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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
9
Mrs. MacKay of 10 Washington Street asks for help finding her 15 year old son John who disappeared from home on December 20. He is about 6 feet 5 inches tall with dark curly hair and a quiet demeanor. He wore dark striped trousers a blue coat a dark gray overcoat and a black felt hat.
Charles Hubbard, living on Pelham street, appeals to the Post to aid in locating his unknown parents. Abandoned as an infant on John Gates’s doorstep in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, he has drifted through charities since 1900. A single clue points to 1894 letters from Providence, Rhode Island, signed by Ella Willard of Cranston Avenue, but his current surname Hubbard is not his parents’ name.
Mrs Lena May Brooks of Prairie Hall Macon county Illinois recovered from months of sickness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes extreme weakness fever pale look and headaches followed by rapid improvement after a few boxes. Pills priced 50 cents per box six for 2 50 at druggists. Dr Williams Medicine Co Behnectady NY
Senator Stone of Missouri notes Boston with under a third of Chicago’s population receives nearly as much public funds for its national banks as Chicago. President Burrage of Eliot National Bank cites special reasons for Boston’s larger share due to Eastern cities bearing the effects of money stringency.
Senator Stone cites 1907 bank deposit figures to claim Boston received similar public funds as Chicago despite smaller population. He notes Boston deposits of 130 million against Chicago 149 million, with Chicago population about three times Boston. Smoot questions Boston dominance in finance.
Eliot National Bank President Harry L. Burrage tells Post that Senator Stone misunderstands the case. He cites special reasons why Boston and other Eastern banks deserved larger national funding since August, noting Eastern cities bore the money stringency burden while the West did not.
The Hon. W. W. Rawson, governor's council member and Arlington market gardener, attended a dinner at the Quincy House as special guest. Lively talk centered on Rawson's pig trial in Cambridge last year with Guy A. Ham, his attorney, as second guest of honor. Guests included Ira W. Holt and John Lyons.
A fire at Faulkner School on Salem and Pierce streets caused $150 in damage. Police, armed with clues from a long day of work, say they are on the trail of the culprits and arrests are expected soon.
Sixty bank presidents attended the Boston City Club in Ford Hall to hear United States Treasurer Charles H. Treat advocate the Aldrich bill as a preliminary measure. He urged unifying the currency readjusting the banking system and creating a national clearing house association as permanent reforms.
Janitor John Riley found a basement fire at 12 15 PM after two dozen pupils had been in the area. The blaze started near a Christmas tree leaning against the manual training room wall, with branches cut from the tree and papers burlap and a janitor’s chair ignited. Firefighters quickly doused the flames, revealing the attack occurred within 15 minutes after the last girl left. Authorities note a prior library fire blamed on a suspected firebug less than a year earlier.
Robert B. Handyside, 45, of Boston, was arrested in Auburndale on a bigamy charge. Maud L. Handyside, claiming to be his second wife, states she married him in 1900 and names a third wife Addie Sarles in Acushnet on Aug 22, 1907. Bail posted by relatives. he remained in bed.
In Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, two women died suddenly. Annie J. Donovan of 34 Newborne Street, Roxbury, 64, collapsed on Tremont Street and died within an hour. Mildred Lowenberg, 62, found her mother Mrs. Jacob Lowenberg unconscious at 190 Armory Street Jamaica Plain. heart failure suspected as the cause during revival attempts.
A careless child toppled kerosene lamps during a stage curtain pull igniting hydrogen light equipment. The resulting blaze killed nearly two hundred people last week in Boyertown Pennsylvania. A newspaper report wrongly blamed a moving picture machine explosion, intensifying public harm.
A new shop at 496 Washington Street Fourth Floor over Jaynes drug store rapidly grows by cash sales and low rents. The Remnant Store offers women's wearing apparel by the yard and ready to wear, with elevator access and a central city location.
Negotiations with contractors began for a ten story exposition structure in Cincinnati to serve as an industrial museum worth about a million dollars.
A speaker praised the Aldrich bill as reflecting the expansive ideas of former U S Treasurer Chase. He expressed the belief that the measure would be implemented broadly across financial policy and governance.
Statements by Treasury official Mr Treat defend the national banking system while endorsing Aldrich bill modifications. He proposes a National Clearing House Association to issue currency on commercial paper and annual retirement of supplemental currency, funded by a central bank with at least 250 million dollars capital. Local clearing houses would be branches to support unified currency.
Telegraph reports show Argentina and Uruguay preparing official receptions for Rear Admiral Evans and the American battleships. Buenos Ayres plans a banquet for 200 at the presidential palace. Montevideo hosts a diplomat and prominent Americans en route to meet the fleet at Punta Arenas. Lima trains English speaking police for patrols at Callao during the ships’ port call.
Liveliness and cash marked the Castle Square Theatre debut of Patience. Alexander Clark as Bunthorne drew continuous laughter, supported by Murray and Clara Lane. Miss Le Baron and Miss Ladd added charm and wit as Lady Angela and Lady Jane, with Harry Davies as Duke of Dunstable and Boyle enriching the portrait gallery.
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