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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1908
Page
2
In Hot Springs Virginia on November 9 President-elect Taft and Governor-elect Draper played an 18 hole round before a large crowd. Taft claimed he could still beat Draper or any other golf playing governor and he did secure the win.
Hearato Brown a dapper young Japanese man was sent to the reformatory yesterday by Judge Bishop in a historic case the first of its kind in these courts. The government says he forged a sea captain s name on a check for 96 dollars drawn on a Western bank.
ST JOHN S N F Nov 9 With only two seats to be heard from last Mondays election in Newfoundland for members of the Colonial Legislature resulted in a tie between the premier Sir Robert Bond and the opposition headed by Sir Edward Morris for control of that body The latest seat to send in returns which arrived today was Burgeo which elected a Morris adherent by a majority of 224 votes This gives 17 seats each to the government and the opposition.
Charles J. McCarthy of the Day Express Company was fined $250 for contempt of court by Judge Loring. The Day Express Company was fined $250 the same proceedings by the Boston & Maine company.
In Calais Maine on November 9 a 14 year old boy, son of D C Rollins of St Stephens New Brunswick, was accidentally shot and killed by his father during a deer hunt. The father tripped as he fired a running shot, the bullet striking the boy in the neck as he stood some distance ahead. The father was distraught at the tragedy.
Senor Gonzalo de Quesada Cuban Minister to the United States met the President at the White House to report strong interest in the Presidents Africa tour plans and to note that Italy France Spain and Portugal hope he will visit after returning from Africa in 1910.
The painting Teddy retrievering a pheasant by Alexander Pope is on display in Boyle Bros window at 83 Washington Street. Teddy, a celebrated bird dog owned by BE Boyle, is praised for intelligence, companionable nature, and a striking head sought by breeders.
The Rev. Hugh A. Knowles 19, pastor of a Divernon church, received 400 damages from Mason county Circuit Court for injuries from a fight with Elmer Abbott a Mason City high school student. The incident occurred at the corn belt oratorical and athletic meet in Springfield last spring when Knowles tried to aid a schoolgirl Abbott allegedly annoyed. Knowles suffered a broken hand in the clash.
Wellesley nov 9. Wellesley field day finals determine class champions in basketball hockey tennis and running with juniors winning hockey and basketball, sophomores taking tennis, seniors leading overall. Miss Lucille Eaton Hill directed events with assistants Miss Fearon and Miss Bacon.
The Boston Curb Stock Exchange faces an injunction sought in the Supreme Court to stop use of 21 Doane Street as its headquarters. Trustees William H. Dunbar and Esther L. Hammond claim conduct at the Fiske Building creates a nuisance and a curtailment of quiet during business hours.
Florence Jamouneau aged 18 and her schoolday sweetheart Albert Cano were quietly married at 7 Valentine Street Roxbury last Thursday, surprising local society. The couple, popular in district circles, began their romance in school.
A bride revealed her wedding to intimate friends after a grocery boy learned of the marriage. The groom Mr Cane is two years older. they were schoolmates at Roxbury High School and graduated last June. They are touring the West and will reside in Roxbury upon return.
The Hon. J. H. Agnew provincial treasurer of Manitoba died in Winnipeg after an appendectomy performed a week earlier.
An early advertisement touts Burine Eye Remedy as an eye tonic claimed to cleanse and soothe troubled vision. It markets benefits for general eye discomfort and fatigue, urging readers to try the product for clearer sight.
A. B. Turner returns from Chicago claiming confidence that missing securities stolen by Richard Parker or Edward Devine are still in Boston in the Securities Safe Deposit vaults rented by Foster H. Hooper. He asserts Devine’s identity is certain and notes a courtroom sighting of the man who posed as Parker as authorities linked the group to the Worcester bank signing check.
In Hamilton Bermuda on November 9 Lieutenant General Frederick Walter Kitchener was sworn in as Governor and commander in chief of the troops succeeding Lieutenant General Wodehouse. Kitchener most recently commanded the Lahore district in India.
George A Fairfield secretary and treasurer of the Hartford Board of Trade died at his Hartford home today of heart failure at age 75. He was a prominent manufacturer, inventor, and pioneer sewing machine maker. He is survived by a widow and two children.
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. It notes a money back guarantee if the remedy fails and bears the signature of Be W. Grove on each box, priced at 25 cents.
Charles W. Morse falls under attack by Thomas Fortune Ryan and J. Pierpont Morgan for attempting rival traction and steamship ventures. The warning note says his downfall comes from interfering with their financial games, leading to a 15 year imprisonment while Morse vows to fight on and warns Wall Street may hear from him again.
After amassing profits from an ice trust, Morse expanded into banking and traction, buying banks and trolley lines, forming coastwise steamship trusts, and facing a collapse as Ryan and Morgan seized the clearing house. Morse and Barney faced bankruptcy, Barney’s suicide, and Morse’s 15 year sentence after indictment.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as containing more than twenty ingredients including sarsaparilla stil lingia yellow dock gentian and more. It claims powerful blood and body health benefits and recounts a mother’s testimonial of a four week recovery in a infant with severe sores. It promotes liquid or Sarsatabs formats and a 100 dose dollar offer.
Superintendent W. T. Perkins says the Broadway Bridge in Chelsea will be in operation by December 1 and may open to public travel before that date.
In Winsted Connecticut Mrs. Fred A Schleschlweg of Bristol slipped while bathing in a porcelain tub and struck her head, causing fatal injuries according to local reports.
An appeal invites readers suffering from catarrh to seek treatment at five dollars per month until cured. Applicants may visit in person or apply by mail before December 1.
Mrs Martha P Shattuck of South Merrimack New Hampshire reports four years of deafness worsened by cold and winter. After Williams treatment she hears watch ticks from arm's length, head noises vanished, and vision improved as cataracts respond to the Williams Absorption Method.
William Winne of Schenectady New York credits Williams Optical and Medical Company with restoring his sight and curing his nervous condition after a sudden loss of vision and severe anxiety. He describes early trials by oculists and nerve specialists and endorses Dr Williams and the Williams Absorption Treatment as effective.
Names and addresses listed show a range of cures offered by a clinic with free consultation. Office hours are 9 to 8 daily with extended Sunday hours 10 to 12. Addresses include hotel Oxford New Bedford and Adams Street Milton among others. many applicants mentioned.
White Cross antiseptic foot powder promises relief from smarting burning and swollen feet. It claims no alum or harmful astringents and targets policemen, letter carriers, soldiers, firemen, and railroad men with a curative powder sold by druggists and stores at 10c and 25c per can. free sample offered by White Cross Toilet Powder Co., New York.
Teheran confirms a reactionary plan to end the Persian parliament. Russia and Britain warned the Shah and will renew strong representations. Russian forces have been mobilized on the northern Persian frontier amid fears following the Shah’s revolution.
Kansas City reports that W. B. Ridgely, president of the reorganized National Bank of Commerce, will be replaced. Dr. W. C. Woods, the deposed president, and allies have bought a majority of stock to gain control. Ridgely resigned last winter from the comptroller of the currency post to lead the bank.
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