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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
4
A local retailer offers girls dresses at 1.50 each in gingham and Scotch zephyr plaids with Dutch neck and jumper styles, high neck options, and full length sleeves.
Four men die when a boat attempting to reach shore from Rocky Point capsizes. Ephriam Gallant, 45,arry Gallant, 22, James Burnett, 26, and Dan McCaulain, 24, perish. three others including Charles McInnis are saved after locals grapple the bodies. Burnett had a cork leg and showed signs of life before passing.
Mrs Joan G Moldan of Minneapolis writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound relieved her female troubles and restored her health within three months. The letter urges public publication to show the product’s benefit to suffering women. Thousands of similar testimonials support its effectiveness.
In a battle with rifles and revolvers after a bold bank robbery at the First State Bank of White Bear, Robert Pohl an ex convict and Edward Larken chief at the Five Forks a Bald Eagle Lake cottage were killed and several others wounded William Butler a White Bear fisherman perhaps fatally
Robber Robert Pohl, a suspected cracksman, robs a bank manager Alfred Auger and flees with 56 dollars. He is pursued to Inter state lumber yards where he is killed after a fierce gun battle in which 15 bullet wounds are found on the body. Victims include Edward Larken dead and others wounded including Thomas Skeith and William Butler.
A potential long distance marathon may be added to the Lowell Automobile Club event in September. The proposal targets Thursday afternoon September 9 with the Merrimac Valley course in Lowell Massachusetts as the race route.
The Rev. Raymond P. Walker of this city, a leading Methodist clergyman in New England, died yesterday at his summer home in Ashbury Grove Hamilton from apoplexy. He had suffered ill health for years, though friends did not expect a fatal turn.
Mobile Alabama August 5 The Knights of Columbus convention endorsed a $500000 endowment for scholarships and decided the fund be collected within two years and turned over to the Catholic University in Washington.
In Annapolis Maryland five hours of examination and cross-examination occurred today as Lt Harold M Utley Marine Corps faced questions in the case of Lt James N Sutton of Oregon. The inquiry before the Naval Board at the academy resumed after an adjournment awaiting Utley and Surgeon Frank O Cook who were aboard the cruiser North Carolina reaching Provincetown.
In a court inquiry into Lieutenant Sutton’s death, five Sutton officers and Lieutenant Utley testified. Utley waived privilege, corroborating others about the Oct 18 1907 incident. He claimed Sutton aimed at him but later suggested self inflicted death was unlikely. The hearing continues with Surgeon Cook and Mrs Sutton expected to testify as cross examination continues.
National Paper Trade Association members enjoyed a ladies day in Boston with a city tour and a shore dinner at Nantasket Beach. Officers listed include W. F McQuillen president and H. E. Wright treasurer with vice presidents in Chicago Minneapolis and normal schedules at the Hotel Somerset.
Elizabeth C. Grinnell and Otto H. Martinsen were found guilty of a statutory offense in New Bedford's third district court. Judge Milliken sentenced both to long terms in the House of Correction. The case involved the wife of Senator Frank Grinnell of Tiverton and a cash register salesman.
A Boston bound romance led to a Tiverton investigation as a husband exposed his wife and Martinsen at a local hotel. Both defendants received six and several months terms respectively and appealed. They await the November Superior Court term.
Matthew Cummings national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians denies a slander claiming he and Father O Donnell sought to vilify the United Irish League during a Ireland visit. He cites a national board statement from Atlantic City as representative of the order.
Coast Artillery officers praise a mortar practice at Fort Howard by Companies 21 and 103. At 8000 yards with a moving target and four mortars, shots were fired at half minute intervals. Ten of eleven shots hit the moving target, setting a new record.
Discoveries yesterday identified two bodies. One is believed to be William Wiles, about 68, found on the back veranda of the Lenox boathouse at the foot of Mt Vernon Street, Dorchester. The other is a man about 50, 150 pounds, dark complexion, mustache, partly bald, found at Wood Island Park near the Neptune Avenue entrance.
In Guyborough County near Boylston, 13 year old Andrew Issard was charged with murder after tying and beating 6 year old Annie Ash to death while parents were away. The child’s body was exhumed for autopsy, murder proven, and Issard committed for trial at the Supreme Court criminal sessions.
Police issue general alarm for Alberta Rowman former president of Liberty Tobacco Company charged with larceny of 5000 dollars from the company.
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