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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1907

Page

3

Refused Testimony in Eddy Next Friends Suit

In Concord New Hampshire on July 29 magistrate E S Cook oversaw depositions in the next friends case involving Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy. H Cornell Wilson refused to answer questions about Mrs Eddy’s affairs and Calvin A Frye was expected to decline testimony as well. A ruling on contempt motions was promised for tomorrow at 10 30 AM. A commission was issued to Fred E Fernald of Boston to take depositions in Massachusetts in the Eddy v Frye case.

Concord N. H Friends Mary Baker G. Eddy E. S. Cook William E. Chandler John W. Kelly Wilson Franks Streeter Allen Hollis Chamberlin Cook Mr. Wilson Kelly Mrs. Eddy Mr. Kelly Mr. Frye Laura A. Sargent Frye A. J. Shurtleff Superior Court Fred E. Fernald Boston Massachusetts Eddy

Gulesian Faces Day Under Threat of Death

Under the threat of a violent death, M. H. Gulesian the wealthy Boston Armenian spent the entire day yesterday as if nothing had happened.

M. H. Gulesian Boston

State Militia Fires Big Guns at Fort Banks and Heath

At Fort Banks and Fort Heath in Winthrop Massachusetts troops and regular coast artillery under Captain Todd conducted sub calibre practice. Four mortars at Fort Banks and 13 big guns at Fort Heath fired on a fixed Broad Sound target with hopes for moving target drills tomorrow. Night drill involved three companies and real war conditions were anticipated in harbor maneuvers.

Fort Banks Winthrop Massachusetts Regular Coast Artillery Heath Todd Fort Heath Broad Sound Forts Banks and Heath

Wage scale increase planned for Boston line and labor notes

Labor notes report a 5 percent average wage increase on the Boston Revere Beach Lynn line set to begin Thursday morning. Several unions held meetings last night including Upholsterers Union 53 wharf and bridge carpenters Union 30 Hanover street and Shop and Mill Hands Union 1410. Other items cover parade plans for Labor Day by Bricklayers Union 8 and Park Department Assembly 7576, plus union recruitment for Springfield and Newport and organizing trips to New Haven by A S Starr.

Boston Boston Paper Hangers’ Union Bricklayers’ Union 8 Park Department Assembly

Luxuriant hair growth serum ad from Philo Hay Spec Co

An old advertisement proclaims a hair product that promotes luxuriant growth, stops hair loss, and removes dandruff. It claims to keep hair soft and glossy, is not a dye, and is guaranteed perfectly pure. Philo Hay Spec. Co., Newark New Jersey, 50 cents, at druggists.

Philo Hay Spec. Co Newark N. J

Armenian priest arrested in New York extortion probe

Fr Levant Martoogessian, an Armenian priest linked to the Hun chakist society, was arrested on extortion and blackmail charges. Police investigations into the assassination of wealthy Armenian merchant Hovannes Tavshanjian have led to five other Armenians being detained with more arrests anticipated.

New York Levant Martoogessian Hunchakist Society Hovannes Tavshanjian

Armenian businessman defies threats amid ongoing intimidation

Mr. Gulesian, a Boston garage developer, described a chilling blackmail plot threatening his life while noting a day uneventful aside from the menace. He spoke of protection plans, a gun, and his busy schedule at Irvington Street, with colleagues vowing to defend him.

Irvington Street Gulesian Chestnut Hill Lenox Boylston Exeter Streets Waltham Street Thompson's Spa Old South School Tremont Streets Park Street Post Richard Henry Scales Huntington Avenue

Yesterdays Prostrations Across Roxbury and City Streets

A list of incidents reports multiple individuals struck by fainting or collapse at work, at home, or in transit. Names include Lewis Greenblatt 23 of Roxbury, William Clark 66 of People's Palace, Elizabeth Pray 37 of Beachmont, Emanuel Walker 68 of Hanover Street, Alicia Anthony 11 of Charles Street, Louis Dargan 30 of Oak Street, William Dorsey 51 of Holyoke Street. Relief stations and City Hospital are noted as destinations.

Lewis Greenblatt Bellflower Street Quincy Street Howard Avenue Roxbury City Hospital William C. Clark People’s Palace Washington Street City Hospital Elizabeth Pray Beachmont High Street Emanuel Walker Hanover Street Alicia Anthony Charles Street Louis Dargan Oak Street Warren Bridge William B. Dorsey Holyoke Street

Cambridge Parade Sets City Record in Trade and Civic Show

Yesterday afternoon Cambridge staged a grand trade and civic parade hailed as unmatched since 1896. Mayor Wardwell reviewed divisions featuring 600 Hibernians, 75 young women on Puritan Lodge float, Dolly the 37 year old horse, and prominent displays from J B Holmes Co and Lydian Confectionery. The event closed with a City Hall banquet and Colonial Club reception.

Cambridge H. G. Kemp Russell A. Wood Wardwell Grimmons Somerville Harvey Waltham Thomas W. Davis Belmont Board of Selectmen George Howland Cox George G. Wright John R. Whoriskey Old Home Week Julius Meyers George A. Giles William M. Hogan Charles H. Lake Board of Aldermen Robert W. Hunter Common Council Fred Ela Warren Flont John H. Corcoran & Company W. T. Roop & Co Order of Hibernians St. John's Literary Institute East Cambridge Hibernians Division 1 Agassiz Council Royal Arcanum J. B. Holmes & Co Lydian Confectionery Company The Cambridge Chronicle J. A. Holmes & Co Clans Lindsay and Mackintosh Clan Lindsay Clan Mackintosh Puritan Lodge Uncle Sam Dolly Winslow H. Dodge Father Mathew T. A. Society Holy Name Society of the Blessed Sacrament Parish Brattle Outing Club Bendemere Cambridge City Men's Union A. E F Cambridge Sewer Workers’ Union City Men’s Union John Corcoran James Keith Edward Kilhane Henry Wall Andrew Conley Thomas Lynch Jeremiah Hayes Standard Oil Company John T. Scully Ward- Corby Ginn & Co Metropolitan Coal Company Boston Elevated Railway Company Cambridge Gas Light Company Howard Fef. Peak Howard Fef. Peak, Roan Dover Stamping Company Frederick L. Churchill Cambridge Baking Company John E. Lloyd American Express Company Lewis E. Chandler Dana Hill Market Company City Hall Colonial Club Quincy Street

Roxbury Old Home Week Celebrations Open With Fireworks

Roxbury marked Old Home Week with a full day of athletics reunions and praise. Local schools, a Roxbury Historical Society session, a National League baseball game, a Parker Hill illumination, a two hour fireworks display, and an evening concert culminated in a grand bonfire on Parker Hill.

Roxbury Old Washington Mission Church Band Parker Hill Mission Church

Leonard's Orders Put Foresters in Parade Formations

Major Leonard issues orders for the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters to form in columns of 28 with a captain two sergeants and 24 members. Members report 8:45 to 9:45 a m Wednesday for a 10 o'clock start, officers to be drawn from chief rangers of Boston courts. IL Starr & Co will close at 1 p m to allow staff to attend Old Home Week parade.

Order of Foresters John J Leutenant Boston Il. Starr & Co Winter Street

Pequot Killed at South Station Injury Fatality

William Pequot a 22 year old brakeman for the Boston and Albany Railroad died at South Station yards near the Cove street bridge when he was struck by a passing engine while assisting a wrecking crew to reposition a passenger engine. He lived on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.

William Pequot Boston & Albany Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge South Station Cove Street Pequot

Foraker Opposes Taft in Public Statement

Cincinnati July 29 Senator Foraker issued a public statement saying he cannot favor Secretary of War William H Taft as a presidential candidate He contends Taft supports an immediate revision of the tariff which he opposes as dangerous to the country prosperity.

Cincinnati Senator Foraker William H. Taft Foraker Taft

Japan Likely to Dominate Pacific Fisheries Under New Treaties

St Peters burg July 29 It seems likely that Japan will dominate the fisheries of the Pacific under the new treaties of commerce navigation and fisheries signed at the Foreign Office yesterday. A political entente will follow soon wiping out wartime hostilities and contentions.

ST. Petersburg Japan Pacific Foreign Office

Pacific Fisheries Entente Expands Rights for Japan

The twelve year convention covers Okhotsk Yellow Sea and Behring Strait areas with all sea animals except the sea otter. It grants Japanese subjects fishing rights repairs sheds and drying on the coast while Russia must notify two months before auctions. Russia and Japan guarantee rights, with negotiations conducted in secrecy and aims to peacefully develop Pacific coast provinces. The 1911 commercial treaty is temporary.

Okhotsk Yellow Sea Behring Strait Vladivostok Russia Russian Amur Japan Pacific France Corea Portsmouth

Two East Boston Men Injured in Cave-In at Work

Bernard Matney 36 and John McLaughlin 52 were severely hurt when earth caved in during trench work at 12 Porter Street East Boston. Matney had a fractured right wrist while McLaughlin suffered facial cuts knee abrasions and facial contusions. Both were taken to Relief Hospital.

Bernard Matney Lamson Court East Boston John McLaughlin Chelsea Street Water Department Porter Street Matney McLaughlin Relief Hospital

Hibernians Jolly Hosts Old Home Week Reception

Division 58 and Ladies Auxiliary No 18 A O H held an Old Home Week reception in Dahlgren Hall South Boston. Speakers included William J Sullivan on Ireland’s contribution to America Frank J Linehan on Boston's Old Home Week and Matthew J Cummings on the Order and its Work.

Dahlgren Hall Boston William J. Sullivan Ireland America Frank J. Linehan Matthew J. Cummings

Travel 2200 Miles To Attend Old Home Week

R. J. Schwappe and E. P. Schwappe arrived yesterday on the United Fruit Company steamer Simon from Costa Rica to join Old Home Week. RF Schwappe is manager of the Costa Rica fruit office and his brother E P Schwappe is associated with him.

R. J. Schwappe E. P. Schwappe United Fruit Company Simon Porter Costa Rica RF. Schwappe Fruit Company

Moyer Granted 25000 Bail in Haywood Case

Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners was ordered released on 25000 bail by Judge Wood after acquittal in the Steunenberg murder case He will likely be released tomorrow and return to Denver A separate speedily set trial was arranged for Pettibone with possible later bail requests The Butte union will sign the Boise bail bond via 100000 to 140000 reserves to back the bond and show support for Moyer.

Boise Charles H. Moyer Western Federation of Miners William D. Haywood Steunenberg Wood Haywood Federation Oer Denver George A. Pettibone Pettibone Moyer Harry Orchard Peter Breen Butte Mont Breen Butte Union First National Bank of Boise

Bryan Says Haywood Verdict Appealing and Flawed

Peoria Illinois July 29 W J Bryan comments on the Haywood verdict saying he was glad it was not guilty. He watched the trial and contends Orchard’s testimony is unreliable and shows the defendant’s innocence. He criticizes the prosecution’s conduct and notes questionable mine owner connections.

Peoria, Ill W. J. Bryan Haywood Orchard Colorado

Suffering Gall Stones Healed by Appendixine Claim

Mrs Patrick Moore of Paterson New Jersey credits Appendixine with curing her gall stone agony avoiding surgery and urges others to use the remedy. The ad promotes Appendixine as a natural liver tonic priced at 1 per bottle with mail order booklets and lists Jaynes Drug Co as a distributor in Boston.

Patrick Moore Barclay St Paterson N. J Appendixine Co West 70Th St New York Jaynes Drug Co Boston

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LABOR N. Y Martoogessian Tarshanjian Mr. Gulesian P. McCarthy John Gary Dennis Murphy Joseph Lander Megansett Braves Roxbury’s Maj. Huntington Versailles Henry Henry A. Huntington Major Huntington Edith Douglas Huntington Leonard Foraker Oui Hibernians Jolly Hosts Arkhurst Cluett, Peabody & CO Miners’ Association Bryan Tremont Painless Dental Rooms Tremont Street Suffolk Bank
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