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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
6
Colonel Adam Gifford charges Chairman Fowler of the Overseers of the Poor blocked Salvation Army fundraising for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. He says about half of last year’s recipients in Boston will miss meals due to the ruling limiting street solicitations.
Chairman Fowler is attacked as an enemy of the cause by Colonel Gif ford who says the ruling blocking dinners hurts the poor. He defends Army workers pay, notes most funds go to the needy, and vows to halt dinner solicitations while continuing public meeting collections.
A memorial meeting for Henry B. Blackwell was held yesterday afternoon at Park Street Church. Attendees included Rev Charles G. Ames Hon John D. Long Edwin D. Mead Professor F C De Lumichrast Mrs Isabel C Barrows Francis J Garrison Meyer Bloomfield Moses H Gulesian and James L Stark.
New York reports details on the two Belfast built liners for White Star. The Olympic and Titanic will exceed Cunarders by 12,000 tons to 45,000 each and offer private flats, bathrooms, a ballroom deck, a sea view veranda cafe, a grill room, a sun deck garden, and a large swimming bath. They use four funnels one mast and a turbine reciprocal engine mix with a total cost near 20 million dollars. Maiden voyages expected spring 1911.
The Webster Debating Club announced that Herman Holstein, club president, will marry Rose Marks, daughter of Louis Marks of South Huntington Avenue. The ceremony is set for Thanksgiving night at Minot Hall with several hundred guests invited.
Governor Eben S. Draper will attend the Ninth Regiment Infantry Memorial Services at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Thanksgiving morning at 10 o clock with Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham and the governor’s staff. Archbishop O Connell will deliver the sermon. The regiment will appear in full dress for the first time. Major Dunn will be chief usher. About 3000 invitations issued. Boston officials and senators attend. Mass by George J. Patterson. Clergymen James Lee and Patrick B. Murphy to occupy honor posts.
The Philadelphia Central Labor Union adopted resolutions calling a two week work stoppage as Gompers Mitchell and Morrison face incarceration. Boston leaders weigh action next Sunday dependent on delegates, stressing conscience as a force for labor freedom.
A promotional account touts Doan's Kidney Pills as curing uric acid related kidney troubles. It describes symptoms such as backache sciatica and rheumatic pain and cites James Conner of 196 Broadway Boston praising the remedy after ten years of use.
Halifax police pursue M. C. MacLennan once a Presbyterian clergyman and local manager of the Excelsior Insurance Society on charges of defaulting with 3000 dollars of the society's funds. A woman accompanies him as a clue, and his wife learns her husband mortgaged their home and furniture before disappearing.
Norman White of Taunton aged 28 and Lenora Cornell of New Bedford aged 22 were saved from asphyxiation at the Martin House in Providence when a call boy climbed a fire escape and opened windows and doors. The couple had rented a room at 9 am and the woman hung clothing over a gas bracket. A roomer smelled gas around 5 pm. both were unconscious but are expected to recover.
An American expedition led by Dr. W H Prescott and Dr. Orville W Owen, with Mrs. Prescott and others, follows a cypher in Sidney Arcadia to Bacon's lost library in England. They reached the Cave of the Winds and, by November 2, Prescott reported near completion but awaited further developments.
Ben Franklin Assembly 5463 and K of L announce a public meeting Sunday at Lincoln Hall Concord for city employees. A Wells Memorial gathering will recruit names for papers and back candidates for Boston City Council. Union delegates discuss waterfront grievances and wage rules, with new members admitted across several locals. A state convention reception committee is formed with officers named and a banquet planned. The Boston Musicians' Assembly opposes a narrow endorsement process for municipal office seekers.
New York dispatch reports an airship accident where Dr. William Green manuvered to avoid a man crossing with a baby in his arms. The machine struck a fence during a practice flight as Green attempted a safe landing.
Alfred J. Audrey aged 30 living at 54 Waltham Street was arrested after a chase by Back Bay officers yesterday. He is charged with stealing a watch and fob from Philip Sanford of 110 Harvard Avenue West Medford on Berkeley Street near Columbus Avenue as pedestrians joined the pursuit.
Frank E. Kidder, described as a cripple, was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction by Judge Jonathan Smith for lingering in Clinton after being ordered to leave. The sentence was handed down late yesterday afternoon.
George B. Smith spoke to the Young Men's Christian Union on the plan for Boston 1915 and addressed the young men about expectations and outlook for the year.
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