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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1905
Page
5
In Brockton on Aug 21 a wife's alleged disloyalty is blamed for the murder of Mrs James W Crawford and the suicide of her husband. Crawford 53 slit his wife's temple with a knife and then slashed himself. He left notes citing jealousy and named others. Sheriff and prosecutors probe Readfield connections as coroner set for Wednesday.
A 14 month old girl, Mary Joyce, died when a wagon driven by 16 year old William Everson ran over her as her mother tried to cross Dorchester avenue with two other children. Mrs Joyce was injured but released from City Hospital. Everson is detained for investigation. Wagon team owned by William Hennessey of South Boston.
August 21 1924 New York witnesses a real airship flight with A Roy Knaben shue of Toledo at the controls. The egg shaped craft rose to about a quarter mile, traveled over two miles, and landed at Central Park West near Sixty fifth street after 64 minutes. The pilot demonstrated precise control against head winds throughout the voyage.
The Department of Agriculture plans additional breeding stations beyond Fort Collins Colorado sending mares to India City Farm Pontiac Illinois to be bred with Axford and Shan Mullagh to develop a national general utility standard. Breeders from other states offered support to Dr. D E Salmon.
An armed woman known as Regimental Liz insulted the U S flag at the Third Regiment encampment in Stamford. She blocked color guards near her house and demanded they burn the flag with matches while she brandished a double barrel shotgun. Soldiers wrested the weapon. Colonel Fitch will address the insult.
Bridgeport Conn Aug 21 Private Arthur M Buckwalter died at the hospital this afternoon from injuries while returning from the State encampment at Niantic Saturday Buckwalter put his head out of a window and was struck by a freight train.
A physician from Fitchburg Massachusetts lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly efficacious for female difficulties and urges women to seek relief from painful or irregular menstruation bloating and other uterine issues. The letter backs its use in practice and invites readers to contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
Mrs. Frank W. Richards of Brookline was thrown from a car and severely injured during a pleasure drive on Beacon street. Her husband, Mr. Richards, escaped with a knee wrench. a touring car with two men collided, the other occupant saving her from worse harm. The injured driver remained at the scene and the Richards car was badly smashed. Mrs. Richards rested comfortably late last evening.
Harry Morris and Harry A. Collins were found guilty of breaking and entering the residence of Benjamin B. Kirby in Jamaica Plain last month. They were sentenced yesterday to the House of Correction Morris for two years and Collins for 18 months, the pair having previously driven the suburbs in a carriage posing as canvassers.
Harry R. Robley of Auburndale found his uncle Crawford and his wife dead in their Brockton home with pools of blood around them. A note to Mrs. E. L. Harvey explained the intended act and motive. The letter named a Brockton business man.
The grand jury hears testimony in a bribery investigation in Boston with District Attorney Sughran and assistants leading witnesses. Alderman Linehan, Treasurer Burroughs, and union officials are among those called, as new witnesses from South Boston appear and subpenas are issued.
The hearing will resume at 9 30 this morning as Treasurer Burroughs testifies again. President Edmund D Codman and directors Charles R Sturgis George R Fearing Jr George L De Blois and other officials are named as witnesses who will follow Burroughs.
Michael McDonald of South Boston pled guilty in Superior Criminal Court and was sentenced to 15 months in the House of Correction for assaulting his wife who remained in hospital after injuries. He claimed she struck him first and cited a prior three month Deer Island stay. The court questioned the injuries including a broken collarbone and smashed ribs.
A promotional note claims Lactated Food is inexpensive and within reach of every family. A 25 cent package yields ten pints, larger sizes are even cheaper, and it is said to be safer than cow's milk with broad physician endorsement.
A social event of unusual interest in Hebrew society circles of Chelsea and Boston marks the wedding of Harry Bornstein of Shawmut avenue and Ida Abelovitz of 15 Pine street Chelsea. The ceremony will occur at Concord Hall on Concord Street in Boston on Thursday evening August 24. Bornstein is a well known Boston furniture merchant and Abelovitz is highly regarded in Chelsea Hebrew society. The couple is backed by Mr and Mrs E Ellison of Chelsea.
In a night telephonic update from the attending physician at the Lafayette Hotel in Portland, Deputy Superintendent Orrington M. Hanscom’s condition remains unchanged for the past 24 hours according to the Post.
Mrs Lydia A Montgomery, thrice widowed, asks a Newburyport court to restrain Frank D Clark from disposing of unrecorded chattel mortgages worth 8600 and to appoint a receiver for the securities as she pursues a 7500 loan claim. She alleges Clark transferred the mortgages to Frank M Symmes of Haverhill after agreeing to stay actions. Judge Lawton previously denied without prejudice.
Mary E. Seufert files equity suit in Suffolk Court against Daniel Noonan to stop blasting at his adjacent quarry she says shakes and loosens the foundation of her Roxbury home on Sewell Street and seeks a permanent injunction.
An advertisement claims Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder rapidly relieves chronic catarrh with a testimonial from James Headley of Dundee who says he was instantly helped and eventually cured after using the remedy.
In Cincinnati August 21 Judge Lueders presiding in Police Court heard Frank Trouts charged with slapping his wife Gussie a past junior vice chancellor of a lodge of Daughters of America. Trouts blamed the lodge for late meetings and cold meals the judge urged separation and condemned lodges.
Mrs Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin writes of her husband curing salt rheum on his hands with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. She says his hands became smooth and hopes the letter helps others.
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