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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1909
Page
2
The new steamer Camden backing from Camden harbor in a fierce gale struck the jib boom of the schooner Annie P. Chase. Seven men were aboard the Annie P. Chase bound Bangor to New York with lumber, and officers on the Camden prevented a worse accident.
Simon Newcomb, renowned astronomer who supervised the 1878 naval observatory telescope and the mounting of the Lick telescope, died in Washington. He believed life likely exists on other worlds and will be buried with military honors in Arlington Cemetery next Wednesday.
A prior notice lists surgeon Dr Anita Newcomb Magee of Washington and two daughters Mrs Francis Wilson and Mrs Edward Whitney, both of New York, as parties connected to the matter.
An unknown colored woman about 30 is dying at Cottage Hospital after being knocked down and dragged several yards along Commonwealth avenue by a Newton and Boston service car. Police later found she stepped onto tracks, dress caught in gear, and injuries are internal and fatal.
In the Charles River two people drowned as a capsized canoe left them beyond reach. Plasti and Marcelli, rescued by Plasti’s swift effort, brought Marcelli to shore and revived him. Sista and Porotelli were recovered later, both unwed, with Sista an assistant coachman for Philip W. Wrenn’s Dedham pony polo team.
The Commercial Cable Company will begin laying a direct cable between New York and St John s this week. The steamer Colonial arrived today to begin the operation.
The crew of the revenue cutter Androscoggin, after eighteen days at sea with no shore leave, faced a canceled Fourth of July banquet due to Assistant Secretary Norton being on vacation, as the ship entered port yesterday.
On the Andros coggin under Lt. H. H. Wolf the crew, docked along New England shores for 18 days, faced strict drills and no shore leave. They planned a lasting celebratory banquet but were denied permission to go ashore after a money collection raised for the event.
The tramp steamer Beverie, Captain Vin Harper, docked at Mystic in Charlestown after a 53 day voyage from Calcutta, carrying nearly $1,000,000 in East India goods. Two passengers from Calcutta, Mr. and Mrs. Downes of Philadelphia, said American goods face Indian prejudices but New England electrical goods find footing. the ship belongs to Andrew Weir of London.
Announcement promotes James A. Houston's Washington street store anniversary sale marking the fourth year of current management. New high grade summer merchandise replaces old stock with straight bargains and no comparative pricing. Store features lounging rooms and assistance to shoppers as crowds expected. The shop traces its lineage from George Turnbull & Co. in the 1840s to the James A. Houston Company by 1906.
A historical advertisement presents Marine Eye Remedy as an eye tonic claimed to soothe and relieve tired or irritated eyes. The short copy positions the product as a preparation for general eye comfort.
Sallie Fisher the famed actress is reportedly missing in New England while her manager Mort B Singer sends frantic wires and calls across New Hampshire and Maine. The search spans Portland to Pemigewasset with telegraphy racing to locate her before a fall production.
Malden officials blast a reply from General Bancroft of the Boston Elevated stating the big semi convertible cars will not be removed. At a council meeting they plan an ordinance to slow speeds, else Mayor Richards will seek a railroad-commission hearing.
The people of St Catherine’s of Somerville plan their annual reunion picnic and field day at Broadway field on Wednesday July 21. Proceeds go to the church fund as the chapel of the new church opens, a landmark in New England. Committees work hard promising novel features and a large outing, marking 17 years since the parish began.
Yesterday P. J. O Daly lectured on the Irish language at a Knights of St Brendan meeting held in Paine Memorial Hall on Appleton Street.
Providence Rhode Island July 11 Alfred Mancini wealthy Italian tailor is shot and killed at 8 Baker Street by Philip Dinezzo brother in law after a dispute over alleged cruel treatment of Mancini's wife sister of Dinezzo. The shooting occurred before Mancini's mother and siblings. Mancini leaves a wife and eight children.
July 11 Berlin reports German statisticians warn of a falling birth rate with Berlin as the stark example. Emperor William is expected to issue a pronouncement against what is called race death by own action amid public debate over Roosevelt’s criticisms of Americans.
In Dedham on July 11 a horse owned by David Kawisky of 13 Barton Street Boston was killed when struck by an automobile owned by David H. Chapman of 218 Columbus Avenue Boston.
Secretary Edmund Billings of the Good Government Association has been elected a member of the Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club in South Boston. Though the club’s members are tied to Democratic ward politics he impressed them with a reform talk and earned club admission.
Colonel Albert A. Pope head of Pope Manufacturing Company is seriously ill at his Cohasset home. He has been bedbound for weeks though doctors expect possible improvement soon.
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