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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
4
Harvard undergraduates react to the Harvard Daily Crimson editorial urging action against the Med Fac mob. The piece labels the offenders as contemptible fools and proposes class president committees to locate and capture the vandals, aiming to end long‑standing depredations on university property.
Edward Castaldi a Naples banker fights deportation after evading immigration officers on March 8 by escaping from a Mediterranean liner. Commissioner George Billings and Deputy Commissioner Henley say Castaldi is the man behind the escape and must return to Italy. he is held at Long Wharf awaiting Washington’s decision.
Delegates arrive for the 31st general conference opening at Hazard's Pavilion in Los Angeles. Hotels refused entry to some colored delegates, others assigned to separate dining areas, but all were housed. Among the 798 representatives are 25 women, 7% colored, and two Chinese delegates Lo Chi Ming and Ding Miang Ing, the first from North China. The secretary and sergeant-at-arms plan to open headquarters June 1 at the Coliseum for preregistration. Chicago hosts designate chaplains and expect three days of sessions with three ministers praying.
Miss Jean Catherine Murray Kay third daughter of Mr and Mrs J Murray Kay of Gardner road and Herbert Rodney Burgess formerly of Montclair New Jersey were married in Brookline. The bride’s father is senior partner at Houghton Mifflin & Co and the groom’s father is president of the New York Produce Exchange. The groom, a Boston insurance man and Harvard 1908 graduate, belongs to the Puritan Club Boston Athletic Association and Alpha Delta Phi.
In a testimonial from Yonkers New York a woman reports relief from years of uterine irregularities headaches and back pain after using TO NITA Dr Lorentz's Membrane Bitters. She claims seven doctors failed but a sixth bottle restored health enabling daily activities and walking. The ad promotes the product and offers free doctors' advice from Lorentz Medical Co.
Miss Jean Katherine Murray Kay wed Harvard ’03 Herbert Rodney Burgess at First Parish Church Brookline. Rev Paul Revere Frothingham officiated as lilies and palms decorated the church. Best man Edward Burgess Jr. and a large group of ushers and bridesmaids attended.
Testimony before Judge Bond and a East Cambridge Civil Court reveals John Barker of Medford recalls a date mark blur on a note used in a contract dispute. Alice Crowell seeks $2000 for services and $8000 loan against Charles Damon. witnesses discuss note tampering and mortgage stamps. Continuous adjournment set for morning session.
A promotional piece quotes Robert Downing praising Peruna as a preventive for summer ailments and heat related discomfort. It cites Dr. Hartman, claims Peruna is the first and best systemic catarrh remedy, and invites readers to request a book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
Fireproof steel cars of 42 feet length will be used in the East Boston tunnel when opened. Woodwork will be treated to become non combustible. Tracks likely won’t be ready before July or August. Lease between Boston and Elevated Railway Co. not signed yet. Long railroad ties must be shortened. A spur track is laid to bring ballast from Salem. All work proceeds from the East Boston end. The 75 ton shield has been moved away. Steel rails are landed at East Boston and hauled inside by horse power.
Peabody the inventor of the Peabody rifle became parsimonious after wealth. Miss Mary F Sawyer testifies he wore one overcoat for 90 years and questioned his mental state when he made his will. She recalls him helping her health trip to California and often talking to himself. The coal strike debate unsettled him and he doubted money could buy coal. Further hearings were set to continue through the week.
The funeral of Mme Marliave, late proprietress of the Hotel Marliave, was held yesterday at the French church on Isabella street. Hotel employees sent a grand arch of white and red roses. Interment followed at Forest Hills Cemetery where M. Marliave, her husband, is buried.
In the House yesterday, Rep Newton opposed a petitioned bill by Mayor Collins of Boston that would require injury and damage actions to be filed where the accident occurs. Lowell and Pierce supported it to ease Suffolk court burden, while Kelly and McManus argued motives and public service interests. The bill advanced to a third reading.
Cambridge Board of Health last evening voted to allow Independent Ice Company to withdraw their permit request to stable 131 horses in addition to the horses already at their Second Street East Cambridge stables.
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