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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
9
Harvard moves to construct dormitories for the freshman class. Funding is largely secured and architect Mr. Coolidge of Shepley Rutan Coolidge is preparing the building plans.
President Lowell pushes a चार plan to curb cliques by mixing high and low priced dorm rooms. Four new dormitories will house 600 freshmen overlooking the Charles River. $600,000 pledged, $133,000 collected. $1,500,000 more needed to buy land and finish buildings. Some supporters urge library extensions before dorms.
Leopold Elfere an American citizen by naturalization born on Helgoland will be tried by the imperial supreme court in Leipsic on July 6 on a charge of espionage in the Rhine district. He has not sought help from the U S consulate.
Alphonso L. Sherburne aged 75 who for 24 years served as janitor of the Hotel Agassiz at 191 Commonwealth Avenue announces his retirement. He has accumulated a fortune of about 150000 through the friendship of Major Henry L. Higginson, owner and chief tenant of the hotel.
In 1900 Sherburne invested 6000 in Osceola stock at six dollars a share, guided by Major Higginson who guaranteed against loss. The shares are now valued at 126500, and Sherburne owns a Roslindale home and a Stoneham farm. He recalls a frugal upbringing, praises Higginson, and plans to retire with his wife’s memory. He plans to leave in September as builders work on a hotel project, while Higginson stays at the Agassiz during Boston visits.
The Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers hold their 20th annual convention in Boston from June 24 to 28. Headquarters at Hotel Somerset with a reception June 24. Delegates visit Harvard University and local electrical plants. opening session Tuesday morning.
Friends in Brooklyn and Boston learned yesterday that Charles Crawford married six years ago. Asked by phone about the belated announcement he said there was no great mystery and that his relatives knew of it at the time, but he declined to discuss further.
Mr. Cranford, a Lynn Massachusetts contractor with a Boston city street cleaning contract, long kept his marriage secret. He is now revealed to be father of two daughters and plans to return to New York. Cranford holds executive roles with multiple New York and Brooklyn firms and is linked to the Boston Disposal Company.
More than 2500 pupils mainly grammar school students applied to the school committee for permission to work during the summer vacation. About 60 percent were girls. The rush continues until July 4 with 900 applications received in one day.
The article notes 14 to 16 year olds may work if literate in English while 14 and under may sell newspapers. illiterate foreign born youths face strict rules with birth records, school certificates, and guardian consent. A rush of applications overwhelmed issuing staff led by Miss McMahon with nurses and clerks assisting. most children were promised work in downtown departments.
John Kurhals age 26 and William Stoniewicz age 57 were pinned against a fence and seriously hurt by a touring car driven by George Smith of Putnam Conn. The crash occurred near Lake and South Main streets as five youths rode in the car. Kurhals suffered a fractured right leg and Stoniewicz a fracture of the left arm. Both expected to recover. two riders were thrown from the car but unharmed.
London reports Captain Arthur H. Rostron of the Carpathia was thanked by the British government and the court at the Board of Trade inquiry into the Titanic disaster. Attorney General Sir Rufus Isaacs voiced deep gratitude for Rostron's conduct and the lives saved, with Lord Mersey and Sir Robert Finley offering congratulations.
A dealer touts Snow’s Whiskey from Old Whiskey Springs as superior in purity time enhances its mellow bouquet. The ad claims fair price for a drawn-from-the-barrel quart with strength and richness unmatched, noting no bolters among Thomas Snow & Son customers.
William Murray, Wakefield parks caretaker, found a 39 inch carp weighing 30 pounds on the shore of Lake Quannapowitt. Officials claim it may be the largest fish ever found in the state inland waterways.
Mounted Patrolman Harry N. Dickinson was hospitalized with a sprained ankle after a fall with his horse on the wet paving in Newspaper Row. He was temporarily assigned to keep traffic clear on Washington street during the Chicago convention bulletins.
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