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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
3
Nantucket March 13. Sconset was dug out after a ten foot snow bank from Sunday's storm. A relief caravan, aided by teams, spent 11 hours to clear a gap for supplies. Residents, though healthy and fed, reacted with quiet provocation rather than joy.
Mary Crehan, mother of Thomas Crehan, missing Boston patrolman of Division 1, waits for news as over 1000 police search for clues to his whereabouts. The grieving mother, reliant on her son, hopes for a sign of his safety.
A Boston mother describes her son as a quiet, hardworking youth who never drank and spent many nights in worry and sleep loss after weeks of absence. She says he has not slept or eaten and denies any involvement of a woman, urging a careful mind in the investigation.
President Lucius Tut tle of the Boston & Maine and Superintendent J. B. Stewart of the Boston & Albany announce to the Post that steamship withdrawals by Leyland line are not due to freight conditions. They cite a severe winter as a factor but say the shipping halt relates to increased traffic from New York.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret E. Reilly of 176 Walnut Avenue Roxbury longtime Boston charity and church worker drew a large crowd at St Joseph's Church Roxbury Solemn High Mass was led by Rev Dennis F Sullivan with deacon Rev John F Harrigan sub deacon Rev Timothy J Fahey pallbearers included Thomas B Reilly Martin J Portall James F Clifford P J Donovan Joseph J Rafferty and John McDonough Ushers included Edward F Kelley Sanford T Reilly of New York Edward F Howard Edwin J Maguire Drs Thomas J Giblin and Max Von Groll Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery among abundant floral tributes
An entertainment for the Home for Aged Men at 123 West Springfield street featured instrumental music by an orchestra led by E. B. Swadkins and including Mabel Swadkins, Gervais, Herreld, Murray, Landers, Trueman, Simmons, and Alexander. Piano solos by Miss Swadkins pupils and a reading by ten year old Ivy L. Clair rounded out the program.
A major blaze gutted a three story coal pocket of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad west of the Dover street bridge opposite South Boston station. Loss estimated at 35000 for the building and 4000 for contents, with insurance covering damage. Fire started near the east end, possibly from spontaneous combustion, and was fought for about three hours despite wind driven sparks setting nearby passenger cars and coal cars ablaze.
Vicomte d Avenel spoke at Harvard on Wealth of Past and Present. He argued modern fortunes exceed medieval wealth by six times and that society now funds organizers of state over protectors. He warned inequality grows with progress in money and intellect.
Concord NH March 13 The House approved acts setting a 68 hour work week for women and children in factories, creating employer liability for injuries to workers, and imposing a 1 percent inheritance tax on the thousand.
The Boston Legal Aid Society established an evening branch at Salvation Army headquarters People’s Palace No 6 East Brookline Street near Washington Street. Open Wednesdays 8 to 9 p m under Henry R Scott with no ties beyond the Society and Salvation Army.
Barre Plains March 13 Victor Magoon aged 12 held a solitary birthday party with a wildcat snared in a steel trap. His companion Stine Bellows attempted to shoot the cat, while Jim Bellows and Victor clubbed the animal to death. Frank Rich bought the carcass for $4.50 as the youths paraded the corpse through town. Victor, a noted trapper, had already trapped foxes and skunks that winter.
Edward A. Bangs former Williams and Bangs partner, missing three weeks, prompts rumors of disappearance. His brother says Bangs left the firm and is on a vacation, while a housekeeper reports he is away in Arizona or the West for health reasons. Bangs, 45, unmarried, a popular figure and brother to Alderman Francis R. Bangs.
Ottawa report says the new tariff bill passed the House committee with opposition urging a higher duty on boots and shoes. The government refused any change, keeping the rate at 30 percent, up from the old 25 percent.
Due to suspension of school committee classes, the Young Men's Hebrew Association at 39 East Concord Street will hold emergency English classes for immigrants after the summer session ends on the 14th and will begin its own program next Monday evening March 18.
Tonight at 8 o clock George Kibbie Turner of McClure's Magazine and Rear Admiral French G. Chadwick will discuss government by commission. Robert Treat Paine Jr will preside at the meeting in Newport.
Charlestown Council 393 Knights of Columbus presents a first class vaudeville bill at Charlestown Parochial School on the evening of March 17 with Mr. Frank Cauley as manager.
The annual banquet of West Roxbury Citizens' Association will be held this evening at the Highland Club. Several prominent persons will deliver short addresses. An entertainment will be given after ward. The affair is managed under the direction of Messrs. Beckford, Poland and Quincy.
Treasurer Gardner M. Lane reports Boston subscriptions to the Chinese famine fund total $3046.76 and to the Russian famine fund $2744.00, with all contributions directed to the treasurer at 44 State Street.
Eugene N. Foss will address Technology students at the Tech Union on Saturday evening. He will discuss his experiences at German universities and related topics.
At a hearing in Providence on James Maxwell known as the Portsmouth car barn robber a letter claiming confession from an Illinois prisoner was introduced. The Governor took the matter under advisement.
New York March 13 Aquilla Rich of the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange was suspended from membership today after failing to notify that he could meet obligations. The amount involved is unknown but reportedly no other members are affected.
About 250 workers at the Royal mill in Pawtucket Rhode Island walked out in protest of a changed work system. The mill agent says there is no cause for the discontent and the strike began late in the afternoon.
The Rev. Herbert L. Yeuell, now based in Washington D C, will conduct an Easter mission at the Dudley Street Church with St James united. He is accompanied by Professor Arthur Wake a singer with a rich voice and experienced chorus leader.
Forty Pennsylvania Railroad excavation workers were buried in a landslide on Thirty second Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in New York. One man, Joe Fogis, died, while about ten others lay severely injured as 300 rescuers rushed to save them amid reports police were defied during the chaotic response.
A London cable to the Sun reports a recently discovered Belgium picture is believed to be Raphael's The Holy Family, a work known to exist but whose location had been unknown.
Michael Steinman of 7 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn writes that after twelve years of eczema his son was cured using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He details the child’s suffering and the dramatic improvement after starting the treatment in April 1905.
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