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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
4
President Roosevelt told House Agriculture Committee Chairman Wadsworth that the new meat inspection bill is inadequate. He criticized lack of 24 hour inspection and objected to government payment of inspection charges, calling the draft insufficient to ensure effective enforcement.
Henry C Houghton of Cambridge a leading book publisher with Houghton Mifflin died suddenly at his Swampscott summer home after four days of illness from pneumonia. A staunch nonpartisan, he chaired Cambridge idea plan efforts and supported civic groups including the Colonial Club. He leaves a widow three daughters and a son.
Two well dressed thieves gagged a clerk at Gra ham and Co laundry office on 101 Massachusetts avenue and escaped with a bank book $52 in cash a purse $3 and several checks. One thief lured Miss Rosella M Butterfield to the door with questions about prices before the escape.
Two men aged about 30, dark complexions, smooth faces, and wearing dark clothing with straw hats fled with an inbound of Peet cape. Pena the bank were noted payment stopped on the checks and bank book. The suspects weigh around 140 pounds.
Joseph A. Webber, long serving Boston fireman and aide to Chief John A. Mullen, married Mary H. Cunningham of Brockton at St. Patrick's Church Brockton. Rev William Keating officiated at 7 o clock. Mary was attended by Miss M McCann and Miss Alice F Barry, with Charles H Nosgrove as best man. The couple will live at Onset before moving to Roxbury.
Carpenters' District Council protested Governor Guild's appointment of President Dana to the Superior Court bench. They call the nomination a political reward for helping defeat the overtime bill and vow to send a protest to the executive council and urge unions to join. They favor Judge Wentworth for the seat due to legal qualifications and impartiality.
Police Commissioner Q Meara yesterday denied two officers permission to accept a $10 reward offered by a company that profits from placing slot machines in public places. The commissioner called it bad policy to tie police attention to a private business reward and insisted protection be equal for all businesses.
In Mineola Long Island Gertrude O Hara an 18 year old girl testified that Grover Cleveland Poole confessed to murdering her father James O Hara. Poole then testified that Miss O Hara confessed to murdering her father. The case centers on a dispute over Miss O Hara s engagement to Poole with the murder having occurred last August and body found buried in woods at Port Washington Long Island.
Washington June 14. Dr William Tindall secretary to the Board of District Commissioners here asserts typhoid fever is caused by factors other than typhus germs from polluted water or food. He cites climate changes and respiratory failure after sudden temperature shifts as having much to do with causing typhoid.
A vintage ad touts Apitero as a complete cereal combining meat starch and fruits with vegetable iron. It promotes Apitero Biscuits and Apitezo Grains, claiming maximum nourishment with minimal digestion, urging a thirty day trial and sale by grocers nationwide.
The funeral for Rt Rev John Bernard of Manchester was held at St. Joseph's Cathedral with mass led by Archbishop William H. O'Connell. Governor John McLane, state and city officials, clergy, and thousands attended the service and procession to the crypt beside Bishop Dennis Bradley's tomb.
San Francisco June 14 A dispute among fire insurers followed a bid by 61 companies to reduce liabilities from the Baer fire by 2 percent. Thirty two firms voting to pay losses in full held a meeting in Oakland forming an independent group. Firms favoring a 25 percent cut were excluded. State Insurance Commissioner Wolf with Attorney General Webb vows to expel insurers who fail to meet full payment from California.
Brown tail moth poisonings have begun in earnest with hundreds developing a rash from caterpillar contact. The public is advised against using soap and water for relief and to keep sores wet with X Zalia to stop itching. Recurrent infections in the same spots suggest bloodborne spread and yearly recurrence.
Visiting Royal Arch Masons will view floral emblems in the Public Garden designed by city gardeners. Arrangements recreate degrees of the order with pieces such as the square and compasses the keystone and the royal arch. The living designs aim to evoke an outdoor fairyland lodge for the visitors.
Arthur M. Huddell was elected president of the Hoisting and Portable Engineers' Union. Officers include George Barry as vice president and A E Pike recording secretary. B F Sturtevant Readville workers gain a 50 hour week with no wage cut, part of 14 Boston area shops cutting hours without pay loss since the Lynn machinists strike began. One hundred Boston machinists head to Lynn for a parade and base meeting on Tuesday. The Salvation Army building strike by 23 iron founders is resolved after a non union craftsman issue. Bartlett and Heywood settle a non-discrimination pact with Boilermakers Lodge 431.
Members of the American Medico Psychiatric Association discussed dementia during the third day of their annual convention at the Hotel Vendome. President Burr of Flint chaired sessions and the group visited McLean Insane Asylum at Waverley to inspect facilities. The convention closes today.
Police and anxious relatives search for Fritz Kahle age 8 and Gadsden A Bowles age 6 who wandered from Windsor Street after school on Wednesday afternoon. Both boys are described as mulatto and missing from home with efforts focused on locating them promptly.
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