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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
7
The schooner Meth ebeze arrived in New York after seven weeks at sea from Vinal Haven Maine. A 42 ton granite monolith shifted during the voyage, the cause of the unprecedented delay as the cargo consisted of two such boulders.
Two 20 foot long monoliths, each about six feet square, were loaded on a schooner deck after they could not fit in the hold. A stone broke loose during storm off Point Judith, nearly capsizing the vessel. Crew secured the piece, one sailor injured with a broken leg, and the monoliths will be used for a new office building on the Fifth Avenue Hotel site.
Albert J. Ray, ice cart driver on Tucker Avenue, found a real gold brick valued at 2861.26 dollars after bumping a package. He read an advertisement about a lost brick by A. I. Wade of Gorham Manufacturing. Ray surrendered the brick and received a substantial reward from the bank and Gorham Company.
Willis F. Clark, 65, of Highland Avenue Malden, was arrested by Officer Irwin on a larceny charge. Police say he preyed on South End lodging house keepers by claiming to have a Maine buyer and collecting advertising fees, then vanished.
In Lake county Indiana Superior Court at Hammond, a man was jailed thirty days for murder after slashing a victim’s throat with a razor, stabbing another in the abdomen, and crushing a third’s skull. Another man received eight years for stealing a pair of boots due to need.
An article argues that women are often cross and irritable due to a feminine derangement and urges a remedy that acts on the organs to restore normal function and dispel hysterical and nervous symptoms.
A letter from Mrs. Mattie Copenhaver of Parsons Kansas testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her severe feminine ailments after other remedies failed. The note claims the product has cured thousands of women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous exhaustion.
The exchange notes Pratt and Rogers left Pratt stock to join forces with the Standard. The two men shifted their holdings and later formed a partnership, remaining in the business realm.
Salvation Army hopes to feed thousands of needy children this Thanksgiving but contributions lag behind last year. Investigating officers report rising demand as 4000 children were served last year and the number is expected to grow. A girl dropped a penny in a collection box, while mail offerings total only 1.30 for the cause. Three halls will host the dinner at 11 30 a.m. with tickets for children up to 18 and 200 volunteers serving.
Testimony details Standard Oil influence on railroad terminals and rates from 1875 to 1881. Witness disputes control of Erie and New York Central terminals and describes rate practices, terminal pools, and drawbacks to Cleveland exports. Questions about Pratt & Co. and stock exchanges between Pratt and Standard Oil conclude with adjournment to Monday.
Paris police say Mrs White had a lucky escape in the burglary of Ambassador White's home. Journale, now under arrest, admits the break in and says he did not reach the second floor since there was no staircase.
Patrolman Bates of Station 2 arrested Frank Dunbar 28 of 119 Sterling street on a larceny charge after a struggle on a crowded subway train near Boylston Street. Dunbar was later identified as Frank Donavarra, a suspected professional pickpocket with a rogues gallery image. He had prior convictions including a 1903 three month sentence under another name.
A horse attached to Herbert's Cambridge express ran amok near 88 Green Street and plowed through the plate glass of Flashman Bros. store. Pedestrians narrowly escaped injury as the horse rushed upstairs and into the window, breaking a shaft on the wagon and suffering cuts to its legs.
The Rev. Dr. Elwood Worcester, pastor of Emmanuel Church, returned from New York where he lectured on the Emmanuel Church movement for the cure of disease. He refused to comment on Harvard's Dr. James J. Putnam who calls the movement a mistake.
Clergymen and physicians clash over the Emmanuel church movement with Dr. Putnam and Rev A A Berle arguing clergy lack medical training and risk harming the community. Dr Worcester supports physician involvement and urges cautious progress to deepen pastoral ties while preserving professional boundaries.
St Petersburg prepares for the funeral of Grand Duke Alexis with a procession on foot from the railway station to the fortress of St Peter and St Paul. The Emperor may miss the ceremony due to slight indisposition and strict precautions are ordered for security with penalties for sheltering strangers.
The Thomas Francis Meagher Club plans a Paine Memorial Hall event tomorrow with speaker William J. Walshe and a color seminar. A vocalist will perform Irish ballads as part of the program honoring Allien Larkin and O'Brien. The Celtic Club of South Boston also hosts a D Street celebration with a banquet, speeches, and readings.
Warrants issued for three alleged fur robbers William Miller alias Peskey Frank Marquette and Minnie Marquette as Providence Chief Inspector Horton departs to secure their transfer from New York ahead of Boston authorities.
Word from Winnipeg reports 500 Indians in the Fort George region near Hudson Bay about 200 miles east of the base of supply face starvation after three weeks without provisions. They subsist on scavenged food while wolves roam the area killing game.
The Norwegian sailing ship Lancing arrived in Norfolk from New Caledonia after a record voyage of over 12,000 miles in 97 days.
A three alarm blaze struck a six story brick building at Hawkins and Sudbury streets early yesterday. Fire damage and water loss are estimated at 60000 dollars as hoses and a hydrant burst, flooding the street and sinking a department water tower. The ground floor housed the Union Paint and Varnish and Boston Mirror companies with offices and furniture dealers on upper floors.
A well dressed woman naming herself Mrs. Hazel Bowers of Somerville Avenue Somerville was arrested by Inspector Knox on complaints from several department stores. She admitted ordering on charge accounts under names of other customers and pleaded guilty later, held on $200 bail while police visit her home to recover goods.
A court-martial aboard the battleship Louisiana begins with Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder presiding and Major Williams as judge advocate. Lieutenant-Commander Jewell of the Louisiana and Lieutenant Powers of the Rhode Island face charges for violating shore leave rules during the fleet visit to Japan. Jewell to be tried first.
William Battles, just freed from Deer Island after a three month larceny sentence, was arrested by Inspector Pelton upon disembarking the Monitor. In court he drew four more three month terms for larceny and faces a year at the island reformatory.
A dynamite explosion in the Simpson coal mine shaft near Brownsville Pennsylvania killed one man and left five others gravely injured. Rescue teams battled to reach the underground work areas as authorities began investigations into the blast cause.
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