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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
9
May 13 Gloucester reports 21 fishermen returning with only one boat carrying fish. The southern mackerel grounds yield a poor catch with small, scarce fish and choppy seas. Fishermen and storekeepers face gloomy prospects but plan refreshed efforts along the Cape shore as 60 vessels and 1,000 men prepare to refit at home.
The annual spring tournament at Brookline Country Club drew top Massachusetts golfers led by champions T. R. Fuller A. G. Lockwood and J. G. Thorpe. P. W. Whittemore captured the low gross in qualifying with 80 while Harold Selfridge Arthur G. Lockwood and B. W. Corkran tied at 81 for second. Low net honors for club members ended in a 75 net tie between J. Pte Phelps and J. V. Davis after 87-12-75 and 91-16-75 scores.
The Metropolitan season opened in New York on May 13 with the Metropolitan handicap race. S. C. C. Hildreth’s four year old King James won the blue ribbon event from a field of 11, finishing six lengths ahead of Fayette, with Bugler close behind in second.
May 13 Stockbridge Massachusetts. Word spread that Charles S. Mellen president of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad had a goat taken. Sheriff reports from Council Bluffs warned of two goats a bear and a large menagerie missing. Four deputy sheriffs and a task force tracked the trail all day and recovered all but two angora goats valued at 150 dollars each.
Deputies chase a pair of goats heading toward Lenox. one goat is recovered in West Stockbridge and the other in Council Bluffs. The entire collection from Mr. Mellen's private park escapes, prompting fear and wild rumors of abductions while residents arm for possible recapture. Authorities propose wing clipping and hobbles, which are rejected.
Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of the treasury, at a private Union League Club dinner in New York, expressed hope that a satisfactory tariff bill will bring reasonable, rational, and permanent prosperity to the United States. The event honored by George S. Terry, with 30 bank presidents and banking leaders from New York in attendance.
Secretary MacVeagh calls Taft's balanced budget a key reform and credits cabinet cooperation for aligning department estimates with revenue and national needs. He notes a forthcoming monetary commission report as a milestone toward a permanent banking and currency system, with remarks by Bliss Simmons Hepburn Ives.
Joseph Skursman a 30 year old Russian immigrant lived at 29 Billerica street West End survived a fall from the West Boston bridge into the Charles River after a man described as mad struck him and threw him over. Rescue crews from the dredger Plymouth saved him, he was sinking twice.
A gold jewel bearing Scotland’s arms was presented to Alexander McGregor, treasurer of the Houghton and Dutton Company and past president of the Scots’ Charitable Society, at a banquet last evening. Commodore Hugh G Brown of the Hotel & Railroad News Company gave the gift, a shield shaped jewel with enamel arms and a Scotch thistle border and a bar inscribed Past President.
A formal gathering hosted by Commodore Brown paid tribute to McGregor, retiring president of the Scots Charitable Society, with a one-of-a-kind jewel. Guests included William M. Wood, General Charles H. Taylor, John A. Campbell, Alderman Ballantyne, and others from industry and public life. McGregor spoke of charity, loyalty, and shared effort, while guests praised his leadership and remembered Browning’s lines about enduring friendship.
May 13 reports Dominico Guzziz paid a $20 fine after five officer warnings to send his son to school. Judge Kennedy imposed the sentence.
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