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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1912

Page

2

Clergyman Chosen by Richeson Wed in Boston Street

The Rev. Crocker Sampson, chosen by Clarence W. Richeson as best man for his planned marriage to Violet Edmands, married Miss Helen Quint of 609 Boston Street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Arthur E. Harriman in the East Baptist Church auditorium.

Lynn Crocker Sampson Clarence Vv. T. Richeson Violet Edmands Helen Quint Hosea Quint Boston Street Arthur E. Harriman East Baptist Church

Cornell Instructor to Brown University

Alfred H. Jones a Cornell philosophy instructor has been named assistant professor of philosophy at Brown University He will teach the course previously led by President elect Alexander Meiklejohn of Amherst Jones taught a year at Dalhousie College Nova Scotia Providence June 13

Providence Alfred H. Jones Cornell University Brown University Alexander Meiklejohn Amherst Jones Dalhousie College Nova Scotia

Holston Heads Maine G A R Department Leader

In Bangor on June 13, W H Holston of Westbrook won the Maine Department G A R encampment election by 2 percent over John F Lamb of Livermore Falls. Holston received 152 votes to Lamb's 132 from a total of 284 ballots cast.

Bangor W. H. Holston Westbrook Department of Maine John F. Lamb Livermore Falls Holston Lamb

Sign Falls On Head In Strong Wind Injures Man

Harold Woodman, 50, of Cambridge, was struck by a large sign weighing a quarter of a ton that fell from 40 feet onto his head. He was only slightly injured after a fall in front of 6 to 14 Portland Street yesterday afternoon. Wind is blamed for tearing the sign from its fastenings.

Harold Woodman Cambridge Portland Street

Sign crash injures Woodman as building catwalk sign fails

Woodman, briefly knocked unconscious, recovered at Relief Hospital after a scalp wound required an overnight stay. A 40 foot high sign on the building collapsed, narrowly missing twenty passersby who scattered at a shouted warning. The sign measured an inch and a half thick, about three feet wide and 45 feet long.

Woodman

Tona Vita Gains Quick Praise In Boston

P F Malone of 42 Lynch St Boston credits Tona Vita with lifting years of fatigue and nerves after weeks of use. Boston druggists report instant popularity with stores selling many bottles to clerks and customers, amid cautious claims of no harmful ingredients.

P. F. Malone Lynch St Boston Adv

Bullets Repulse the Mob in Perth Amboy Strike

In Perth Amboy New Jersey June 13 a large mob of about two thousand attacked the American Smelting Refining Co plant as state militia from Trenton rushed to the scene to decide if calling out the militia was necessary. The strike, ongoing since earlier in the week, has grown more serious as workers quit factories.

Bollschweiler Wilson Perth Amboy N. J Trenton American Smelting & Refining Company

All Noise for Charlestown Prohibits Fireworks Ban

Police Commissioner O Meara issues a June 17 order banning fireworks and explosives for the public except in Charlestown from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for ordinary fireworks and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. for display fireworks. Firearms horns and noise makers banned near hospitals and patriotic events. Explosives on car tracks and large firework items restricted. Detonating canes torpedoes big firecrackers also prohibited.

O’meara Charlestown

Titanic Distress Signals Found Ignored by Californian

London June 13 The British court of inquiry into the Titanic disaster will find the steamer Californian faulted for not acting. Lord Mersey, president, stated he has no doubt the Californian saw distress signals from the Titanic and should have tried to reach it.

London Lord Mersey

Cabman Injured In Collision With Car In West End

Max Hessel, 27, of 225 Marion street East Boston, cab driver, was injured when his cab collided with a belt line car at Garden and Cambridge streets. He was removed to Massachusetts General Hospital after being thrown to the street. About 40 passengers rode the car.

Max Hessel Marion Street Boston Garden Cambridge Streets West End Massachusetts General Hospital Belt Line Hessel

Miss Amy Clokey Weds Arthur Lockwood in Fifth Avenue Church

Miss Amy V. Clokey, daughter of the late John T. Clokey, married Arthur G. F. Lockwood of Melrose, Mass., at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church New York with Rev. Addison Moore officiating. The couple, witnessed by relatives and friends, left for a short wedding trip and will reside in New York City.

Amy V. Clokey John T. Clokey Arthur G. F. Lockwood Thomas D. Lockwood Melrose Mass Fifth Avenue Baptist Church New York City Addison Moore John Edmund Clokey Ambrose R. Clark Hotel Astor Mrs. Lockwood

Philadelphia Man Heads Nurserymen Convention

At the seventh annual convention of the American Association of Nurserymen the business session and papers on nursery history preceded today’s close. Officers chosen include Thomas B. Meehan of Philadelphia as president J B Pilkington of Portland Ore as vice president John Hall of Rochester as secretary and C L Yates of Rochester as treasurer. Delegates then toured the harbor aboard a shore excursion with a Nantasket shore dinner.

American Association of Nurserymen Hotel Somerset Thomas B. Meehan Philadelphia J. B. Pilkington Portland Ore John Hall Rochester C. L.yates Nantasket

Body of East Boston Yard Man Found in Charles River

Richard Gallagher of 124 Falcon Street East Boston, a yard man for Boston and Maine at Charlestown yards, was recovered from the Charles River at 11 yesterday morning. The medical examiner ruled accidental drowning as the cause. He had not been seen since leaving home Tuesday morning for work.

Richard Gallagher Falcon Street Boston Boston & Maine Railroad Charlestown Charles River Gallagher

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