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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
9
Harry Lee Lyon and Florence Mildred Evans, daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Evans of Upton, were married today by the Reverend in Spencer Town context indicates a local wedding event with named individuals.
Pastor O. J. Billings led a service at the Upton Congregational Church. Attending were Miss Helen Evans of Boston and Timothy Crimmins of Spencer.
Alexander E. Orr former president of the Rapid Transit Commission and a prominent New York merchant died today in New York at age 84. He was once elected president of the New York Life Insurance Company when he was nearly 70 years old.
A doctor advises simple nostril washes with Vilane powder mixed into warm water and a catarrh balm made from Vilane powder lard or vaseline. He also prescribes multiple patent-like remedies for thinness, rheumatism, cough, indigestion, nervousness, constipation, swollen eyes, bed-wetting, and general ailments, with directions to obtain from druggists and mail for advice.
Two major shocks at the State House as the Walsh bill for a constitutional convention is defeated in the House. The Curley-Sullivan charter organization gains influence by placing an amendment on the Lomasney district council bill while Channing Cox leads the principal opposition. The 106 to 90 vote shows a party split over taxation biennialism suffrage and direct legislation.
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a painless, fast acting corn remedy sold by druggists for a small price. It claims to shrivel and vanish corns in seconds with no cuts or bandages and promotes safety for the heart.
State House notes show the House voting 106 to 90 against Walsh plan for a constitutional convention. Sullivan Curley amendment to Lomnasney charter bill passes 49 to 96 in the House, sending the fight to the Senate. Chelsea tunnel bill killed 75 to 33. Bar rett dental board confirmation postponed. governor vetoes three bills for school and hospital appropriations. Tax return bill for compulsory filings and tax commissioner powers add debate. constitutional tax amendment postponed to Tuesday.
The banks committee votes to report a recess committee to study unauthorized banking and to advance Pelletier and Horgan bills for next General Court. Governor Walsh nominates several masters in chancery for Suffolk county. Two pardon applications are heard. Isaac Sanders seeks clemency for manslaughter and Joseph Nagle seeks a statutory offence sentence reduction. Sanders had a clean record before the crime. Feeney cites Williams as connected to the case.
Lomasney denounces the Sullivan amendment which provides for Plan 2. He contrasts it with Plan 1, the current at large method for electing members.
Shelley D. Vincent of Milford, partner in Shelley & Vincent, was found not guilty on assault and battery and killing of Robert Dunn in Framingham. The May 29 fatal pedestrian accident on Elm Street led to a court verdict after viewing the accident scene.
Margaret Sidney hosted Boston Authors Club at Wayside Concord home of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Attendees included Charles Francis Adams Frank B. Sanborn and Judge Grant. Notables present or absent for tea included Eleanor Porter Samuel McCall Henry Hawthorne and John D. Long.
Funeral services were held for Cyrus S Hapgood a longtime Boston market figure. Hapgood president of the Butchers Slaughtering and Melting Association and held posts at S Learned Company New England Rendering Charter Oak Shoe and Beacon Trust Company. He was active in the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange and several clubs. The service at his home drew many colleagues friends and relatives.
A funeral service drew many friends from Everett and surrounding areas, where Hapgood had lived most of his life, with numerous organizations represented among the attendees.
The Rev. Austen K. DeBlois presided at the service at First Baptist Church with Dr. Francis H. Rowley delivering a brief eulogistic address. The Lotus quartet offered three selections as burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
A Boston Harvard Club delegation leaves for Chicago to attend the annual Associated Harvard Clubs convention at the Hotel Blackstone. The Boston group travels in a special car and will meet the Harvard Club of New York in Buffalo, N Y en route.
Wallace H Mayo 37 of Roslindale was found in a West Roxbury field yesterday with a calibri revolver and a bullet wound in the left breast. The body was discovered by Tsabell T Huleatt while walking Weld Street near Centre. Mayo had recently left hospital after a serious illness and no motive was determined.
Frank Hillman aged 38 died after falling down a flight of cellar stairs at 2083 Washington Street Roxbury while at work. Police and ambulance attended and he was pronounced dead at City Hospital from a fractured skull.
Hank dislikes the movie rooms and the reader is invited to check the color comic Ha and His Animal Friends in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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