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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
9
An old fashioned Quaker wedding was held at the Friends Chapel on Hastern Avenue, uniting Miss Marion Gertrude Smith and Timothy E. Garland. The minister read scriptures after the couple wed themselves, reflecting the simple rite once common among Quakers.
The bride and groom, both residents of Swampscott, pledged vows in a quiet ceremony with two witnesses and a minister. After the formal pronouncement, four witnesses signed the register as Miss Mary Ashton served as bridesmaid and A. B. Sawtelle as best man. They plan to reside in Swampscott after their wedding trip.
Newburyport Oct 26 Mrs Mary A Moulton 86, listed as a patient at Anna Jaques Hospital, died before transfer to an insane hospital. The well known resident, long plagued by illness and age, had sharp mental decline.
The Delta Alpha Club of the Stanton Avenue M. E. Church hosted a dinner for retiring president Mrs B B Johnson with about 100 attendees and presented a candelabra. New president Mrs Elizabeth Maclary Fletcher and officers Mrs Arthur Bannister, Miss Millie Dyer, and Miss Rena Black were inducted.
Residents of Houghs Neck celebrate Mrs Kasper’s summer experiment growing peanuts. At the Post office, Mrs Babcock presents the peanuts alongside monster beets from J W Kellough and Mrs John Ingram. Beets measured 14 inches long and 6 inches wide, and another 8 by 6 inches, both named winners.
Arthur W. Kallom is named head of the Russell School in Arlington born in Berlin Massachusetts. He attended Berlin public schools and Northboro High School graduating in 1891. He studied at Bridgewater Normal School graduating in 1895 and later Clark College with honors in 1909. He served as grammar school principal in Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 1896 to 1909 and earned an A M at Clark College. He was principal of the Russell School since last June and resides on Harlow Street in Arlington.
The street railways of the State will distribute to the cities and towns through which they run $1,128,186 as assessed by the tax commissioner on the franchises for the current year. The heaviest contributors are the West End Street railway of Boston $379,440, the Boston Elevated railway $307,300, the Boston & Northern $109,551, the Springfield Street railway $74,500, the Old Colony Street railway $60,994, and the Worcester Consolidated Street railway $56,813.
Paris reports the death of Lewis Antheline Gregori, the military writer who fired at Major Dreyfus during the June 4 1908 transfer of Zola’s remains to the Pantheon. He died today in Paris.
Fire sparked by overturned funeral candles destroyed the coffin of 19 year old Letezia Di Napoli at her home on Hull Street. The incident caused panic among family and friends as the body was nearly burned.
In a riotous funeral scene a mourner toppled candles causing lace and gauze to ignite the casket. The room and house filled with smoke and flames as mourners fled. Patrolmen Flynn and Walsh intervened to prevent a mother from reentering the burning room and officers battled to keep relatives from recovering the corpse. Firemen later found the casket and body nearly destroyed and undertakers moved remains to a second casket.
An advertisement touts Eckmans Alterative as a cure for consumption and related lung conditions. A Rochester reader testimonial details dramatic weight gain after treatment, claiming full recovery from tubercular peritonitis. The notice encourages seeking the booklet and Eckman Laboratory evidence.
Senator and Mrs. Robert La Follette departed Rochester for Madison, Wisconsin, their home. He has completely recovered from the gallstone operation performed here.
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