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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
7
The funeral of Julius Rottenberg, said to be the city’s richest Jewish banker, was held at his home 8 Abbotsford street Roxbury. His body was shipped to New York for burial in Union Field Cemetery Cypress Hill this afternoon.
Mr. Rottenberg, born in Erlau Australia fifty five years ago, came to the United States around age fifteen with his brother in New York City where they founded the first shelf paper manufactory in the country. From modest beginnings they expanded into wholesale stationery and later moved to Boston nineteen years ago to run a steamship and banking office on Salem Street. The business grew from a one room office to owning the building and expanding banking interests into a new block.
Boston Jewish community mourns as Paul Rottenberg founder of Revere Trust Co dies after surgery at Eliot Hospital. Survived by wife Fannie, daughter Viola, six siblings. He aided many less fortunate, with tributes from poor families and a thronged funeral.
Mrs. Dollie McSurley told Sheriff Hill she killed Bert McSurley after he mistreated a child and tried to stab her. She hid the body in a cellar then dragged it 200 feet to Kanawha and Michigan tracks where a train struck it, before walking to Charleston to surrender. Her youngest child is under one year old.
Two of seven swans that vanished from the Charles River Basin last March have returned with four cygnets. The family, led by Tom the protective father and his mate, settled again above Cottage Farm bridge near Swan Island, where police once built protection houses.
Two of seven swans reappear above Cottage Farm bridge bringing a new family. Lieutenant Chapman of the Metropolitan police has investigated their disappearance since March. residents recall the birds swam down the river Saturday night near Boyle's boathouse as boats drifted by on the Cambridge side of the Charles.
Nashua New Hampshire June 8 Frank H Tyrrell and Francis H Tyrrell the oldest living twins in the state today celebrated their eighty first birthday by receiving numerous relatives and friends for a dinner arranged for the occasion.
Miss Esther Clara Sidelinger of Presidents Hill Quincy will marry Irving Haskill Shell of Kalamazoo Michigan at Bethany Church on June 20 at 7 oclock. She is a Woodward Institute and Radcliffe graduate and has been active in amateur theatricals.
President Joseph W. Powell of Foreiver Shipbuilding Corporation and Mrs. Powell have moved to Quincy living on Presidents Hill at the corner of Monroe road and Fairmount way.
A New England Telephone truck lurched loose on Lorraine Street in West Roxbury early last night. It crossed Beech Street, narrowly missed two electric cars, then slammed into Oscar Knight's Beech Street greenhouse, breaking glass on both sides and destroying plants inside.
A runaway machine crashed through a greenhouse near Bellevue, causing over 500 dollars in damage. The owner was away, so police could not estimate the total. The vehicle rolled from Loraine street toward Beech street, narrowly missing an oncoming electric car before crashing into a tree after plowing the greenhouse.
Manchester, June 8 Arthur A. West was hurled by a broken belt into a machine at the McElwain shoe factory in Merrimack. He died from injuries later.
Charles Sumner Bird addressed Bull Moose captains praising progress and urging intensified effort as the Progressive canvass probes $50,000 campaign fund. Last night the fund stood at $13,907.40 with additional undisclosed pledges. Collections at a Pearl Street supper included Newton, North Attleboro, Lexington, Gloucester, Everett, Somerville, Winchester, Atlantic, Stoneham, Quincy and others.
The report lists city wards and nearby towns with money amounts turned in last night. Ward 1 contributed 7 dollars. Ward 8 3 dollars. Ward 8 again 9 dollars. Ward 10 7 dollars. Ward 11 86 dollars. Ward 22 29.50 dollars. Ward 2 20 dollars. Ward 24 12 dollars. Ward 25 2.50 dollars. Brookline 25 dollars. Southbridge 22 dollars. Newton 18.50 dollars. Amesbury 7 dollars. Medford 3 dollars.
At the Paris annual meeting, shareholders questioned the percentage dividend and criticized spending. Charles Jonnart, former French foreign minister and company president, noted toll cuts to align with Panama and warned Panama would affect Suez little. He said larger vessel drafts require ongoing dredging, while critics cited 32 salaried board members as excessive and costly.
Paris June reports say Senator Alexander Felix Ribot accepted President Poincare's invitation to form a ministry. He has secured pledges from Leon Bourgeois for foreign affairs Theophile Delcasse for the navy and Jean Dupuy for public works and aims to present a full cabinet list by tomorrow night. Ribot is 72 or 73 and has held premier and other cabinet roles.
On June 17 the Boston and Maine Railroad will discontinue several local morning trains into Boston and afternoon return trips. Notices posted at railroad stations inform the public of stops covered by regular trains to cover the service dispensed with that day.
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