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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
14
John D. Rockefeller commended Rev. W. W. Bustard after a sermon in Cleveland on October 3. He called the preacher the finest he had heard, one of the best men he knew, and a brotherly friend, saying the sermon was inspiring and the conversations enlightening.
Block Island R I Oct 3 An altercation last night and this morning ended with Louis Kjaldsen dipper tender on the dredge Newport taken to Newport Hospital with a serious stab wound in the abdomen and William Roberts cook on the dredge fleeing from a deputy sheriff and posse It is alleged Roberts stabbed Kjaldsen with a large carving knife His condition is critical.
Mouse gray fall overcoat by Jos Dillon New York silk lined broad shoulders full box back style offered at 20 dollars down from 55 dollars. George's Tailor Parlors 14 Summer St opens evenings and Saturdays with 4000 garments and free alterations for fit improvements.
From Brooks of Boston the famous milk street tailor markets a stout size 42 44 suit for $25, originally $75, with a large fall assortment of suits and overcoats in varied sizes priced from $10 to $35. Also notes branches in New York and Philadelphia as dispensers of tailored garments.
From all sections of Greater Boston Catholic Alumni Sodality of Boston members joined a quarterly communion at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Mass in the sodality chapel at Boston College featured Rev. William P. Brett S J. new members enrolled. breakfast followed with speeches and notice of a charity lecture by Rev. Jeremiah M Prendergast S J on Nov 12 in Jordan Hall for the Catholic Sailors Club.
The Hon Gorham David Gilman ex consul of Hawaii in New England and Boston druggist died at his home 39 Baldwin street Newton of heart failure in his 88th year He led a varied career including service in Newton City Council state legislature Hawaiian consul general and founder of local clubs He is survived by two wives three children and siblings Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 90 o’clock at his residence conducted by Rev H Grant Person pallbearers to be chosen from the Young Men’s Club.
London reports that diaries in John Wesley's handwriting, deciphered by the Rev Nehemiah Carnock, reveal a Georgia love affair and a quarrel with Governor Oglethorpe. The diaries include three writing formats and a cipher, suggesting Wesley wrote the account for his mother.
Garson of Rochester offers a $50 silk lined English Venetian cloth tuxedo suit with natural sloping shoulders and a slim fit for $18. Alterations included free. George's origins date to 1879 as merchants and constructors of model garments. Locations in New York and Philadelphia.
Lieutenant O W Baird of Beaumont Texas a recruiting corps officer stationed at Springfield died at 4 am after taking 105 grains of bichloride of mercury in a personal crisis. He had come from New York where he attended the Hudson Fulton parade and purchased the poison there. A note in his room read Here goes a misspent life O W Baird and named his father Dr W C Baird of Beaumont Texas.
Custom made for forty dollars now offered at fifteen dollars in dark gray three button sack style. Size 37-38. From Lawrence of New York, a real saving of twenty five dollars if it fits. Located at 14 Summer Street as a clearing house for merchant tailors' uncalled for garments.
An unknown man entered Albert H. Goodwin's lodging at 53 Puritan Road Swampscott early today and assaulted 22 year old lodger Frederica E Meinecke. He fled with her pocketbook containing $5 and a 95 railroad book after threatening to kill her. Police recovered his coat vest in the room and one shoe in the yard.
The National Civic Federation women hope to open a Charlestown navy yard restaurant offering low cost meals for laborers. They aim to cover expenses, not earn profits, with Miss Annie Morgan having started the Brooklyn cafe. Paris reports another federation member says a Charlestown site could open soon unless blocked.
Philadelphia, Oct. 3. John Keough, formerly of Amherst College, saved two little girls from death by diving in front of a fast running team of horses. The flying tackle blocked their path and kept them safe yesterday.
London reports general satisfaction as the post office takes over Marconi Company wireless stations around British coasts. The sale nets $75,000 to Marconi for all stations, land and leases, and the surrender of telegraph rights, viewed as a taxpayer friendly bargain.
New York Theatrical managers faced a ruling by Judge Mulqueen in the Court of General Sessions which held that selling theater tickets on sidewalks before playhouses is lawful and that ticket speculators do not require a license to operate.
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