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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
7
A rustic ballad describes a girl tying her bonnet beneath her chin as a western wind toys with her hair and a young man, Ellery Vane, gains courage and shares a kiss on a hill. The scene ends with the forewarning of romance blooming.
Columbus May 9 Taft forces in Ohio led by chairman Arthur Voorges issued a statement claiming solid Ohio support for Taft Roosevelts successor. They say recent weeks show opposition withdrawn and the Ohio GOP will push on with the campaign and maintain the Taft organization.
Arthur L. Copp of Boston accuses Henry A. Albin superintendent of the electrical branch of the Boston & Maine railroad of taking his wife's affections. Copp seeks $10,000 in damages in a suit filed in Concord New Hampshire. Copp is about 50. his wife is described as 35.
After star chamber sessions the Brookline Board of Selectmen decided streets will be watered with water instead of calcium chloride. They contracted 17 watering-cart owners to dust the town through October at 125 dollars per cart per month, 25 more than last year.
Highway commissioners gathered merchants and citizens to plan how to probe rates tolls and service of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Only six of twelve invited attended and no firm conclusions were reached as talks remained preliminary and uncertain.
Charles R. Martin aged 22 months the son of Charles H. Martin of Prescott street died tonight in Malden. The boy known as a prize winning baby succumbed to cerebro meningitis believed caused by a fall from a chair or bed earlier.
Charles R. Martin, a prize-winning infant from Malden, died of cerebromeningitis believed to follow a fall from his baby carriage. The child, noted for winning prizes in Malden and Boston, slipped from the carriage during a ride, cut his head, and deteriorated over several days. He weighed 32 pounds at ten months.
General Whitney and staff of the Second Brigade Colonel Nutter and Coast Artillery officers Colonel Oakes and department officers of the Grand Army attended Globe Theatre on John Craig's invitation to view The Heart of Maryland The boxes and first balcony were festively decorated The stars Mr Craig and Miss Young received enthusiastic applause for their portrayals as Colonel Alan Kendrick and Maryland Calvert The curtain rose and fell amid long if brief interludes as the audience demanded further scenes and remarks from the cast after the belfry sequence
The funeral of L B Thompson of Dorchester will be held Saturday afternoon. Many leading Grand Army men of Greater Boston will attend. Thompson was active in the Civil War helping raise a company and was present at Fort Sumter’s raising by General Sherman.
Isaiah L. Scharfman won the Boylston Prize for eloquence at Harvard in a Sanders Theatre ceremony. Other prize recipients included Gilbert Hirsch Artemus R. Ellis Marston Allen and Edwin Tyson. Judges were Rev T I Gasson J D White J D Greene and others.
The 31st session of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts Order of Eastern Star met at Ford Hall with the largest attendance. Retiring matron Effie F. King of Boston presided as the youngest matron in the state. Officers elected for the next year include Grand matron Emily F. Wilkins Wakefield and Grand patron Harry M. White Dorchester.
New York and Philadelphia friends applaud Marguerite Haney as a key member of Mc Mahon's Minstrel Maids. The nine member vaudeville girl act has finished a ten month tour and closes May 25. A new 1907 08 season act is in rehearsal for further engagements.
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