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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1907
Page
7
A bird and a speaker share a beach scene as storms approach. They gather driftwood while clouds race and lighthouses loom. The narrator comforts the sandpiper, affirming their shared humanity and faith as a tempest nears.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe marked her eighty eighth birthday at home on Beacon Street with about two hundred friends calling between 4 and 6 PM. Flowers and a white rose bouquet from the Suffrage League decorated the parlor while letters and telegrams from across the country poured in. Her son, Prof. Henry Marion Howe of Columbia, and relatives of Mrs. Howe attended along with guests including Mrs. David Prescott Hall and Mrs. Laura E. Richards.
Marius Jacobson a 33 year old native of Denmark and stowaway on the British steamer Marquette arrived at Charlestown harbor after traveling nearly 11 000 miles. He had twice been shanghaied and sought entry to the United States but immigration officials ordered him deported to Antwerp.
In Boise Idaho on May 27 the Haywood trial delayed to Friday as Judge Wood orders a 61 man venire panel after defense notes potential discrimination and limited numbers. Prosecution questions include limits on peremptory challenges and holiday adjournment affects.
The annual business meeting of the Fathers and Mothers Club of Boston elected officers led by President Mrs Mary Pamela Rice at the Twentieth Century club house. New officers include vice presidents Mrs C H Gifford Professor James B Taylor and others. the group supports school nurse programs and seeks a permanent country home for children.
Toully six hundred people attended the May festival of the Congregational Club at Ford Hall last evening. It was ladies night with bright gowns. Speakers Talcott Williams of the Philadelphia Press and Rollo Ogden of the New York Evening Post discussed Moral Ideals of the Modern Press.
The J. S. Hilliard & Son teaming business is absorbed by the R. S. Brine Company. Harrison Loring offers cash stock valued at 80000 toward consolidation. The move aims to form a large trucking group to include firms hit by the strike. Local 25 distrusts the plan and questions control of other struck firms.
Charles Fancey a new strike breaker for F H Knight and Son was attacked by a mob of boys yesterday and driven from his team. Two boys seized the wagon and fled but returned it to the Dorchester avenue stable. Two men Patrick Donohue and P J Cook were arrested for assault and later identified themselves. Fancey returned to work after being found unharmed.
Memorial Day exercises by Captain John Drum Camp No 21 United Spanish War Veterans Dorchester mark the first street appearance of the new camp. The memorial address will be delivered by Hon Joseph F OConnell as orator of the day.
Four generation photographs are invited for publication in the Post. Families of four or more living generations may send their pictures to be included in a group photo set. The assembled portraits will be bound and sent to President Roosevelt.
Joseph Wilson Proctor heads a Melrose family described as having made good in Roosevelt jania. The portrait includes four generations: Joseph Wilson Proctor, his son Frederick Wilson Proctor, grandson Eugene Frost Proctor, and great grandson Ralph Wesley Proctor. The elder Proctor came from Maine to Lowell when cotton mills began there. All members reside in Melrose and the father hints Ralph could reach a fifth generation.
The second monthly meeting of the County Louth Association of the Knights and Ladies of St Brigid was held in Arcade Hall last evening. Five new members were initiated, the first ten sections of the by laws read and approved, and the name adopted after a heated discussion. Irish songs and dances concluded the entertainment with performances by Miss Toomey, the Coveneys, Miss Keohane, Miss Nellie Gorman, and Frank Farrell.
A letter to the editor from J Travers on behalf of Division 47 A O H Roslindale thanks the Boston Post for the generous space given to the Hibernian memorial service at Calvary Cemetery on Sunday, praising the paper’s coverage and public acknowledgment.
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