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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1916
Page
2
Corcoran reports an inquest finding Mayor Kearns fell into water and drowned while dazed from grippe. The death is ruled an accidental drowning with no foul play suspected.
The public works department seeks a pointed medical inspector to fill a vacancy created after Dr. A. J. Davison was removed. Davison was among 17 officials dropped by Mayor Curely weeks earlier, when Murphy, commissioner of public works, said the post had been abolished.
Two aeroplanes of unknown nationality dropped five large bombs at dawn on Porentruy near the French frontier causing property damage. The report from Berne notes the village sustained damage but gives no details on casualties or aircraft.
Frederick O. Woodruff of the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange warned a legislative commission that Boston’s tax rate could rise from 18 to 20 24 per 1000 within ten years unless building restrictions are enacted He cited inflated real estate valuations in low and congested districts and argued higher buildings are key to sustaining city finances.
Detective Cunniff and Kane retraced a buried fortune at East Marion Landing uncovering a tin can containing nine thousand dollars wrapped in paper. Prosecutors announce Dr. Waite, indicted for first degree murder of John Peck with arsenic and other poisons, while investigators seize disease cultures and memoranda on arsenic effects.
A young man described as abandoning work for luxury and society aims to clear the obstacle to amassing a fortune of $500,000 by any means. He plans to solve the human barrier impeding his wealth. The snippet highlights his risky approach to achieving wealth through social intrigue.
Warren B. Wheeler and Stillman Shaw former promoters of the North American Rubber Company ask Judge Morton to quash the indictment for using the mails in a scheme to defraud arguing grand jurors were improperly influenced by William J. Carlin of the Federal Trust Company who helped reorganize the rubber firm.
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