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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
3
Dr Harry A Simmons and his wife were awakened by a burglar at 75 Camden Street who carried an armful of valuables and a revolver. He replied with a chuckle and a “Good Night” before departing, forgetting the telephone in the house.
Police, alerted by a telephone call, failed to locate the intruder. The doctor, after the man left, called for help as patrolmen from Station 5 sped in a patrol wagon toward the house. Mrs. Simmonds saw the burglar on the sidewalk and he approached the front steps before she rapped.
Police found a man had entered the home by a rear basement window and fled before officers arrived. He took two small cut-glass jars, a brown coat, $25 in cash, and other items missing from the residence on Camden Street.
Flames roared through a barn in Arlington tenement district last night destroying Michael Lane’s barn at 17 Winter Street. The fire spread to 17 Cleveland Street and 19 Cleveland Street, injuring no one but burning a horse to death and lightly damaging nearby houses.
The Hollis Street Theatre hosted a charity night for St. Mary's Infant Asylum led by Mayor Fitzgerald and Archbishop O'Connell. Performers included Sig. Virginio Capelloni, Charles Hackett, Nora Burns, Josephine Logue, Annette Welsh MacMunn, Olive Whitely Hilton, Marguerite Wright, Tom Maloney, and conductor John A. O'Shea. Archbishop O'Connell urged Catholic charity as the world's noble motive, criticizing secular philanthropy and praising church tied aid amid urban poverty and housing conditions in Boston.
Foss states he will back any candidate who clearly stands on the issues that won the last campaign. He adds it matters not whether the candidate is Republican or Democrat, as long as the issues are adopted and presented to the people.
Frederick P. Fish refuses any public office bid and denies Governor-elect Foss’s suggestion that he could be a candidate for the United States Senate against Henry Cabot Lodge. He states the idea is absurd and without foundation and that he has never been a candidate and never will be.
Frederick P. Fish, former president of the New England Telephone Company, rejected Foss's suggestion he run for the United States Senate. He stated he would not consider candidacy under any circumstances and dismissed Foss's praise of him against Henry Cabot Lodge as absurd.
Governor elect Eugene N. Foss departed for Washington to attend the opening of Congress but plans to return home soon to press his Massachusetts campaign against Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He denied any intention to run against Lodge and urged supporters to back candidates aligned with the issues that shaped the last race, while promising broad publicity of public policy and public sentiment.
The governor elect says his constituents should not abandon Washington and urges returning to Massachusetts to oppose Senator Lodge. He will not block a caucus by incoming legislators but disagrees with the procedure. Meetings are planned in Lynn Lowell and Lawrence to campaign against Lodge, possibly extending to the Berkshires.
New York December 4 Mrs Augustal Stetson former first reader excommunicated by the First Church learned of Eddy death through the newspaper She refused interviews at this hour saying she is excessively occupied.
Dr John Munroe a leading physician and former surgeon in chief at Carney Hospital South Boston has been critically ill at his home 178 Benecon street for several days. His condition yesterday showed no change and there is little hope for recovery.
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