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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1912
Page
4
The Hotel Garde closed its doors for an undetermined period leaving the building cold and stripped of its attractions. The front door key, missing for 14 years, required a locksmith to lock up as plans for redevelopment remain incomplete.
Senator William Lorimer left Chicago for Washington on June 2 and expected to be in the Senate the next day as Senator Kern opened his address. Friends insisted Lorimer would not resign and the senator declined to discuss any phase of his case.
An Alaska Dawson patient G A Hatch with incurable diabetes reportedly improves after friend E B Strait loans Fulton diabetic compound. Hospital staff had predicted death, but four months later Hatch visits his Maine home, with Riker Jaynes Drug Co as local agents and Fulton Co pamphlets available.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company marks its 274th anniversary with Governor of Massachusetts and New England leaders in attendance. A governor’s salute and officer commissions highlight the event. After the ceremony the company marches to the armory for a 6:30 dinner.
Colonel Everett C Benton leads Field Battery A in a memorial parade from the armory to Faneuil Hall and Old South Church with escort for Governor duties. The procession includes a 1 pm line, services at 2 30, and an annual election and commissioning at the Common.
Philip Morrison division superintendent of the Boston and Albany railroad dies at his Elliott street home. Funeral held at St Patrick's Church Watertown with a eulogy by Monsignor Roche. Burial at Mt Benedict cemetery West Roxbury. Honorary bearers included T W Carter H J Curry and J B Hammell.
In Haverhill on June 2 Albert St. Laurent, 72, leaped from the Bradford bridge into the Merrimack river while in a personal crisis. A motor boat party rescued him from the water as he attempted to sink.
Summer timetable changes on the New York New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany railroads go into effect. The New Haven system adds 23 trains mainly serving stations from Boston to the Cape while four trains are dropped.
Boston and Albany cuts enjoy four major summer schedule changes with two new through trains the Boston Night Express at 12 20 a m and the Western Express at 4 20 p m plus second sections at 11 15 p m and 2 p m. The Dude private Woods Hole train and several weekend extras affect Cape and south shore routes.
Park commissioners plan a dozen arc lights to illuminate Wakefield Common. They will place benches beneath the beams and arrange lighting to reduce shadowed areas for evening crowds of youthful lovers.
Miss Margaret Cravens, a Madison Indiana music student, killed herself in her Paris apartment at 29 Rue du Palisee. She left a will requesting cremation and had just received a letter from America that deeply affected her.
A French column under General Lyautay dispersed tribesmen six miles outside Fez Morroco. French artillery shelled the camp and inflicted heavy losses. French casualties were nine killed and 28 wounded.
The program lists events from June 3 to June 5 including receptions class days and a portrait unveiling. President Lemuel H Marlin urged graduates to be good citizens, pay taxes, and live by redemption, urging faith and civic duty in a rousing baccalaureate address.
A Boston University commencement sequence describes student reflections on modest beginnings, spiritual guidance, and lifelong aims. The day features a procession led by faculty in red gowns, remarks by Rev. Lauress J. Birney and Rev. William Fairfield Warren, followed by receptions, class day events, and reunions across multiple schools and chapters.
The 18th annual meeting of the Ministers' Union in Greater Boston opens at 10 this morning in King's Chapel with Rev. O P Gifford and Rev C G Dole leading on The Golden Rule and the Appropriation of Taxed Raised Money for Public Education. An open air service last night near the Union Church featured a brief sermon by Rev Allan A Stockdale and a song program with plans for weekly evenings if weather permits. Tonight Trinity Church hosts a church federation meeting focusing on immigration, a topic tied to current church study and involvement with foreigners seeking America.
On the steamer Aidan arriving from Para and Barbadoes four seamen from the Lord Lansdowne, wrecked off Barbadoes on May 21, were rescued. The ship sailed from Norfolk on May 12 with coal for Barbadoes. A heavy swell drove the crew to the boats and personal effects were lost. the men were sent home by the British consul.
The dirigible ZeppelIn III commanded by Count Zeppelin flew to Bremen with passengers Prince Henry of Prussia and Burgomaster Burchardt. A storm prevented landing at Bremen, so the airship altered course several times and returned to Hamburg, reaching the city around 9 PM.
P F Malone of 42 Lynch St Boston narrates relief after weeks on Tona Vita claiming it cured three years of misery fatigue nervousness and insomnia. Drug store managers report rapid demand with clerks buying eleven bottles in a week as Tona Vita goes on sale in Boston. adv
Liverpool June 2 A serious fire on the Cunard steamer Carmania while docked destroyed the saloon quarters with damage in the many thousands of dollars. The hull remained intact and much cargo was water damaged. Origin undetermined and the June 4 sailing canceled.
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