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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1909
Page
8
Wellesley College begins a new term with a likely large enrollment. Students arrive by train in heavy coats and many go hatless, saying it is the proper way. Dormitories fill as first year numbers remain uncertain, yet registrations are expected to be historically large.
Acushnet Mass native Jeremiah Hammett born 1823 lived there except at sea He sailed on the whaler James Monroe at 17 and later whaled again until hospital in Rio de Janeiro He later farmed worked as a mason and served as highway surveyor He credits open air work regular meals and sleep for his long life The eldest Brooklin citizen Michael Candage born 1895 Blue Hill Maine moved to Brooklin 52 years ago and is cited for robust health and temperate habits He dug 80 bushels of potatoes this fall and remains active in town affairs.
Captain Joseph B. Thompson, 80, bent and tottering, was led from East Cambridge courthouse to begin an 18 month jail term for larceny of $1000 while registrar of deeds of northern Middlesex county. His Civil War record and prior life were cited as not mitigating by Judge King. George B. Brown of Lowell pressed the charge. Thompson allegedly showed vacant-site buyers a title he could pass as registrar, taking fees and deposits.
In New York on October 1, thousands gathered for the Hudson-Fulton naval parade when John H. Bell, 45, killed himself by leaping from the Riverside Drive viaduct. Bell had recently resigned as manager of a local dairy company and retired to a farm in New Berlin, New York, after suffering nervous trouble.
Sir Thomas Lipton plans to contest the America's Cup and will travel to New York, offering conditions he says are fair. He insists the NYYC must allow a race on equal terms or else sponsor a yacht built to compete under fair conditions. The deed of gift requires ocean crossing by an authorized club, potentially risking English support for the cup.
Democratic leaders say nominating Eugene N Foss as Lieutenant Governor will mobilize Republican voters. Col A C Drinkwater notes a Democratic unity can attract 25 000 to 50 000 votes. Foss reports Republican congratulations and vows to push tariff and income tax as campaign issues with a first rally in Everett next Wednesday.
Lawrence news reports at Parker street crossing on the Western Division of the Boston and Maine railroad George P Kelley aged 39 a gate tender was struck by a train from Haverhill and died en route to hospital A horse was killed instantly Kelley after a previous injury had his right leg amputated below the knee and went onto the tracks to rescue a horse and dump cart crossing without a driver
Rev. R Gordon Warman a Methodist clergyman on the Lindsay circuit near Woodstock has vanished after leaving Sept 9 to visit his parents in Moncton. He intended to be away one Sunday but did not reach Moncton and has since disappeared. His wife is deceased and he leaves a young daughter. Telephone messages nationwide have yielded no news.
Dr. James Castle of Lynn won an uncontested divorce from Mrs Ora E Castle on desertion grounds. The former Mrs Castle, famed as Lynn's cowboy girl, was a physician who practiced with her husband until 1905 and was known for riding astride in a deerskin suit with a sombrero and for rifle shooting.
Deacon Henry A. Barton of Dalton died at about 60 from a stroke. For years he managed Crane family real estate and directed benevolences for Senator W Murray Crane, Zenas Crane, and Frederick G. Crane.
New York reports comedian Dan McAvoy died at his home from a complication of diseases. A prominent early American variety performer, he formerly lived in La Salle New York.
The article reports the opening of hunting seasons in Maine Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Deer season runs in Maine from opening day to December 15 with about 10 000 deer killed annually. Massachusetts allows fox hunting with an unwritten law protecting foxes until the season. New Hampshire requires licenses for regulated small game seasons, reflecting broad hunting interest among residents and non residents.
The Good Cheer Work opens Sunday October 3 at 164 Commercial Street with a 9am service and a free breakfast of coffee and beans for waterfront men. It is conducted by Frank Curtis and Francis Marshall.
A fire at the Forty Six Street electric station causes a gas outage plunging a city block into darkness. In the ensuing chaos two weddings near and far collide when different grooms are mistaken for one another at St Basil and St Job churches. Henry and Alice marry at St Job after a mix up, while De Soto and bride are left at St Basil briefly before correcting course.
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