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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement extols Birt's Head Wash as a universal remedy for oily hair dry hair dandruff and hair loss. It claims the product cleanses oil and scales opens pores and restores healthy hair using refined soap white of eggs glycerin coconut oil and salicylic acid. It warns against common soaps tonics and unknown formulas and urges readers to ask their druggist to order it.
Rockland August 26 A Black Hand letter demanding $500 and threatening death was received by Philip Shuman a Blanchard avenue shoemaker Shuman who owns property was advised by Selectmen to carry a gun and given a permit The note postmarked Rockland August 24 was signed Black Hand Society and bore a drawing of a man Shuman 22 suspects it may relate to recent court actions or a mortgage foreclosure He is defendant in a $3000 damage suit by Max Berkwitz of East Bridgewater for alleged alienation of Berkwitz wife’s affections.
Mrs. Adam Gerhovitz of Maltby near Wilkes Barre inadvertently burned her baby by placing a boiler with the child on top of a hot stove. She had tried to bathe the child in a boiler but the water was too cold and left the room, returning to find the child severely scalded with slim chances of recovery.
Brookline mourns John James Greenough a famed inventor and scientist known for the pegging and sewing machines. He helped build the first locomotive and once led the national patent office. Born Boston 1812 he amassed vast earnings from his inventions.
Relatives of Faneuil D. S. Bethune a New York lawyer missing since Sunday or Monday seek help from a private detective agency in Chicago as a search unfolds across Buffalo.
An inquest in Palmer on Faith Davis, a 16 year old Monson girl found in the old mill pond, examined 16 witnesses including family and those who knew her. Police keep to the theory of death by self action as authorities anticipate several days for a ruling by Judge Kenefiels.
Joseph Wallace testified that Gaete threatened to kill him if he testified against John Frasca Pasquale Carboni and Gaete for assaulting Officer Mahoney. Wallace recounted threats in a Hanover street store and courthouse corridor as Judge Murray prepared to rule.
In Kings County Supreme Court justice hears Thomas I. Donovan's alimony petition as wife faces accusations of infidelity with an insurance agent named Jack Wilken son. Affidavits recount a Massachusetts trip ending in Marblehead where the couple allegedly lived as man and wife for a week with the child present.
Marguerite Ardolino of 4 Garden Court was freed by Municipal Criminal Court on a theft charge brought by her mother in law and sister in law. Judge Murray discharged her as the sister-in-law testified a gold watch, chain, bracelet, ring and four earrings were missing from her bureau. Marguerite left court with her husband’s hand in hers.
Mrs Bertha A McIntosh of 593 Main Street Medford surprised authorities by returning after leaving Aug 17 to visit her sister at Beverly Farms She said she did not inform her husband of the trip and caused worry while away from home after nearly a day’s disappearance
In Denison Texas Eddie Casper four years old wandered Friday from home in the Okla region known as the cutoff. A farm dog loaned to Blue River farmer hunted the area and led searchers to a hollow log where the boy lay inside, rescued after hours of frantic searching.
Incomplete returns from the Mississippi Democratic primary show J. W. Collier of Warren county leading R. H. Henry of Hinds county and Patrick Hen of Rankin county by under 100 votes in the eight district race.
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