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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
4
A wireless despatch from the Lusitania's captain reports the Cunard liner breaking transatlantic records on the Queenstown to New York crossing, reaching agents via Halifax tonight.
At 11 36 a m today the Lusitania lay 1948 knots from Daunts Rock after a steady hourly 25.12 knot pace. Daily logs show speeds from 59 knots to 641 knots in a 24 hour window, with a predicted 7 30 am Friday docking. Captain voices confidence of a new record. marconigram places Lusitania 783 miles east of Sandy Hook at 4 40 pm.
Dr Edward Otis of Boston warned at the American Climatological Association session in Harvard Medical College that widespread tooth decay fuels tuberculosis. He cited 1906 Brookline findings where over half of 700 children's teeth were poor and 23 percent standard, plus 72 percent decay among 2000 New York children.
The Union Veterans Union held its annual convention in G A R Hall South Boston. It unanimously endorsed Governor Guild for Vice President and formed a committee to reunite the two factions. Josiah H. Chase of Brockton was elected commander-in-chief.
Mrs. Thomas O Harra of Canton Wales will meet her daughter Mrs. John Hyland of Bradford upon the White Star liner Cymric docking at Charlestown. They had believed each other dead after a dispute over burial of a first child and a later split. Hyland learned her mother was alive and arranged travel to America for a long-awaited reunion.
The will of Mrs. Jerome Jones who died in Brookline allocates 10 000 each to the American Unitarian Association Young Men's Christian Union of Boston Transcript Mutual Aid Society of Boston the Free Hospital for Women in Brookline the Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children in Boston the Kindergarten for the Blind in Boston and the Children's Hospital in Boston along with 5 000 to the Home for Aged Couples in Boston. The remainder goes to her heirs-at-law nationwide. Mr Jerome Jones named executor without surety.
The first meeting of the new Boston Merchants' Association board was held at the Trade Club. A special committee led by Jerome Jones and including Andrew G. Webster and Elwyn G. Preston was named to study a new Custom House site. Members Filene and Jones were chosen for railroad commission hearings on express rates, while a second committee led by Elwyn G. Preston and others addressed express rate issues. The board protested Maverick Square renaming to the Mayor and City Council.
The engineering staff of Boston City Hospital honored Jeremiah C. Long, chief engineer for seven years, with a loving cup yesterday afternoon. Long has resigned to join the Boston Woven Hose Company at Cambridge. Presentation conducted by W. Rugg.
Members of the United Commercial Travellers' Association mourn a missing banner from Cambridge owner John Goodale. It disappeared during a Riverside resort stroll when embedded in the ground. A search continues as the banner, inscribed Strayed From My Old Ohio Home under U. C. T., was to be sent to the national convention.
The Well Informed demand a simple pleasant liquid laxative with known value. The California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective remedy. Buy only the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. for sale at leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
Cardenio F. King's $10,000 library was auctioned yesterday at Libbie's rooms for $1,153.55. The sale featured a curious mix focused on travel and art, reflecting the missing financier's eclectic interests.
A sale features Brinkley’s Japan in 12 volumes with buyers including Charles E. Lauriat Company. King’s studies spanned nations from Italy to Greenland and Egypt, with titles and illustrations highlighted in watercolor frontispieces and silk bindings.
A Northwestern pamphlet advertises a limited coupon good at Osmo-Chemic Physicians offices for free one month treatment and all medicines, valid only if begun before June 13. Testimonials from Boston Lynn Westerly Newton Brookline and others praise cures for deafness asthma nervous dyspepsia tape worm catarrh eczema rheumatism ulcers and neuritis.
The court of inquiry at the State House examined charges against Major P. Frank Packard of the Eighth Regiment M V M. Allegations include improper use of company funds for expenses to West Point and Jamestown plans, plus claimed full pay and longevity pay.
Percival Lowell, famed astronomer, and Miss Constance Keith stood in line at New York City Hall to obtain a marriage license. Lowell, 53, of Flagstaff Arizona, and Miss Keith, 44, of Boston, gave ages and marriages terms after filling forms. Lowell said they planned to marry in June.
Leandro Dumas, 30, a deaf mute, died today after leaping from a railroad bridge into the Blackstone River in Central Falls Rhode Island. Local authorities reported the incident occurred around midday near the Blackstone River bridge. The death is being investigated by police and authorities are reviewing nearby surveillance and witness accounts.
In letters from four New England residents, Rev. D. C. Bixby of Haverhill Reading Superintendent Melville A. Stone and others report cures attributed to the Osmo-Chemic treatment. Bixby says the tongue cancer is gone Stone reports digestion restored McConnell a Boston real estate agent claims relief from rheumatism and catarrh Hunt of Wakefield credits cure of neurasthe nia.
Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild Jr rejects any combination with John Hays Hammond for the national ticket. In a June 10 letter from Nahant he notes his illness is not a barrier to duties and says the Massachusetts convention and Senators will control any nomination, not personal pacts.
The United States Brewers Association adopts a platform to abolish immoral saloons and promote temperance. H. B. Scharman of Brooklyn calls for condemning the social evil. Joseph Uihlein of Milwaukee argues for stronger action to remove criminal resorts connected to brewing.
Michael J. Birmingham declines re election as Boston Electrical Workers Union 104 president after long service. Water Works Assembly 1927 K of L picks officers Thomas Den ney and others. Dorchester Carpenters Union 386, Brookline Carpenters Union 488, and Somerville Carpenters Union 629 also elect new officers.
Water Commissioner William Hannan, first city department head to take a stand, opposes large layoff of veteran laborers, insisting he will discharge no more than 50 men despite Finance Commission recommending 150 terminations.
The Rev Father D J Wholey greeted at Intercolonial Hall Dudley street by St Josephs Roxbury parishioners in a reception led by John A Brett. Speeches highlighted the event and noted the parish as one of the wealthiest in the city.
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