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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
7
Boston shop runs a closing out sale on muslin underwear and infants wear at half price due to space constraints. The second floor now devoted to Misses and Women's suits, prompting large value offers across the remaining undergarments.
Over 300 men and boys searched the area for William Towers, an aged man who vanished from his niece Mrs. James Bisbee’s Highland avenue home three days ago. He feared being placed in a home for feeble minded persons and took coats and extra clothing. The search will resume tomorrow with the lake being dragged.
The Rev Dr John R Gow of Somerville Massachusetts has accepted the First Baptist Churchs call to become pastor in Brattleboro Vermont beginning November 1 He is a trustee and board member at Newton Theological Seminary and will assume duties in the new field on that date.
President Roosevelt has not interfered in Connecticut politics for or against Republican Governor candidate George L. Lilley, according to White House statements.
An urgent attempt to organize a Taft club at Boston College failed after a Harvard Republican Club member urged formation. The Fulton Society rejected involvement, and the Boston College student body offered little encouragement for the project.
In Lynn on Oct 15 the Lasters Union vote 846 yes to 483 no to end the general strike. Elmer Robinson announced the result from the union hall at 10 pm, strikers hearing the news in seven languages as police stood guard. Workers will return to work tomorrow morning.
Rioters among striking workers smashed the ballot box during a vote on ending the strike at the Lasters Union headquarters on Andrews street. Police cleared about 2000 protesters as groups voted from noon until 9 pm, with 5000 onlookers in the street.
Ivan Shipoff, minister of commerce and Portsmouth peace conference delegate, married Miss Kropotovi, daughter of a Russian noble family, in St. Petersburg yesterday. Shipoff is well known in the United States.
In Brooklyn, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions announced plans to convene next year in Minneapolis and celebrate the centennial of its founding in Boston in 1910.
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