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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
7
In Worcester Massachusetts on September 19 made line Farrell a 10 month old girl strangled herself with a pink ribbon tied about her neck. The ribbon loop caught on a crib rung while the child slept and she was found dead by her mother.
Emily R Parker of Faneuil married J W F Macdonald of South Framingham last evening at the home of Mr and Mrs A F Parker 13 Newton Street Faneuil Rev H A Stevens of Brighton officiated Maid of honor Olive Parker and best man H C Shepard attended Immediate relatives attended They will reside at 25 Alexander Street South Framingham.
Judge Fallon of the South Boston District Court criticizes Attorney General Bonaparte’s prison congress address. He argues judges and lawyers nationwide would not accept capital punishment after three sentences for a major crime. He favors special statutes and says death penalty should be limited to first degree murder and treason.
Charles R. Saunders, former election commissioner and longtime death penalty advocate, refused to comment in depth on United States Attorney General Bonaparte's address. He said he had not read it thoroughly and preferred to refrain from statements until he did. He reiterated support for capital punishment as a punishment for the guilty.
Cambridge merchants report an unprecedented influx of early applicants to Harvard as entrance standards tighten. Officials refuse to release figures, but sources say well over 700 applicants have taken fall entrance exams after failing June tests, signaling a surge in early admissions.
Supreme Court Justice John Franklin Fort was nominated for governor on the first ballot by the New Jersey Republican State convention in Trenton. Fort received 730 votes out of a total of 11.
The St. Gaudens bronze relief of the ministering angel was unveiled yesterday at the New London Hospital for Women and Children in Roxbury. Mrs. Alice N. Lincoln honors her mother Maria R. Towne, a former hospital director, with flowers from her garden and a white clematis garland.
In rural New England telephone and newspaper ads recruit men for conductor and motorman jobs as Boston elevated railway workers unionize. The campaign mirrors urban ads in Bangor and similar cities.
The New England Conservatory of Music opened its fall term yesterday with welcome addresses by Charles P. Gardiner president of the board of trustees and by the director who outlined programs and enrollment in the institute.
The Independent Order of Americans at its Harrisburg convention adopted a protest against placing Miss Mary Cunningham’s face on U S gold coins. The group urged sending the complaint to Washington. Coins were designed by Saint-Gaudens born in Dublin and modeled on Miss Cunningham, described as a pretty Irish waitress.
Taunton September 19 Governor Curtis Guild visited the Bristol County Fair after lunching at the Winthrop Club and was escorted to the grounds by the 9th Company Massachusetts Coast Artillery. He watched heats in the 2:24 pace won by Prinvs Hamlin, the free for all by Simon Kenton, and the 2:17 trot won by Burma Girl, with a dead heat in the pace prior.
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