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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
5
The Sunday Post invites submissions to its Short Story competition. Readers are directed to the editorial page for rules and guidelines, including eligibility and entry details.
Maria Hapgood faces hardship as debt drains her funds and the organ she loves may be taken tomorrow. She prays for help, sings hymns, and briefly entertains a rainbound party that arrives at her door seeking shelter in the night. The scene centers on faith, desperation, and a small act of hospitality.
A woman thanks God after a charity visit ends with a grateful kneel and a prayer. A ten dollar bill is slipped to her as she thanks the visitors for kindness and exits kindly.
Friends of the late Howad Colburn town benefactor and donor to the public library gathered from across Norfolk county for funeral services at the Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Lewis A. Eaton and Rev. Calvin St. Locke. Burial followed in Westwood Cemetery.
President Roosevelt arrived in Keokuk Iowa at nine o clock to launch a river voyage toward Memphis. He toured the city in a motor drive and delivered a speech to thousands at Rand Park supporting the deep waterway project down the Mississippi to the Gulf.
Testimony before the Boston institutions committee covered coal purchases for the insane hospital and other city units. Dr. Noyes said City Auditor Mitchell asked him to end split contracting, while Charles Putnam noted lack of coal tests and scales. William Campbell offered coal at 4 38 a ton and Mitchell testified the hospital paid about 450 a ton from June to September.
Under Mayor Fitz gerald instruction acting superintendent John B. Martin opened bids yesterday in the Tremont building for 6000 tons of coal for the ferry department. Garfield & Proctor Coal Co bid 4.68 per ton Merchants' Coal Co 4.74 a ton and E B Townsend 4.88 a ton. W K Niver Co did not bid though previously a major supplier.
A southbound Korean railroad derailment near Seoul today killed or injured 92 persons including 890 Japanese soldiers. The cause and responsibility for the wreck remain unsettled as authorities investigate. An adjacent paragraph advertises C William Beebe's Post Magazine article for next Sunday.
The two mast schooner J R Bodwell carrying fertilizer from New York to Stockton Springs Me was caught in a weekend gale off Thatcher's Island Cape Cod with 70 mph winds. The crew led by Captain Emmons endured exhaustion from exposure and heavy seas but escaped foundering and expect to resume voyage after rigging repairs.
Supporters of James Donovan gained a victory at the Suffolk county Democratic committee meeting held in city rooms. William McClellan was named county committee chairman and James McCarthy of Charlestown became secretary, a move seen as a setback for Sheriff Seavey’s allies.
Nantucket town cannot ban automobiles under current statutes, Judge Sherman rules in Superior Court. The decision comes from Nantucket on October 1 and affects local transportation controls.
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