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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
5
A Boston and Albany report shows average train lateness rising to 43 minutes after yesterday, despite a previous 12 minute improvement. New officers travel in a private car while officials scramble as carpenters work in the offices and ex-head Van Etten appears dejected amid the upheaval.
In Brockton on Oct 3 the strikers refused Rev. Alan Hudson of the First Congregational Church proposal for workers to return to the W L Douglas factory while awaiting a decision by AFL President Samuel Gompers. The committee called the plan not feasible.
Yesterday's court session fined several autoists ten dollars each for infractions. William A. Ryder paid ten for missing lamp numbers. Roy Ambler ten for unregistered machine display. Harry C. Blatchey ten for speeding. Samuel Marzynski ten for operating a private machine without numbers.
Hyde Park October 3. William Fields 2 linemen for New England Telegraph and Telephone Company was instantly killed by an express train while walking on the tracks at Midland station near Readville at 1 pm. He resided in Providence R I and leaves a wife and two children.
Two women died in the city house of detention yesterday with alcoholism listed as the cause. Margaret Dinsmore, 45, of Codman Street Dorchester Avenue, was found dead in a cell at 4 AM and taken to City Hospital morgue. Margaret Fleming, 35, of Shawmut Avenue, arrested for drunkenness, was found dead in a cell at 6 AM and moved to North Grove Street morgue.
An educational talk at Whiton Hall Dorchester by the Thursday Morning Fortnightly Club drew nearly 500 attendees. John O'Shea, Boston high school music advocate, spoke on musical training while noting most students struggle with scales. Other speakers included Augustine Rafter and Mrs. Cora Brigham.
The annual convention of New England post masters opens October 12 at the American House. Key speakers include Postmaster General George von L. Meyer and First Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock.
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