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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1905
Page
10
Elisabeth Polansky, once in Minsk, Russia, awaits her fiancé Hyman Schreder who fled exile in Siberia after a conspiracy charge. Schreder, released by bribery, intends to reach Boston in July via London. Polansky, now in Boston, hopes the Czar and his cohorts are punished for the inhumanity.
After six months in the United States Miss Polansky declares Russia will become as glorious as the land of the free and the brave. She speaks good English and is familiar with American literature and history.
Professor C. C. Rice, a Leland Stanford University language instructor, allegedly driven insane after being jilted. His father N B Rice took him from Lincoln to Brooklyn to confront a unnamed girl, whose letters were found on the professor when he wandered in Allegheny.
The Church of the Disciples led by Rev. Charles G. Ames will leave its West Brookline Street and Warren Avenue site. The new church will rise at Jersey and Peterboro streets in Back Bay, with the first service planned for Oct 1 after summer recess. Nearby development is sparse but expansion trends favor the move for member convenience.
John Burns of Rock Terrace believes a letter from a Boston woman contains directions to the buried body of his son Frank J. Burns, the Athol jewelry salesman who disappeared December 17, 1903. He will return to Athol to pursue the lead, aided by details claiming the body lies in a brook bed near a small pond by a bridge and broken rail fence.
Mrs. O. Boese of New York announces the engagement of her daughter Florence Devere to Thomas Ogden of Liverpool England. Ogden, a director of Imperial Tobacco and head of Ogden Tobacco of Liverpool, met Miss Devere in Lenox and proposed after a brief romance. They plan marriage in New York next fall and Ogden will return after Montreal business. He sails from Montreal for Liverpool.
A Boston Post report recounts Charles Estabrook foreseeing death in an automobile, his companions Miss Albina Bassett and Miss Lamoreaux detailing the accident near Marblehead. Rhoades blames a possible clutch mix up as the deadly cause. Bassett and Lamoreaux suffer injuries while Bassett faces lung pain and confinement, Lamoreaux with ankle injuries. The two vow to avoid cars in the future.
A Boston hotel dispenser notes the gin rickey waning as a summer cooler. The drink's decline began last year and is more evident this season, with horse’s neck and ginger ale also fading. The Scotch high ball remains but less popular.
A runaway car rolled downhill on Greenbriar Street Dorchester yesterday without occupants. It struck a hydrant, breaking it off and sending a 60 foot water geyser into the air. Two Providence men left the car briefly at Greenbriar Bowdoin, then it ran 150 yards crashing into the sidewalk and was stopped by the hydrant. Water department workers halted the flow after turning off the water. The car’s interior was flooded and the street became a river. Names of the men were not released.
Louis Krokyn of 1266 Tremont street announced plans for an elaborate Fourth of July event for the Help ing Hand Home for Destitute Hebrew Children. A subscription is underway to buy a piano for the home, with numerous Hebrew community supporters listed among donors.
A leaking ball-cock in the Cole building on Washington street awakened alarms early this morning. Police under Sergeant Burke traced the noise from water dripping on sheet metal to the source, with residents spilling into the streets in their night attire. Citizens and railroad workers gathered as officers searched the Cole block and neighboring bank buildings for potential robbers.
June 2 report says Pope Pius X dislikes papal imprisonment and plans to leave Vatican. The King of Italy is informed with approval, and Emperor William II offers as intermediary. Talks cover Rome governance with the Pope declared ruler while Italy retains executive sovereignty.
Raguicci Cosimo of Everett was arrested after a yearlong search begun July 17, 1904, for assault with intent to murder Pasquale Russo. The arrest followed a daytime knife attack at Hanover Street station with Russo wounded in the legs and abdomen. Cosimo denies involvement and faces arraignment today.
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