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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1913
Page
3
Chester Currier age 12 or 13 is dying at Gloucester City Hospital after being struck by a car in front of his home at 245 Mast Main Street. He had allegedly been stealing a ride when the accident occurred this afternoon. doctors operated but he did not survive.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce retail trade department board re elected Frank W. Wyman of the Chandler Company as president for the coming year. He is the first director chosen for more than one year. Vice president will be elected on Friday.
James J. Higgins and Frank J. Scully were arrested in Portland after allegedly fleeing with 36 gallons of whiskey consigned to Higgins. John P. Sullivan bailed them out and was also arrested. The shipment, said to be from Boston, totaled 300 gallons—a large Maine load. Officials noted papers were not in order when Higgins attempted to claim the whiskey.
Two delegations of brothers from out of town, a band and red fire marked the opening of the Wakefield Eagles building fund fair last evening. Mayor Hurley of Salem attended and officially opened the event for the crowd.
In Williams town on October 21 the sophomores clinched the interclass handicap meet with 27 points, five ahead of the seniors. Freshmen totaled 12 points and juniors finished fourth with 6.
John Leary, clerk to Captain James Sullivan, reports a con man grabbed a new $5 derby won on a bet. The hat’s replacement is a battered old derby, and police seek the glib thief who vanished after the exchange at the City Hall station.
Harvard varsity baseball players who last June beat Yale sent a large silver cup to Sam Felton the team’s ace pitcher as a wedding gift. Felton wed Miss Anne Nelson of the Back Bay yesterday. Each Crim son player contributed to the token with a punning tribute engraved on the cup praising his strikeout prowess. Felton helped Harvard win many games and influenced Yale's football defeat last year through his punting.
Miss Mary Richmond of New York urged young women to enter charity work at the opening of the 10th Massachusetts Conference of Charities held at Smith College in Northampton. Baltimore policewoman Miss Mary J Harvey, Joseph Lee of Boston famed as the father of playgrounds, and Smith College President Marion L Burton welcomed 500 delegates. Frances J Curtis of the State Board of Charities spoke in response.
A town posse led by Town Constable Osborne searches woods around Norwell for Lawrence G. Turner 92 son of a mill owner who vanished Saturday night. They dragged the North River and river banks hoping for a body, fearing a strong tide could wash him away.
The estate of Dr. Eugene P. Chellis sues the Pullman Company claiming servants failed to heat the car properly, causing the doctor to take a fatal cold aboard a Montreal to Portland ride on August 20 1911. Damages sought amount to 26008 dollars. The company argues the cold came from Chellis opening a window in his berth.
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