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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
3
Mayor George H. Brown demanded resignations from Lowell Police Board over alleged malfeasance and neglect. The board’s members retained counsel, demand specifications, and seek a hearing continuance. The dispute, tied to officer appointments, has electrified the city as the Mayor weighs granting a delay.
A spoof poem from Harvard students targets President Siliot and immigration remarks. It imagines an England bound by Cambridge satire, lampooning Cambridge leaders and figures from Harvard, with lines about Mullin, Muester, Muensterberg, and Lowell.
The Cambridge school committee accepted the resignations of Miss Anna B. Joce Inn of Putnam School after 50 years in the district. Helen Massat of Peabody School and Mark Dolan of Willard School also resigned. Agnes Geary was confirmed as a new teacher and assigned to the Csaylor School. Anna Welch transferred from Tarbell to Peabody School.
Horace Pemberton a teamster was fined £20 by Chief Justice Bolster in Municipal Court for obstructing the car tracks on Massachusetts Avenue on March 4.
Mayor Hibbard pressed Common Council to fund 600 copies of Finance Commission reports volume 3 and 4. Harding led a 21 to 14 vote to move printing, arguing public needs the facts amid graft rumors. Other leaders criticized the commission for delays and sought public releases of related graft investigations.
Street Commissioner Gallivan fired a pointed response defending Back Bay land owners amid street lay out disputes claiming the case in the Supreme Court exposes a broader graft. He cites interviews and signatures of Moors Lincoln Williams and others who signed 1890s agreements delaying damages and accepting low payments for land to be taken for streets.
A bargain priced Hyomei treatment promises to kill catarrh germs by delivering antiseptic air through a hard rubber inhaler. The ad touts Hyomei as reaching the mucous membranes from mouth to lungs using Australian pine and eucalyptus extracts. Complete outfit costs 1.00 with refills 50 cents. guaranteed to cure or money back. Sold in Boston by Riker Jaynes Drug Co.
A stranger abducted Willie Whitla from East Ward Schoolhouse and demanded 10000 dollars. Mrs. Whitla and attorney J. A. MacLaughrey led a townwide search while Mr. Whitla arranged publication to fulfill the ransom note to newspapers in Indianapolis Cleveland Pittsburg Youngstown.
A display in James A. Houston Company window showcases Chinese embroidery work. The pieces highlight intricate stitching and traditional designs from China.
Sisters of Charity from Europe operate a large technical school in Ning-Po China for orphans and abandoned children. Girls embroider on satin and lace, using oriental, Italian, and Spanish motifs for ecclesiastical vestments. Goods shown by James A. Houston Company include scarfs centerpieces doilies and pillow tops.
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