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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
9
Captain T. T. Gabrielli of the tramp steamer Hermod reports Mexico’s insurrection has paralyzed business. He left Vera Cruz with half a cargo of 8500 bales of sisal after eight days waiting for loading and cites wrecked railroads and labor shortages as the main causes.
Mrs Mabel A Samsel spotted a man peeping through her window on Wednesday night and pursued him a quarter mile. She caught him, slapped his face, and shook him until he knelt and begged for mercy.
Mrs. Samsel of 55 Library Street Chelsea chased a 23 year old man wearing a black derby hat after he peeped through her kitchen and dining room windows at about 9:30. She restrained him then released him due to fatigue, saying the man warned by family would protest arrest. The incident links to a prior attempted handbag snatch from Mrs Dolan.
William S. West of 53 Josephine Avenue West Somerville will complete half a century in the railway mail service today. At 82 he is the oldest railway mail clerk in the nation and holds the service record. He spent over 39 years in charge of the Boston to St. Albans route and handled the Canadian mail for Quebec. An accident at North Station eight years ago moved him to the Federal building supply department. colleagues plan a fitting semi centennial celebration.
Mayor Fitzgerald announced new uniforms and caps for two elevator attendants at City Hall. Officials soon found that relief workers, not just the two designated, operate the elevators, complicating the plan and raising questions about the shift and fitting.
New York April 13 Mrs Rebecca Frank owner of Brooklyn real estate worth more than 50000 was sentenced to Auburn State prison for women for two years six months to four years six months as a receiver of stolen goods Judge Foster called her the mother of thieves and said no woman more dangerous to society since Mother Mandelbaum.
A four inch iron bolt fell from the 24th floor of a Wall Street Nassau Street skyscraper during construction and injured Luther Martin, brother-in-law of banker Otto C. Heinze, on the sidewalk. He remained conscious after a glancing hit and was treated for scalp lacerations at a hospital before being sent home.
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