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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1901
Page
2
David J Ingraham Eyesight Specialist at 10 Winter Street offers next 30 days of free eye examinations. Thorough and accurate exams for each eye with satisfaction guaranteed.
The defence in the Ward 21 caucus fraud cases opened by disputing confessions as fabrications and contending witnesses show the defendants were at a Brown home on Bower Street. They aim to undermine the government case by challenging Joslin Averill and Kane while presenting alibi witnesses and attacking the principal confessor's story. The judge ordered the case to proceed with the defence presenting evidence, while objections to quashing indictments were overruled.
George W. Clark former Lynn Bankers Tire Insurance assistant manager vanished with a Lynn woman leaving worthless checks totaling several hundred dollars. He surfaced in Pittsburg, his former home, where his father lives. He sent a telegram promising to return furs bought from Damsky & Co worth about sixty dollars after a check was returned stamped worthless.
In Printon New Jersey on December 9 Thomas Connors a burglar sentenced to seven years in State prison yielded a missing diamond he had kept hidden for months inside a quid of tobacco constantly held in his mouth.
Court action filed in Superior Court names Herbert L. Harding as guardian for Cornelius Phelps in a tax dispute. Harding allegedly refused to pay the 1900 personal estate tax of 117.60 after demand in October 1900 and did not seek an abatement. Collector Guild pursues payment into the city treasurer’s office. The case reflects broader efforts to collect taxes from delinquent residents and city employees alike.
Boston sold a caricature resembling President McKinley as a jumping jack on red frame. Police halted the non licensed peddler in Adams Square. Officials debated legality, warning captains to arrest violators and noting debatable manufacture origin.
Local health ad warns coffee harms the nerves causing bodily trouble and diseases. It promotes Postum Food Coffee as a safe, tasty substitute and claims quitting coffee prevents disease, offering an easier path to better health.
Predictions from Post reporters show General Collins leading by wide margins across varied voices. Politicians and officials forecast Collins by totals from 5000 to 12000, with Hart cited in some predictions as trailing.
New York December 9. Lillian Russell and Fay Templeton marked Miss Russell's birthday with two elaborate entertainments. Templeton hosted a $2000 rose lunch at Delmonico's and a Sherry's dinner where Templeton was guest of honor. Guests included Hawtrey Playfair Hopper and Grover Tuttle. Decorations featured roses and hand painted menus with portraits.
In Suffolk Superior Court judges preside over a sequence of civil actions. Cases include Towle v. Kelman for $270 travel-sales wages, Miles v. Cohen for $54 services, Dunbar v. Boston & Providence for damages, White v. Huebener for $3,385 work on a cellar, Spaulding v. Q&B for $20,000 injuries, and Sullivan v. South Boston Gas Light for $1,000 health claim. Jury views and verdicts final in several matters.
A historical promotion claims Stuart's Catarrh Tablets have advantages over liquids and sprays. They contain no cocaine or morphine, resist deterioration, are convenient to carry, and use an antiseptic blend of eucalyptus bark red gum blood root and hydrastin to combat catarrh in the blood rather than local treatments. The ad asserts cures come from internal dosing and notes a 50 cent price at drug stores nationwide.
A compiled slate of cases heard and unfinished in the Fourth Session before Judge Hards and others, including claims for refunds, deposit recoveries, promissory note balances, store rent, professional services, plumbing bills, and personal injury in a subway collision. Participants include J. Isaacs, Joseph Cavanagh, Fob Norton, M. Hiteh, H. C. Forbes, Williama & Copeland, J. WH. Kenner, J. Sullivan, G. A. Codwise, J. Shepard, Whipple Sears & Oxden, Hyde & Baxter, W. G. Thompson, and others.
A vast new cave was found in the Jefferson River canyon along the Northern Pacific line about 60 miles east of Butte. Explorers describe a large river and a 10 foot cataract. Stone copper utensils and bones were found, and scientist W. Gilbert suggests an earthquake sealed the entrance and ended the inhabitants.
At 2:30 daily crowds gather in Jordan Marsh music rooms to hear the baritone perform Dont Forget and the narrative song A Flower That Has Lost Its Bloom. The Jordan concerts are a noted feature with Boston authors in vogue.
Miss Sorabji a Parsee of Poona India will speak at a union meeting at the New Old South Church this afternoon at 29 o'clock Miss Hazard president of Wellesley College will preside.
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