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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
7
A scene at Clark's Bank wharf followed the arrival of the knock about Alice from Clark's Bank. Barney Dobbin, a crewman, is missing after leaving in a dory a week ago and not returning as fog settled in.
The Rev. Michael A. O Kane of Boston College has fallen gravely ill. He was sent to Greylock Rest in Adams Massachusetts for two months of rest after a period of illness and return to health is hoped.
William H. Fletcher of the Robert Fulton Monument Association announced that a national design competition has begun to select plans for a memorial to Robert Fulton. The project is budgeted at 2.5 million dollars and will be erected in Riverside Park between 114th and 116th streets in New York City. Architects of good standing may apply to enter as competitors.
New York on June 24 reports a minor machinery trouble will stop the steamship Harvard from sailing on her usual trips from New York June 25 and from Boston June 26.
A three masted British schooner Phoenix bound from Windsor Nova Scotia to New York with 400000 feet of lumber likely foundered near Libby Island Maine. Captain Bently his son and daughter and four crew members reached the island and found shelter for the night.
Atlanta June 24 Governor Hoke Smith who retires this week suspended D G McLendon chairman of the State Railroad Commission. The action follows McLendon s recent decision to refuse to order state railroads to cut rates between Savannah and Atlanta known as the port rates.
In New York on June 24 Mrs. Howard Gould told of seeking Dustin Farnum’s company to return to acting and to play Rosalind in As You Like It. Farnum denied improper conduct and said Mrs. Gould behaved with dignity. He is ill in Bucksport, Maine, with a possible court appearance next Monday.
Cardinal Gibbons in New York argues for including religion in all school levels as a required subject to shape Christian principles. He proposes denominational schools under state supervision funded like public schools to serve a cosmopolitan student body.
Judge Pierce in Lowell denied a motion to set aside the verdict of 9000 dollars in the libel suit Mayor Brown v. John H. Harrington publisher of the Lowell Sun. The decision upholds the jury verdict and maintains the libel finding.
New York March 24 Frank H Roland nicknamed the prince of joy riders was sentenced by Judge Swann in Part III General Sessions to not less than two nor more than three years at Sing Sing. The judge called the sentence a danger signal to speeders who break laws and ordinances against speeding.
Satirical verse by Walt Mason railing against idleness and malice. The speaker proclaims living for scandal, folly, and carefree complaint while criticizing virtue and labor.
Danvers is the setting as Annie Maud Brewer, 39, the Lynn murderess of Gideon W. Latisimer Jr., dies in the Danvers Insane Asylum. Convicted of manslaughter for the 1894 arresting crime, she served seven years at the House of Correction before her mental decline led to commitment.
Willis N. Kimball of Lawrence was convicted in the Superior Court on five of 24 counts charging larceny of wool valued at $18,000 from the American Woolen Company where he worked. He received a four to eight year State prison term. Three co defendants pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property. sentencing for them is set for September.
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