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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
5
John Henry Holmes 69, longtime editor in chief of the Boston Herald, died at his Wayland home after a protracted illness. He was one of the country’s best known newspaper men and fell ill early in the spring, with his condition recently deemed serious.
The long serving editor and publisher transition leaves W E Haskell as editor in chief while Holmes divests 6981-2 shares and withdraws from financial ties to the Boston Herald Company. Born 1843 in Peabody he rose from librarian to lead editor noted for turning the Sunday Herald into a premier New England paper.
Elizabeth W. Wood daughter of Representative Charles J. Wood married Chester T. Morey MIT 1911 of Providence. Ceremony at 63 Magazine Street Cambridge officiated by Rev. James W. Higgins, who previously tied the knot for the couple’s parents. Bridesmaid was Margaret S. Wood. best man Arthur S. Morey.
The case against Charles F. Cuddy of Somerville former Malden High School athletic instructor and coach was dismissed by Judge Charles M. Bruce at the Malden Court for want of prosecution after months of continuances.
A school teacher Mrs R C Moore of San Antonio Texas praises Peruna claiming relief from general debility nervous prostration and severe cough. Mrs M P Curry of Petersburg Illinois describes long standing internal catarrh stomach and liver troubles and swelling feet after two bottles of Peruna she recovered, surprising friends.
At the opening session of the Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association the Massachusetts Board of Health was sharply criticized as politically appointed and ill suited for its duties. The group urged adding members with professional drug and medicine knowledge to better represent the field.
I A Hubbard details Governor Foss assurances and a faulty appointment. critics attack the State Board of Health as inefficient. Pierre cites a roach poison law flaw. 64 membership requests arise. The Swampscott meeting features a governors’ recommendation plan and a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy smoker.
Confederate veterans and their families gathered at the old Soldiers Home to mark the Bunker Hill anniversary. The event featured vaudeville music oratory and refreshments. General Charles H. Taylor of Boston funded the annual entertainment with a $100 gift.
Washington report says Senator Nelson of Minnesota will decide within days whether to seek another term to succeed himself at the end of his current March 4 term. He denied retirement and promised a later statement addressing the question.
The Bundesrat denied a concession to the Princes Trust to carry European emigrants to New York. The company had acquired land at Emden, while Hamburg American and North German Lloyd will make Fraden a port of call for some freighters.
L. W. Osborne of Auburn New York was injured when three tires blew on a touring car carrying seven from Boston to the Yale Harvard game. He went to hospital with not serious injuries. Others in the car were W. S. Chapin H. R. Hardwick Day Kimball DPD Handy and J. J. Keeler.
Harry K Thaw testified for the state in the insanity trial at Matteawan prison as his defense seeks freedom. He was asked about a letter to Clifford Clattridge which he admitted writing though he said it was not for publication. The session largely reviewed prior testimony from earlier hearings and Thaw's 1906 murder trial.
Jewelry valued at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars was taken last night from the safe at George M. Studebaker’s summer home near North Hampton New Hampshire. Police say the safe combination was changed by an expert locksmith and the theft was reported by Mrs Studebaker just before midnight. The butler William Thomas was missing after a servant roll call.
Chester Yates was arrested in San Francisco on information from New York police, charged with robbing an aged broker of 85,000 dollars worth of bonds in New York City a year ago. The clue came from San Diego where he is wanted for hotel burglaries.
Boston society reacts to the first public display of the panier gown and English swagger stick during the Country Club races class day exercises and the Back Bay fashion promenade yesterday and Monday.
Six girls from the Little Miss Fix-It company march in distinct panier outfits, each wielding an English swagger stick. Their display draws attention as men feel cricks in the necks and women feel envy. The group includes Miss Mary Rock.
Mabelle Filliott Marjorie Helstein Fay Pulsifer Lydia Carlysle and Marie Stewart wear coal hod and milk pail megaphone calabash lunch basket and bell-top paniers with matching head gear. Gowns vary from pale meringue to bright cerise.
The Coast Artillery corps commanded by Colonel Walter Lombard at Fort Strong reports shooting 84.5 percent, higher than the regular army. In service practice, two trial shots and four record shots were fired. forty seven officers attended the school conducted by Captain K P Reeder U S A.
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