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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
9
Cardinal O Connell will depart Boston Monday for New York and sail to Europe the next day aboard a Holland line steamer.
The Cardinal and his companion will travel for recreation, with Rt. Rev. Mgr. Michael J. Splaine named as part of the entourage. Heavy ecclesiastical duties since his Rome return have limited rest, prompting a foreign sojourn for a few weeks. He plans to return by September first.
Due to extreme heat Majestic Theatre will close until Nance O Neill joins the company for a limited Boston engagement. Lindsay Morison secured the star for The Fires of St John after negotiating her release from David Belasco. O Neill previously found fame in The Fires of St John.
Edward B. Nolan son of Edward J. Nolan of Somerville married Mary Josephine Gallant daughter of Leon J. Gallant on Wednesday June 19 in St. Anthony's Church Bloomfield P E I. Best man was Thomas J. Nolan and bridesmaid Lucy Gallant. They planned a breakfast with the bride's family and a trip to Bermuda before settling in North Cambridge.
A preview teases Percy the mechanical man as a highlight in the big comic section of next Sunday’s Post, inviting readers to enjoy the Fourth of July celebration with the feature.
A two year old grizzly bear weighing 800 pounds arrives as the first exhibit for the new Franklin Park Zoo fresh from Yellowstone Park. She bears unhealed wounds on her right forepaw where a steel trap once held her prisoner and she is described as full of fight.
Lady bear Madam Bruin is placed under care of trainer Paul Spie s sent for relocation to a round house cage. A new bear pit is under construction for the arrival of 18 more black to cinnamon and grizzly bears from the West. Margaret the bear is fed bread milk carrots meat and fish and guarded by stout bars as she growls at would be approachers.
Newport R I June 25 The torpedo boat destroyer Paulding ran two hours during annual speed and smoke tests under Lieutenant H R Doyle achieving what is claimed as the fastest time by any U S Navy vessel The Paulding previously held the destroyer record at 31 8 knots last year She is among the navy s early oil burner destroyers.
Governor Foss sent to the council 26 appointments including the new Board of Registration in Optometry created by the Legislature. The board will examine eyeglass makers and issue certificates. Willard Howland was reappointed as chairman of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board. James W. Syneen was confirmed as chairman of the Highway Commission. Fire loss commission members named Francis C. Powell Patrick O'Hearn Henry B. Benton and Francis Bangs.
Three suffragettes gained entry to St Stephen's Hall and smashed glass panels on a door to the central hall before police seized them and removed them to the station.
Announcement states Rev John A Butler moves from South Weymouth to become pastor of St Patrick's Church East Cambridge succeeding Rev Lawrence W Slattery who becomes pastor of St Joseph's West End succeeding the late Mgr J E Millerick. Father Butler first presides at St Patrick's next Sunday. Slattery at St Joseph's.
Readers are invited to suggest a clever title for the Unnamed Picture in next Sunday's Post and may win a $25 prize. Submit ideas that capture the image’s mood or story in a sharp newspaper tone.
Ann Boston, a Black woman, stabbed and killed Mrs. R. E. Jordan at Pinehurst, Georgia. A mob seized her from Cordele police, transported her to Pinehurst, and hanged her from a tree early today.
Emperor William hosts luncheon aboard the Hohenzollern with J Pierpont Morgan and Helmuth Hirth among guests. Admiral Von Reuber Paschwitz and Captain Ritter Von Mann report on the German squadron’s reception in Hampton Roads and New York.
Cambridge graduations concluded yesterday with four grammar schools Morse Ellis and Harvard and Wellington presenting diplomas. Mrs E A Whitman awarded diplomas at Morse while James B Vallely presided at the other ceremonies. Ellis School led with 147 graduates followed by Harvard 123 and Wellington 44.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Noyes of the R. H. White Company millinery depart ment left Boston on the Cunard liner Laconia for a semi annual European trip. They will visit London Paris Berlin Vienna and other fashion centers to seek hats and millinery novelties for the fall season and expect to return about mid August.
A fire at Quebec city’s Chicoutimi damaged the Cathedral and Hotel Saguenay, plus hundreds of houses, with total losses estimated at 2,500,000 dollars and about 500 families left homeless. Authorities suspect an overheated stove sparked the blaze.
Roscoe L. Hall of Lynn returns to negotiate with B F Sturtevant Blower Company management Readville to resolve overtime pay grievances of about 2000 workers. Workers seek time and a half for overtime and expect a hearing before Governor Foss before his trip to Baltimore for the Democratic convention. Jump-Ups at Newport plan a Fourth of July celebration to charm high society. outcome teased for next Sunday.
John A. Coulthurst of the City Council becomes the first notable bachelor in municipal politics to marry. His engagement to Miss Paradine Lyons of Brookline was announced at her home with no set wedding date yet, though invitations are expected soon.
Hartwell Ethrington, father of Carl Ethrington the prohibition detective lynched in Newark three years earlier, shot himself to death near Danville. Authorities say brood over his son's death led to the fatal act, leaving him a prosperous farmer who owned land nearby.
Henry F Perrin shot his bride of five weeks as she walked to her Olneyville mill. She died instantly. Witnesses restrained Perrin who was taken into custody. In District Court he pleaded guilty to murder and was held for the grand jury without bail.
The Eagle Park dock disaster Sunday night leaves 17 bodies recovered and 22 missing. An inquest will be held tomorrow before a Grand Island justice of the peace with the district attorney and medical examiner attending.
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