Weston Murder Mystery Deepens In Massachusetts Town
State detectives and town officers search for the voice that sent Mabel Page a false plea about her injured brother Harold. The killer stabbed her in her home as she dressed, a crime the Page family says had no known enemies and points to a familiar perpetrator.
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Harold Page
Massachusetts
Tectives
Mabel Page
South Avenue
Boston
Miss Page
Harold
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mystery surrounds murder in Weston as motive remains unclear
Police and family interviews yield no suspect or motive for the crime. A small basket with about 500 dollars in rings lay untouched near the victim. Medical examiners discount a criminal assault, insisting the death resulted from the woman's own actions. The scene showed no disturbance while the victim lay in her bedroom. The case hinges on unanswered questions as investigators prepare for continuation on page 9.
Murdered Girl Found After Father Leaves Home
Edward Page recounts returning to his house to find Mabel Page missing and the front door partly open after leaving at 9 am to work on cars in West Newton. He describes hearing of a murder after discovering the scene and a quick call to a nearby doctor, with subsequent examinations suggesting death by self-inflicted act rather than stabbing, as investigators review the evidence.
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Cote
Newton
Weston
Edward Page
Post
West Newton
Mabel
Amy Roberts
Skin and Blood Purification Claims Exposed
An ad-like notice touts a treatment to cleanse the skin scalp and blood of torturing, disfiguring humours with loss of hair. The language resembles a historical health remedy promising quick healing and renewed vitality through purification of body and scalp. The piece reads as promotional natural health rhetoric typical of early period advertisements.
Complete Cuticura Treatment Advertises Quick Skin Relief
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as fast relief for itching burning and disfiguring skin conditions. It claims thousands of cures for babies and adults, promotes a full routine with cleansing soothing and blood purification, and lists prices and depots in London Paris Boston and other locations.
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Douglas
WW. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. Pack
Travelers Ins. Co
Brockton
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Washington Street
Essex Street
School Street
Summer Street
Lincoln Street
Court Street
Howard Street
Hanover Street
Weston and
Randolph
Harris Dexter
Parker
Roslindale
PAGE
Philo Hay Specialties Co
Lafayette St
Newark
New Jersey
Hays Hair Health
Fiavnaun
Edge of Family Matters
E. Prince St
New York
Dr. Frost
Mead
Watertown
Frost
Cutieara Revelvent
Niment
Peek
Depote
London
Charter House
Parise
Rue de la Paix
Columbus Ave
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp
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