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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
7
A Pittsburg American Telephone Company employee’s suitcase vanished at South Station last Friday. Officials deny contents, citing personal papers, while investigators and law firm Powers & Hall seek clues without comment.
David A. Ellis of the School Board refutes a Boston press claim that 128 first assistants would be downgraded to ordinary teachers with a $300 yearly pay cut. He says no teacher’s salary or rank will be reduced. He also denies any new practice of omitting pay proportion from envelopes.
Samuel Byerley a Broadway office clerk at American Express made a 27023 98 profit from a two cent stamp and a bid for 5800000 of Panama canal bonds. Bonds rose to 104 40 after allotment and Byerley profited by selling options to banking firms. J S Bache & Co bought the bonds and sold them to Fisk & Robinson who took most of the issue.
Captain W. W. Wilson of the Provincial Wrecking Company visited the city to float the Etolia ashore at Cape Sable. The steamer, laden with deals from St. John to Barrow, stranded on the 10th of last month. Wrecking gear and two rotary pumps were prepared for operations, with divers led by Captain J. E. Nickerson.
Boston cheers as Nationalist candidate T. M. Kettle wins East Tyrone by 19 votes. Messages from Dublin United Irish League and Tyrone natives in Boston hail the victory and Ireland’s cause with prayers and praise.
A leader of the Holy Jumpers cleared a Taunton hall where riotous worshippers gathered. He waved a chair to disperse the crowd after an audience dispute. Windows were smashed and seats broken before the crowd could exit.
The Boston Consolidated Gas Company will distribute a 7 percent bonus on wages to about 800 of its employees from a $50,000 fund for the year ending June 30, 1906. Eligibility covers most workers after one year, excluding the president and vice president, with future plans for a pension society.
Mrs. Jennie F. Morvill of 66 Berkeley Street begins a summer campaign to spotless sidewalks and clean yards in the South End. She plans personal talks and fall lectures to teach residents clean living, arguing clean exteriors boost business and health and vowing to remove filth from streets including Parker Memorial sidewalk.
William Rockefeller, sought in the Standard Oil probe, secretly traveled from Europe via Quebec to the United States and arrived at his Adirondack Bay Pond preserve. He stayed several days, avoiding public sighting, amid a history of land disputes and the 1903 Dexter murder nearby.
Fred H. Bridge of Arlington was transported to Cleveland Ohio by U S Deputy Marshal James Ruhl and Bailiff Benjamin Truet to await trial on a mail fraud scheme. Charles E. Smith Neill, formerly of West Somerville, is awaiting trial there on the same charge.
Street chatter links a statement by Edward McSweeney to an upcoming Trinity announcement by Mr. Lawson. The rumor suggests Samuel Untermyer’s day and night visit to Dreamwold earlier this week could influence Trinity’s price.
London July 26 The long discussed change in men's evening dress nears reality with West End tailors producing new outfits for the coming season. Coats will be blue cloth with velvet collars and silk facings at lapel edge. Knee breeches or trousers, black cloth, may be worn. Trousers may feature two braid rows. Outfits mirror the King's household evening dress with gilt buttons, signaling a shift toward footman style.
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