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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1901
Page
8
A Boston sale proclaims up to 66 percent discounts on fine Suits Overcoats and dresswear. Advertises hundreds of bargains with prices from 89 cents to five dollars at Nos 43 45 Hanover Street and Haviver Street. Car fare paid and C O D options offered with delivery and examination rights.
Edward Capen died in Haverhill at age 58 8th birthday on Oct 20 after a heart attack. He led the Boston Public Library for 21 years and later served as librarian of Haverhill Public Library emeritus. He was born in Dorchester educated at Boston Latin Harvard and Cambridge Divinity. He helped found the Boston library catalogue and reports and served on the Boylston Street building commission. He married in 189 and leaves a widow and one daughter.
James R. Murphy counsel for the South Boston Citizens Association will report today on steps to block the Spectacle Island garbage plant. He plans to file an injunction immediately after a committee consultation, arguing the site would be a nuisance to South Boston residents.
James Jackson, naturalized citizen of Cambridge, suspended by the Second Reformed Church, seeks to fight the ruling with support from the First Church. Rev. S G Shaw backs Jackson, predicting a clash between conservative and liberal factions as synod consideration looms.
A man believed to be Michael Hanley fell at the Salvation Army barracks 886 Washington Street the 17th and died Saturday at City Hospital from a fractured skull. Police seek his relatives to identify him and claim his body. He was about 50, 5 feet 10 inches, 175 pounds, wearing dark trousers a gingham shirt a black derby hat and overshoes with gray hair and mustache.
The sons of the late Henry George divide on the race. Henry George Jr backs Mr Board and the Democratic ticket while Richard George supports Mr Low and the fusion ticket. Both plan to campaign and may hold a joint debate.
Improvements along Boston’s waterfront accelerate on both East Boston and city sides. A National Dock and Warehouse Co building rises at Lewis and Webster streets, while Grand Junction docks near completion. Union wharf remodel includes a long berth for the largest ships and a new shed. Lincoln wharf dredging deepens waterway, and a coal pier foundation for the Boston Elevated power station takes shape. A Metro line headquarter claim and India wharf dock plans surface amid the large-scale work.
The Democratic Social party will hold a rally in Hawthorn Hall Chelsea on October 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Rev H W Smith of Perelli and other prominent speakers will address the meeting.
The Retvizan, built by the Cramp company in Philadelphia for Russia, faces its standardization trial off Cape Ann. The vessel claims the world speed crown after a long Brooklyn to Philadelphia run, challenging Illinois Newport News and Iowa Cramp builds in a rivalry over who forged the fastest battleship afloat.
Paris Oct 2 Santos-Dumont recounts his aerial test from Aero Club grounds to the Eiffel Tower and back within 30 minutes though prize withheld on a technicality. He describes wind, maneuvers, crossings of the Seine and Bois de Boulogne, and a final landing at the Aero Club. He plans further trials in the south of France and hints at an Atlantic crossing in the near future.
The Rev Courtland Myers of Brooklyn is set to succeed Dr Lorimer at Tremont Temple. A modern Baptist leader, he began in Syracuse by rejuvenating a shrinking church with vivid sermons and dramatic reforms. He built a citywide canvass using a church committee to recruit and reform wary parishioners, gaining influential support while provoking some enemies. He later continued his bold approach in Brooklyn, where a brick was hurled through a trolley car window during a confrontation with critics.
In Colrain on October 2, Mrs Prudence Barnes Smith turned 100. Known as Aunt Prudence she attended church in the morning and hosted friends in the afternoon. Resident eight years, she remains vigorous and mentally sharp recalling her district school at age 3 and a world map drawn at 14.
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