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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1906
Page
4
Lewis G. Tewksbury surrendered to the district attorney and was jailed in default of 7500 bail. He’s charged with larceny of bonds from his former wife Mary Mills Greenhut. Prosecutors say the loss could total 150000, though his counsel contends the bonds were his property.
Immigrants detained at the Hebrew immigration bureau observe Passover with regular services and a seder. Despite scarlet fever at the Ladies Helping Hand Association Home, turnout at synagogues remained large across Boston. Lillian, an émigré banished from Russia, seeks to become a teacher to aid children back home.
The annual meeting of the American Humane Society, delayed from last evening, will be held tomorrow evening at the residence of Francis L. Higginson located at 274 Beacon Street.
Edward Blackburn treasurer of the Wichita Stock Yards Company was arrested this afternoon on the charge of embezzling twenty thousand dollars from the firm.
Middlesex Superior Court heard a flood of divorce libel cases as Anna R. Tinker and Cynthia B. Cutter sought decrees amid claims of intoxication abuse and desertion. The judge awarded Marion Percival to the grandfather noting the father’s worthlessness and the mother’s lack of care. Cutter reported desertion by Ammi Cutter after a long marriage.
Morris Gottlieb a slender former stagehand at Bellevue Hospital is in the psychopathic ward for love mad fixation on Maude Adams as Peter Pan. Doctors expect recovery in a few months. He believes the stage light and Tinker Bell belong to him and Miss Adams.
An 18 year old Russian girl named Lillian Briskin is released from detention on the promise of an unnamed philanthropic Hebrew who will provide a home and education. Immigration officials are satisfied she will not become a public charge. The story notes the guardian’s commitment and the girl’s future prospects.
Seventeen year old girl is expelled from Russia after expressing a wish for greater freedom. She leaves behind her mother, father and six brothers and sisters to depart the country.
Herbert McBride of 40 Bennington Street East Boston was arrested by inspectors on charges of larceny of belting valued at 550 dollars taken at different times from Shultz Belting Company at 114 High Street. The warrant was sworn by John Ji Ferguson of the company who says McBride, a salesman, failed to remit proceeds of his sales.
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene's Nervura and Nervula remedies for nerves and blood, claiming cures for nervousness insomnia and epilepsy like symptoms in children. It promises free consultation from Dr. Greene at 34 Temple Place Boston and frames the products as safe spring tonics.
The Evening Post reports the grand jury will open an investigation into the Washington Life Insurance Company. Internal dissension led to reorganization and charges against some former officers may be preferred.
James McSoley known as The Professor died in his Eliot Street lodging after a roughing by a transient. Medical Examiner MacDonald ruled old age and heart failure caused death, not the altercation. McSoley had left St John New Brunswick for the United States on a tour, spending a fortune before continuing travel modestly.
The House passed to a third reading a 75000 dollar bill for Massachusetts representation at the Jamestown centennial exposition in Virginia next year after a debate on anti discrimination safeguards. Amendments to cut funds or alter conditions failed amid sharp exchanges over remarks by Ferber Hayes and Potter.
The United Fruit Company steamer Admiral Dewey arrived at Long Wharf at 9 30 yesterday morning after a slight machinery derangement delayed her from Jamaican ports. Fifty cabin passengers and a large group of saloon travelers from Kingston Mass and nearby towns were aboard. The vessel also carried 30 134 bunches of bananas 163 bags of coconuts and 150 barrels of oranges.
Promotional copy claims Apitero aids digestion and vitality with vegetable iron to improve mood and energy. It recommends consuming Apitero for breakfast or lunch with milk, noting visible results in a month. Prices listed: Apiteze Biscuits 15¢ per package and I Grains 10¢ per package, Apitese Gold sold by grocers.
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