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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
10
June 24 Fall River faces a new era as wage scales rise on July 2 reversing a long reduction. About 30 000 workers across 93 mills in 41 companies await higher pay with 2000 families having already left during the strike. The payroll gains amount to 28000 weekly, with some plants already enjoying higher rates and others to follow.
Mrs Martha Moore Avery, once a Socialist, now a prominent critic, plans to form a national league to combat socialist ideas across the United States. She says the movement will oppose trade unions falling under socialist control and cites Dr Edward Everett Hale as an influence.
Late Saturday notices claimed the Barnum and Bailey show would restore its abandoned parade. Managing Director George O Starr of Providence said the reports are entirely false and aimed at harming the show. He promised a reward for information identifying those spreading the stories.
Harvard class of 1881, Governor Curtis Guild’s classmates, gathered at Trinity Church for a 25th anniversary service and a Brookline tea hosted by Edward and Mrs Atkinson. 181 of 198 graduates attended, with many wives present. The class has established a $100,000 anniversary fund for Harvard needs.
Special cars carried Harvard College class of 1881 members and their wives to Brookline after Trinity Church service. They were hosted by Mr and Mrs Edward Atkinson who live near the Reservoir on Heath Hill. Tea followed reminiscences as guests toured the estate. Governor Guild rode to the house on the first electric, wearing a straw hat and carrying a cane.
Ernst Donath died after a short illness in Jamaica Plain at 53. His funeral at Boston Turnverein headquarters drew about 800 friends. He was a Boylston Shulverein member and 26 year Boston Turnverein veteran, serving 10 terms as president. Crematory services followed at Forest Hills with eulogies by Maurer and Shu bers. Pallbearers included Sterr Muller Metzger and Reiss. He leaves a widow a daughter and two sons who will take over the Jamaica Plain hardware business.
Dr John E Sinclair known as Aaron Burr awaits a sealed jury verdict at midnight in Suffolk county jail He is charged with the death of Annie Russell of Charlestown after an alleged medical operation Several weeks of confinement and a calm demeanor mark his days with no callers or public statements The outcome could determine his future in the case
Excerpt notes Governor McLane asking Attorney General Eastman to ensure New Hampshire betting laws are enforced at Rockingham track in Salem. The Rockingham Park, owned by the New England Breeders' Club led by Andrew Miller, faces concern over whether betting will be regulated properly. The governor urges vigorous action if violations occur.
Engineer George H. Williams of the New York New Haven earned a heroic award from the president for rescuing Mrs. H. H. Hill at Quincy station last December. He risked his life to save her from death.
N. H. & H. R. R. engineer earns presidential medal for heroic rescue at Quincy station last December. Mrs. H. H. Hill of Quincy survived after the station incident.
Mr. Williams of the Boston area jumped from his locomotive to push a passenger train from danger on December 21, 190. He was struck by the engine, hurled 50 feet, and lay four weeks in Quincy hospital. Roosevelt awarded the medal. Massachusetts Humane Society already honored him. Carnegie Medal sought.
Italian societies in Revere held a religious festival for St Anthony of Padua. A parade started at Town Hall and moved to the new church on Revere Street for Mass celebrated by Rev Father De Bonits with Father Biason of Boston. A Marine Band concert followed in a nearby lot.
A New York political scene notes that James Brice Gordon Rinehart, candidate for Ward 3 Republican leadership, is the Harvard Rinehart once famed for the campus yell O oh Rinehart. Tony, a former Hub waiter, recalls how the shout grew from Thayer Hall and pump stops to a Cambridge street tradition.
A memorial service for Knights of Pythias members was held in Berkeley yesterday afternoon after a parade down Warren and Tremont streets. Grand lodge officers attended, led by Rev. Allen Stockdale who spoke on making a glory world by aiding hospitals and relieving the poor. An appeal by a hospital boy and circus clowns was cited as a recent example of K of P benevolence.
Charles C. Cox, 8, father of Hon. A. E. Cox, reports theft of a gold heirloom watch valued at 150 dollars, gold spectacles, and a vest. The items were in his cellar when he fell ill and were taken while he rested. Inspector Greenteafe leads the case with an arrest expected soon.
The steamship Winifredian delivered a goat to Colonel Roger Scannell of 3 North Grove Street. The box bore his address and the animal was shipped from Killorglin.
Landlady at 48 Garden Street West End discovered lodger Thomas McKinnion dead in bed yesterday morning. The 68 year old painter suffered heart trouble and was a well known West End figure.
In Newport Vermont four clerks from local stores drowned during a lake outing on Lake Memphremagog. The canoe overturned between Horseneck Island and Lindsay's Beach while Mrs. Fred Paquin and Miss Ethel Paquin accompanied the two paddlers. Bodies had not been recovered by nightfall as volunteer crews searched with lanterns and grapples.
The Ninth Regiment Veterans' Association outlines a four day itinerary with a 300 member command and band parading in the city on Saturday September 1 then traveling by special train to New York at 6 p m They will be greeted by the Sixty ninth Regiment Veterans' Association and hosted at the Broadway Central Hotel An excursion up the Hudson to Albany will occur on Tuesday September 4 followed by a late night train to Boston A banquet will be hosted in New York with Mayor McClellan and city officials reviewing the command Captain Thomas F Clark chairs the organizing committee and plans a memorable visit with representatives from Boston military commands joining the trip
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