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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
3
In Okla April 30 a group of 25 prominent citizens demanded Rev. John L. Tindel depart after he criticized dancing in a sermon. An intervening preacher allowed him to go home with a promise to leave on the afternoon train.
Eastern women seek divorces after the six months residence requirement prompts capitalists to plan an elegant pleasure resort on Lake Reno’s banks. The project will be built at once and is slated to open this summer for Reno’s unique colony.
Spokane April 30 A new movement offers small buyers a chance to settle vast eastern lands with provisions for future tax advantages as years pass. The program aims to open thousands of square miles to settlement and development.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs ordered Oklahoma officials to require Indians who cannot write their names to sign checks and official documents by pressing the ball of their right thumb. The imprint must be witnessed by a literate tribe member or Indian Agency employee, or by the postmaster if the individual lives away from the tribe.
Bloomfield Brookfield Apr 30 John Albert Hetzel of Montgomery Street sues Bloomfield Camp of the Modern Woodmen for $10000 damages alleging injuries from an initiation accident at the camp. The suit names the local organization and seeks compensation for medical and related losses.
A man injured during an initiation in Newark claims he was forced to saw a log while Hetzel struck him with a slapstick containing a concealed torpedo cartridge. The cartridge discharged and penetrated his clothing, bruising his spine. He received ten weeks of medical care and cannot work. The case goes to the Circuit Court in Newark next month.
George D. Fairfield, a former college instructor, criticized universities in Oberlin alumni remarks. He argued college leaders are insincere, favor theory, and neglect practical accuracy. He cited Browning and Stevenson as examples contrasted with classicists like Virgil and Tacitus.
The East Boston Catholic Literary Association hosts its 11th annual ball tonight at Commonwealth Hall with an expected 700 guests. Retiring President Arthur H. Stout and Miss Josephine O’Donnell lead the grand march, and Nathaniel White chairs the committee of 26 with officers and members listed.
The Boston Drama League organized to uplift drama not censor it. a Watch and Ward Society style framework will guide it. Major Higginson heads a committee including Miss Frances G. Curtis Mrs M E G Woodward Judge Robert Grant Frank C Brown H J Savage and Professor G P Baker with Baker president and Savage secretary treasurer.
George H. Morgans death at Lenox Mass raises likelihood that much of his fortune will pass to his son George Dalton Morgan and his Japanese wife Mrs Yuki Kato Morgan. The couple married in Yokohama in 1904 and have lived in Japan most of their married life. Details of the estate remain private but friends expect the wealth to go to the son and his bride, despite contested parental opinions and rumored payments.
The Boston Post edition from 1861 offers curious war era notes and day by day glimpses. It captures local reactions, social moments, and small events during the opening years of the Civil War.
Fifty years ago today in New England the bodies of three Civil War victims arrived after a Baltimore mob attack. The War Time Post details honors at King's Chapel and depots with cadets, flags, and a dirge as the coffins lay in state and were moved to the chapel vault. Only one name, Corporal Sumner H. Needham of Lawrence, is certain. the other two remain unidentified.
Captain Cass builds an Irish regiment with multiple companies organized by election of officers. Dr T H Smith’s Irish Brigade grows rapidly and Major Clark’s Boston Volunteers reach completion. A light artillery company under Major Moses C Cobb receives large enrollment and raises six horses per gun and caisson.
A Mississippi man reports an active famine in many areas with scarce money and people fleeing starvation. Rail stations on the Ohio and Mobile lines are clogged with freight held for months as consignors pay charges.
A special despatch reports North Carolina plans to deploy several thousand troops to strike Washington. Montgomery dispatches say 5000 rebel soldiers are heading to join them, aiming to attack before the federal forces concentrate near the capital.
Major Cook of the Boston Light Artillery reports from Annapolis on April 27 that two men near the naval academy hang to the yard arm of a vessel for taking powder to the Southerners. He notes the troops are eager for a fight.
Two sisters of 17 year old George Durick led county detectives to a tree in East Pittsburg where a stocking hung from a limb contained 18 diamond rings. Detectives reported recovering about $2000 worth of jewelery since the previous day as part of the East Pittsburg jewelry store robbery investigation. A telegram from Passaic police noted similar seizures tied to Durick associates.
The article explains that at the Civil War start Alabama was in the Confederacy while Virginia had not yet seceded. After Richmond declared secession in April 1861 steps moved the capital from Montgomery to Richmond, but Montgomery remained labeled the Southern capital for about two more months.
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