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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
7
The revenue cutter Percy seized the Japanese sealing schooner Taki with 18 crew members while they hunted seals within three miles of the Pribylof Islands. The vessel and crew were transported to Unalaska for detention.
A meeting at the State House organized the joint board of improvements for the metropolitan district. George G. Crocker of the Boston Transit Commission was elected chairman and George Lyman Rogers secretary. A public hearing is set for Thursday the 2 1 2 th of the month.
Thousands, mostly children, attended St Stephen's parish festival at Oak Island Grove in Revere. Father Knapp led events from morning, with baseball between Lawrence Club and Heleian Club, a five mile run, track races, evening fireworks, and notable guests including Father O'Connell Henry Fitzgerald and John J. Leahy.
Both men deny changing front on nomination plans and say a newspaper misinterpreted their remarks. Sullivan, long in favor of Plan 2, reiterates support for convention nominating methods and criticizes misreporting of his stance. Matthews similarly insists his Plan 2 position was misconstrued and affirms continued backing of Plan 2.
The Boston Post invites readers to reply to its hot weather prompt with witty postcards. Volunteers from Boston and surrounding towns name humorous retorts and cheeky lines, with prizes for top entries.
A South station theft reports two trunks valued 3000 to 5000 taken from a Wellesley graduate traveling with her brother and father. A courier hired to move the luggage drove away with the trunks to a South End warehouse. Police seek the man responsible for the theft.
The article notes improving conditions as an East Wind relief continues. It cites a peak relief measure of 1 dollar at 3 pm Tuesday, and describes temperatures ranging three to five degrees lower yesterday morning than the prior day. The lowest temperature reached 75 at 1 am, with 78 recorded at 1 am this morning.
A compiled list records multiple individuals overcome by heat at various city locations including Haymarket, Dorchester, East Boston and Chelsea. Names include Henry Orgelman Chester Stewart Jertrude Pindeli Andrew Clark Daniel Carney Max Greenberg Gladys Whittaker Lawrence M'Mahon Michael Mullane y James Curley Thomas Lancaster with locations and hospitals noted.
In Pittsburg on July 14, Carnegie Steel Co. cannot find enough skilled workers to run plants though orders are secured for months. Other local firms face similar shortages as workers abroad since 1907 have not returned, leaving large vacancies and Home Stead works lagging in production.
Atlantic City July 14 The executive board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians calls on President Taft to consider United Irish Society desires in selecting the design for the Commodore John Barry statue funded by the government. Objections cite nude allegorical figures representing Irish history in the first prize design led by War Secretary Dickinson.
Governor Draper announced a new commission to investigate causes of delay in civil action administration. Robert M. Morse of Boston will chair, joined by Judge William De Wait of Medford and Charles B. Barnes Jr. of Hingham. Additional appointments include Annie Kilham of Beverly as trustee of the Danvers Insane Hospital and Arthur Drinkwater as trustee of tubercular sanatoriums.
Both sides show firm stands as United Mine Workers strike continues at Dominion Coal Company's collieries. The dispute shifts to the courts with company lawyers planning a surprise for UMW leaders in Nova Scotia.
A Boston College College Hall meeting drew 600 nuns from over 20 orders with Archbishop O’Connell in attendance as 200 white clad children staged a music demonstration. Papers on co ordination of colleges with seminaries and language teaching were read. evening sessions covered educating backward children and af finity marriages. Officers were elected including Cardinal Gibbons as honorary president and Thomas J. Shahan as president-general.
A hearing on the petition of Thomas P. Bougler Frank K. Stearns and Charles H. Hanson removed from the Lowell License Commission will be held today at 10 a m in the equity session before Judge Richardson at the Suffolk courthouse East Cambridge filed yesterday in the Superior clerk's office.
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