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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
5
Mrs T Whitney Hoff presented Elaine Whitney Hoff to Everard Labouchere in Paris with a $1,000,000 check as a wedding gift. The ceremony was a brilliant social event in the American colony, with the Hoff family long established among Detroit’s prominent rich.
The jury in the American Ice Company conspiracy in restraint of trade case was completed today in New York. The return of the panel marks a key step in the case brought against the firm and related parties.
Fitchburg announces discontinuation of balloon ascensions after J Walter Flagg of Worcester completed his first solo flight in the balloon Boston. The Fitchburg Gas and Electric Company states all gas is now needed elsewhere, with plans to move ascensions to Lowell regularly.
The Red Book urged by District Attorney Hill was barred from further use by Judge Harris after a confrontation over recalling an item from the book. The DA discarded the item on the table and no more reference was made. The witness cited destroyed company records and recalled a 1906 bid by New England Structural Company for the Atlantic Avenue bridge at 47200 dollars.
The New England Structural Company books were barred from admission but may refresh memory. Charles N. Fitts testified seven days, naming three other donors when asked about members. He could not locate check books or stubs after transferring accounts two years ago.
Dorchester’s new Catholic parish of St Williams will hold its first services next Sunday with Masses at 9 and 11 o’clock in the Columbus Club hall. Rev James J Baxter will preside. Four services will follow each Sunday at 7 9 10 11 30 o’clock at Pleasant and Pearl streets corner location.
Dr. E. F. Horr of Yale describes three years with the Harvard Peabody expedition in the Amazon. The group endured hunger with monkey and animal meat subsistence, violent mules plunges, and jungle fever while mapping Peru and Bolivia. Continuous perils included being swept into vines and injuries before rescue.
The Timothy Coakley tug-of-war team of Dorchester issues a challenge to the St. Jean the Baptist team of Readville for a $50 side bet. Match to be held at a mutually agreed time and location. Address Timothy Coakley Codman Street Dorchester.
George W. Beard, 78, a retired naval veteran and longtime Merrimac House resident, killed himself with a pistol yesterday noon. He was found in his room seated in a chair with the revolver beside him, following the death of his old friends.
Parker of 8 Washington square Charlestown an employee of the New England Telephone Company brought to the Post an unusually large lizard found in hardpan three feet below ground in Walpole. The brown creature has bright yellow spots on its back, measures about nine inches, with legs an inch and a half long and a five inch tail.
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