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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1909
Page
5
A Boston advertisement promotes a spring sale of medicines and hair goods at 498 Washington St. It touts a Blood & Nerve Tonic at 60c and 1.00 a bottle, urges exploration of extensive hair goods and sick room supplies, and offers free advice from expert attendants. The note also highlights new departments and elevator access for shoppers.
Inspectors Waite and Farrell returned from Pittsburg with J re d M Weston 35 formerly of Winthrop in custody. He is charged with stealing 5000 from Charles H Sawyer vice president of the Medford National Bank after misrepresenting his wealth and land holdings in New Hampshire. Weston vanished after the loan and was later found in Pittsburg.
Labor tensions threaten Boston shipping as Longshoremen's Trade Council votes to strike if demands aren’t met by April 12. They seek a 10 cent hourly raise for syrup, glucose and molasses handling and cap to five buckets for 11 workers. State Board of Arbitration may seek peaceful settlement.
Ex Mayor Fitzgerald linked England's export tax and Boston's tariff woes to Ireland's misery. He cited 30,000 jobs lost nationwide and 12,000 in Dublin, noted underdeveloped Irish harbors, and recounted a visit with the Duke of Manchester. He warned starvation and urged Ireland's future freedom.
Louis Durand a piano salesman says his wife abducted their four children James 16 Herbert 14 Louise 11 and Blanche 9 after returning from a business trip. He appeals to his wife’s sisters in New York and recounts his own past hardships and injuries from a San Francisco fire. Durand stays at the Hotel DuNord Irving Place as he searches the city.
Mrs William H. Taft and Miss Mabel Boardman left New York's Hotel Buckingham and returned to Washington on the morning train. The planned Gloucester trip to decide if Eastern Point's The Ramparts would be the summer capital is postponed. It is uncertain whether haste to rejoin society or a change of mind caused the delay. The first lady is said to plan a Massachusetts visit soon to make a decision.
Gloucester agent George P. Chick says The Ramparts is likely to be chosen as Mrs Taft’s summer home. Other estates at Magnolia Beverly Farms Rye Newcastle and Portsmouth NH are to be shown. Mrs Taft and Miss Boardman shopped in New York and were greeted at a Boston hotel. A real estate man caused a scene when two New York ladies alighted from a train, sparking a Mrs Taft rumor.
President Taft spent Sunday in rest and recreation. He attended All Souls Unitarian Church and heard Rev. A. G. B. Pierce. Large crowds greeted him as he walked to and from church. He doffed his hat and saluted the cheering spectators. An afternoon car ride through Georgetown accompanied by Captain Archie Butt preceded Mrs Taft’s return from New York.
Fashionable dressmakers facing a rush season are hit by a rule from the Ladies' Tailor and Dressmakers' Union 36 forbidding overtime while any local member is unemployed. About 500 union members in Boston workplaces will pressure shopkeepers to hire extra staff to meet orders and maintain employment.
George H. Johnson of Jamaica Plain was elected exalted ruler of Boston Lodge 10, B P O Elks over Charles P. Hurley by 487 to 236. Hurley led the faction that opposed purchasing the old Boston University building on Somerset Street. Election results for other officers followed with no contests.
William Fleming of 8 Franklin Street Worcester was shot in the back at Mystic wharf by Special Officer John V. Lynch who was detaining 11 vagrants in a camp. Fleming was taken to Relief Hospital resting comfortably. Lynch fired to frighten an escapee. the group was marched to Charlestown lockup and charged with being tramps. The hearing is set for this morning.
William Peel addressing an audience of 11 at Faneuil Hall without a permit said he aims to present a home made charter and meet the people. He claimed the Governor Council and Boston officials would attend if they chose.
Berlin reports that contrary to British claims of 17 battle ships in spring 1912, Germany will possess 13 large gun warships by autumn 1912. A navy department statement cites the updated naval strength and counters British assertions.
Oscar Hammerstein, impresario, says Boston can have Salome if the demand is strong. He took the Manhattan Grand Opera troupe to the Hub next week and faced Boston's objections by withdrawing the opera from its repertoire. He cites many letters urging a Boston performance but declines to be swayed by morality fuss.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt of New York, president of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, left London for Southeastern Europe on a lecture tour. She will return April 1. Catt has spent 10 days in London conferring with local groups ahead of the alliance meeting set for April 26 to May 2.
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