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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
14
The complaint against A. Stanton Hudson the physician arrested in September last charged with performing an illegal operation upon Hilda A Ericsson was dismissed by Judge Ely in the first session of the Municipal Criminal Court.
Freddie OBrien of Chelsea prepares for a boxing bout in Lewiston Maine with Kid Dufresne. Dufresne has drawn with Al Delmont twice, making the matchup seem challenging. OBrien is in good shape and confident.
In Baltimore on December 5 actress Clara Bloodgood committed suicide in her Hotel Stafford room. She did not appear for her performance in The Truth at the Academy of Music. A 38 caliber revolver and a book How to Shoot Straight were found near her body with a bullet hole through the roof of her mouth.
The stage manager John Emerson says he saw no unusual behavior in Mrs Bloodgood before her death by her own hand. He cites fear of a nervous breakdown as the sole motive, noting she had worked hard and feared collapse.
In New York a society figure, Mrs. Bloodgood, recounts a life woven with elopements, divorces, and family ties to Lloyd Aspinwall and Walter Crosby. Her first husband Havemeyer died in Buenos Aires, then she married Jack Bloodgood. After his death she pursued acting, dedicating herself to the stage and attributing her success to persistent effort.
A deadly fire tragedy at Winter Hill injures four, including Engine 10 Captain Mitchell and Engine 6 Captain Sheehan. Augustus W. Ring of Winter Hill is killed after being trampled by a frightened fire horse. Property valued at 250000, with 20 locomotives and a train of passenger cars destroyed along with 400 feet of round house and repair shops. Only Engine 44 the fireboat could respond due to the distance and intensity of the blaze.
Sparks from a passing locomotive ignited a devastating blaze at the Boston & Maine yard No. 1 damaging wooden structures and rail facilities. Four firefighters were injured and Augustus W. Ring believed dead after a fire horse frightened locomotive blast. About 250 workers fled as engines 44 6 and 10 fought the flames with Cambridge and relief crews aiding. Damages exceed 250000 dollars with trains and carriages burned.
Secretary Taft and his party left St. Petersburg at noon for Berlin. He will stay a few hours in Berlin tomorrow evening and asked Ambassador Charlemagne Tower to skip formal entertainment due to his mother’s serious illness. Russian authorities say the visit passed without incident.
Uruguay purchases the Italian cruiser Dogali for 100000 gold. Nine crew members will stay aboard to enter service in the Uruguayan Navy. The ship arrived at Montevideo via Galveston Texas from Italy.
Rumors say Boston will gain three new transatlantic passenger lines by next spring. The North German Lloyd lines may start a Mediterranean service opposing White Star, with express steamers to Cherbourg and Bremen eyed. Hamburg America’s passenger trials reportedly succeed, while Austria American plans a permanent spring service after two initial sailings.
An advertisement promotes Lung Kuro as a rapid cough and cold cure. It prescribes two spoonfuls three times daily and touts pine tar from North Carolina trees as a cleaner, more effective throat and lung remedy.
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