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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
16
Brockton April 13 A full blooded Indian Edward W. Peterson 31 vanished from his job at the G E Keith Shoe Company and home with John Banks. He said he saw a moonlight sign that called him back to Oregon claiming the spirits summoned him rather than a joke.
Mrs Minnie Clutter of Deer Lick Pennsylvania reports her three year old daughter’s eczema began as pimples at two weeks old and a neck and face outbreak. After two doctors failed, Cuticura Remedies cured her using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap, with ongoing use and a free sample offer from Otter Drug and Chemical Corp.
John Townsend Miller, 22, former Amherst College student and Beta Theta Pi member, confessed to stealing jewelry from about a score of girls in New York. He blamed Broadway lights and a failed family fortune, detailing 21 pawn tickets and multiple larceny charges.
City Hall clerks plan a civil service clerks association to protect and advance their interests. The move, centered in the Public Works department after a salary shakeup, aims to curb favoritism and influence politicians. If successful it could expand to civil service clerks statewide.
Quincy police search for Aisar Hadad who shot Mrs. Liza Fariss Wednesday afternoon and fled into South Quincy woods. A Braintree witness reported a man fitting Hadad’s description near Wales estate. Police expect Hadad to travel toward a Syrian camp with about 400 dollars. The husband claimed the body for funeral on South Street today.
In Dedham on April 43, August Scharfe and Charles Stork of New York were jailed for three and two years respectively for breaking and entering the Hyde Park residence of Alexander R. Keltie on December 7. Scharfe was wounded during attempted escape by a Hyde Park officer. Both men reportedly have New York criminal records.
A six member Protestant clergy committee met Governor Foss to back Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara. The group, including Rev Thomas Van Ness and Archdeacon S G Babcock, denied a broad clergy conspiracy against O Meara and dismissed a 150-name “monster petition” as misrepresenting church views. They urged that Boston Protestants are not united against his reappointment.
A Boston committee reports Protestant clergy are not opposed to Commissioner O Meara despite reports that 150 clergymen signed a petition against his reap pointment. The number is described as a sizeable portion of the city’s clergy.
Supporters praise the commissioner as a gentle man of high integrity and claim the police department operated free from political influence and corruption during his term. Dr. Myers refused to comment when shown the statement, saying he begged to be excused.
The will of Winfield S. Hutchinson of Newton, filed in East Cambridge Probate Court, leaves $5000 of the estate residue to the New England Burn Hattin Homes Association in Westminster Vermont in memory of his son. It also bequeaths $2000 to Mrs. Celia Powell for faithful care of his son Harold and later his wife and himself, plus $500 to Mrs. Margaret Smart for loyalty to the wife and son in stress. Remaining bequests go to immediate family.
Cambridge Water Board members along with Mayor Barry and Harvard Professor Hector J. Hughes, assigned by President Lowell, inspected the Cambridge water system yesterday to explore steps to increase the water supply.
In Springfield on April 13 the county local option bill was defeated in the House by a 3 to vote. The roll call consumed three hours of debate before the dry bill fell, then a roll call on the wet bill followed.
In Epernay and the Marne department calm returns after 15,000 troops prevent further unrest. The Chamber of Deputies voting last night nullified the Senate’s delimitation action. Manifestants pledge to stay orderly while awaiting the Council of State decision. They blame incendiaries and looters, calling them foreign agitators.
Public bequests totaling $800 are listed in the will of Sarah O Flint Wagner of Waltham filed in Probate Court Cambridge yesterday. The will gives $500 to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M E Church, $200 to the New England Deaconess Association for the hospital fund, and $100 to the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M E Church for the Immigrants' Home in East Boston. The estate is valued at $3809, with Grace H Hall of Waltham named executrix.
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