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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
13
North Adams details reveal long domestic strife between William Berry and his wife Mrs. Berry. Neighbors report a Saturday night strangling incident after she sought help from Clara Walden. Mrs. Berry feared further violence and planned to return home for medicine. Berry remains hospitalized under guard.
Word reached West Selkirk Manitoba that the steamer Princess the largest passenger and freight boat on Lake Winnipeg was wrecked at Georges Islands Sunday night. Captain Howes and six crew or passengers are known to have been drowned.
W W Bessey and Sergeant Adams, both veterans of the 18th Massachusetts, met unexpectedly on a Boston trolley when a car stopped near Hyde Park. Each had a single eye and two Bull Run bullet wounds, and they realized they fought side by side after sharing memories en route to a Hyde Park reunion.
If correct it’s at Morse's. The trousers sale tops records with heavy overstock. Still many good values remain with markdowns not to be skipped by any well dressed man. Look for Knapp-Felt Derbies and Stetson Soft Hats in the showing.
Ex mayor Baxter E. Perry who led Medford in 1895 96 died last night in Castine Maine He was born in Lyme New Hampshire in 1826 and graduated from Middlebury College He came to Medford in 1863 and later served on the School Board and in the Legislature He will be buried at Oak Grove and survived by two daughters and two sons.
Two hundred Swiss followers of John Alexander Dowie desert after Zion City funds vanish. Devotees of Elijah II report 3,000,000 francs invested in Zion City is lost, triggering financial and religious fallout among the Swiss Docheites.
Mayor Fitzgerald told Thomas H. Dowd from Ward 19 that he would not participate in the 10th or 11th district contests. Dowd pressed for active backing, but the mayor reiterated his vow to stay out of local political fights during a private meeting at the Parker House.
A party of 300 Massachusetts Democrats traveled to New York for a Bryan reception. Tensions surface over Moran and Quincy within the Moran ticket as calls for center stage shift. Ex-Governor Douglas plans to attend. Henry M. Whitney may skip the event.
John B. Moran issued a statement from campaign HQ declaring no alliance with any office candidate and opposing money influence. He said delegates must choose on merit, not campaign funds, and pledged honesty and fidelity to the masses as qualifications for nomination and election.
Josiah Quincey and Mayor Fitzgerald meet to urge no public backing for any candidate and let the State machine win pledged delegates in Boston. Moran supporters plan pressure in New York while Thomas A. Mullen pushes Fitzgerald to take a clear Moran position. Indictments in the schoolhouse commission case exclude the three commissioners.
Dedham Aug 29 Alfred Smith a well known radical socialist says he will vote for John B Moran if he is the Democratic nominee for governor He refuses to support any other Democratic nominee citing Moran as the only acceptable choice for the post
Trustees select the Conness estate in Mattapan as the site for a new consumptives hospital after expert review. John S. Conness, former U S Senator, owns the property on River Street near Neponset River and Howard College land. The $65,000 purchase will convert the mansion into an administration building and a nurses dormitory while outdoor care continues.
In Worcester on August 25, Isidore Roberts of Manchester and Miss Annie Grenier of 81 Orient Street faced an impediment to marriage when Roberts’ prior marriage to a divorced wife remained unresolved. The Catholic church would not recognize the civil decree, halting the ceremony planned at St. Joseph’s Church. Miss Grenier remains hopeful, while Roberts is described as an unfortunate victim of circumstances. the wedding, set for next Monday, will not proceed.
Cadet Walter Wilde of Hazelton unable to return to West Point as planned. His furlough expired and a final exam showed the broken leg has not united, making further service at West Point impossible. He previously rebroken and endured lengthy treatment in Philadelphia with a heavy weight attached to his foot.
A well dressed American impostor posing as a Harvard crew member duped West End merchants of several hundred pounds last week. He registered at hotels and ordered apparel to be charged to the hotel, claiming the bill would be settled the next day. The articles were sent, but the man had departed before payment. Gunmakers tailors and other tradesmen were victimized.
The Leyland line steamship Canadian raised the body of William Colton, former steward, after leaving Pier 6, Grand Junction docks for Liverpool. Colton, last seen August 22, reportedly fell overboard while trying to board the ship. the body was given to undertaker Fred L. Briggs of Howard Street.
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