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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1910
Page
5
In State Camp South Framingham on July 22 Governor Draper made an unannounced visit to the Second Regiment. He arrived in khaki coat blue shirt and striped trousers with a campaign hat, startling officers who looked twice to confirm his identity.
R H Foster of Dalton Massachusetts won the hand of Mrs A M Atwood a wealthy New York widow because he does not smoke. The elderly pair wed in San Rafael after a courtship by correspondence and are now on a honeymoon trip.
The Governor presided over a camp Day review with Mrs Draper at his side. Generals Brigham White and Emery led inspection while officers and the Second Regiment styled in parade. The escort to colors by Orange Company FE drew praise as the Sixth Regiment readies to camp and move in by tomorrow morning.
Correspondence began in Los Angeles after Mrs Atwood advertised through a matrimonial agency. She accepted Foster because he does not smoke and desires a non tobacco liquor free partner. Mrs Atwood, worth about $100000, drew up a will leaving $30000 to Foster upon demise and funded his courtship expenses and lodging.
New York July 22 The Journal of Experimental Medicine reports experiments by the Rockefeller Institute finding that drinking large amounts of water with meals aids digestion and overall health with no undesirable effects. The old medical advice that water dilutes gastric juice is challenged by the study’s conclusions.
Theodore Roosevelt spent the day at his editorial offices in lively talks about literature. State Senator George A. Cobb of Watertown, a key figure in the direct nominations bill, called and stayed for a long discussion. Representatives Herbert Parsons and State Senator J Mayhew Wainwright joined in meetings, with Roosevelt noting two distinct, interesting conversations on literature.
The Franconia, Cunard Line’s latest ocean liner, will be launched from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Liverpool this afternoon and enter service from Boston early next year. At 625 feet long and 72 feet beam, she ranks as a large but steady liner with seven decks and advanced safety features including water tight bulkheads and bilge keels. More than 3500 workers built her, with thousands more completing interiors.
A Post photograph from Tremont street district invites identification of a team. The driver can claim five dollars in gold by visiting the City Editor at 275 Washington street between noon and 6 pm with proof of the team’s identity. A full page of team photos appears in tomorrow’s Sunday Post.
Warren Wood of Charlestown and Thomas J. Quinlan of South Boston drive teams that haul high explosives for E. J. Tutein and Pinkham Express. The horses are named Nigger and Billy respectively, with ownership noted for the latter company.
Edward Quinton failed to report for work and was searched for. His body was recovered from the Kennebec River near his Waterville job site, indicating he drowned while bathing alone.
Return mail guarantees delivery prepaid with no payment required. The product claims to be Michigan External Cure for rheumatic conditions including muscular sciatic gout and related pains, applicable regardless of location or severity.
Waterbury Connecticut July 22 English engineer W Harcourt Palmer demonstrated that carbonite a material he is making for the Panama Canal work cannot be exploded by heat or ordinary concussion He held a stick of it in his left hand and fired a revolver bullet through the substance Spectators crouched behind rocks none of them were harmed Palmer claims a detonator secret to trigger the compound is required He notes a mule loaded with carbonite toppled over a cliff at Panama and only the animal's hoofs caused damage to a group of workers
Thomas H. Morton, pardoned by Governor Hughes after a 1907 Albany bigamy conviction, was released from Dannemora prison. He spoke at a Salvation Army meeting on West Fourteenth Street vowing to devote his life to the organization and study for the ministry.
Joan B. Stohl, a New York minority stock holder in United Wireless Telegraph, urged the Supreme Court to appoint a temporary receiver. Justice Bird denied the petition without prejudice, saying evidence failed to prove illegal stock issuance.
In Newport Rhode Island on July 22, it was learned that Harry Payne Whitney and Payne Whitney narrowly escaped danger when two shells from Forts Wetherell and Greble pierced the main sail of the steam yacht Atlante. They sat beneath the boom as shells passed over their heads by only a few feet.
Masonic officials from across the country are expected to attend the funeral of Rev. Dr. Henry W. Rugg head of the Knights Templar in the United States and of the Masons in the state. The funeral is set for Monday at 2 p.m.
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