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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
2
Hon John D Long spoke at Somerville Molrish and Latin High Schools urging students to keep Courtesy and honesty as essential oil for life. He warned against graft and materialism, saying culture must combine with fitness and practical virtue.
Joseph Prescott Williams a longtime Boston store owner in Union Street died at his home 23 Elston Street Somerville yesterday morning the obituary notes his years in the retail trade. He was known in the local business community and remembered by friends and relatives.
Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa day closed the year with a plenary session led by ex Governor Long and keynote remarks by James de Normandie. Officers were elected, a proposal to raise the class election cap to 36 was noted, and a commemorative medal from 1784 belonging to Benjamin Pickman was presented to the Harvard Library. The annual dinner followed at the Union with diverse dignitaries including Secretary Bonaparte and Professor Pickering.
Unclear OCR text reports a Cambridge resident 59 at 958 Broadway involved in a collision or mishap with a cat. Details are fragmented but indicate an injury to the collar bone region and a roadside incident on Broadway in Cambridge.
Over 160 relatives gathered at Lt. Forest F. Hall and Mrs. Hall home to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Hall is a musician with prominent roles in local entertainments. A daughter Miss Lillian Hall and George Wilson helped receive guests, with Linwood A. Linscott and Arthur Paul as ushers. Gifts included an oak buffet from Station 3 officers and a 150 piece silver set.
A stylish American looking woman in apparent means arrived at Sheriff Fairbairn's office and requested access to John Schidlofski, the golf link killer condemned to die the week of July 8, after weeks of solitary confinement with only his brother Dominick visiting.
A woman from Russia, unidentified, who knew the condemned man, arrives by private carriage and speaks to him in a foreign tongue before leaving in tears. Dr. Goldsmith, a Polish scholar, declares the man insane and not responsible for the crime, vowing to spend every hour seeking a stay of execution with Sheriff Fairbairn’s support. Others join the appeal, including Dr. Eddy and Mme Bondeitska, aiming to present facts to Lithuanian clergy and Governor Guild. The prisoner’s transfer to Charlestown State Prison is postponed awaiting further action.
Senator Tillman interrupted Senate business to denounce imperialist drift and protest the White House ejecting Mrs. Minor Morris last January. He faulted press headlines and urged scrutiny of the postmaster appointment while condemning the treatment of Morris as worse than a dog.
Washington June 28 The House approved the rail road rate conference report after a period of fatigue and hunger among members. Applause interrupted several speeches by Gaines of Tennessee Gellespie of Texas Curtis of Kansas and Driscoll of New York as the report was adopted amid cheers.
The President sent nominations to the Senate for Jacob Sleeper of Massachusetts as secretary of legation at Caracas Venezuela and for several postmasters in Massachusetts and Vermont. The Senate confirmed Peter Augustus Jay of Rhode Island to Constantinople and Jacob Sleeper to Caracas.
The Senate passed the general deficiency bill totaling 11,549,365 dollars, up 684,405 from the House version. Included is an increase of 94,321 dollars for the Naval Training Station at Newport Rhode Island.
The 2:30 PM mail delivery will be omitted to honor Philip Marchington the oldest letter carrier in the country who will be buried from the Waverly House Charlestown. Post master General Cortelyou ordered the tribute. A delegation of carriers led by the Letter Carriers Band will march to pay last respects. Pallbearers include Charles West Eugene Blosson George Fred Marden and Frederick R Pride. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
In Hartford the woman cried as her sister also wept in court after a sentence to Sherborn prison of not less than 10 months for distributing circulars that referenced an illegal operation. The 24-year-old clerk claimed ignorance of any wrongdoing and plans an appeal through counsel Harry W. James of Chelsea before July 10 to seek a conviction set aside by the Supreme Court.
The Rev. Frank K. Sanders, secretary of the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, reports from a West tour on the society’s pioneering work. He describes Southwest regions including Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and eastern New Mexico as rapidly developing and like a garden spot.
Mrs Charles Schultz of 179 Thomas Street Newark recounts relief from neuralgia of the heart after long illness and physician care. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills, which she used after trying other remedies, with lasting improvement and no relapse.
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