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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1911
Page
2
Portland Maine voters reelect Mayor Oakley C. Curtis and secure a slim Democratic majority on the City Council. Curtis leads Hay 5501 to 4516, with ward results giving Democrats in Wards 1 2 3 4 and 6, while Republicans win remaining seats. Council split on joint ballot 17 Republicans 19 Democrats.
Edward McKinnon thirty of 118 Lamartine street Roxbury attempted death by his own action yesterday afternoon in a cell at Station 10 by hanging himself with his necktie. Patrolman Brady found him with a noose about his neck the other end tied to the cell door. He was unconscious and later placed in a padded cell for safe keeping.
The Andrew Square Improvement Association of South Boston held its annual election last night naming Rev. George E. Heath as president, William H. O'Brien as vice president, John P. Driscoll as secretary, and Charles A. Carolan as treasurer.
Governor Foss ordered the new inquest papers reviewed by Judge Milliken and inspectors Daly and Flynn. The 300000 word packet contains testimony from 95 witnesses, with 32000 words in one day, as investigators plan to pursue vote traffickers with District Attorney Kenney and state help.
A person recalls contemplating death to end suffering until the Osmo-Cemic Physicians offered a treatment for deafness. They describe undergoing care and regaining hearing, expressing overwhelming joy at quieter inner noises and restored hearing.
J L Plunkett M D Chief Consulting Physician specializes in Eye Ear Nose Throat Chest and Chronic Diseases. Send for free book. Permanent Offices Suite 8 9 10 entrance No 18 Boylston St Boston Office hours 10 am to 12 pm 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm Closed Sundays and Xmas.
Emmy Destinn as Madame Butterfly headlined a Boston Opera House performance with Herman Jadlowker and Jeska Swartz in key roles. Robert Moranzoni conducted Puccini’s score to enthusiastic applause and recalls. The company performs Thais tomorrow with Zina Brozia in the title role.
Clarence V. T. Richeson will be defended by a four attorney team led by John I. Lee and Beverly R. Harrison with William A. Morse and Philip R. Dunbar. The lawyers conferred with Detective Robert Burns all day and into the night at their hotel headquarters to review the case details and facts.
The Supreme Court of the United States considered a motion by Chicago beef packers for a stay of their Sherman anti trust trial in U S District Court Chicago. Attorney General Wickersham opposed the stay noting it would delay the trial.
In Belfast Me on December 4 Ralph Emerson a 12 year old boy was shot while crossing a field and believed to be a deer. Bert Boynton of Liberty and a Corinth resident named Dean were arrested by Deputy Whitaker and will be arraigned in the morning. Three shots were fired but only one struck.
The report recalls Mrs. Fannie Mahar declaring she felt sick and collapsing on a couch before dying in the presence of her guests. Police and family attended, with investigations noting a sudden collapse during a social gathering.
Miss Williams and Miss Richardson told police Mrs. Mahar drank cyanide after dinner in her Dedham street apartment. Medical Examiner Leary found cyanide in a kitchenette package she had bought for cleaning silverware. He ruled the death possibly suicide though investigators pursued leads and questioned Sherburne and Eddie Mahar.
Elisha C Locke of Barrington New Hampshire describes severe scrofula with painful underarm sores that left him weak. After six bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla the lumps disappeared and full recovery followed. He recommends the remedy for impure blood.
The Boston school committee ended an executive session and approved bringing Hyde Park into the Boston system. Hyde Park teachers gain salary benefits while curricula align with Boston standards. Two elementary districts are created and Horace L. Brittain of Hyde Park cedes control to Superintendent Brooks to lead the Greenleaf district.
A Roxbury stable fire killed fifteen horses and James Cooney 40 while he tried to free the animals. The brick and wood structure housed about 30 horses. half were in the brick section. The blaze, nearing midnight, was contained with heavy losses to buildings and equipment.
The open meeting before the executive session debated whether a two or four year course should govern the new Boys Industrial School. A name was chosen The Boston Industrial School for Boys after controversy over Trades and Industrial labels.
Mrs Jennie Gilman 27 of 276 Second Street Chelsea was struck by an inbound express on the Eastern division tracks of the Boston and Maine near Second Street crossing East Everett yesterday afternoon. She was thrown 20 feet and died three hours later after being taken to Whidden Hospital Everett with fractures in the right hip and left arm head gashes and probable internal injuries. She is survived by a husband and three children.
A compilation of funeral notices from Roxbury Dedham and nearby areas detailing the deaths of William M Allen Louise Anderer Richard Barnes Susan Blake John Bradley Teresa Cavagnaro Mary Conley Joseph E Costa Edward Crowe Matthew Desmond John J Donahue James Dooley Mary F Finn Elizabeth A Gibson Catherine Healy John Kyffin Harriet Hewins Sarah J Macdonald Margaret A McVey Anastasia Murphy John McCrillis Daisy McIntosh John McLaughlin Lewis J O Donovan Martin S Paul Margaret C Reardon Catherine Ryan Katherine Schiaffino Edward M Sweeney David M Trant Ann E Wallin Sarah Ward Ellen Waters Elizabeth A Gibson and other local residents with funeral arrangements and church services.
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