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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
7
Police Commissioner Harry Adams, recently out of hospital for appendicitis, visited headquarters and spoke with Superintendent Pierce and the department head. He said he felt well and planned a month long vacation to regain strength.
Sept 20 at 9 am the Goss brothers began a 90 pound canoe voyage to New York. They travel from Indian Orchard down the Chicopee to the Connecticut River then to its mouth and through Long Island Sound to the city.
A Clinton Illinois mother sends a photo of her six month old daughter Edna Gene Ludendorf praising Lactated Food as a perfect breast milk substitute. The note claims the baby weighs twenty pounds and is very strong with no experiments used.
Waltham September 20 Harriet Barrett Reed Pierce marked her 96th birthday at her daughter’s home. She welcomed visitors and received flowers while continuing studies in astronomy chemistry and Egyptology noting a remarkable knowledge of chemistry.
In Chelsea 73 year old widow Mrs Amasa Whitcomb, seeks a guardian as nephews and nieces petition the Probate Court. Judge McKim considers insanity possible and Dr Jelly to examine prior to hearing. Dr Leeds had already given opinion. Case adjourned one week for evaluation.
Sophia Brooks sues Andrew Pinney estate in Springfield alleging 12 years of housekeeper service worth 9200 dollars. Trial before ex Senator Charles M. Clark of Northampton acts as master in the proceeding.
In Wheeling West Virginia Judge Dayton discharged Yee Goo Yu a Chinese laundryman indicted under the Chinese exclusion act branding the law unjust and discriminatory Yu a Boston merchant before coming west argued that political expediency and western demand shaped exclusion laws noting unequal treatment of Chinese versus Italians Slovaks Hungarians and southern European labor groups.
Spencer farmers object to C Brigham and Co rule not to accept milk in quantities under 20 quarts. They plan to dispose of milk themselves after October 1 when the contract ends.
Pittsburg reports Mrs. E. Lippencott of the Society for the Improvement of the Poor will write to President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt protesting the administration policy on race and large families. She cites a poor woman with 17 children and a deceased husband seeking aid to illustrate hardship and perceived praise of large families.
A Children’s Editor note in the Boston Sunday Post invites young artists to depict the sentence Where did that collar button roll to in a new art contest. Frederick Hillebrand of Medford reports a well drawn illustration though the man appears not very poor though cold, aided by a dog and welcoming woman at a small house.
Boston letter carriers about 900 strong headed by their brass band will greet home J. D. Holland president elect of the National Letter Carriers Association. He returns from Portland Oregon where he won the highest honor from the association. The group will meet at Postoffice Square at 7 15 pm and march to North Station then parade through Canal Washington Court and Hanover streets before adjourning to the American House for an entertainment and smoke talk. leading Boston postal officials are expected to attend.
Rev Essek W Kenyon founder of Bethel Bible School Hillsville opened its second and last Spencer year. Buildings in Spencer to be sold and school moved to Mars Hill Maine, now named Mars Hill Bible School and Academy on Mars Mountain amid 1000 acres.
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