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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1905
Page
7
In Holyoke on May 1 Rev. A G Singsen argued Sunday should combine worship and leisure. He urged abolition of strict Sunday laws except to protect workers from harmful acts and promoted liberally observing the day to prevent spiritual and physical stagnation. He labeled fines on storekeepers for Sunday openings as religious persecution.
John P. Morris known as the bricklayer poet died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries suffered in an accident weeks earlier. He was a Boston superintendent for B. F. Smith Co. of Pawtucket Rhode Island and fell twenty feet when a staging collapsed. Morris was a well known New Bedford resident and versifier.
A 19 year old asks if she should accept gifts from a much older friendly neighbor with poor health. The adviser urges refusal, citing parental concerns and the risk of sacrificing her life, advising to maintain distance and not engage beyond distant friendship.
The Metropolitan Steamship Company, founded forty years ago by the father of Henry M. Whitney, is purchased by Charles W. Morse of New York. The Whitneys retain control until now and the line operates six freight steamers between Boston and New York with five weekly sailings. Management is not expected to change, though observers foresee possible consolidation of eastern water transportation.
The warning calls attention to counterfeit Castoria products that imitate the original. It urges fathers and mothers to verify signatures and avoid substitutes that may endanger children.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union in New Bedford believes policy games run by their runners target town children. They will likely circulate a petition urging enforcement of laws and suppression of policy, and send it to Governor Douglas, trusting the governor to act rather than local authorities.
A young man writes that he loves a girl but feels like a brother in her presence. The adviser says unrequited love is unlikely and urges honesty about his feelings, or to honor his promises if she accepts, or part if needed. The letter suggests he would care more by giving her up and trusting fate.
The Parker Memorial building branch at Berkeley and Appleton streets will close per the central library in Copley Square. About 100 locals used the reading room daily, and Pastor Wendte runs it privately, hoping to preserve it as a reading room with magazines and papers.
The vacant inspector of milk and vinegar post in Cambridge remains unclaimed. Former holder P. P. Sharples was removed, W. G. Lane briefly served, then Sharples was reinstated before resigning. The civil service commission plans a competitive examination with no applicants yet.
Fire Commissioner Wells reinstates James H. McAllister, former Engine 39 hoseman on Congress Street South Boston, now assigned to Engine 43. Robert D. Stewart transfers from Chemical 2 to Engine 37.
Mrs Abbie Dunbar aged 81 of 7 Williams Street Cambridge was found dead in bed from gas fumes yesterday morning. Neighbors alerted by a strong smell broke a window to gain entry and Captain Murray of Central Square Station found the gas stove in use. Her brother John Allen resides at 11 Ocean Street Ashmont.
Charles Craib of this city is appointed superintendent of the new 250000 dollar pipe line from Fresh Pond Cambridge to boost Hobbs Brook water supply. He will work under Expert Coffin in constructing the pipe and work starts immediately.
Waltham Aerie of Eagles votes to stage a fair in early May at its headquarters. Invitations will be extended to nearby aeries to attend.
Mrs. Hannah Briggs an 80 plus resident of 15 Thornell street in Brockton woke to find a man with an axe at her bed. He threatened silence then hesitated and fled through a broken window. police were notified with no arrests yet reported.
Mrs. George C. Perkins of 508 Main Street awoke to a prowler rifling a trunk in her home. She collarled the young man, locked him in the kitchen, and held him until officers were summoned. the intruder cried as his true address was learned and he was released.
In Brockton, May 1, Laura E. Bennett sues Fred C. Bennett, alleging a history of elopements and marriages with multiple partners starting in 1887. The record details elopements with a nurse, later affairs in Whitman, Manchester, Stoughton, and Hanson, and ends with a decree nisi granted to Mrs. Bennett.
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