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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
5
Radcliffe College prepares for class day next Wednesday with extensive arrangements. Lanterns will illuminate the college yard and rooms in Fay House Agassiz House library and gymnasium will host seniors reception for friends. President and Mrs Briggs along with Misses Irwin and Coes will receive guests.
Judge Lowell upheld a 25 percent ad valorem duty on Chinese preserved sausage at U S District Court. Wing Sing Lung & Co appealed after the Board of General Appraisers ruled the sausages were subject to duty, not free of charge as Bologna sausage.
Strong influence pushes Governor Draper to appoint John N. Moors to the new Finance Commission. Moors, a former member of the old commission and partner in Moors & Cabot banking firm, has expressed willingness to serve and is active in municipal affairs.
Reginald Hull begins duties as secretary of the association and takes up an office at 631 Massachusetts avenue Hyde's block. He previously served three years as secretary to Bishop Lawrence and over a year as assistant secretary of the Boston Finance Commission.
Mrs Geo L Fridhoff reports her six year old daughter suffered two months with hive like sores from contact with affected children. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, itching eased and the disease disappeared. endorsement dated June 30 and July 13, 1908 from Warren, Michigan.
Reception runs 8 to 9 with songs by the Glee Club and selections by the Mandolin Club. Spreads in halls and yards, dancing in Agassiz House and gym. Dorothea Clapp chairs, Helen Cotton invites, Jene Ketchum handles decorations. Glee Club officers include Frances White president and Eleanor Richardson secretary. Next year officers listed. final Harvard seniors farewell concert June 26.
The Boston Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners advances four new schools and two addi tions including Abraham Lincoln School on Ferdinand Street and Peter Faneuil School on Joy and South Russell streets. Other projects cover Bishop Cheverus East Boston Nathan Hale Roxbury Dorchester High annex and Longfellow Roslindale extensions with costs ranging from about 50 900 to 868 000 and pupil capacity up to 1760.
Police investigate the death of Elsie Sigel found in a dilapidated trunk. Two Chinese residents, William Loon and Chung Sin, are missing. A note to Leon warned stopping contact with Sigel. Father identified a gold bracelet bearing BE Ts initials. Evidence ties Sigel to William Loon and sightings with him before her disappearance.
Miss Maude Adams rehearsed at Harvard Stadium for her role in Jean d Arc to be staged Tuesday evening. She rode a white charger during the session and Harvard students were admitted while the baseball team practiced. Afterward the Harvard Dramatic Club hosted a garden party at the Harvard Union with professors, club members, and guests greeting Adams. ushers led guests through the receiving line.
Mayor George H. Brown sues John H. Harrington publisher of the Lowell Sun for 50000 dollars. The case went to the jury at 11 20. By 3 45 p m the jurors had not reached a verdict. The trial follows last fall's political campaign and could influence the upcoming election. The judge instructed that truth without malice and in the public interest justifies statements about a candidate.
In Gilmanton New Hampshire the balloon Massachusetts landed after a two hour flight from Rutland Vermont. Pilot William Van Sleet of Pittsfield Massachusetts guided Professor William H. Pickering of Harvard and Jay P. Benton of the Boston Transcript as passengers amid a 44 mile per hour gale.
Thomas Greathead, 75, of Newton Upper Falls, was drowned in the Charles River near his home last night. The body was recovered this morning marking the first drowning victim of the season in the Newtons.
In Honolulu on June 18 locals pledged half the required funds for MIT to establish an observatory at the edge of Kilauea to study volcanic action.
Patrick Rooney fell from a two horse team on Prison Point bridge and was crushed when the wheels passed over him yesterday afternoon.
John J. Kelfrich, 24, a Boston Elevated conductor, was knocked from the running board of his car in the subway at Park Street yesterday afternoon. He struck an iron post and suffered a fractured skull as scores of witnesses watched the incident unfold.
Fred O. Ellis, retiring principal of the Norcross school, received a mahogany hall clock presented by the district's teachers, current and former janitors, and the pupils who showed appreciation for his years of leadership.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports generous post sale support and reduced expense ratios. Over ten years expenses-to-premium ratio fell, with industrial department savings totaling 5.5 million dollars in five years. Benefits across in force policies increased by 19 percent since January 1, 1907.
The Board of Street Commission voted yesterday to extend Dix Meese on Tremont Street.
Bernard T. Tarbox the principal in the Gertrude Devine elopement has filed a new legal motion through attorney Fred J. Norton calling for William P. Devine to furnish a bill of particulars in his ongoing suit against Tarbox. Francis M. Carroll represents Devine.
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