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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
2
Washington reports a $16,873,223 deficit in the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30 1908. The 1909 deficit is expected to exceed $16,000,000, according to Postmaster General Meyer’s annual report.
The report proposes authorizing a limited parcel post on rural routes to boost revenue. Aimed at delivering small farmer parcels to their gates, the plan would run as a trial in up to four counties to test feasibility. The Post Office also seeks extended paid leave for employees and disability leave for railway clerks under defined conditions.
Mrs. Oliver Herford wife of the dramatist arrives in New York aboard the Minnetonka. She notes Charles Frohman has not sent for her yet and mentions her two monologues for Cissie Loftus used in London. Bernstein Shaw Pinero and Fitch are noted as remaining active in their work.
In Dixon Illinois, Miss Neeloo Garnet of Leaf River sued Arthur G. Buzzell teller at Union State Bank for breach of promise. The jury sided with Garnet, awarding her 900 dollars after Buzzell wrote more than 116 letters in his pursuit.
London Nov 29 The King postponed a shooting engagement after an official bulletin said he has an ordinary cold He is reported to be better now and recovering.
Worcester report notes Mrs. Joseph Perault formerly of Worcester now in Portsmouth may receive a Carnegie hero medal for three rescues. Her latest feat saved Helena Dwyer from drowning off Shea's wharf. She also saved Ethel Robinson and Mabel Day, and has swum expertly since age nine.
Mrs Larz Anderson assists at the Vendome nursery auxiliary fair with Luncheon music on both days. Tuesday features Mrs William McKee and Mrs William S Croll pouring. 4 to 6 pm chafing dish supper. 8 pm cafe chantant with Harvard Glee and Mandolin clubs.
Two weddings are planned in the family of General and Mrs. Adna R. Chaffee. Miss Helen Chaffee will wed Lt. John Hastings Howard on December 8 in Los Angeles. Lt. Adna R. Chaffee Jr. will marry Miss Ethel Warren Huff of Georgia on December 18 at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to the Austro Hungarian crown has created a huntsman’s dress for imperial and royal participants in the chase.
Lincoln Steffens told a cosmo politan audience in Prospect Union Cambridge that ministers should preach ethics not partisanship. He argued reform rests on electing representatives who truly serve the people and warned against graft seen from Wall Street to Washington. He attacked Senator Aldrich and urged self government and citizen involvement.
Advertises PAZO Ointment promising cure of Itching Bleeding Protruding or Blind piles within 6 to 14 days with money back guarantee. Pricing 50 cents.
A brief health note describes eye symptoms and introduces a remedy marketed as a tonic for eye relief. The item emphasizes soothing tired eyes and watery irritation with a simple topical approach.
Manila dispatch reports Rear Admiral Sperry leading 16 U S battleships on a around the world voyage toward home waters. After Manila Bay they head to Colombo and Suez then across the Mediterranean visiting Athens Tripoli Villefranche Marseilles Genoa Leghorn Naples and Algiers en route to Gibraltar and final American ports.
One man died and six others were injured when a car, after tire explosion, struck a telegraph pole in the Bronx. Harry Greenhood, 42, died from a skull fracture minutes after the crash. Addison Wade, Springfield Mass., chauffeur, is jailed in $5000 bail.
Paris dispatch notes Harry Lehr and his wife prepare for departure to New York on December 1. He tours milliners with her selecting bonnets robes and mantles and playfully warns she must be guided by him or be punished with a tapped wrist.
West End Improvement Society holds a public meeting at Wells School Tuesday to decide the location of a new West End schoolhouse and push for immediate construction after delays caused by site debates. Several sites have been considered.
Numerous testimonials claim Munyon Rheumatism Remedy relieves pain within hours. Walter Field of Cincinnati and O C DeFosset report dramatic improvements after using the remedy, urging readers to buy from a local druggist with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Also promotes Paw Paw Laxative Pills as a general health aid.
The Panama Canal total cost up to June 30, 1908 stood at $84,572,998.55 with Congress having appropriated $120,964,468.58, leaving over $36 million available for work. Lieutenant Colonel George W. Goethals’ report details canal zone operations including excavating, locks, railroad rebuilding, policing, sanitation and finances.
About 1000 Foresters of America members from most Massachusetts courts and several Rhode Island courts attended the Milford initiation in Town Hall. The class of 75 candidates received initiatory degree work by Court Milford staff noted as the best drilled in New England. Past Chief Ranger F. J. Coleman directed the degree master role with FE. J. Mather leading the exemplification and drill.
Chief Joseph M. Garrity of the Fort Hill station and his driver John O'Brien were tossed from their wagon when the axle snapped while responding to a fire alarm at the Goodnough Company yard on Charles River avenue. Garrity escaped serious injury. the fire was quickly extinguished.
Angelica Post president of the Landladies and Real Estate Owners Protective Association declines a School Board candidacy. She explains the late campaign and cites a leadership rupture caused by two unlicensed workers attempting to form a charter in Allston, urging support at the upcoming meeting.
In Hot Springs Virginia on November 29 a dinner guest reports former President Taft declared he would never drink again. A youth at the table quipped that he never drank enough for anyone to notice, prompting the remark.
The Exchequer Court investigation led by Judge Robert Cassels into Marine and Fisheries department irregularities resulted in suspensions and the abolition of patronage lists. A bill to make bribery in contracting an indictable offence will be debated in Parliament, with plans for department reorganization and criminal proceedings. In Quebec suspensions followed. in St John new allegations claim agents received loans disguised as gifts, with firm testimony of numerous loans to contractors.
Alfred Pinault, 10, was struck by an outbound express train on the New Haven tracks near Readville. His pelvis and left leg were crushed and he was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where doctors fear for his recovery.
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