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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
7
The Boston Post invites New England families with living representatives of four generations to send photographs and family notes for publication and a bound book for President Roosevelt. Include one member per generation and notable family facts.
Bishop William Lawrence at Emanuel Episcopal Church Somerville confirmed 30 candidates from three churches 25 from Emanuel 4 from St James West Somerville and 1 from St John Charlestown. He delivered an eloquent sermon and urged duties of a Christian life.
James Chapman aged 14 is missing from his Gainsboro street home since Friday and is believed to have left for New York with two boys. He was expected to meet his brother at a local hospital, but did not arrive.
A boy departed with two companions after a family dispute and left a blue knickerbocker suit with patent leather shoes, a blue cap, and a light overcoat. He boarded a Sound steamer to New York Friday night, with New York police notified and inquiries at steamship offices ongoing.
Washington reports a new sport where electricity handles rifle shots from desks. President Roosevelt allegedly scored 69 of 75 at Charleston and heard a gong on bullseyes, prompting matches between cities without travel.
King Edward VII avoids being forced to defend a Massachusetts suit by Anne Bridget Mason over injuries on the Intercolonial railway of Canada in 1906. The British government argues the railway is Crown property and not a Massachusetts defendant, with funds directed to Canada’s finance ministry rather than railway maintenance.
President Theodore Roosevelt will be the guest of the Daughters of the American Revolution during Old Home Week in Boston. The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia will participate in a huge eight day tour ending with a Saturday Military Day parade on August 8. A fundraiser will be launched to preserve the Old North Church as part of the celebration.
Edmund Kelley aged 3 son of James Kelley of Williams Street Chel sea fell 45 feet from the roof of his father's house at 3 yesterday afternoon. He struck a brick sidewalk and died after being taken to Frost Hospital.
The Harvard Monthly held a banquet at the Lenox last evening with remarks from Professor Barrett Wendell recalling 1877 editors. W. B. Wolff of Yale Lit praised Harvard Yale ties and friendly rivalry. Other speakers included G. P. Baker W. A. Neilson W. Hapgood P. W. McKaye Herman Hagedorn J. H. Wheelock and J. W. Baker. Professor G. Santayana served as toastmaster.
Washington May 7 Another instalment of the official story of Standard Oil will be sent to President Roosevelt within days. Herbert Knox Smith reviews the report and publication hinges on the president. The piece outlines crude oil pricing, top price sales, rival suppression, and dummy firms admitted as independents through false memberships.
A federal grand jury indicted the Chicago Rock Island Ontario & Western Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Western Transit Company for violations of the Elkins anti-rebating act. The Ontario & Western faces the most counts about 30. Indictments involve alleged payments to the American Sugar Refining Company. A trial is expected within days.
New Haven railroad boosts daily wages for about 10,000 workers by 10 to 20 cents. Train brakemen gain 10 cents to 2.20 for 11 hours, baggage men 15 cents to 2.25 for 11 hours, and yard brakemen 20 cents to 2.40 for 11 hours.
Miss Blanche Cockerille from Washington Court House Ohio presented a dramatic reading of Esmeralda at Huntington Chambers. She portrayed ten characters including Mr Rogers and Mrs Rogers from a well known piece after three years of study in Boston and completion of a post graduate course under Professor Delbert Staley.
A Carolina farmer Mr Estabrook and leisure seeker Mr Jack Desmond mingle with American artist in Paris Miss Nora Desmond and her sister Miss Kate Desmond. Also present are Marquis De Montessin the French adventurer and American speculator George Drew in a cross Atlantic social scene.
A crowded electric elevator stalled ten feet above the first floor while the janitor and his electrician son freed the marooned men after about two hours. Passengers included H B Temby and others. all endured thirst and mild discomfort with humor until rescue at 7 10.
President L B R Briggs reports Radcliffe College had a prosperous year with more courses and stable finances. A new library funded by Carnegie and a second dormitory Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall are highlights, while salaries strain resources and Briggs calls for a large unrestricted endowment to sustain instruction and growth.
Madame Mirona Beatrice de Sabrisson of Paris lectured at the Hotel Somerset on body care including skin scalp hair and health to a large Back Bay audience. She praised American ties and announced her first U S visit with afternoon appearances at R H White Co where Myra-Dean preparations would be sold.
In East Boston, 26 men were fined 20 dollars each in municipal court for involvement in a Sunday gaming raid at the Old Chapel on Bennington Street. Lewis Lemon alias Lewis Williams, named as proprietor, received a 50 dollar fine. All defendants appealed and posted 50 dollar bonds for Superior Court appearance.
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