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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
3
The Boston Transit Commission paid tribute upon the resignation of Howard Adams Carson after 15 years as chief engineer. It lauded his role in the Tremont street subway East Boston tunnel and Washington street tunnel, noting his skill fairness leadership and uncompromising honesty.
The pine forest essence is refined into a pineal cologne that perfumers the bath room and air, blending pine notes with rose lavender bergamot lemon and spices. It can ease head ache nerves fatigue and weakness and serves as a disinfectant mouth wash bath additive and nursery refresher.
The Suffolk county grand jury for July reports at the courthouse for duty the next six months. Foreman William Harvey and clerk Patrick J. Maherty were chosen amid several requests for dismissal denied. Notable jurors include Edwin Bragg, William Burnett, Edward Cole, and many others from Dorchester and nearby areas. Harvey, married with a daughter, heads the United States Leather Company branch at 204 Essex Street, Boston.
New York July 6. Three Harriman children Mary Carolina and Roland sailed aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm bound for Paris to deliver four boxes of their father E H Harriman favored cigars. He could not find the brand in Europe and sent instructions by cable for the children to bring a supply for several months abroad.
Open air bazaar planned at Pride's Crossing on July 23 to support the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The event features an odds and ends booth with a woodland scene and fourteen young girls under Mrs. George Scott Winslow and Mrs. John Caswell managing sales of items made by the children.
Daniel Conroy of Village Street Boston lies in critical condition at Salem Hospital after being shot by John Michele during the night before celebration. Surgeons performed a delicate operation to stop hemorrhage as he holds his strength.
Five year old David Seligman of 27 Compton Street was badly burned yesterday when a lit match thrown by a playmate set his frock ablaze. Burt Fleming an ice dealer, seeing the danger, rushed to the scene and beat out the flames with his bare hands. The boy, who ran upstairs to his home on the third floor, was burned on the upper legs and abdomen and is reported in critical condition at City Hospital. Fleming sustained serious burns on his hands.
Two boys aged 12 and 9, William and Alfred Kirschner, were shot while walking home from a swim along the Palisades near the Hudson. One boy died, the other lost a hand and sight in an eye, with shots believed fired from trees. police searched the Palisades woods.
In Nantasket during July a string of prominent Boston politicians occupy summer cottages from Bay side to Allerton. Local figures including Donovan, Kelcher, FitzGerald, Sughrue, McCaffrey and Rothwell mingle with ward leaders and officials at Stony Beach and Hull Hill. The scene suggests a large political outing as conferences and social visits unfold nightly.
Colonel William F. Tucker U S A retired, recently divorced in Chicago, married Myrtle Platt in Detroit. The nurse who cared for him in the Philippines stood with him at the home of Reverend W S Sayres, with Justice Felix A Lemkie presiding.
A Taxpayers League delegation led by A. M. Howe F. A. Kennedy and W. F. Burke met Mayor Brooks to oppose two city loan measures approved by the council. The loans include 75 000 for street construction and 180 000 for a new school and a wing addition.
Charles Francis Barker world checker champion died in this city yesterday from gastritis at age 51. Before age 20 he faced and defeated many leading players. He won the American championship in 1878 by defeating M. C. Priest and A. S. Heffner, and the world championship in 1887 by beating James Wyllie in Glasgow. He defended his title successfully for years.
Miss Lottie M. Bartlett, descendant of Gov Josiah Bartlett, raised the flag at Camp S O B Powwow East Kingston New Hampshire. Guests sang the Star Spangled Banner as fireworks lighted the sky and a dance followed in the evening.
Andrew Carnegie and Mrs Russell Sage are assessed at 5 000 000 dollars in personal property on New York city rolls presented to the Board of Aldermen. John D Rockefeller is assessed at 2 500 000 dollars and seven Vanderbilt family members total 1 840 000 dollars.
Mayor Hibbard approved a contract awarded by the Consumptive Hospital trustees to Stephen Brennan for erecting the second ward building on the Consumptives' Hospital grounds in Mattapan.
Mark B. Arey, 35, of Worcester Mass., died suddenly aboard the Belfast on a return trip from Winterport with his wife and son. He was the son of Captain D. W. Arey of Camden.
Two passengers were slightly injured when a Boston & Maine Saugus branch train crashed into the rear of a gravel train between West Lynn and Lynn Common early today. Mrs. John Flynn of 41 West Newton Street Malden and John Martin of Malden were hurt. Flynn bruised, Martin slightly injured. Both expected to recover.
The tariff bill was completed in the committee of the whole and reported to the Senate. Senators expect a reprint of the bill as amended before further action and adjourned to review the changes. The tobacco tax remains the only amendment not adopted, with remaining amendments to be voted on when the bill returns to full Senate.
Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor will confer with Immigration Commissioner George B. Billings on selecting a site for the new immigration station in Boston. Congressman John A. Kelcher spoke with the commissioner about the matter after yesterday’s discussion.
The four Back Bay Unitarian churches announce a summer union series at Second Church on Copley Square with guest preachers including Walter F. Greeman from Milwaukee and Edward Cummings from Boston. The schedule runs July through September with multiple ministers from across the region.
About 6000 miners from the United Mine Workers of America fail to appear at Dominion Coal Company collieries in Sydney C B. The UMWA and the Provincial Workingmen's Association claim the majority of workers.
Boston celebrates its prize winning cat Trixie as the owner seeks a home for the big black cat. Trixie, famed at 1908 1909 cat shows for best office cat and best black cat, is in good health and ready for outdoor roaming. He may be viewed at X Zalia Corporation, 57 Batterymarch Street, Boston, on weekdays between 9 and 5.
In White Plains on July 6 counsel for Clarry K Thaw argued for his sanity and the court ordered his removal from Matteawan Asylum to White Plains Sheriff custody until the hearing concludes Two witnesses testified former Governor William A Stone said Thaw showed rationality and intelligence in discussions of assets wills and business plans Robert Good a glass manufacturer noted Thaws visits and stated he found Thaw well informed and of high attainment.
At Santa Cruz on July 5 a 10 year old, Jesse Wyman, was snagged by balloon ropes during an ascent before 20 000 spectators. He swung head downward 500 feet, was hoisted to safety by the aeronaut on a trapeze, and the craft drifted over the ocean before landing with the Alert naval launch. The boy suffered only a bad fright.
The ad touts Woodbury’s Facial Soap as a safe dainty skin tonic vastly different from ordinary soap. It claims to reinvigorate the complexion and restore youthful freshness based on a dermatologist’s formula and years of experience. The Woodbury trademark appears on every wrapper.
Thousands of St Peter's parishioners attend the solemn requiem for Rev Michael Ronan longtime pastor Archbishop O Connell presides at the 10 oclock high mass. Ronan lay in state since Monday with about 25000 viewing the remains. Relatives and bishops attend before burial in Calvary cemetery Boston on a special funeral train.
Nine men were killed by a gas explosion at the Cedar Hill Coal and Coke Company mine in Taillerville near Trinidad Col. All the dead were foreigners except one.
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