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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
7
Postcard style notice promotes a Prov ipetown Bay line steamer trip on weekdays at 9 30 a m. from Bos en javenue with healthful recreation and pleasurable notes aboard. The fragmentary text highlights rest for tired nerves and enjoyable shoreline travel.
Alfred Farlow, on behalf of the Christian Scientists, expresses sincere gratitude for the courteous treatment received in recent dealings. The note is dated June 1902 and addressed to the editor of the Post.
Howard Doherty the single taxer will speak in City square Charlestown this evening at 8 o'clock on Strikes and How to Win.
Sir being a reader of your paper Sun day and every other day I quite agree with you on your article under the heading A Coal Famine It is indeed true wherein you state when the people come fully to recognize this fact they will find the remedy Now Mr Badbier trade unions ought to know the re y here in the East as they have in the West The Western labor unions 150 000 finve come out for socialism and have taken the Socialist party platform for their guide That is good news The Democrats and Republicans have been giving the labor unions promises which like pie crusts are made to be broken The system com ition which is the Mother of is s the cause of all the strikes and allows a very few men to rob the people You cannot see it But my fellow workingmen are seeing more and more each year Yours for socialism BERNARD W GIDNEY uynn June 2
Nathan Appini from the Army and Navy Club in New York letters the editor saying Americans will accept only the best canal uniting Atlantic and Pacific, favoring a sea level shorter route through Panama with no locks or tunnels as proposed by De Lesseps.
A resident of 6 Newton Street, Brighton, Boston, writes to ask if a law forbids Sunday carpentry noise and urges enforcement to prevent neighbors from monopolizing liberty at the expense of others. June 22.
A reader urges support for the Animal Rescue League founded by Anna Harris Smith. The letter commends its humane work and asks wealthier residents of Boston and nearby communities to become life or annual subscribers or donate to treasurer Livin Pop Cushing at 68 Verreet.
In the House June 2 two speeches by Landis and Williams closed the general debate on the Philippine civil government bill. They clashed with Republicans and Democrats amid strong applause and countercharges about war and leadership.
The Senate passes bills creating a National Forest Reserve in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and ratifying a Choctaw Chickasaw treaty with the United States. The forest bill authorizes purchasing up to 4,000,000 acres for no more than 10 million dollars and directs the Agriculture Secretary to select lands and preserve the hardwood forests.
A 34 year old Daniel, living on Chelsea Street in Boston, fractured his right wrist after being jolted from his wagon yesterday afternoon. He was treated locally and listed in stable condition.
Boston plans center on J Pierpont Morgan backed ocean passenger service with a 30-foot channel to Broad Sound by October and a %-foot deep water channel approved by Congress. War Department expects completion of the 30-foot canal and Congress has approved the deeper channel. In three years Boston could host an unmatched harbor and a flood of passenger traffic via New Haven route and other railroad steamship upgrades.
Miss Mary C Lyons eldest daughter of James Lyons of 191 Savin Hill avenue and Dr John T Sullivan will be married at St Peter's Church Meeting House Hill Dorchester this morning The ceremony will start at 9 o clock with Rev Pathe Michael Ronam of Lowell as celebrant The event marks the first solemn nuptial mass ever held at St Peter's Church A breakfast and reception follow at the bride's home The bridal party travels to New York and Atlantic City for the summer then plans residence on Massachusetts avenue
Mrs Mary Grant aged 24 vanished from 40 Wigglesworth Street Somerville Monday at noon. She left $5, has relatives in New York and may be suffering mental distress after the death of a young child. Last seen wearing a black skirt blue and white waist black velvet cape with green lining blue hat and black shoes. She is believed to have wandered away with her husband and two children aged eight and six.
The first lawn party of the season was held at Captain William MacMillan's grounds on Johnson Avenue. St John’s Club hosted the event with bright lanterns, a Choristers' Glee Club from the Church of the Messiah in Boston, soprano Miss Katherine Burrows, tenor Clarence Tasker, and the Franklin Male Quartet. The Astrella Orchestra provided music, with F J Anshelm and Walter Kilburn at the piano. About 200 ladies and gentlemen attended under the direction of G W Souther, William Sanby and William Kitson.
The Rev. James H. Van Buren of Porto Rico was consecrated an Episcopal bishop at St. Stephen's Memorial Church in Lynn. Eight bishops and about 100 clergy attended. The consecration was performed by Bishop G W Peterkin of West Virginia, with Bishops William Lawrence of Massachusetts and A C Hall of Vermont assisting.
About 750 Harvard alumni from classes of 72 82 92 96 and 9 gathered on Misery Island off Beverly. Hosts Misery Island Club greeted them with Harvard colors and salutes as steamers arrived. A baseball pennant match for class 92 ended 2 1 with a 2 to 1 victory followed by a tennis contest. Dinner started near 5 with most guests staying until 7 while some left for Beverly Farms.
Assistant District Attorney Hugh Bancroft and Miss Mary Cogan will wed at the bride’s home on Upland road Cambridge. The ceremony will be private with immediate family due to Miss Cogan’s illness. They plan a New Haven trip to watch the Yale Harvard boat race and a July departure for Europe.
An east bound coastal steamer fired rockets near Marblehead and Gloucester last night causing shore residents to think she was in distress. Two volunteer crews were formed to render aid, but the vessel continued its voyage apparently unharmed.
Confirmations by the Senate on June 24 include Brigadier Generals John C Bates and George W Davis advanced to major general, Colonels Theo J Wint Frank D Baldwin and Jesse H Lee named brigadier generals, and Colonel William H Forwood to be surgeon general of the army.
Sister confirms no publication of Louis Disbrow story while a man claims he has seen the prisoner in the Disbrow home since the Bergen Hotel meeting after the tragedy. The asserting man says Louis is pale and worn and desires to tell his version, but family and legal advice refuse.
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