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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1910
Page
9
President Taft opened Cincinnati's May music festival as dedicator of a heroic statue of Theodore Thomas. Amid Handel and choral performances, Taft praised Thomas and spoke to local officials and dignitaries. Boston politics and Civil Service issues loom as the mayor faces holdovers and possible reassignments.
Speakers for Technology's annual senior class day exercises were elected last night. Class historian James Stuart Sneddon of Elizabeth New Jersey. class prophet Dudley Clapp of Dorchester. presentation orator William McNair Schofield of Newtonville. gift orator Bergen Reynolds of Somerville. Other speakers include Frank Frederick Bell of Bristol Pennsylvania as first marshal and Richard Frederick Goodwin Jr. of Norwich Connecticut as president of the senior class.
City officials dubbed holdovers face replacement as the Civil Service Commission rejected Mayor Fitzgerald's picks. Most holdovers have under a month left in office, signaling an imminent shakeup and orderly turnover of posts.
Fifty or more servant girls gathered at St. Stephen's Hall Wells Memorial building and unanimously voted to apply to the American Federation of Labor for a charter. Miss Lida McFeaters led the meeting in secrecy as officers were to be elected next time. The Boston union aims to follow stronger unions in Chicago and Butte.
Former Massachusetts politician Thomas J. Dillon, 40, longtime Democrat with six House terms and one Senate term, died at House of Providence Hospital Holyoke tonight from brain fever. He served as city tax collector and is survived by his widow and several children.
Helen Trumbull a 10 year old school girl of 58 Adams street Roxbury fell from the front step of a trolley car on Dudley near Adams street last night and sustained injuries to her left leg which was amputated at City hospital shortly after she was removed there.
John M. Pitman, assistant clerk of the Charlestown court and former grocer at 307 Main Street, Charlestown, died last night from a shock suffered a week earlier. Born in the North End of Boston on November 1, 1860, he was 54.
A North Carolina mother recalls how Grape-Nuts helped her family. She notes gains in weight after using the product in Charlotte and at home, and credits it with aiding a teething infant’s dyspepsia and recovery. The family also relied on Grape-Nuts during La Grippe, finding it palatable when other foods failed.
A fleet of 11 trawlers arrived at the waterfront with total groundfish fares of 186000 pounds. Haddock, cod, hake, and pollock dominate the load, plus small catches by netters and individual fishery recipients. Some vessels report earnings by fish type while others depart for Fulton market. Boston market prices remain firm as supply tightens.
The Sun rises at 4 36 and sets at 6 46 with a 14 hour 10 minute day. High water at 6 37 and 7 10. Rise of tide morning and afternoon. Lighthouse tender Myrtle Bartow arrives towing Lightship No 5. Steamers Howard Chase Norfolk Hi F Dimock Colberth City of Bangor Brown Bangor Governor Dingley Blair Portland Cape Ann Godfrey Gloucester Mass. Tug Patience Willin Norfolk towing barges Lewis EI St John Holton from Philadelphia Bereka Plummer Norfolk towing Braddock for Lynn Foster Bartlett Newport towing Tipton for Beverly Solus Concord Hewitt towing Allentown and Coal Port Bristol for Salem Scranton New Jersey towing Chen McGoldrick South.
In Groton on May 3 two girls found the body of James Walker 30 years old on Malpus Brook. He lay across a log with his head in water and a gash on the throat. Walker has been missing from Lancaster for two weeks after setting out to seek work. An autopsy is planned for tomorrow.
A large crowd gathered near the Royal Society in London to welcome Commander Robert FE. Pe on his visit. He was entertained at luncheon by prominent hosts and received a hearty tea as interest in his work crosses scientific circles.
Entering the clubhouse Captain Robert Bartlett of the Roosevelt arrived to thunderous applause. Lord Halsbury presided as guests included Captain Scott, Sir George Narés, Lord Strathcona, Lord Roberts, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and others. Toasts to King Edward, President Taft and Commander Peary were given by toasts and speakers.
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