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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1907
Page
16
The Committee of Five defends the school board against claims of unfairness. It outlines improvements for teachers, reduced class sizes, expanded sabbatical study, higher pay steps, and new leadership roles. It rejects accusations about a slave mart and retirement fund coercion as false.
George J. Phillips of Revere Massachusetts says years of doctors could not help his wife who suffered stomach trouble and nervousness. After six bottles of New Discovery she reports relief, heart palpitations gone, better appetite, no post meal distress. Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston act as local agents and claim strong sales.
In Grant court yesterday first steps toward resolving the Greenough estate dispute began. The $1.2 million probate case involves three widows and a son with substantial claimants. Testimony traced marriages and alleged prior divorce records amid a web of bonds and wills. Adjournment followed afternoon sessions with more testimony expected.
George Bird, who died at his home 1 Forest Street Cambridge yesterday at age 97, was one of the citys oldest residents. His family, long-lived and prominent in England, included a father who once bled Queen Charlotte of England during an illness.
Reverend J Francis Russell who led Franklin Baptist Church for two years tendered his resignation and will sail January 21 from San Francisco with his wife and child to serve as missionary to the Philippine Islands under the American Baptist Missionary Union. Universalist labor discussions in Ballou Hall cover fraternal labor and church ties, with a committee formed to attend labor meetings for three months.
A verdict of 5000 dollars was returned in the Superior Court for Henry C. Webster who sued Thomas A. Elston for 10000. Webster was injured by a derrick handle while employed in Elston's yard at 409 Dorchester Avenue.
A New England robbery reports $15 stolen from servants’ apartments in Brandon Hall on Beacon Street. Victims are Josephine Dillion and Annie Lafferty. Entry gained through an open first floor window.
New York December 2. Seven indictments for forgery against John R. Hegeman president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company were dismissed by Justice Dowling in the Supreme Court. Three indictments for perjury against Hegeman were sustained and an appeal announced.
One essential for happy homes is a trusted health product. The Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, an Ethical family laxative, is endorsed by physicians and the Well Informed of the World as safe and effective. Buy the genuine from California Fig Syrup Co. and local druggists.
Karlsruhe dispatch reports Karl Hau, condemned for murdering his mother in law Frau Molitor, had the death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
Upi Essex Parkinson Lefebvre Ayotte Ploufe and Doussault were arrested for breaking and entering 54 gas meter money drawers and stealing amounts from 25 cents to $5. In Middleboro evergreen tree gatherers start work as families camp in tents. In Concord sleighing returns with temps around six degrees above zero. Edward Young found dead in Brockton aged 47. East Bridgewater house fire gutted two tenements. Zelpha Tolman 77 found dead in Fitchburg. Moses Greene relieved of 37 dollars in Mansfield. Maine to send thousands of Christmas trees to Boston. crop valued near 40 thousand dollars and famine payments estimated 50 thousand. George E. Allen body found in Gloucester harbor near Fort Point.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless home remedy for piles avoiding surgery. It claims instant relief, privacy, and full boxes for 50 cents from Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan, with free trial mail offers and urged orders now.
Boston police hunt for Lena Mueller a 24 year old German domestic from Baltimore suspected of possessing stolen gems valued at thousands of dollars. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall about 120 pounds with light brown hair parted in the middle and spoke broken English last seen wearing black.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sherburne age 58 was found dead in her Brookline Park Drive Terrace apartment with a gas flame burning. Believed to have died last night from heart failure while preparing to retire. She was wife of Hon. John H. Sherburne formerly a Boston state senator and mother of John H. Sherburne Jr. of Brookline.
National India Rubber Company plant in Bristol Rhode Island will shut starting December 14, with operations resuming January 1. About 1400 workers affected.
Crises in Crisp Nuggets From World's News Centres recounts fires devastating Little Current Ontario and Houston Texas with multi hundred thousand dollar losses. Danbury Connecticut notes a safe burglary at E Stone & Son with cash and jewelry seized. Victoria British Columbia reports large scale Japanese army maneuvers and Halifax cites yellow fever aboard HMS Indefatigable.
New York December 2 Cunard Line officials report the Mauretania sent a wireless from Cape Race showing at noon she was 1052 miles east of Sandy Hook and averaging 23.91 knots per hour to date.
Democratic candidate Mrs Julia F E Duff resumes campaigning after illness with a Wednesday Mt Hippe Citizens Association address. She speaks Thursday in Roughan Hall Charlestown and Friday at Dudley Street Opera House, finishing Sunday at Congress Hall South Boston.
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