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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
4
Brooklyn student Barney O. Jackson and Miss Mildred Peshmalyan, both in love for years, defy parental orders and travel by auto to Nashua New Hampshire. After tire blowouts and engine trouble they marry with City Clerk A L Cyr officiating, despite earlier plans.
A postal card mailed from Caribou Maine in August 1907 reappears two years and nine months later in Boston Massachusetts. Walter French a Hanover Street clerk recognizes his own writing on the card and discovers it had been sent to Somerville as a gent. The curious dispatch had traveled 197 miles and puzzled officials who wonder where the card has been all this time.
The funeral of George Emerson Duckery, a 13 year old newsboy and son of Rev. J. Henry Duckery, took place yesterday at Ebenezer Baptist Church on West Springfield Street. About 1200 people attended and a chorus of 300 public school students performed the recitation There Is No Death under officiating clergyman Rev. A C Ward.
Buff and Blue Club members and guests gathered for a dance and reception at Mosley's on the Charles. Proceeds go to the St. Alphonsus Association linked boat house committee at Cottage Farms bridge. Richard H. Baker directed the event with assistants Fred White Harry McGowan and Michael Hannon.
Through the will of the late Emily E Sawyer of Somerville which was allowed yesterday, $1000 each is given to the Somerville Hospital, Somerville Y M C A, New England Home for Little Wanderers, American Seaman's Friend Society, Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children, Baldwinsville Cottage Hospital for Children, Vorhees Industrial School of Denmark S C.
In East Cambridge probate court Judge Charles J McIntire approved the will of the late George C Lee of Chestnut Hill. Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a Lee granddaughter, receives one twelfth of the residue of an estate valued at 975000 dollars. Appraisers value the estate at 875000 dollars with 900000 in personal property and 75000 in real estate. Executors are George C Lee Sewall H Fessenden and George S Mumford.
A petition seeks authorization for Boston to pay a widow and eight Gorham children an annuity after John Gorham of the sewer department died from gas exposure in the sewer. The plan would give the widow $15 monthly while single and $4 monthly for each child under 16.
Somerville Catholic Club calls an important meeting tomorrow at 3 PM in Eberle Hall Union Square to hear the final committee constitution report and install the new board. Several notable speakers will address the gathering as Catholic men are invited to join before charter list closes.
Memorial Day tribute to fallen heroes on Decoration Day. The passage urges a solemn toast in whiskey mellowed by years, honoring a royal deed and lasting memory. It reflects a century old house’s preference for a whiskey truly worthy of the act.
Mrs O H P Belmont of New York operated the mammoth 22 inch McKenzie suction digger No 9 on the Cape Cod canal for 30 minutes guiding its levers and gauges. The Belmont party toured the canal sites at Sandwich Sagamore and Monument Beach and Tempest Knob as engineers projected completion by August 1912 and dredging to permit loaded barges by September 1.
A compact historical sketch recounts Richard III, born 1450, seizing the throne in 1483, and his defeat at Bosworth Field in 1485. It notes the crown’s transfer to Henry Tudor, the end of Plantagenet rule after 881 years, and Richard’s mixed legacy including the post service and English statutes.
The Grand Army headquarters issue a Memorial Day reminder urging all Americans to set aside animosities and join in gratitude for the nation. It emphasizes that Memorial Day honors liberty and principles, not solely mourning, and calls for respectful remembrance and national unity.
Actor Francis Wilson has invested 40000 in 170 acres near his Lake Mahopac estate to create a private golf course. The 7849 yard layout will feature nine holes named for actors and plays, starting with Joseph Jefferson and ending with Hr minnie.
Maynard clinched the playoff as the team secured second place in a tight tie. Details of the game and key performers were highlighted, marking a decisive finish to the contest.
Christopher P. Connolly, a Montana and New York lawyer and magazine writer, sues Oscar Lawler, assistant attorney general for the Interior Department, in the District of Columbia Superior Court for 20000 damages. The suit cites Lawler's May 15 testimony to the Ballinger Pinchot committee describing Connolly as a despicable scoundrel and alleging a shipboard insult. Connolly claims such remarks harmed his reputation and ties to Collier's Weekly.
Ernest C. Marshall is to deliver the address on the Civic Duty of Masons at the Warren monument decoration on Montreat grounds. The event is hosted by King Solomon's lodge with Worshipful Master William D. Bennett presiding. The address occurs the evening before June 17.
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