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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
12
Five year old Gia chino Piscitella of Keefe's alley North End was hit by a Cambridge Paper Box Company horse team at North and Richmond yesterday. He suffered severe bruising and facial gashes and was taken to Relief Hospital by his father.
A seller promotes a sale as a chance to clothe boys cheaply for Christmas. The ad assures buyers that savings are real and no quality will be sacrificed with Morse-made clothing.
Prices for boys and youths marked down across suits and coats. Sizes 15 to 19 show reductions from twenty dollars to new lower amounts. range includes 8 to 16 for two piece suits with substantial cuts and overcoats reduced from twelve to lower prices. Our juvenile suits and overcoats receive similar markdowns.
Halifax Nova Scotia December seven. The steam tug F W Roebling returned after an unsuccessful search for the barge Rembrandt which broke away from a tug last week while towed to Halifax. The search has been abandoned and little hope remains that the crew survived the rough weather after she went adrift. Even if the barge has not found, provisions and water would have run out and the men likely perished.
Alfred P. Frelich a Brooklyn pharmacist at Presbyterian Hospital shot dead his wife Fannie and her mother Mrs Anna Hoeftung in their home. He pocketed the revolver and walked out then surrendered to a policeman refusing to comment.
Maud Grant a 10 year old colored girl left home at 68 Nashua Street about two days earlier to visit an aunt nearby. Her parents were worried but she returned yesterday and said she thought she would visit her aunt whose house was nearby. In the excitement the family forgot the aunt’s exact address.
William W. Norton of Boston and his brother John W. Norton of Providence are co defendants in a $20,000 suit filed by the Westminster Company over an alleged failure to fulfill a contract to purchase the Westminster Hotel in Providence. The plaintiff asserts the hotel was bought for $15,000 with $500 paid down and the remainder due by October 30.
David Varney, aged farmer, died from a barn shooting in Porter two miles from Kezar Falls. Wesley Chick, Varney’s nephew, in custody in Oxford County on murder charges ahead of a hoped tomorrow hearing.
Report states two people suspected in Varney's killing with a second arrest possible. Authorities say the murderer hid behind a barn partition nine feet away when fired. A double B shell and two wads were found in the stable. Chick, Varney's nephew, explains his $140 windfall from various jobs and family sources. He is 22, six feet tall, stout, and muscular.
Boston officials condemned the Rutland Street Primary School for a malfunctioning top floor fire gong found during a fire drill. Commissioner Wells and Chief Grady warned of potential danger if a real fire occurred and ordered immediate repairs.
Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Dumb on Newbury street logged a one and a half minute exit after the alarm, a new city record. Prince Primary School on Newbury street showed strong results, while Mechanic Arts High School lagged due to a faulty fire gang. Concord Street Primary demonstrated fire escape use with stairs and window exits. Teachers train pupils to exit during recess, making drills a cheerful routine.
The Cathedral Total Abstinence Society clashes with St Patrick's in a pool whist and forty five tournament this evening in Cathedral rooms Union Park street. St Patrick's lineup includes Patrick Foley Thomas Finnerty Thomas Phelan Michael Lyons Francis Stone Joseph McCarthy Edward Woods and Cornelius Crowley.
St John s Newfoundland December 7 Captain farmer master of the Gloucester fishing schooner Patrician was fined 125 dollars at Bay of Islands for smuggling tobacco over a year ago. Herring are reported abundant among the inlets and several American and Canadian vessels have loaded cargoes.
Everett police chase ends with Arthur W Chesterfield, 20, captured after entering 81 Richardson in Everett and pointing a revolver at Mrs. Frank B Mitchell. He fled toward Malden with jewelry and money later traced to Charles Cooper and George Samuels homes.
A fire started in a clothing box on the roof of a Brookline two family house at 44 School Street. The blaze was extinguished with little damage. Police seek two unidentified boys believed to have accessed the roof from a rear stairway. Occupants are John Kelly and J. J. Lynch.
Halifax Nova Scotia December 7 memorial ceremony recalls the April 1 1873 sinking of the White Star steamer Atlantic off Nova Scotia where more than 400 lives were lost. A monument was unveiled in the Protestant cemetery at Terence Bay to honor the victims.
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