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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
4
Club women bearing blue badges from numerous states are registering in a large conference, showing broad national participation. Organizers expect thousands to attend as registration continues through the week.
Thousands filled Symphony Hall for the Boston gathering of the federation delegates with exhibits labeled Local information bureau and Excursion tickets among the activities. Boston hostages pressed for leadership and the next biennial as Washington and Los Angeles vie for a slot. A hairpin and personal accessory pavilion sat beside speeches from Ellen Spencer Massey and Mary Lockwood, while a Westminster breakfast featured Miss Marion Brazier and 16 states represented by 175 women in formal dress.
A Chicago retiree describes twenty years of inflammatory rheumatism eased by Dr Williams Pink Pills. He details years of pain swelling and bed confinement before rapid improvement and lasting health after use. Pills sold by druggists or mail order from Schenectady at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50.
Visiting delegates from the National Association of Women’s Clubs will board the Myles Standish at Rowe’s Wharf at noon for a tour of Massachusetts Bay. The luncheon menu includes 750 pounds of chocolate bonbons from Walter L. Lowney Co and the trip is funded by numerous firms and the city of Boston through Mayor Hibbard.
Massachusetts State Federation officers hosted a reception for visiting officers and delegates at Grundmann Studios Clarendon street. The receiving line included Miss Georgie A. Bacon state president and several prominent matrons. Quarters were organized by Mrs. G. W. Pfeiffer with helpers from Lowell Malden Brookline and Lynn. Palm and flower decorations enriched the hall.
Thomas W. Lawson tops guests at Boston Business League banquet. The Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps hosts open house at 18 Boylston street. A reception by Mrs Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland at 302 Beacon street for press members. Noted visitors include Mrs Freeman Brown and many others from Chicago New York and California. Leaflets promote Mrs May Alden Ward candidacy. Potter and Howe Hall welcomes visitors at Huntington avenue.
A reflective poem tracing the rise of the club woman in the nineteenth century, from scandal or curiosity to social respectability. It notes debates about intellect and duty, church endorsement, and changing opinions as women join clubs and contribute to society.
Charles Walzer, bitten three months earlier by a dog, died of hydrophobia at Magee Pathological Institute Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg.
Three thousand five hundred women attended a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at Symphony Hall where Julia Ward Howe, aged 89, appeared to a standing ovation after Weber’s Oberon overture. The piece ended, Howe joined the audience again, and the evening closed with multiple tributes.
Mrs. Mary Crockmeyer of No 2463 Second Avenue woke to a battle under her bed between her fox terrier and a large rat. In her alarm she lit a candle and set the mattress aflame. The escape of the crying terrier with the squealing rat prompted 24 families to flee their flats in a panic.
Harvard College graduates gathered for the final class dinner at the American House. Cr. G Ball praised opportunities for life at the dawn of the 20th century. J L Derby defended football and outdoor sports and cheered Roosevelt.
Simon Bloodheart, 60, a member of a prominent Greenville family, died after an operation to correct a condition that prevented him from lying down for 20 years. He lived as a recluse in a West Side shack following an accident decades ago.
In Alameda near Encinal Yacht Club a rowboat carrying Harry Johnston Walter Innes Anthony Mur dock and John Timmey sprang a leak and sank after a late night from a dance. The four men swam to shore while still in evening attire.
In Washington on June 22 the jury convicted Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider on most counts of a land fraud conspiracy case. John A. Benson and Henry P. Dimond were acquitted on all 42 counts. Benson and Dimond released. Hyde and Schneider face up to two years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both. Jurors deliberated nearly seven hours. Sentence for Hyde and Schneider deferred.
In Trenton New Jersey on June 22 the Court of Chancery heard a case where Mrs. Mary Van Doren Smith and Clinton Smith Jr sue for divorce from Clinton Smith Sr and Mrs. Lillian Cheseman Smith. Both complainants charge desertion with separate representation by Harry C Valentine.
President Roosevelt's Harvard class of 80 dined to the number of 50 at the Algonquin Club last evening. Though the most distinguished member was not present, he was there in spirit and his name drew applause. A musical programme directed by Dr. Henry C. Baldwin recalled memories of college days in Cambridge.
Max Henry Newman of Boston argues for opening state reservations to camping for boys and girls to promote outdoor life, health, and tuberculosis prevention. He urges immediate action and cites examples from other places, calling on Massachusetts to lead by providing best natural air and quiet to families.
The $10,000 alienation of affections suit by Perley E. Eames against Andrew G. Stanhope was terminated by entry of non-suit announced by Attorney O Hea for Hames. Mrs Eames had filed for divorce amid the suit and received a decree earlier this year. In St Petersburg Nicholas Tschaikowsky faces court martial for high treason after a preliminary examination.
Six of sixty one residents at the Louisiana leper home in Iberville Parish were cured over two years according to a biennial report. The institution emphasizes sanitary surroundings and access to first class medical care. The complex sits along the Mississippi River levee on a 400 acre estate with modern buildings. Only 11 residents fled in two years and several returned. Four to six Sisters of Charity care for all needs, with none infected or fearful of contagion.
A daytime fire on the government torpedo station island in Newport harbor caused panic but was contained before reaching high explosives. The flames were limited to the chemical laboratory, and magazines remained secure.
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