Tech Men 10 Live in the Woods
Technology institutes a new summer school for civil engineering students to study in the Maine woods.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
2
Technology institutes a new summer school for civil engineering students to study in the Maine woods.
Announcement describes permanent dormitories drafting rooms and classrooms plus facilities to take the entire hydraulic and railroad engineering course in a single year.
Professor Charles M. Spofford unveiled plans at the annual Technology Civil Engineering Society banquet at the American House. He said vacant lots and open country used by students will be taken by buildings and new sites must be found as work is planned to begin soon. Other speakers included Lucius Tuttle of the Boston & Maine railroad, Albert F. Bemis of the Technology Association, and Homer Albers, business law lecturer.
A newspaper health column offers home remedies and tonics for coughs insomnia skin issues and vitality. It cites affordable homemade syrups, antiseptic vilane nasal wash, and nerve tonics with labeled ingredients and dosages, urging readers to sign with full name and address for column replies.
A Boston church official linked Henry Pennington Toler to a plot to found a new Jerusalem in Harlem, leading to Augusta Stetson's expulsion by Mrs. Eddy. Adam H. Dickey declined broader comment while noting Toler, a once wealthy New York banker, joined the Christian Science movement under Stetson's influence.
The report describes Henry Pennington Toler's alleged schemes with Mrs. Stetson involving Harlem land, a plan to transfer property to a church and create a "New Jerusalem." It details his ruinous investments, a public repudiation by Mary Baker Eddy, a violent confrontation, his institutionalization, and his subsequent death by suicide after fleeing Ward's Island. A letter from Eddy’s secretary to Toler is included, with Dickey explaining Eddy’s supportive reply and the asylum’s view of his mental state.
A Palos Coal & Coke Company mine in Birmingham area witnesses a massive blast sealing No 3 coal mine. Forty five white and 135 Black miners are believed dead with two bodies recovered. rescue efforts continue into the night.
Flames shot 200 feet into the air as rocks caved in at the mine mouth hindering access. The blast hurled timber and damaged fan machinery while air was pumped in to reach any survivors. A special Birmingham train brought inspectors, doctors, and relief workers to Palos as the region mourns the Mulga disaster of April 21 with 41 lives lost.
Yesterday announced engagement of Viola Davenport the singer to Alvan T Fuller a Boston automobile agent. The couple’s news includes Miss Davenport’s plan to resign her aim of becoming an opera star and focus on marriage.
Providence May 5 Mrs Jessie Sawyer 42 Mrs Edith E Robinson 21 and Napoleon Ayott all Worcester residents will be arraigned in the Criminal Court tomorrow on a kidnapping charge. Helen Jackless seven year old daughter of John Jackless was taken from her home at 152 Charles street Providence last week.
Three alleged kidnap suspects were arrested in Worcester and brought to Providence this afternoon. The kidnapped child was found with them and returned to her father. Mrs Sawyer, who had been hired by the Jackless family, aided the plot along with Mrs Robinson and Ayott. They allegedly lured Helen Jackless into leaving home, boarded a train to Worcester, and were arrested at 3 Trumble Street. They face kidnapping charges with life imprisonment as the maximum penalty.
In Danville Illinois 200 militiamen are deployed after threats by striking coal miners in Westville. About 1000 foreigners marched to four mine shafts armed with stones clubs and a flag and forced 200 union miners to stop repairs and safety installations.
The Walker-Cushing bill proposing direct nominations to the people passed the Senate 27 to 10 without amendments after earlier attempts to modify it. Tensions rose between Speaker Walker and Senate President Treadway over possible amendments.
The measure lets 10 percent of voters in an district petition to place direct nominations on the ballot for Senators Representatives and county officers. Senator Doyle attacked J Otis Wardwell while Nason’s amendment to expand the bill faced rejection 17 to 18. Bennett’s split referendum proposal was rejected 17 to 2 as the debate over direct nomination continued.
Bennett denounced the amendment while Nason backed Walker-Cushing. The roll call showed 27 voting Yes and 10 No, with all except President Treadway recording. Names on record included Blanchard, Bunting, Burnham Butler, Denny, Doyle, Hultman, Lomasney, Tolman, Turner and Bennett among others.
The Daily Fire Record lists multiple incidents with times, box numbers, and locations in Roxbury Dorchester and surrounding streets. Names include Frank E Simmon ds John B Reynolds Catherine Peez Charles Rogers Hamlin Philcott George Burgess A J Lincoln and E W Clarke Company with losses ranging from 10 to 200 dollars.
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