke talk and social are planned in Paine Memorial Hall Monday night followed by the annual theatre party in January.
Professor Willis I. Moore resigns after five years as president amid a dispute over polar politics and board dissension. He states he does not wish the board to consider his name again for the presidency and addresses letters to all managers.
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