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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
7
In East Cambridge Probate Court a will dated November 27 1907 of Thomas W Ripley bequeaths five thousand dollars to the Melrose Hospital Association of Melrose. State Street Trust Company of Boston is named executor in the document filed yesterday.
Mayor Fitzgerald announced a plan to form a biweekly forum in the old aldermanic chambers where foremen report on street cleaning and repairs to Public Works Commissioner Rourke. The meetings will be open to the public for complaints and discussion of district conditions.
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad is sued in federal court for 11500 damages over alleged violations of the safety act. The government, urged by the Attorney General and ICC, charges 23 counts claim engineers and trainmen were kept on duty beyond the 16 hour limit.
The five masted schooner Samuel J Goucher of Boston wrecked last month on Duck Island Isles of Shoals will be dynamited tomorrow after being towed in as a derelict by the revenue cutter Androscoggin.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church on Temple street traces its origins to 1792 with founders Samuel Burrill and others. It evolved from a wooden 1795 chapel to a Gothic 1835-6 building, later forming a union church on North Russell and Hanover streets with Rev. Ernest Lyman Mills as pastor since 1910.
Laura Bannister three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Coleman Bannister of 12 Mechanic Street Wakefield is in serious condition after falling into a tub of boiling water at her home yesterday noon The child was left with Mrs Clara Kerr on the second floor while her mother was at work The tubful of water was set on the kitchen floor by Mrs Kerr who turned away and the child backed into it She was pulled from the tub and is expected to recover.
President Joseph A. Maynard of the Democratic city committee declared at the annual meeting in Faneuil Hall that the party remains active after losing in January. He said Democrats will field their own slate for City Council and School Board next year. All officers were re elected by acclamation.
Mrs Lillian Marie Glover widow of Clarence F Glover of Waltham won a partial victory in Probate Court Cambridge when Judge Charles J McIntire ordered $2500 from her husband estate. The laundryman was murdered in November 1909.
Fred L. Bartlett testified he carried Marie Alma Bolduc to the Shattuck home on Woodlawn Street where her body was found. He cited Miss Bolduc's garters as a factor. Alice Boutin, Bolduc's roommate, testified about her stomach troubles and a trip to Dr Roy for white pills, with further examination planned.
Witnesses describe Dec 12 return to Tremont street, Dec 18 meeting with Dr. Ferguson and Miss O Neil, and arrangements involving Mrs Shattuck Jamaica Plain and Bartlett. Testimony covers a girl said to be brought from Manchester by medical staff, rumored death by spasm, and prior Fitchburg arrest context.
A medical advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as safe for children with colds or coughs. It claims the product contains no alcohol or dangerous drugs and has a 50 year history of success as a cough cold remedy and tonic. Mothers are urged to buy a bottle and ensure they get the right product.
Miss Louise I. McWhinnie daughter of the late Rev. James McWhinnie and Mrs McWhinnie of Cambridge wed Ernest G. Sargeant of Spokane Washington. The ceremony occurred at the Cambridge home of her brother James E. McWhinnie with ministers Rev Dr John H Campbell and Rev Dr C B Crane officiating.
Ex Speaker Walker endorsed a bill to let voters choose U S Senators before the election laws committee. Introduced by Democratic candidate Frank J. Donahue, the measure follows the Oregon plan but only records the popular choice while leaving final selection to the Legislature.
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