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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1905
Page
5
Florence Clinton Sutro releases a 300 page collection of 20 year love letters from her husband and objects to the widely printed portrait. She includes her favorite image and notes a telegram praise from him on their Oct 1 anniversary. He calls her the loveliest brightest and best and vows devotion from afar.
Professor David Gordon Lyon of Harvard, expert on Assyriology, sides with University of Pennsylvania scholars in affirming that libraries existed in prehistoric times and that Hilprecht's temple library could be among them. He notes limited familiarity with Hilprecht's excavation reports and avoids judgment on Assyrian age theories.
As the White Star liner Romanic enters the lower harbor today the body of Edward Winslow will be taken aboard a tug chartered by Arthur W. Little. A special train will await in South Station to transport the body to New York for funeral services.
To the Editor of the Post Frederick K Daggett notes a deputy commissioner of patents opinion urging all trade mark owners using interstate commerce to re register under the new statute starting April 1. The Warner vs Searle decision exposed limits of the 1881 act, prompting Congress to pass a reform likely to raise registrations and complicate litigation.
A letter to the Post urges a graduation festival for the 1908 class. The writer agrees with others that grads Missed a festival and suggests the School Board announce it publicly to gather most graduates.
The Boston Central Labor Union adopted a committee report opposing trade schools that train entry level workers. It favors broader industrial and technical training to raise workers’ skills, while opposing state interference that could hurt journeymen already employed. Signed by Frank K. Foster and others.
The Hay and Grain Teamsters Union 808 plans a committee to draft a new wage and working schedule, to be submitted to employers. Officers elected include Dennis Mahoney as president and James Clayton as vice president. A mass meeting is scheduled for March 19 at 45 Eliot Street. five applicants were admitted.
Boston Team Drivers Union 25 voted to affiliate with the Cambridge Central Labor Union. Delegates elected are Daniel J. Tobin, John Conroy, Philip Kennedy, Daniel Smith, and Joseph Dolan. The union plans entertainment and an educational discourse at each meeting. A committee for the feature includes Tobin, Duffy, Conry, and Gillespie. Twenty five applicants were admitted and twelve transfer cards received.
Mrs. Sarah Langford a 50 year old colored resident of 121 Washington Street Cambridge was badly burned about the head and body when a kerosene lamp she carried exploded at about 2 30 yesterday morning She is in Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition Her husband received slight burns putting out the blaze
In Honolulu on March 5 chemists finished analyzing the contents of Mrs. Stanford's stomach and conveyed results to High Sheriff Henry.
Station 5 patrolmen raided a shanty near Mystic wharf yesterday afternoon and arrested 21 tramps. On a second visit last evening they apprehended 19 more.
M W Wilkins national organizer for the Socialist party addressed the Central Labor Union and received a vote of thanks. He argued socialism protects freedom of speech and religion and aims to educate workers on economic laws for coming changes. He denied endorsing violence and urged universal education and abolition of child labor with proper training for life.
Four year old Samuel Wolbwreht celebrated his birthday at his parents residence Mr and Mrs J I Wolbwreht last week. A large gathering of the child’s little friends attended and shared in the cheerful activities.
President Roosevelt rested quietly at the White House with his family on the first Sunday after his inauguration. He is recuperating from fatigue following the strenuous inaugural ceremonies and mental strain.
A Domestic Service Union is to be formed in Boston with Dennis D. Driscoll promoting the plan as a benefit to domestic workers. The union seeks to abolish employment offices and have employers apply through the union at no cost, aiming for 1000 members within a month after a federal charter is received. Chicago hosts the other such union.
The joint wage scale committee for Cement and Asphalt Laborers and Finishers predicts a signed contract with 12 Boston local employers as the current wage scale becomes inoperative May 1. Delegates heard talks from church and labor leaders on Sunday cranberry bills, shows, and firemen’s protections, with multiple unions reporting funds and new wage accords.
Revere residents head to the polls for annual town elections with bids for selectman and assessor. Samuel A. Segee dominates both Citizens and Republican nominations for selectman and assessor, while Edward A. Orne runs independently for assessor. Key contests include selectman at large between Simon J. Nevins and Benjamin Keeping and precinct 2 races for James H. Gallagher and Alvin C. Norcross. Water commissioners: Lemuel K. Washburn unopposed. three-year term. License question eyed after last year’s no-license edge.
In Cleveland March 5 trustee Nathan Loeser and County Prosecutor Harvey Keeler met Andrew Carnegie by appointment. Loeser presented a claimed $5,000,000 note bearing Carnegie's signature used by Cassie Chadwick to raise funds. Carnegie stated he had never met Chadwick or heard of her until the crash and offered to travel to Cleveland as needed for justice.
Weymouth April 5 tomorrow's race for the school committee becomes heated as accusations surface over Joseph A. Cushing receiving 202 dollars in 1892 for services without lawful warrant. Opponents claim long running pay seizures by former members while the board now serves without pay. Democrats abstain from nominations amid town contest only for selectmen.
Revere no license advocates closed their campaign at the Town Hall with a large rally. Temperance speaker Tennyson Smith from England led the event supported by the Neal Dow Male Quartet of Boston.
W. H. Carroll told the Socialistic Labor party at Paine Memorial Hall that capitalists caused strikes in Russia and American labor unrest in Colorado and Fall River. He warned there is little difference between America’s conditions and autocratic Russia, aside from ballot remedies for workers.
A gas jet touched a lace curtain in a second floor room at 177 Ruggles Street starting a fire yesterday morning. Occupant L. W. Young aided in extinguishing it. fire department was not summoned.
A large Catholic mass meeting was held during the American Catholic Federation session in New Orleans. Archbishop Chapelle presided with Archbishop Messner Bishop McFaul and others delivering speeches.
Concord reports a house and barn at Hopkins' Corner two miles from town owned by Leon F. Morse of Canton Mass were burned to ashes tonight. Estimated loss stands at $12,000. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary.
The employees of the American Can Company plan a first concert and ball at Commonwealth Hall in East Boston tonight. The event marks a social gathering for workers and local residents with likely performances and dancing.
In New York on March 5 private detectives prevented any communication at night with 800 men alleged to be strike breakers aboard a steamboat tied up at Communipaw. Rumor said 700 more were expected and would be sent to the yards of the New Haven railroad.
Mayor Eastham orders Lynn police to discard baggy trousers dated collars and stained uniforms amid citizen complaints of slovenly regalia. Public opinion splits with some praising reform while others fear expense and weigh the impact on morale.
Boston hosts the Metropolitan company led by Heinrich Conried with Caruso Nordica Sembrich and a chorus of 279 performers. Conried warns Boston critics that poor patronage could end grand opera here after costly reworks for Parsifal. The first special train and late arrivals bring stars including Bauermeister Journet Bars Giaccone Vigna and Fremstad with conductor Arturo Vigna and manager Goerlitz.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by M. Gericke with Mme. Gadski and Mr. Van Yorx presented an all Wagner program to aid the pension fund. Highlights included Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger scenes, Die Walkure and Tristan und Isolde with strong singing from Mme. Gadski and capable but less Wagnerian relief from Mr. Van Yorx. An enthusiastic audience realized a good sum for the fund.
A Chicagoan recalls meeting Jimmy Michael who spoke of a Welsh preacher stirring strong devotion. He recounts an emotional charity speech where an elderly woman briefly borrowed five dollars for the poor fund and forgot to repay it.
An old time health column says March brings danger from seasonal changes and urges fortification of the body with Father John’s Medicine as a spring tonic. It claims the remedy strengthens the system and aids in driving out impurities to prevent colds and lung troubles, avoiding stimulants or morphine.
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