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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
4
Fibres Washington and Winter Streets feature hundreds of unworn lots with embroidered fronts lace yokes low necklines and assorted styles. Women’s Swiss Ribbed Vests 25c value 17c 3 for 50c and many other items including Lisle Stockings Petticoats Lingerie Waists and Tailored Linen Suits offered at reduced prices with multiple styles and colors.
Washington June 17 Captain John H Poole Corps of Engineers relieved from duty as superintendent of the State War and Navy Building and as military aide to the President Lieutenant U S Grant 3d Corps of Engineers grandson of President Grant now on duty at Boston will probably succeed him Poole ordered to enter the next class at the Army School of the Line Fort Leavenworth Kan Aug 15 next
Former Governor William T. Cobb was appointed receiver for the Mt. Waldo Granite Quarries in Frankfort Mo by mutual agreement. The Mt. Waldo plant was described as one of the largest and finest granite operations in the country.
A Columbus Ohio reader says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her through change of life restoring energy and ability to work. A Graniteville Vermont woman reports nervous symptoms eased and health returned after using the remedy. For thirty years the product has been a standard treatment for female ills and is widely used in communities.
At a Taft Tickler Club spring outing in South Duxbury, Mayor Hibbard faced jeers during a proposed toast. Republican leaders including J W H Myrick floated booms for Hibbard and Myrick, while Milton C Paige pressed for other city roles. The day featured clam bake, a ball game pitting pro and anti Hibbard teams, and a flag presentation by Colonel M F E Hennessey.
Washington June 17. A Democratic Senate caucus affirmed support for enacting an income tax law this session. The minority did not denounce President Taft's plan for taxing corporations and believes the income tax issue should not be sidelined.
Clouds cloaked the western sky preventing Professor Oliver C. Wendell of the Harvard observatory from observing the solar eclipse last night. He aimed to time contact and check the theoretical 6 54 o'clock and establish a basis for future observation. No eclipse photos were planned as sunlight would wash out the corona.
The Rev. Father Gasson president of Boston College was welcomed by Sioux chiefs Red Willow Pine Bird Plenty Horse and Two Lance at Pine Ridge South Dakota and named High Bird in a tribal initiation. He accepted the honor and was gifted buckskin vest and a stagecoach invite while the tribe celebrated and praised his friendship with the Sioux.
The Superior Court jury retired after 3 PM to weigh charges of larceny and conspiracy against six defendants including Charles S. Stuart A E Simpson George H Stuart William A Swett Henry A Burgess and Frank Holcomb with two co defendants Melvin P D Ferguson and H M Faust having turned state's evidence The verdict if returned overnight would be sealed and revealed when court convenes in the morning
The Fairbanks Family in America Association held its eighth annual reunion in Dedham with about 300 family members and 200 nonfamily attendees. Officers elected include President Henry Irving Fairbanks of Somerville, Vice Presidents J Wilder Fairbank of Boston and Alfred S Roe of Worcester, Secretary Mrs Mary E Ray of Franklin, and Treasurer Frank H Fairbanks of Boston.
In Brockton on June 17 a Superior Court jury awarded $2349.67 to William H. Andrews a Civil War veteran and Grand Army man. Andrews sued Walter H. Whiteway claiming the money loaned to pay a mortgage was repaid. Whiteway testified the funds were a gift.
Dr William Sturgis Bigelow of Boston is appointed American delegate to the Congress of Literary and Artistic Associations to meet in Copenhagen Denmark on June 21.
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss Maria de Acosta daughter of Mrs. Ricardo de Acosta of New York to Andrew Robeson Sargent son of Professor and Mrs. Charles S. Sargent of Holm Lea Brookline. The autumn wedding is planned with Miss de Acosta staying as guest at Holm Lea.
Port Huron, Mich. June 17. Circuit Court grants William Micks a divorce from Nellie Micks, freeing him from polygamy charges. He had married wife No. 2 after believing wife No. 1 was divorced, and now plans to resume life with wife No. 1.
Miss Ellen McCloskey of New York overstayed her two week visit to her sister in Wilkesbarre and faced Alderman Donohue after refusing to pay an eight dollar week’s board bill. Her brother in law Edward Miano had invited her for two weeks. she stayed three and then paid.
Alfred Mitchell Innes of the British embassy met with Secretary Knox at the State Department in Washington to press Britain's objection to American participation in the Chinese railway construction loan. Other diplomats also discussed the issue during their weekly talks.
Governor Draper pushes for prorogation of the Legislature by tomorrow as leaders from both parties coordinate to end the session. The note indicates anxious urgency from the governor and collaborative effort among top lawmakers.
Kent's Hillel Me June 17 Professor John Orville Newton longtime head of the science department at Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Woman's College was chosen vice-president and principal, becoming the formal head of the institution.
Hutchinson Kansas reports an appeal to County Attorney Kelinger to dissolve a religious sect labeled snake worshippers. The group is accused of holding meetings where women and children were reportedly bitten by poisonous reptiles.
Malachi Jennings failed to collect $800 from Henry M. Whitney, Democratic candidate for Governor, after a jury-waived Superior Court session. Whitney had paid Jennings $1200 for work before the Ballot Law Commission during the Bartlett Whitney convention dispute.
About 200 Italian and Portuguese workers on the Nantucket railroad halted progress today demanding higher wages, temporarily tying up reconstruction efforts.
In Caracas on June 17 the high federal court ruled that Castro's January 1908 decrees canceling salt concession monopolies are unconstitutional. The decision challenges government control of salt and related monopolies.
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