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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
2
The Bos ton Yacht Club cruisers at Boothbay Harbor enjoy a day of rest with entertainment and social visits aboard vessels. Signals from the flagship Magnolia signaled a 10 a.m. start, but most boats departed by 9, drawing a stern warning from Commodore Boynton about yardarm punishments.
Boats anchored at Boothbay Harbor finish preparations under shifting southwest winds. Regatta features sailing yachts and motor boat races with cups and cash prizes from Boston Yacht Club and Boothbay Harbor Club. Walter E. Knight offers gold prize for power tender race. evening ball at Pythian Opera House marks grand wind up. Fleet disperses Sunday. many head to Boston, some sail eastward.
The article notes extensive vandalism at the state house bronze staircases and main hall railings. It estimates enormous repair costs, mentions souvenir hunters and regular gallery visitors as culprits, and details police pursuit of two fleeing men and hidden loot over time.
Oysterday July 17. While President Roosevelt was out riding he stopped at Philip Kahn's cobbling shop for two pairs of booths left for repairs. Kahn says Roosevelt's shoes are the most battered up he gets and that the president is awful hard on his shoes requiring extra charges for half soles.
Beestings crash into the bed of Erastus Burr a respected Norfolk elder as a swarm drives away his wife Mrs Burr Obrey Snow and Lance Freeman who rushed to help. The attack left Burr unable to leave his bed as the incident unfolded in Hartford Connecticut.
The Buffalo relay runners delivered the New York to Chicago message to the Jamestown Y M C A boys at 11 20 tonight as they traveled from Westfield New York to Erie they will continue relay duties to Erie.
American team crewed by Daniels Rich and Hebner win heats in swimming and diving while British officials secure decisions. Protest over rule and management by local associations sparked after tug of war dispute. English dominance seen as shaping Olympic scoring, with Britain leading 19 points to 8 for the United States.
United Kingdom athletes dominated a cross section of events with G E Larner winning the ten mile walk in a time listed as a new record and FE V Lemming of Sweden taking the javelin throw. American teams protested shoe use and withdrew. Other results include 100 metre backstroke swimming won by Jobenesetm of Germany and multiple heats in the 100 metre swim trials along with a steeplechase and diving semi finals led by American competitors.
American entries lead the field with J Hisele in the steeplechase final and Bellars with E P Carr among Americans in the five mile run final. G W Gaidzik advances in the discus Greek style while divers compete for qualification.
Morning program includes archery rounds for men and women and national events. Afternoon features finals in athletics events such as steeplechase discus Greek style, and cycling events including 1000 metres 5000 metres three laps pursuit and 100 kilometres. Swimming finals in 200 metres breast stroke and fancy diving conclude the day. Tug of war also listed as final.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Burnham of 148 Allston street Cambridge will celebrate tomorrow their 50th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter Mrs. Nellie M. Fogg of West Tisbury Mass. Burnham born in Lubec Maine in 1837 was one of ten children of Thomas and Olive Burnham. He married Harriet B Chase a descendant of Lieutenant David R. Ray of Otisfield a revolutionary soldier. They moved to Massachusetts twenty years later settling in Cambridge. They have three children Walter W Burnham of Newark Nellie M wife of Rev. Charles G. Fogg of West Tisbury and Chester C Burnham editor of the Shoe and Leather World in Cincinnati. The couple are active members of the Grace M E Church in Cambridge.
About 150 women from Roxbury and South Boston hat factories return to work Monday after Guyer Hat Company and Lamson & Hubbard drop reduced trimming rates. Employers keep old rates for a year while making and finishing prices stay under arbitration. The independent Hat Trimmers Union and manufacturers had held most talks, with no conferences before the July 6 strike deadline.
Miss Martha Isabelle Thomas of 266 Rindge Avenue Cambridge wed Walter Channell a United States Artillery Corps member. The private ceremony occurred Thursday night at town clerk Albert Brown’s home in Revere after an attempt for a Revere license failed. Mrs Channell is described as tall and fair, a Cambridge High School graduate and accomplished musician.
The case remains unsolved with theories of murder, accident, or self harm, and a $1000 county reward yet to yield solid information. Letters to District Attorney O'Brien mention possible witnesses, but none unsigned, and no real love affair identified for Hazel Drew. No arrests are expected soon as officials await testimony before the coroner.
In Waterville, Mrs Mina Jones could not be located. Her husband recalls Hazel Drew visiting their Troy home and says a local dentist was the only man she told him she had been asked to marry.
Parishioners of St Eulalia’s Church City Point gather on church grounds at Broadway and O Street South Boston to welcome Rev Mortimer E Twomey as pastor. A pavilion for dances and for old folks is rising along with amusements for children including Punch and Judy donkey rides roller coaster and a merry go round. Afternoon athletic events and contests such as pie eating cracker race water drinking and nail driving will entertain attendees with Misses Helen Genivieve Doherty Marie Foley and Mrs James Hagerty and Mrs James Laughlin supervising refreshments.
Ex mayor Fitzgerald declares no fear of a probe and calls for a public hearing. He says his accounts and those of his brothers have been under investigation for six months and cites ongoing scrutiny of Fitzgerald finances. The probe and summonses tied to Sughrue’s inquiries involve Doyle Donovan Slattery Nawn Lee and Carlin.
Boston ex mayor Fitzgerald expresses surprise at an evening report alleging malfeasance and says he would cancel a Europe trip if charges were true. Finance Commission officials deny any charges and defend the inquiry process as fair and respectful.
John Dailey of Philadelphia won a crab-eating contest at Townsend's Inlet New Jersey by eating 35 crabs in 40 minutes. He received a floral design titled Requiescat in Pace as the prize.
An advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy as an eye tonic for tired watery eyes. It promises quick relief and renewed sharpness, claiming specific benefits and routine use.
Police say Patrick Morgan, her husband, escaped surveillance after the attack at their Fairlawn home on the outskirts of Tewksbury. Anna Morgan remains gravely injured at Tewksbury State Hospital as Lowell authorities search for the suspect. Doctors warn of uncertain prognosis for two days.
Nellie Morgan rushes to John Gerrish house shouting papa has killed mamma. Mrs Morgan, with a bleeding forehead, staggers into Joseph Richards’ home and swoons. Morgan sought by pursuers who fail to catch him. The Morgan family recently moved into the district and is little known.
The Republic quotes ex mayor Fitzgerald as saying he would not be summoned to appear with his books before the Finance Commission and would require the commission to go on record. The piece notes critics accused him but none had charged him formally, and the meeting with counsel Sughrue proceeded with courtesy and proper questions about city business.
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