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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
8
The Woodberry House for Boys was officially opened last evening with vocal and piano solos by the boys and a solo by Sarat Mukerji from Calcutta. Mrs Esth Woodberry Barrett, donor of the house, received a large bouquet from the home’s boys in appreciation of her generosity.
Major General Jose J. Monteagudo, commander in chief of Cuban armed forces, sailed from Havana on the cruiser Cuba for Key West en route to New York on leave to recuperate his health.
A vintage advertisement claims Tona Vita rebuilds rundown people in weeks. It promises quick weight gain and renewed vigor, noting improvements start after a dose and urging readers to weigh themselves after one week. Sold by all druggists.
Kingston Jamaica November 21 official estimate places the dead in the hurricane and tidal wave in the western coast towns at more than 100. Devastation includes sugar factories and buildings wrecked and banana fields wiped out.
In the harbors off Green Island Montego Bay Lucca and Savana la Mar most small craft foundered and many sailors drowned. Buildings collapsed injuring residents while the American colony in Montego Bay suffered serious damage but no deaths. Governor General Sir Sydney Olivier ordered hundreds of tents and food from Kingston. Railways operate within 20 miles of Montego Bay. telegraph lines remain disorganized.
Before the ball, dinners honored Miss Constance Gardner as she makes her debut in Boston society. Senator Lodge, Henry Appleton Lamb, and Mrs. Lamb hosted a 30 cover dinner in the State dining room at Copley Plaza. The Winsors hosted Constance and her mother, with plans for a busy winter of social events.
In Grand Army Hall Chelsea 125 members of Theodore Winthrop Post G A R gathered to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the post formation A banquet was held at 8 pm with song and story later and short addresses by invited guests of the post.
I T Hartman secretary of the Massachusetts Civic League condemned the building laws that permit three decker houses. He urged an amendment to make such structures illegal. Hartman declared Boston has gone three decker mad.
Cambridge and Beverly residents face strict building rules as speakers criticize current codes. Edward Cummings is elected league president with a large governing committee including Joseph Lee and B. Preston Clark and many others.
Clarence Carson, 21, of Swampscott, son of the town's police chief, was seriously injured in the Boston & Maine East Somerville yards when run over by a freight car. He suffered fractures to the right leg and left arm and injuries to the left hip. employed by the railroad as a brakeman.
General Shukri Pasha, Adrianople commander, receives Ghazi title for defense. Dispatch from the Hamidieh cruiser reports sinking two Bulgarian torpedo boats and damaging a third in the Black Sea, with the third retreating after being repelled at 2000 yards.
The Porte's rejection of Balkan armistice terms surprised diplomats in London and raises doubt about Turkish willingness to resume fighting in the Tchatalja trenches. Bulgarian conditions demanded Adrianople Scutari and cession of wide territory, while powers considered no conference yet. Rumors of mobilizations and triple alliance show tensions as officials seek possible compromises.
Rev. Dr. William Harman van Allen warned that American life mirrors Roman decline, drawing on his address to the Massachusetts Mayflower Descendants at the Vendome. The talk marked the 292nd anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers signing the compact.
An Italian passenger at Battery Street station said he was robbed of $200 by pickpockets aboard an elevated train. He carried the money in an inside pocket wallet and was jostled as the train neared Battery station. Police note this as the fourth major pickpocket incident on the Elevated system in the last week.
Fred N. Spencer a Monson businessman was shot in the head while trailing a deer in the woods near Blanchard Maine He died that night at age 40 Charles Tyler of Foxcroft who fired the shot collapsed from shock and said he did not know Spencer was nearby He left a widow.
In Haverhill on November 21 a seven year old boy Andrew Mitchell was fatally struck by a car while chasing his mother s runaway hens. A companion, Rocco Bocuzzo aged 11, was injured. The boys darted from behind a cart onto an electric car track.
Chelsea Central Tabor Union invites every candidate for city office to its Saturday meeting in Chelsea to address delegates and share views on municipal affairs and voting stances. W H Wisner of New York spoke for the United Garment Workers' Union urging labor support for trade labels.
Mr and Mrs Handel Hobson of 86 Holden Street Fel Rivar Massachusetts report their four year old son Joseph recovered from long illness after using Father John s Medicine. They state one bottle improved him and a second completed the cure and praise its nourishment and throat and lung benefits.
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