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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1907
Page
2
The new Special Delivery scheme, effective yesterday, shows strong uptake across Boston with 46 station superintendents reporting 3 to 20 such letters each. Any 10 cent stamp added to regular postage allows a messenger delivery when "Special Delivery" appears on the envelope.
In The Hague on July 1 Queen Wilhelmina hosted Joseph H. Choate and other peace conference leaders in a formal audience. The Queen, with Prince Henry and court dignitaries, congratulated President Roosevelt on initiating the second peace conference.
Postmaster Hibbard reports Boston district now in the 5 million dollar class with 1 125 000 people served and 46 stations. The start of fiscal year adds 42 clerks and 15 carriers and introduces a new pay scale affecting about one third of staff.
Count Nigra the dean of Italian diplomats died in Rome. Born in 1828, he served as a volunteer in 1848 against Austria. He was minister of Sardinia and later of Italy in Paris, and on Sept 4 1870 was among the few friends of the court at the Tuileries for Empress Eugenie’s protection.
London July 1 Prince Edward of Wales the future king has begun training at Osborne Naval College and is nicknamed Sardines by fellow cadets. A senior admiral notes he is a nice fellow but cheeky and will likely lose the attitude with time.
Eliphalet Davis of New York purchased Bonnie Brae, the estate of Henry A. Barclay, for about 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. The property lies southwest of Shadow Brook. The buyer likely acted for Henry C. Merrill of New York, famed hotel man formerly with Flagler’s East Coast hotels, who plans to build a large summer hotel on the site.
E. H. Harriman issued an official order requiring full publicity of all railroad accident details across the Harriman system. The directive was announced by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The policy aims to inform the public promptly about any incident involving the lines under Harriman ownership.
The initial group of strike breakers reached San Francisco yesterday and will be deployed in the Postal and Western Union main office today to replace the striking telegraph operators.
An appeal for kidney disease awareness describes how kidney trouble leads to heart and bladder problems. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy and offers a free sample and booklet by mail from Kilmer & Co. Binghamton New York.
Newport Rhode Island reports Tida Lewis known nationwide as the Grace Darling of America marks the 50th anniversary of her long association with a cause. The occasion is observed quietly in her home city with regional acknowledgments.
In Newport Harbor Lime Rock lighthouse Miss Lewis assisted her paralytic father as keeper's daughter. After his death she was named keeper by Congress for fifty years of service. She saved 18 people from drowning during her tenure.
Miss Ivy De Borde a Morningside College student recently converted at the Holiness Mission spoke at a Fairmont holiness meeting delivering an address in an unknown tongue. Her interpretation in English stirred intense religious fervor among attendees.
William R Hearst seeks a recount of New York county mayoral votes in the last city election. Justice Platzek referred the application to Justice Dayton who filed the papers. Hearst’s counsel had made a similar move in Brooklyn recently.
The Dublin corporation voted 28 to 1 to confer the freedom of the city on Richard Croker whose horse Orby won the Derby at Epsom on June 5.
Congress enacted tighter immigration rules aimed at reducing undesirable entrants. Steamship lines face fines for transporting diseased or weak minded passengers, and for bringing deportable moral offenders. The head tax on each immigrant rose from 2 to 4 dollars, with harsher penalties for harboring deportees and for offenses.
Charles A. Murray seamen on the schooner Marguerite Haskins died off the Highlands of Cape Cod after drinking lemon extract. The vessel had left Gloucester for mackerel grounds near Block Island. Murray had felt ill earlier and died from heart failure induced by the ingestion.
Rhode Island Republicans vote 18 to 9 to endorse George Peabody Wetmore for U.S. Senate in Providence after a long intra party battle with Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Colt. Colt withdrew June 20 after a protracted deadlock with Robert Hale Ives Goddard in the General Assembly.
The Berkshire Ice Company’s Congamong ice house on Lake Congamong burned at Southwick. About 75,000 tons of ice and extensive machinery were lost, with overall damage estimated at $200,000. The building belonged to the Berkshire Ice Company, a New York corporation.
In Glens Falls New York Mrs. Ostrander widow of a prominent attorney sues Harriet Finch the wife of Ostrander’s former client for alienation of affections seeking 200000. Ostrander secured a divorce from Justice Fitts of Albany then married Finch in Lenox Massachusetts and was served with the summons the day before the wedding. The plaintiff vows to contest the decree to the supreme court if needed.
Mrs Marie Castner Albaugh was granted an absolute divorce from John W Albaugh Jr on the ground of abandonment. Albaugh is a well known actor.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Dr. Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil with a refund pledge if the remedy fails after purchase. The copy cites cuts scratches and bruises treated by the “Household Surgeon” and notes a 25e price.
In Brooklyn and Manhattan court actions, Mabel E. Tampbell Smith, famed as a handsome Brooklyn woman, faced two divorces from husbands who both claim her infidelity. One husband secured a decree while the other, unaware of the first’s alive status, had his marriage annulled. The proceedings crossed jurisdictions as each man testified to end the marriage.
Mrs. Annie Carr files a $100,000 alienation of affections suit in Kings County Supreme Court against her mother in law Mrs. Mary Ann Carr of Brooklyn alleging she helped cause the separation from her husband Loftus H. Carr a wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer. The action accompanies a limited divorce suit in Queens Supreme Court against Loftus H. Carr.
Mrs. David Lynch, 60, of Pittsburg suffers elephantiasis a rare disorder and now weighs 500 pounds. She began to gain weight about six years ago during which time she has increased by 875 pounds.
An advertisement touts Dyspeplets as a sugar coated remedy for sour stomach and indigestion. The pills are priced at 10 cents and claimed to never fail in curing stomach distress.
Seventeen Chinese gamblers were fined five dollars each after being rounded up by Sergeant Bannister of Station 5 for playing fan tan at 33 Harrison Avenue. The group appeared before Judge Parmenter yesterday in police court.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood tonic for nervous disorders. It links pale blood to nerve weakness, cites Harriet Porter of South Medford Massachusetts as a testimonial, and offers a home treatment booklet plus pricing of 50 cents per box or six boxes for 2.50 from the Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady New York.
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