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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
7
Mrs. Edward P. Bowen begged the Governor's Council pardon committee with emotion for her husband’s release from State prison. Her appeal moved the panel, and the two were reunited when he walked free from prison later that day.
Jugo Acetta, a prominent young sculptor, is in custody as his wife faces desertion charges amid a scandal about hiring a young woman to model for a statue. The case centers on alleged searches of city art studios for a model.
Seven years after a 17 year sentence for an attempted assault on a young girl, Bowen seeks clemency. The late Judge Holmes presided and stated he would not object to a pardon after seven years. The appeal cites the victim’s repeated prison visits and Bowen’s wife’s steadfast loyalty as influential factors in the pardon committee’s decision.
Coal prices jump to 7.25 for stove and nut sizes with a 25 cent ton increase recently. Sept 8 set for the new rate while furnace and pea grades hold at 6.50 and 5.25. Freight costs rise from 60 cents to about 1.20, and mines like George's Creek New River and Pocahontas report full sales and scarce available coal.
A veteran recalls a summer when two friends Dan and the narrator loved Anita. Dan secretly chose duty over love by requesting the narrator wed Anita if he died. Dan dies saving a mission while the narrator returns to a widow Anita, who honors Dan’s sacrifice with a lifelong bond.
Townie Kane accepts Jim Davy's challenge for a best three of five handball matches. Billy McCarthy has deposited $100 with Jack Dwyer as an earnest of the match.
Jugo, claiming innocence, travels from New York to Boston seeking a suitable young woman to model a cathedral statue. Arrested by Inspector McCauley on suspicion from his wife, he is held until Mrs. Accetta arrives to press charges. He used the alias Nicholas Accetta at 253 Hanover Street after leaving 266 Broome Street.
Mary Moore Davis reports her husband James Monroe Davis deserted from the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Warren and moved to Cambridge where he met Miss Bella McDonald. Both Davis and Miss McDonald vanished last Friday, with Davis last seen at 73 Harvard Street and Miss McDonald leaving 5 Torrington Place with a trunk traced to North Station.
The Mules Club No. 1 of Boston led by charter member Maud holds its first annual outing and field day at Oak Island Grove featuring athletic games dancing and muleistic stunts. The day ends with a bran mash feed in stalls for members and friends as business professional and theatrical members join in the fun.
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