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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1909
Page
10
The week saw stock market liquidation amid failures to list Steel on the Paris Bourse and fallout from Sugar investigations and a Taft tax proposal. Railroads show growing earnings and favorable crop outlook supports activity, though prices may swing as tariffs and crops pass.
Dividends payable today include Calumet & Arizona at 1 Delaware & Hudson at 21-4 percent and Railway Steel Steam pfd at 138-4 percent. Ex-Dividend for Allegheny & Western Manila Elec R R New York Central Rep Sr. & St. pfd. Books close for Ind St Ry Standard Gas Lt. pfd United N J R R & Canal. Books open Am Smelting & Ref Maryland Coal ptd meetings.
Eleanor Robson, noted actress of Merely Mary Ann and Salomy Jane, is reported to marry New York magnate August Belmont. They are said to be planning a Paris wedding in July, with the couple frequently seen together in London society and at Belmont residences.
Governor Draper names Homans and Moors to the Finance Commission for five years with a $5000 annual salary to lead a body wielding loan and appropriation powers and subpoena authority. Sullivan, a former congressman and city official, accepts a sacrifice to join as a Democrat balancing city politics. The commission begins July 1.
The body of Chief Plenty Horses, 73, killed Saturday night by a railroad train in the Boston and Albany freight yards, will be taken to Pine Ridge Agency Dakota this evening accompanied by his squaw and young son. The chief, once with the Wild West Show in town last week, died as workers prepared to board the sleeping train. Susie Little Elk, his wife, faced the tragic news at City Hospital in a deeply emotional scene.
John Bigelow, aging editor in Highland Falls, weighs changing Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf by adding Thackeray, Nicholas Nickleby, Faerie Queene, and Homer in place of Arabian Nights, Darwin, Tam O Shanter, and Aeneid. He dismisses Boswell as not a true classic and offers his own formative reading list centered on Macaulay essays Guizot Edgeworth Swedenborg and Horace.
Captain William F. Pollard of the Red Star line steamer Manitou, born in London and aged 87, recounts his long naval career from apprentice in Worcester to command of his present vessel. He recalls a Malay monkey aboard Sebu harbor where a feeding mishap led to the animal’s drowning after a dramatic chase and boat battle.
Mrs. E. O. Taylor laid the cornerstone of Stratford Street Baptist Church in West Roxbury with a silver trowel. The Rev. A. T. Dykeman led the ceremony. the copper box contents were read by J. A. Briggs. Construction began four months ago and should finish in three months.
The schooners Mary A Hall and Hunter collide off Nausett with the Hall towing the disabled Hunter to anchorage. The Hunter’s captain blames the Hall’s captain for the incident while Mary A Hall remains midstream awaiting cargo discharge and aid.
Memorial service held at Grand Army Hall Charlestown with Rev Seaboyer and M A Nugent speaking. Eastern Star members attend. soloist Gladys Fawards and Hazel Whitmer pictured. Four members died in the past year. Wage dispute at John Donnelley & Sons affects 16 billers. Moulders Union 106 calls important meeting. Plumbers State Association merges into New England group. report to convention in Northampton. NYNH&H Freight Handlers Union 70 reelects Shea. leadership slate named.
The Plant line launches summer trips starting Tuesday June 22 with the steamship Halifax departing Commercial wharf at noon for Halifax Hawkesbury and Charlottetown. No Wednesday sailing this week and from June 26 the A W Perry will sail Saturdays and Wednesdays for Halifax only. The brief tours attract travelers seeking a quick ocean voyage and a three day visit to Halifax.
In a letter to the editor, Thomas F. Doherty argues the Boston mayoral nominee should be of Irish ancestry to maximize votes. He asserts honesty and ability exist across races, but the key factor is polling power, and the Roosevelt Club’s stance aligns with selecting a candidate of Irish extraction to defeat Fitz gerald.
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