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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1913
Page
10
Mrs Sarah J DeBell of 27 Berwick sobbed that if Judge George had used a pistol to shoot her through the heart rather than separate her from her son she would have been grateful. She spoke during a court scene described in local records.
A promotional notice advertises a Personal Conducted tour to California via Colorado and Salt Lake City. It highlights a well informed conductor, comfortable Pullman car travel, and prices so low most can afford. Contact Alex Stocks, New England Passenger Agent, Boston, for details.
In Suffolk Superior Criminal Court Judge Brown heard the testimony of a Park South End resident who pleaded guilty to carrying a loaded revolver and threatening Judge George’s life. The witness described events during the proceedings yesterday.
Mrs. DeBell admitted carrying a loaded revolver in court and pleaded guilty to indictments for March 5. Judge Brown sentenced her to an indefinite term in the Sherborn woman’s prison after examining custody issues for her 9 year old son Frederic.
Chief John E. Wilkie of the Treasury agents ordered a second investigation at the Boston Custom House to probe conditions enabling smuggling recently exposed by the arrest of Terence L Shevling and his wife of Somerville.
Secretary McAdoo initiates a second investigation into Boston port abuses and harbor tempers. Major J Homer Edgerly and Chief Wilkie brief officials Curtis on long standing baggage inspection flaws that encouraged smuggling. A personnel shakeup and revised pier inspection method are anticipated.
The Post previews next Sunday’s homes page with ideas for embroidery hoops and April gardening operations. It highlights saving for a vacation and Betty Vincent’s advice to lovers as features.
A vintage advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle bowel cleanser for children and adults. It claims coated tongues signal constipation and promises quick relief from stomach and liver issues. It stresses the product uses figs senna and aromatics and warns against substitutes.
A medical man who suffered a severe cough discovered a home remedy claimed to cure any cough in five hours. The formula is a laxative tonic syrup to be mixed at home with wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup. Twenty drops hourly for four hours then periodic doses. Children receive smaller amounts.
In Terre Haute Indiana James Russell Smith under 21 faces bigamy charges for deserting his wife Edna M Wood and baby daughter Virginia then marrying a wealthy heiress in Indiana. Edna Wood and her father Herbert W Wood live at 75 Wallace Street West Somerville. Mrs Smith No 1 has a Middlesex Superior Court divorce suit pending and says she is surprised by his Indiana trouble.
A Cambridge family youth known as Smith was arrested in Indiana after posing as a Boston newspaper man and AP employee to obtain funds from politicians and officials, including the governor. He later married in Terre Haute under the name James R. Russell, amid questions about prosecuting him.
Brussels reports about 280000 to 300000 workers on strike for manhood suffrage with Socialist claims reaching 400000. Outside industrial centers the action shows little effect while the public remains unimpacted. Strikers exhibit notable discipline across the country.
Prominent South Boston residents appeared before the Board of Street Commissioners and protested the Boston Elevated Company's petition to lay double tracks on Farragut road between first and second streets.
Cable from Ovanches France informs J Flamand French consul in Boston of the death of his 77 year old mother Mme Victoire Miramand She had visited his family in Brookline several times most recently in 1910 during her stay she met many prominent people in the city
The Boston area tale centers on Edna Wood and J. Russell Smith whose youth and romance sparked press attention in Terre Haute and Cambridge. Prosecutor Foley investigates peculiar weddings, while attorney Fiske represents Mrs. J Russell Smith amid past separations and alleged bigamy claims involving Smith.
The will of Mon Signor Denis O Callaghan, pastor of St Augustine's Church, South Boston, who died March 12, filed in Suffolk Probate Court, leaves 500 to St Charles College and St Mary's Seminary Baltimore, 600 to the Home for Destitute Catholic Children and St Mary's Infant Asylum, 1000 to the poor of St Augustine's parish, 700 to the Sulpician Novitiate in Washington, and 400 to St John's Seminary Brighton. The executor is William J Doogue. The remainder is to be divided as he deems best. estate value not listed.
Newport Rhode Island April 16 Captain George B Slocum a retired master mariner and last survivor of the 1849 gold hunting expedition sailed from Newport to California aboard the Audley Clark then became master of sailing and steam vessels between New York and South American ports He also took part in revolutions in southern hemisphere countries.
Dated April 15 in Rockland Henry Ainsworth, long sought first husband of Mrs Jennie Eaton widow of Admiral Eaton, has been located. Prosecuting attorney seeks to reopen the inquest as Ainsworth prepares to testify about his former wife and her marriage to Admiral Eaton. Mrs Eaton remains in seclusion.
A report notes Plymouth jail detainee faced a charge of murdering the admiral. Details on the defendant, motive, and proceedings are sparse in the accessible text.
The district attorney announced the inquest would reopen Thursday evening. It was stated that Ainsworth, first husband of Mrs. Eaton, had been found and is willing to travel to Rockland to testify.
The Barbers Union voted to provide free shaves and haircuts to about 1500 Garment Workers Union members on strike for ten weeks. A 20 member committee will serve the strikers at strike HQ 724 Washington Street, with a temporary union shop opening two nights weekly and facilities offered by Harrison Avenue and West End shops.
Obituaries and funeral notices list numerous individuals including Jennie Archam, Helen Barrett, William Barry, Ida Bell, Lindort Bixby, Ida Brown, Eleanor Corcoran, Mathias Cowen, Charles Damery, William Delaney, Patrick Deveney, Frank Doherty, Mary Driscoll, Susan Farran, Cecilia Ferrandi, Elizabeth Griffin, Catherine Grimes, Annie Haynes, Will A Kennedy, Samuel King, Cornelius Lucey, Elizabeth McInnis, Alfred Montardo, Martin Needham, Lizzie Nichols, Agnes OBrien, David O Mara, James Scales, John Stewart, Daniel Sullivan, John Swank, Frank Trenholm, Nellie Warner, Thomas Wilson, and others. Services and masses are noted with dates, times, and locations across Marlboro, Ashmont, Winthrop, Dorchester, Roxbury, Somerville, Charlestown, Malden, Cambridge, Malden, Reading, East Boston, Brookline, and surrounding towns.
Public notices from the Boston Licensing Board list applicants for first class to sell intoxicating liquors and second class licenses for druggists and victuallers. Entries name applicants such as Bianco & Co and Enrico DiPietro & Bro, with addresses on North Street Leverett Street Beacon Street River Street Hyde Park Avenue and other Boston streets. Each item lists license class, premises, building layout and stock access.
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