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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
9
A trader quips that Wall Street remains a queer but fascinating arena as he recounts Yukon and Smelters plays. He argues Yukon will rise from cheap prices while Smelters, mispriced at 70 80 or 90, should soar with market improvement and investor interest.
Private wires to New York and Boston cited by the firm at 60 State Street Boston as specialists in Yukon Gold and Miami Copper.
The Boston market shows bond prices and yields with Amer Bell Tel 4s around 99 and Amer Tel & Telcon near 81, while U Steel 5s trade around 93. The curb market weakens led by Majestic and Yukon with Majestic slipping to 9 cents and Yukon closing at 5 1/8.
Senator Lodge presents the Eastern Wholesale Dry Goods Association of Boston memorial opposing the parcels post legislation. The measure is assigned to the Post Office and Post Roads Committee as Postmaster General Meyer pushes the bill amid opposition from express firms. Congressmen Gillett’s White House visits spark whispers of cabinet or Berlin assignment amid holiday travel and constituent autograph requests. Representative O’Connell returns from Newport News after aiding A. Porter, a Boston sailor, and speaks at a local Elks lodge.
Arrangements are complete for the 20th annual Brotherhood of St. Andrew convention to be held May 8 9 and 10 at St Pauls Church Pawtucket Rhode Island. The final Tuckerman lecture was delivered by Rev Edward A Horton on Helps and Objects. The Women’s Home Missionary Society holds a lane second quarterly meeting at Tremont Street Methodist Church in two sessions today.
Mrs. DB J Davy head housekeeper at the Somerset Club learns of her husband John Davys death in a New Haven hotel. His body was found with windows and doors closed and gas escaping. a letter to Mrs Davy was found beside him. The couple had been estranged for years and the wife refused to reveal contents of the letter. The wife and son, 21, discussed disposal of the remains.
A witness recalls a tall maritime man from Newfoundland describing a woman connected to the Arlington case. The man, age 25 to 30, with a glass eye impression, claimed to hunt a woman from St John’s and possibly a child. He planned a return trip and spoke of a Washington street job contact.
Inspectors Michael Neilon and John Deehan of Cambridge with Officer Hooley of Arlington spent six hours pursuing the latest lead in the Annie Mullins case. They kept details private, and Neilon said the man believed to be the suspect remained under investigation.
The article notes a person did not attempt to escape but was clever enough to realize that their disappearance would raise suspicion. It details observers watching for unusual behavior and authorities noting the lack of an escape attempt.
The latest clues are believed to come from close friends of the murdered girl. Kittie Joyce and Kath erine Chase provided what is thought to be important information to Cambridge inspectors. Rumors circulated that a man questioned by Cambridge and Arlington police may be re-examined.
Thomas Davids 35 of Malden is held at Station 1 on drunkenness charges while Arlington and Boston rail police investigate his possible connection to the Annie Mullins murder. He was arrested after odd conduct at the North Station and could be further questioned.
George O. Currier Jr. of Jamaica Plain died Monday at St. Margaret's Hospital following an unsuccessful recovery from an appendicitis operation. He was born in 1870, worked in the note brokerage with his father and brother, and was treasurer of the Jamaica Plain Club. He married Corinne E. Gelinas seven years ago last October.
Boston resident William L Sullivan of 153 Marion Street reports relief from backache and kidney discomfort after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He credits three boxes with complete cure and urges others to try the remedy sold by all dealers for 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
Edwin R. Hall former president of Hall and Locke Company publishers was found unconscious in his Riverside Drive apartment from inhaling illuminating gas. He left a note citing his wife's terminal illness and the two deaths are momentarily expected.
Frank A. Locke of Brookline, former treasurer of Hall & Locke Company, says he has not seen Mr. Hall since their December dissolution. He claims no knowledge of Hall's fate beyond a New York note, and suggests Hall may have attempted death by his own hand because of Mrs. Hall’s illness.
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