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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
4
King Edward VII’s body lies in state at Westminster Hall after the Buckingham Palace procession to Westminster Hall. A two mile queue formed as 6000 per hour passed through the hall, with royal and international figures attending and the crowd showing deep mourning.
A long historical overview traces Henry III’s troubled reign from 1216 to his death in 1272, the baronial rebellion, and Edward I’s rise. It then recounts Queen Mary and the royal procession to Westminster Hall for King Edward VII’s funeral, noting massed troops, bands, and the solemn service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Colonel Roosevelt attended as special American ambassador to the funeral.
Theresa Gleason, 16, daughter of Mrs Flora Gleason of 2 Stillman Place, modeled a clay statue of a girl playing a mandolin using life as reference. Edith Gleason, 12, her sister, acted as the model. the statue stands one foot high and will be exhibited at the North Bennet Street Industrial School.
Pittsfield residents flock to view Halley’s comet with aerial fans at the Wendell Hotel and Greylock summit. George Bauer will open the summit house next week for more observers while a birthday celebrant, Mrs Maria Lloyd, turns 85 with her twin sister Mary Webb nearby. The city’s astronomy class rests after nights of stargazing as a Berkshire donor contemplates a gift if the world does not end tomorrow.
Paris May 17 Scientists from the Paris Observatory will launch balloons over the next four days to study the upper atmosphere as part of observations of Halley's comet. Similar ascents have been made at Greenwich and other observatories to gather data on the comet’s tail and space conditions.
A Framingham inquiry report accused half the past six years of graft incompetence and overspending. The Board of Selectmen allegedly spent 17000 on three miles of highway though the highway commission offered to do it for 10000 and a road roller graft tied to Walsh Underwood Brennan and McLaughlin. The roller sits unused seven months as officials clashed on the readings.
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