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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
2
Mrs Florence M Dodge the Lunenburg woman serving a four to six year term for manslaughter in the killing of William Heath last September keeps a regimented routine at the Vermont State Prison. She rises at 5 30 each weekday and shares in prison housekeeping under Matron Sarah J Durkee.
Rapid land price rises accompany new waterfront projects in South and East Boston. East Boston saw a sale of 51,000 square feet by East Boston Land Company with large sums changing hands. South Boston mirrors the trend as Commonwealth dock plans proceed. George E. Keith Company will build three large factories, with Aronson Leather and Hercules Steel also planning new structures.
Washington May 18 The army headquarters at Denver is the sole abolition under a new order that creates three grand military divisions in the United States. The Department of the East expands to include Ohio and Kentucky. Eastern division headquarters will be on Governors Island New York the central division in Chicago and the western division in San Francisco. Changes effective July 1.
Colonel George Warren Nason, Civil War officer famed for using his fortune to aid needy comrades, died after a five day illness at the City Hospital. He, a bachelor living at 36 Bromfield street, aged 77, was close to Waterman Mitchell of the same address who died last Friday and Mitchell's assistant who died the following day. The colonel had appeared despondent the day after.
Charles Denton Treadway, 14, son of Massachusetts Senate President Allen Treadway, died at the Hotchkiss School Lakeville Connecticut after a week of inflammatory rheumatism. He was born in New Haven on September 20 1896 and educated in Stockbridge Massachusetts. His father rushed to Lakeville after hearing of the death.
Ailing Colonel Nason, born Franklin 1834 and married 1854 to Harriet Kilburn, died after long service. He led Franklin and Heaton Posts, fought at Bull Run and Roanoke Island, served as postmaster at New Bern, then in Boston real estate and water department before dying with no close survivors.
Hundreds of Southern soldiers marched and rode in the 21st annual parade of United Confederate Veterans in Little Rock Arkansas on May 18. Bands played stirring Civil War anthems as aging veterans faltered and dropped out along the route.
The Taft peace push wins backing from Boston and New England business leaders. A Chamber of Commerce telegram to President Taft lauds his universal peace stance and highlights anticipated commercial gains from ending wars. It notes the direct savings from avoided property damage and the indirect benefits of uninterrupted international trade.
Holyoke May 13 Work on several large mills and other buildings and much repair work in the city and vicinity will be suspended immediately as a result of the carpenters strike. The strike has been in progress several days with more than 300 carpenters out in Holyoke and nearby areas. The main issue is shorter working hours.
New York May 18 Albert Wolter who was sent to Sing Sing death house for the murder of Ruth A Wheeler awaits a decision. The case was declared ready for the Court of Appeals but arguments likely cannot be heard until next fall. Originally Wolter was sentenced to die June 4.
Edward J. Loughnane, four months old, fell from a third floor window at 258 Bridge Street, East Cambridge. He was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital with a fractured skull.
Three hundred seventy five Cambridge schoolboys will be guests of Harvard at the Stadium Saturday for an interscholastic meet. Plans include boys from all Cambridge schools attending.
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