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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
9
The Boston Post welcomed the visiting Knights of Pythias with a grand display on its building. American flags drape the eaves and windows, a four foot shield centerpiece shows the order insignia, and orange blue and red color tones highlight the arrangement admired by passersby.
Mrs Estelle H M Merrill a Cambridge leader in charitable work and early Boston Globe editor died suddenly at 49 Bellevue Avenue Cambridge of heart disease. She leaves a widower Samuel Merrill and two sons Carlton and Wainwright. She helped form the Cambridge Cantabrige Club and served as its first president. She taught Sunday school, organized the Abbot Club, and lectured in physical culture. Memorial Day remarks and local racing notes follow.
The programme of races scheduled for last Saturday night at the Revere bi- is noted. Local riders prepare for a fast weekend as spectators await events and results.
S F Wise defeats A S Dabney in the fourth round of Longwood singles, upsetting Harvard star Dabney. C M Bull Jr R D Little B C Wright and F B Alexander shine with multiple five set matches as Wright advances to face Westfall. Doubles results and other round progress noted with several defaults.
Hormadis Bellisle, alleged labor agent for the Manchaug mills Worcester, faced a hearing on charges of assisting in importing Canadian contract workers. Alfreda Campbell and Orestes Cochran testified they were hired in Rivière-du-Loup and brought to Worcester to work at Bellisle’s direction, with wages cited. The government rested. a two week continuance was granted and Bellisle remained on $5,000 bail, with additional $5,000 bail on a separate conspiracy indictment.
R P Schwerin general manager of Pacific Mail says trans continental roads will abandon export and import trade with the Orient Australia and New Zealand after ICC rate ruling. He warns Pacific shipping will lose business to Japanese carriers as Orient merchandise moves via Suez and Atlantic routes.
Wolf's My Clothier at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets starts a red tag sale tomorrow morning. The store marks quick clearance items with red tags showing reduced prices while original white price tickets remain. The sale applies to all departments and illustrates how deep the discounts are across upstairs and downstairs merchandise.
Directors of the C. E. Osgood Company furniture dealers at 744 756 Washington street declared a semi annual dividend of per cent at yesterday's meeting. Directors include C. E. Osgood L. H. Josselyn H. B. Josselyn of Boston and George H. Chandler of Manchester New Hampshire treasurer of Amoskeag Savings Bank.
Charm seekers are urged to visit Nova Scotia for cool climate and pure ozone. The D A R line sails from Long Wharf daily at 2 p m to Yarmouth in 17 hours with train connections to South Shore and Newfoundland. Call 228 Washington Street for literature or contact J B Masters at Long Wharf Boston.
After over two decades at Cambridge street T. F. Cannon & Co. lease 81 Dock square and 12 Devonshire street. They remodelled the premises to offer a full line of high quality liquors and Kentucky Paul Jones Whiskey in new style bottles with one ounce extra per quart.
St Josephs A A crews from the West End raced to choose the club representative for Labor Day regatta. Crew 2 won the three quarters mile race from Harvard bridge to the Union Boat Club float. The crew included J McAleer A Talbot J Hannan W Brady and J ODonnell as cox. A cup will be awarded to the winner.
East Boston longshoremen demand an additional fire boat to protect waterfront properties. The Noddle Island Assembly of Knights of Labor adopted resolutions for better protection and urged city action. A special committee was chosen to press dock owners in East Boston to rebuild with fireproof materials.
The Alabama Division No. 1 Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias Mobile travels to Boston for the Supreme Lodge meeting starting August 4. Quartered at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory in New York for five days, the drill team under Captain Thomas J. Ford will hold an exhibition drill Friday. Ford formerly led the Chicago Zouaves to 23 prize drill victories.
Bedford Springs Penn July 29 The fifth annual AAA tour concludes with two Great Arrow runabouts declared alone in the Hower trophy contest Edward Rettling and John Williams drive the winning pair The Great Arrows record fastest on the hardest road and finish with 14 punctures shared among four cars never a blowout The winner Charles Clifton receives trophy while R D Garden takes the other runabout back to Buffalo with Teddy Dey and Arthur Kumpf as crew members
Gossip notes the Nelson vs Gans fight slated for September 9 at Colma California Jim Coffroth's arena details mirror their July 4 bout Gans lost the lightweight title to Battling Dane Eddie Smith of Oakland named referee fighters split 70 30 gross with 60 40 winner loser Nelson 2 3 interest in pictures Gans waives claim Papke Lewis rematch billed as Cy Young Day eve at Armory A C notes Papke likely to win Lewis improving in Paris Anholz beaten by Murphy Ogden Utah Johnny Thompson KOed Kid Dalton in four rounds Cyclone Johnny Thompson knocks out Kid Dalton in four rounds in Ogden Utah Tuesday night.
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