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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
16
Edward Page Weston, known for travels, buys a farm five miles from Warren in Roseau County Minnesota. He plans to move next spring and will leave for New York tomorrow before returning to Minneapolis within a month.
Notables including Governor Foss, Hon. Alexander McGregor, Col. Augustus H. Goetting and former Senator Aaron Crosby join the 69th Barnstable County Fair finale. Ideal weather complemented the event with prominent attendees from state and local government.
Governor Foss spoke from the grand stand amid heats praising Cape Cod support and Massachusetts farming gains. The program featured multiple trotting stakes led by Trot Prince Albert and Worthy Prince with top placings and tight finishes, plus a Cape semi professional baseball title game won 3 to 2 by Hyannis over Kingston.
Mrs. Mary E. Rexford of 3 Waltham Street attempted death by her own hand at home Wednesday evening. She was not expected to live at City Hospital as she battles injuries from the act, cited as caused by the threat of a divorce suit by her husband.
Harvard psychologist Hugo Munsterberg reports experiments showing men improve after discussion while women reportedly do not, claiming women return to first opinions. Boston lawyers and female attorneys challenge the methods and conclusions, arguing for diverse juror attributes and practical judgment.
Tests at St Louis University indicate the fly is a necessary agent in transmitting a disease resembling infantile paralysis between animals. Experts note many symptoms are not yet found in infected animals but the resemblance is striking. The piece notes The Making of a Zoo by Francis E. Leupp in Sunday's Post Magazine on the cost of procuring animals worldwide.
Investigation of charges against Federal Judge Emery Speer of Macon Georgia was postponed by the House judiciary committee until late autumn due to congressional business and concerns that his health would be harmed if he traveled to Washington in summer.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports the quarter ending March 31 saw 158 train crash deaths and 3,628 injuries, with defective roadway and equipment blamed for over 70 percent of derailments. Compared with 1912, train accident fatalities fell 109 and injuries rose 1,157 in non train incidents. Industrial railway accidents killed 97 and injured 26,812.
The advertisement from D Cobbs & Bros on Hanover Street advertises Hickory smoked shoulder and fancy sweet potatoes, 12 pounds for 25 cents, Michigan red kidney beans 7 1 2 cents, a special combo of bread flour and baking powder for 79 cents, and invites readers to send postage for a pricelist.
Edwin Barassa an 11 month old boy living with his father Harry Barassa Bayside station agent was struck by a north bound Boston and Maine freight train this morning near Bayside Portsmouth Hospital doctors report he will survive. The infant suffered a broken arm a broken thigh and several minor fractures after being tossed about ten feet when the emergency brakes were applied. The mother fainted on seeing the approaching engine.
Malden police raided the home of William Bierweiner at 96 Henry Street as part of a crackdown on houses keeping beer wine and intoxicants for patrons. Officers found enough contraband to require a patrol wagon.
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