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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
3
In LaWRENCE on March 20 Harriet Nelson an 18 year old mill girl and her brother John F Robinson of Newburyport were reunited after 18 years apart. A photograph of Miss Nelson published in Thursday's Post made the reunion possible within 24 hours.
Seventeen or eighteen years after being found on a Providence beach Miss Nelson and her siblings were taken to institutions. A Providence Post story led Mrs. Robinson to recognize the girl as her husband’s lookalike sister, bringing a reunion at Lawrence after a mill supervisor confirmed the match.
Senator Lodge, keynote speaker at the Boston City Club gathering in Ford Hall, warned that working people in the Eastern States may soon question accepting large numbers of Arabs and others from Asia Minor and western Asia. Mayor Hibbard chaired the meeting and received an enthusiastic welcome as Lodge spoke on immigration.
The speaker asserts absolute American sovereignty over who may enter the United States and under what terms. He argues against inflaming Japan and emphasizes mutual respect, while stating Western preference to exclude Asiatic labor including Chinese Japanese and Hindu workers.
Hundreds of Italians from Greater Boston attended the funeral for Aldo Tassinari in Somerville. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery and the cortege was among the largest ever seen leaving St. Leonard's Church.
Paris dispatch reports the French cruiser Cassard ordered to the Moroccan coast to attempt freeing 20 crewmen of the fishing vessel Baleine captured by Moors. A medical ad for Pazo ointment claims relief for piles within 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee.
In a series of Sunday gatherings at the Church of the Immaculate Conception the Rev. Thomas I Gasson S J will lecture on the topic How Does the Church Exercise Its Infallible Doctrinal Authority Tomorrow evening. Inspector Smith of the bureau of criminal investigation left for Philadelphia to pursue Philip Ittenger 29 on a larceny charge. The body of Bernard J Christopher 20 was identified as the son of John J Christopher of East Boston after his drowning from a dredger on December 5. Middlesex Bar Association named members to attend the funeral services of the late George R Richardson at 172 Nesmith Street Lowell today.
Harvard faculty urged the regulation committee to cut back intercollegiate games next year to protect scholarly interests. The vote alarms students and could disrupt upcoming schedules for football baseball tennis lacrosse soccer and freshman sports.
Wire dispatches report Senator Bryan of Florida ill with typhoid fever at Providence Hospital in Washington. Other items note Portuguese forces attacking natives in Portuguese Guinea and destroying Varella, a Texas guardsmen killed by smugglers, a North Carolina bank and buildings burned for $150 600, a method to preserve eggs with lard, and German experts finding no new value in recent gemstone discoveries.
Druggists refund money if Dr Porter s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails. Instructional notice notes boils and carbuncles treated with this preparation. 25 cents listed as price.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota, a rising Democratic nominee, will be guest of honor at the National Democratic Club Jefferson Day dinner at the Knickerbocker April 13. Bryan will be in town but not invited, sparking uproar among Bryan supporters and signaling New York Democrats may favor Johnson.
President Eliot marked his 74th birthday yesterday with a routine bicycle ride with Mrs. Eliot, office work, a Boston business meeting, and an evening faculty gathering. He remains in good health and has spoken widely this winter.
The Maine Wesleyan College reunion and banquet drew about 100 alumni from New England and beyond to Parker House. Attendees included graduates from as early as 1848, with speakers led by Rev. I B Powers and President W F Berry. Officers elected for the next year include President J D Jennings and Treasurer W C Pulliam, both of Boston.
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