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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1905
Page
5
A runaway auto and a prancing cab horse collide near the Hotel Clarendon on Tremont Street. The machine and horse suffer damage as owners intervened and passersby commented, while two men debate automotive mechanics and the driver fled after the incident.
Ida Evelyn Herne a 17 year old from Lynn and Chester R. Perry 22 from Lynn wed in Providence after securing a license. Their romance began at a local department store where Miss Herne browsed at the gents furnishing counter and Perry selected a cravat. They hoped to marry by a justice of the peace but Rhode Island law required a clergyman.
A printer named Perry and his fiancée Miss Herne, both young and in love, traveled by train to Boston after breakfast on a Saturday to marry, believing no obstacle stood in their way despite Miss Herne’s youth. They had spent months as friends and lovers, discussing marriage during strolls by parks and the beach.
The annual meeting in Philadelphia announced the society will cooperate with the American Historical Society to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Hebrews in the United States next fall. Officers elected include President Edwin Wolf of Philadelphia, first vice president Henry M Leipziger of New York, and second vice president Sol Blumenthal of Philadelphia.
In Boston at Odd Fellows Hall 600 delegates and many members gathered for the Independent Order Brith Abraham annual convention. Victor Schonfeld welcomed, presenting a bouquet to Grand Master Herman Herskovitz. letters from officials were read, smoking was debated, and nominations focused on the grand master post with elections and a banquet to follow.
Henry K. Goodwin, recently released from Charlestown prison, spends his first Sabbath as a free man visiting his wife’s grave at Lawrence Cemetery and greeting old friends in Lawrence and Boston, with a day filled by reunions, meals, and a church visit.
Charles Baker an expressman aged 61 disappeared on a clamming excursion with three friends near Bullock's Point Narragansett Bay. His body was recovered near shore and authorities believe he ended his life by rowing into the bay while the others slept. Baker was a widower with no local relatives.
The body of Oresti Buesci, a 22 year old Italian typesetter, was found in Davis Park with a smoking revolver and a bullet wound near the heart. Believed to be a suicide due to despondency. Unmarried, he came from Isernia, Italy, about three years ago.
In New Britain Connecticut on May 21 the 15 year old George Walker killed himself after being suspended from school. His body was found near Mountain Grove with a small bottle of carbolic acid and a note stating he would be whipped if his parents learned of the suspension.
Court Daniel Webster 234 of Somerville will hold an entertainment and smoke talk at Rhodes Hall Cambridge this evening. The committee includes Joe Lyons J Jacobs Litwin and Rosenblatt. Addresses by Past Chief Ranger E M O'Brien and Past Grand Sub-Chief Ranger J Jacobs.
The presiding elder of the district says he will meet with the author before accepting the charges. The Bowne heresy case is involved with accusations of immoral and unchristian conduct and threats to hinder church discussion. The charges reference statements and an editorial in Zion's Herald cited by George A. Cooke against Dr. Parkhurst.
A partial list of deeds attributed to Harvard Med Fac vandalism includes explosions at Sanders Theatre, painting John Harvard statue, stealing the Brooks memorial tablet, hoisting missiles on Cambridge Common, and sending a bogus honor to the Russian Czar. Joy, named in the case, is held in $1500 for the tablet larceny. police seek others.
Harvard authorities plan an unprecedented inquiry this week involving faculty undergraduates and detectives to verify the existence of the Med Fac. The probe follows the Phillips Brooks House break‑in and theft of the Brooks memorial tablet, leading to the arrest of a prominent student among Joy’s social circle. expulsion may follow despite his stature.
Five New York graduates from Wellesley and Vassar undertake a 200 mile pedestrian tour from New York to Bennington Vermont. They travel light with trunks sent ahead and wear old shoes, enjoying River scenery and fishing along the Housatonic while sharing stories of wagon rides and teaching locals to make fudge.
A delegation of railway congress delegates started at 3 p m from the Hotel Vendome in 24 carriages for a park and suburb drive and a dinner at Brookline Country Club. The party praised scenery and views and attended a Parker House banquet for T L Lipsett of the Pennsylvania railroad. Hungary France Germany England and Ireland delegates expressed thanks for Lipsett’s efforts. The group planned a North station tour of stations and docks before departing to New York via Fall River at 4 p m.
Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson warned against scientists subverting Bible truth at Tremont Temple during the Massachusetts Bible Society 80th anniversary celebration. Bishop Mallalieu presided as Henson praised the Bible’s teachings and purity, noting science cannot fathom the hereafter.
Rev Reuen Thomas told Brookline Odd Fellows at Harvard Congregational Church that America needs a new conscience and a new feeling in national life He warned the capital labor clash undermines national harmony and urged compulsory arbitration along with strict adherence to the golden rule.
The Rev. 8 C Chrum denounced card playing as a worldly vice and a growing evil. He warned young people with limited funds chase luck at the card table, leading to embezzled funds, wrecked homes and ruined character. The sermon was titled The Card Table, part of a four address series on Christian views of worldly pleasures.
James S. Dermody Camp of the Spanish War Veterans in Waltham unveiled a new regulation size colors banner 52 by 66 inches with tri colored streamers bronze eagle staff and inscription naming the camp number and location.
An experimental spray using arsenical poison will be applied to destroy gypsy and brown tail moth caterpillars in Melrose. Directed by the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, Superintendent J A Pettigrew will lead the effort with a specialized spraying machine. The trial sites lie near Wyoming avenue and adjacent oak woods just outside the Middlesex Fells. observers are welcome if weather permits.
An autopsy on Mrs. Lawrence Harnett, once thought strangled with a towel in her East Fifteenth Street room, found death due to natural causes. The police had alleged foul play prior to the examination.
May 21, 1913 report that Waltham plans to host the Federation of Motor Cyclists annual meet in early August Invitations will go to leading European motorists and France and Germany enthusiasts are expected Dr A Conan Doyle the Sherlock Holmes author and noted motorcyclist may be invited to attend the event
Everett May 21. The Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting will be held in Everett. Mrs Decker will be welcomed as part of the event's program.
The Friday Club invites for a meeting at the Methodist Church with Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs opening with an address. Mrs. Philip N. Moore will attend as first vice president. An afternoon session is planned and Saturday’s Presidents conference at the Vendome in Boston will feature Decker leading a federation work discussion.
A special musical service at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union featured the Oratorio of St. Paul directed by George Mendall Taylor with soloists Mrs. Anna Clifford Breed Miss Adelaide Griggs Willard P. Gerrish and George H Woods. Rev Henry T Secrist of Roxbury gave an address on The Real Paul stressing Paul as a human historic figure.
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