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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1909

Page

3

Navy assigns officers to recruit stations in three cities

Washington May 18 The Navy Department named officers to head recruiting stations in Boston Detroit and Cincinnati. Lieutenant J Grady will lead Boston Lieutenant C H Bullock Detroit and Lieutenant R W Kessler Cincinnati will take charge while those officers attend the summer conference at the Naval War College in Newport R I.

Washington Navy Department Navy Boston Detroit Cincinnati Naval War College Newport R. I J. Grady C. H. Bullock R. W. Kessler

Ramsey dies of accidental gas poisoning at 81

Providence reporter details the death of Roger Ramsey 81 a retired businessman from accidental gas poisoning. The May 18 incident is noted as the cause of death with no foul play suspected.

Providence R. I Roger Ramsey

Loan of Museum Art Treasures to Fogt Museum

Trustees of the Museum of Wine Arts loan a selection of paintings and classical antiquities to the Fogt Museum at Harvard for display during the moving months.

Museum of Wine Arts Fogt Museum Harvard

Rat Attacks Sleeping Boy in East Boston Bed

A starving rat climbed into 10-year-old Leo Walshs bed on 21 Meridian Street East Boston and sank its teeth into his arm causing severe lacerations. He was rushed to the East Boston Relief station for treatment.

Leo Walsh Meridian Street East Boston

Citizens denounce the mayor's veto on Charlestown plans

In South Boston and Charlestown, Aldermen Attridge and Hale defend 80 000 Charlestown and 60 000 South Boston building funds for new jail and court facilities. The mayor would cut to 35 000 and remodel the old courthouse as activists demand a modern, central site with adequate cells and sanitary conditions. Doctors lawyers and business leaders urge swift construction.

Boston Charlestown John J. Attridge Matthew Hale Alderman Attridge Alderman Hale Finance Commission Court House Hale & Attridge Francis Magurn Julia Duff Hibbard District Court W. W. Raymond Warren Avenue W. H. Breen Magurn John Allendorf South Boston Herbert K. Keenan Medical Association of P. A. Foley

Longfellow Niece Sues Boston Banker for 15000

Marian Longfellow O Donoghue niece of the Cambridge poet sues Arthur W Moors of Boston banker for 15000 in damages alleging negligence in snow and ice removal at 1213 Beacon Street Brookline where she fell in December 1908 and sustained permanent injuries. Moors denies the claim.

Dedham Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue Cambridge Arthur W. Moors Boston O'Donoghue Brookline Portland Fendant Beacon Street Ellen T. Longfellow Moors J. B. Moors & Co

Honors Fall to Art Pupils

The annual School of the Museum of Fine Arts exhibition on Huntington Avenue near Ruggles Street awarded three prizes yesterday with more to come this week. The Ayer prize for best portrait went to Miss Rosamond Coolidge for $40. a prize was shared by Richard Meryman and Carl J. Nordell. Nordell recently earned the Paige scholarship, providing two years abroad and $1600 for expenses. Additional prizes of $50 for portrait life and cast, an anonymous prize for Mr. Benson's advanced class, and Mrs. Kimball's $150 modelling prize will be given Friday. The show includes works by prize winners and students such as Ida M. Dougherty, Philip Lyford, Walter L. Cheever, Mary B. Titcomb, and many others across Tarbell’s advanced portrait class, Pratt’s modelling class, Benson’s advanced class, Pratt’s afternoon modelling, Hale’s life class, and Paxton’s antique class.

Otf Museum of Fine Arts Huntington Avenue Ruggles Street Ayer Rosamond Coolidge Richard Meryman Carl J. Nordell Paige Sears Emily B. W. Waite Ellen W. Chase Mabel Norman Helen Blum Arthur L. Long Thomas c. Cole Ralph MacLellan Dorma M. Schuster William James, Jr Martha Crocker Marion RB. Allen Marjorie H. Thomas Adeline Baxter Charles A. Hafner Mr. Pratt Anna P. Woollett John F. Paramini Anna Glenny Frederick W. Allen Helen Greenleaf Benson Winifred Bosworth Alfred Lowe Frederick G. Hall Dorothea Keep Randall Murphy Marion I. P. Pooke Gertrude Tiske Alice TL. Heath Susan A. Poor Harold M. Sweet Jonathan Arthur Twutehins Gertrude Whitterore Anna I. Ball Alice S.ixeep Gertrude Allen W. T. Williams Phoebe Ropes G. E. Kerlin Edna Barrett Mr. Hale R. Logan Winifred B. Warren H. J. Williams Lois Wilcox Edith Park J. M. Calder S. Hamachi E. Collom Alice P. Avery Philips EB. D. Drake Bailey C. Allen Philip Lyford Cowell Paxton H. Carrotto Ernest FE. Perry Joseph E. Cowell Ethel Wetzler A. Gallagher Mary C. Bryant Esther Parker Ethel P. Nor

Geraldine Farrar Denies Engagement in Paris Visit

Miss Geraldine Farrar and her mother arrived in Paris from New York via Cherbourg amid rumors of an engagement to Antonio Secotti. She denied any marriage plans and said she will spend the summer in France before returning to the United States in autumn.

Paris Geraldine Farrar New York Cherbourg

Hughes' Son Taken Ill in Providence

May 18 in Providence Rhode Island Charles E Hughes Jr senior at Brown University son of New York Governor was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with a severe cerebro spinal meningitis over studying is blamed as the trigger Governor Hughes notified promptly upon his son's removal to hospital

Providence R. I Charles E. Hughes, Jr Brown University Hughes New York Rhode Island Hospital

Plan to test 100000 children before fall school opening

The executive committee of the United Improvement Association approved a plan to stamp out diphtheria in public schools by taking 100000 cultures from school children the week before schools open in fall. It was voted to present the plan to the 14 member organizations to make a united appeal to the Board of Health.

The United Improvement Association Association Board of Health

Eight Hour Bill Faces House Vote Today

The eight hour measure faces a House vote today after Governor Draper vetoed it. Representative Thomas J. Fay of Ward 18 leads the labor push, while William Garcelon of Newton opposes the bill and defends the Governor. Garcelon noted few Republicans would vote against the Governor.

Draper Thomas J. Fay Ward 18 William Garcelon Newton Garcelon

Taft names Whitelaw assistant treasurer in St Louis

Washington May 18 report that President Taft will appoint Oscar L Whitelaw as assistant treasurer of the United States at St Louis to succeed T J Akins recently named postmaster at that city.

Washington Taft Oscar L. Whitelaw United States St. Louis T. J. Akins

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