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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1910
Page
16
Judge McIntire is poised to rule after arguments in the Glover will contest. Proponents attorney Samuel D. Elmore urged the court that the testimony to date supports a wise course for the supporters as the proceedings open.
Judge McIntire ruled that the proponent's case on undue influence, the first branch of the matter, was open to argument but barred admissibility of evidence. Attorney Scott sought to introduce Mrs Kate Sampson fear testimony and Sey mour Glover inquiry transcript before the District Attorney Hig ring.
The Harvard Alumni Association issued a five year project directory with names and addresses of all living graduates. It shows 42,491 graduates listed, with the earliest class from 1888 having three survivors and the largest class being 1903 with 486 members.
Walter L. Granger a 10 year old Worcester boy was found by the River side stationmaster and brought to Newton where he was delivered to his father Arthur Granger of 12 Harrison street Worcester. Police doubt the tale of kidnapping and suspect he ran away from school.
A drunken man Ching Ling faced the Municipal Court after being cited for disorderly conduct. His Sunday School teacher, an unnamed American woman, offered to pay the fine and testified that Ling’s problem stemmed from bad company. The court released him after recognizing it as his first offence. The arresting officer noted Ling yelled loudly on the sidewalk yesterday morning.
A unique dinner in London presided over by Lord Coleridge brought 200 descendants of British poets together for Swinburne’s birthday. Attending were the Duke of Norfolk Lord Lytton Lady Lindsay Lady Shelley and Helen Mathers wife of Henry Reeves.
Mrs. William J. Spencer escaped serious harm after her husband tried to kill her and himself yesterday. She arrived at East Boston Relief Hospital in a bystander aid, where she learned he was unconscious but alive. She cried with relief upon hearing he would not die.
A drunken quarrel at 382 Meridian street ends with Spencer choking his wife unconscious and barricading the kitchen, then turning on gas. Neighbors summon help. truant officer Burke and patrolman Goodwin force entry and revive Mrs. Spencer as the husband is found in the kitchen.
Miss Herberta Roblin aged 19 wed George Barrett McMullen of Cuba in a quiet Brookline ceremony at 48 Manchester Road. The couple are niece and uncle by marriage with Roblin’s father officiating. Both families originate in Canada and McMullen works with United Fruit Company in Preston Cuba.
Sixteen inmates in a detention room on Deer Island staged a human pyramid at the foot of Eastern avenue to help John J. Flanagan climb a skylight and escape yesterday afternoon. The other prisoners did not attempt to flee.
A prisoner named Flanagan escaped from a 15 by 25 foot galvanized detention room at Quincy Cold Storage by climbing a skylight grate with a human pyramid aid. He fled before loading of the Monitor and is pursued as police note his height weight and clothing. Penal Commissioner Gore ordered repairs to prevent a repeat.
Daily fire record notes alarms from Beach Street to Morton Street and Dorchester grass fire. Incidents include a 350 dollar loss at M Judd & Son and a 50 dollar loss tied to the New Haven Hartford railroad on Milton Avenue.
James R. Cutler a septuagenarian of Somerville will wed Gertrude Haynes a 52 year old nurse who cared for his late wife. Alfred Cutler his son moved next door while both deny estrangement. The ceremony will be at a friend’s home and they will reside at 234 Medford Street.
In Manchester New Hampshire the management of the Manchester and Nashua and Manchester and Derry street railway companies posted a voluntary 10 percent wage increase for several hundred employees. The raise becomes effective April 11.
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