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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
2
Mrs. Mary Sniffen Shephard widow of Dr. A Warner Shepard wed George W Weber GM of the American Can Co in Brooklyn on Wednesday. The marriage ties to the notable legal contest over the physician's will waged by his niece Maria C Shepard of North Reading.
Mr Fiedler alters this afternoon and Saturday programme due to missing Elgar parts. The new items include Cheinpflug’s An Overture to a Comedy by Shakspere Opus No 15, Brahms Symphony No 3 in F major, with Saint Saens Concerto in G minor No 2 and Weber Overture Euryanthe as planned, featuring soloist Miss Germaine Arnaud.
Andrew M. Dorr former bank commissioner linked to the Provident Savings & Securities Company scandal died yesterday at his home in Dorchester. He was credited in part for the expose that led to reforms and prosecutions.
Guarantee promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days or money back.Advertisement notes price at 50 cents and directs satisfaction claim.
At a heated Carpenters District Council meeting in Indiana officials reported a secret communication from the Indianapolis general office. The message, referred to the executive board, concerns whether the carpenters’ body will enter the Building Trades Department and how delegates will be chosen or whether to remain separate.
Newton New Jersey January 21 Miss Bebe McIntosh the society girl who vowed not to wed for a title after returning from abroad last May has announced her engagement to George Conover Osborne a plain American and will marry early in the fall despite suitors of title.
Purporting to follow Pure Food and Drugs Laws the advertisement claims Murine Eye Remedy is compounded by experienced physicians and wins friends wherever used. It urges druggists to stock Murine and customers to try it, promising satisfaction.
Legislature endorses the Post exclusive claim that there would be no forfeiture of New Haven's charter. The Attorney General Malone report proposing forfeiture was referred to the railroads committee for further consideration.
Discussion among committee members shows no chance of charter forfeiture though pressure from Attorney General Malone grows. Lawmakers consider bills to legalize railroad acts or compel sale of properties, with a legalization measure hinting at broad trolley line absorption by Boston and Maine.
The 1906 statute grants the Supreme Judicial Court or the Superior Court equity jurisdiction to appoint receivers when a railroad charter expires is annulled or corporate existence ends. Receivers may collect debts, sue or defend in the corporation’s name, appoint agents, and complete unfinished business. Powers may continue as long as necessary.
The second annual ball hosted last evening in Odd Fellows Hall by the Ladies of St. Finbar drew about 1000 attendees from across Greater Boston. The event was run entirely by women and praised for its smooth organization.
Dr Henry C Towle chief ranger of St Peter’s Court 18 M C O F was honored last evening with a silver loving cup. Deputy High Chief Ranger Thomas W O’Rourke presented it on behalf of the court members at Bloomfield Hall Dorchester.
Miss Mary Kelley daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Kelley of Dorchester will wed Robert Reed Pedlow from Lawrence Mass. The ceremony was performed by Rev Fr Derby of St Peters parish and the couple will reside at 98 Cambridge Street South Lawrence after April 1 friends invited home.
Deaths include Ziba L. Bartlett At 82 in Salem with services at Forest Hills Chapel and travel details from South station Rebecca Joy 84 Islington Funeral at Washington Street Islington George Leath 66 Roxbury funeral at 119 Warwick Street Joshua W Mahoney Roxbury Funeral Huntington Avenue Requiem at Mission Church Vivian B Nickerson infant Roxbury John Stapleton Roxbury funeral All Saints Church Jamaica Plain Neil J Tracy Jr aged 1 year 2 months Memphis service at Blessed Sacrament Martin Turk 20 Heath Avenue Roxbury funeral at Church of the Blessed Sacrament. relatives invited to attend.
At a Federal hearing on rebuilding Boston and Maine bridges over the Charles River on stone piers 23 feet above high water, counsel W H Coolidge blamed George B Leighton of Monadnock N H for stirring Roosevelt. Coolidge presented letters he said Leighton wrote to Roosevelt and to Boston & Maine president Tuttle and claimed Leighton sought to puncture the railroad bubble. If ordered to raise the bridges the line faces about 10 million dollars in costs.
Franklin county sheriff Isaac Chenery dies at home in Montague after a week of illness. He had served as sheriff since 1893 following George A. Kimball.
A young deer ran into James S. Philbrick's greenhouses on Lexington avenue in Woburn to escape two pursuing hounds. The florist removed the dogs and befriended the exhausted fawn, which now rests as he seeks guidance from the Fish and Game Commission at the State House.
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