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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1907
Page
2
Twenty seven free evening schools including five high schools five drawing schools and fourteen elementary schools opened for the fall and winter term last night. Attendance set a record with heavy advance registration and an additional school had to be added for the orth End district.
The staff of principals and teachers offers a broad program with 47 electives including Irish history if demanded. Sewing dressmaking millinery cooking woodworking math languages and higher studies are taught alongside elementary courses. Drawing schools receive special emphasis with sessions Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings. entry hours 7 to 7:30 on Wednesday or Friday.
A romance from Northport Missouri ends in marriage in Brookline when Margaret Coyne a Brookline nurse marries Seymour Chapman a master mariner. The couple met in Northport last June after Cupid sparked love at first sight and planned the wedding after Chapman arrived with a license.
Mrs. Lena Hollander accused Herman Hollander of forging her signature to a check. He was arraigned in municipal court the next morning before Judge Wentworth. Evidence showed a power of attorney had been provided and partially revoked, with Hollander held in $1000 for the grand jury.
Quincy dispatch reports James Colway aged 28 forcibly claiming he had murdered a man in Weymouth early today and surrendering to police in the midforenoon. A search was conducted but no victim was found yet.
A physician from 1907 lauds Pure Malt Whiskey and Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as effective tonics for anemia. The note thanks a producer for a medicine widely used by doctors and patients in the era.
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as an absolutely pure malt tonic and stimulant. It claims benefits for nerves digestion and longevity, urges purchase in sealed bottles, and promotes a free medical booklet with price listed at $1.00.
The Elevated railroad has filed modified plans for the Forest Hills station location. Approval is needed from the Mayor, city engineer, railroad commissioners, and others before construction can proceed. Once cleared, work will push ahead on the Washington street extension from the N Y N H railroad through Forest Hills square toward Burnett Street.
Mrs Elsie Allen and Capt Everett W Allen recount the wreck of the barkentine Addie Morrell off Hatteras. They were saved by the steamship Admiral Dewey after a two day gale as the vessel leaked and burned. The captain, once a Massachusetts student, led the crew through the voyage with his wife at his side.
Robert Blackwood of Weymouth reported to the Lagrange street station that two women he met last night drained 105 dollars from him. He approached them after dinner plans and described both as pretty and slightly over 21, with one wearing a picture hat.
North Sydney Nova Scotia October 14 The post office at North Sydney was robbed of a package containing 3500 in bank notes Police in the province as well as Boston and Montreal have been notified to locate a man suspected of the theft
John Roberts pronounced guilty of murdering Ed ar Dickinson and told the sheriff he preferred to begin his sentence now, declaring his innocence and claiming fatigue from trials. The report also mentions a Forest Hills station project with a wide main platform and escalators.
Roxbury women discuss wedding prospects tied to income with $15, $25, and $35 weekly salaries. Miss Anna McNamara praises frugality while others demand higher pay and assets such as a car. Several express preference for independence and lasting security over mere salary.
Captain Jerome Malloy of the Devon coal barge, at Cambridge wharf, claims he was denied access to his three daughters aged 10, 9, and 8 who he says were placed with the Seaman's Orphan and Children's Friend Society. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus after a divorce decree awarded custody to him, and notes his father-in-law James P. Bailey could visit the children in Salem. He says he has financed the children's support while in Salem.
Springfield report says the Yale and Harvard football officials met at the Massasoit Hotel in secret. Coaches Crane and Knox refused to reveal outcomes while noting the absence of Harvard captain Parker and Yale captain Bigelow prevented definite results.
In Quincy on October 14 a broken wrist pin in the engine of a New York, New Haven & Hartford train held up several hundred passengers for about two hours. The breakdown near Atlantic forced late arrivals into Boston while crews struggled to repair and later assist the halted train.
At Keim Street a Pottsville express struck an automobile carrying five Kimberton residents. Jacob Reese, 55, his wife 48, Mrs Anthony W Emery Jr 42, Belva Emery 1 perished. Anthony W Emery Jr escaped.
In San Francisco on October 14, the district attorney’s office said former mayor Eugene Schmitz, now jailed for accepting a bribe, has lost the right to appeal to a higher court due to his attorney’s error and must report to the penitentiary immediately.
In Quincy on October 14 the Coliseum hosted the Elks carnival with Governor Guild and Mayor Thompson greeting guests at 8 pm. His Excellency arrived after 5 pm with Elks leaders Walter Piper, Dr. Fred E. Jones, Daniel J. Deasy, E. W. Courtney and Benjamin Johnson, hosted by Representative E. C. Hullman. the venue glowed with red, white and blue lights and featured many booths with pretty girls.
Patrick Curran of 57 Fulton street was hurled through a closed window and pinned against a wall by a large iron carrier attached to a planing machine in J. Howard Plimpton’s iron foundry on Railroad Avenue. Surgeons found no broken bones though Curran suffered multiple cuts from broken glass.
An advertised claim promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days using Vazo Ointment. Guarantees refund if not cured, price listed as 50 cents.
Stuyvesant Fish obtained a temporary injunction from the Superior Court to restrain the Illinois Central meeting voting on 286 731 shares if permanent entered. The suit asks final decree declaring Union Pacific Railroad and Railroad Securities Company powerless to own Illinois Central stock and to compel sale within a reasonable time.
An 1880s style advertisement touts Dyspeplets for sour stomach and indigestion with sugar coated tablets at 10¢. Hood’s Tooth Powder promises cleansing and preserving teeth with a Boston dentist endorsement and claims of safety and efficacy. Available in imperial blue and ivory enamel packaging and a mammoth glass bottle.
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