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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
5
The eleventh case of smallpox and the second in two days was found in Chelsea yesterday by a local physician who notified health officials. Miss Mary Nottle, 22, is the patient, removed to the pest house. Citizens fear an epidemic as cold weather approaches. first cases were Sept 26.
The 18 hole medal round cut to eight for match play features Yale with three qualifiers John Reid Jr last year’s champion, Hitchcock leads Yale with 80 tying the course record. Harvard and Princeton add two apiece Columbia sends Edwards as sole Columbia entrant with a 38 first nine and a strong total. Averill of Harvard sets pace on nine holes and Pyne and Stuart pace Princeton in the qualifiers.
The Free Hospital for Women Corporation met at Pond Avenue Brookline electing George Dexter as president Alfred Rodman as treasurer Nathaniel A Walker as secretary and naming a board of trustees. The secretary reported 236 inpatients admitted from Oct 1 1898 to Oct 1 1899 with 172 relieved 18 unrelieved 627 admitted for diagnosis and 6 deaths. Outpatients treated totaled 6350 with 997 new cases. Dr F H Daven retired after twenty years and joined the board of consulting surgeons.
Sailor workers toured the Olympia and Wabash at the navy yard and sang America near Dewey’s Manila Bay site. Delegates dined at Sailors' Haven then heard Bishop Lawrence preside at Trinity Church where Dr. Donald stressed cosmopolitan seamen and Dr. Stitt highlighted danger and pay. Commander Selfridge urged more branch YMCA for sailors and Dr. Rainsford called for stronger laws.
The steamship Olympia remains in commission at the navy yard with seven feet of hull submerged and covered in green growth. Crew are transferred to the Wabash to assist stripping as orders and retirements unfold, with a board to survey the ship and possible future dry docking and painting.
The Y M C A Union Debating Club starts its season with strong membership and enthusiasm. The first meeting is October 31 at the Boston YMCA and the topic will be Trusts.
Mayor Champlin and President Eliot attended the dedication of the Cambridge Home for Aged People. The new building on a 12 year corporate history cost nearly $63,000 with $30,000 in legacies, funded by Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Fiske, and featured music by Appleton Chapel’s boy choir.
Walter D. Smith age 25, arrested after allegations of forgery tied to bills cashed for Puritan Trust Company. Authorities say he had worked for North American Insurance and was discharged for larcenies from the cash box. A $140 check was cashed using cashier Frank Gair Macomber’s name at Massachusetts National Bank.
Miss Maude Elizabeth Cushing and William Gilbert Nash of Brookline wed at Harvard Congregational Church. The ceremony featured organ music, a Lohengrin march processional, and a reception in Whitney Hall Coolidge Corner. The bride's parents hosted, and the couple plans to reside at 92 Perry Street Brookline.
Miss Mabel Julia Lovejoy and Mr James Brown Jr of Boston wed yesterday at 6 in the home of the bride's parents 29 Beech Street Springfield in the Episcopal ceremony conducted by Rev B D Hahn D D Springfield Miss Estella M Kenyon cousin of the bride was maid of honor and Horace T Sears of Boston attended the groom The bride wore embroidered Swiss mull with satin and pearl trimming After a Berkshire stay the couple will reside in Boston
The Common Council met last night and adjourned due to the absence of a quorum. No formal business was conducted and no votes were taken.
John N. Fulton, a 52 year old Montreal lawyer, was arrested in Boston by Inspectors Howard and Harris on embezzlement charges involving $50 000 from the estate of fur dealer Thomas J. Corristine. Mrs Elizabeth Reed Corristine, widow, accuses Fulton of misappropriating most of the $100 000 estate.
Reserve Officer John E B Gibson of Division 1 is made patrolman for arresting storebreakers on Sept 27. Patrolman Orlando H Curtis of Division 1 gains three days extra vacation for stopping a runaway on Sept 25. Reserve Officer Michael J Trainor of Division 16 is rewarded for arresting a thief on Sept 12. Patrolman Edward F Hyland of Division 2 loses ten days pay for not calling in on Sept 21.
Miss Frederick S Havemeyer daughter of Mr and Mrs H Havemeyer married Warren H Titus of New York City this afternoon at 1 30 at Cedarhurst North Wind sor The ceremony was performed by Rev Octavius Appleghte of St James Episcopal Church Kingston About 100 guests attended the wedding including many relatives from New York
In South Boston at 30 Ward street Miss Olive Birchard Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs C W Smith and Mr Charles Ellis were married last evening The Rev Charles Dinsmore of Phillips Church officiated at the bride’s home The couple will later hold a reception at 23 Dexter street due to serious times of their son and family received many gifts.
Dr Francis J Giblin of Dorchester married Margaret Hearn of South Boston on Wednesday at Gate of Heaven Church in Boston. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Father O Connor of Arlington. Joan Hearn attended the bride and Lawrence Sullivan served as best man. A reception followed at 819 Broadway. The couple will honeymoon and reside in Dorchester.
Lincoln Nebraska reports the death of Watson A. Dakin a former traveling salesman for Jones McDuffee Stratton of this city after several weeks of typhoid fever The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 PM in Roxbury Presbyterian Church He was a member of Ancient and Accepted Masons Portiana Lodge and the Independent Order of Foresters He leaves a widow and two sons
Edward W Townsend author of Chimmie Fadden will attend a Boston Press Club smoker at the Firess Club on Bosworth Street at 9 o clock tomorrow evening. Townsend will discuss his stories and meet newspaper men invited by club manager William H McClure.
Anna Held embraces an electric auto mobile fad and plans to trundle it through the park system if two weeks of fine weather permit. The Boston Bank Officers Association stages A Prince of Bohemia this season at a forthcoming event.
Theatre listings note Anna Held will perform the full Papas Wife after her Chestnut Street run in Philadelphia then move to the Boston Theatre next week following Sorrows of Satan. Also mentions Columbia Music Hall opening Nov 1 and high demand for Sage Harbor and Mr Herne's play.
Closing days of the food fair attract large attendance at the big Huntington avenue building. Local patrons are joined by excursionists from Lowell Lawrence and Gloucester and about twenty towns along the Fitchburg railroad line.
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