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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
7
A pack of nearly 1000 wild dogs driven from the Shawangunk mountains by severe weather roams Monticello and Summitville threatening to annihilate all within a 20 mile radius unless authorities act. Farmers have occasionally fired on them after repeated attacks on livestock.
Veteran hunters report a pack of wolves and wild dogs roaming the mountains in the county. Farmers plead with the game warden for protection and a potential bounty on each dog killed. Since snowfall the dogs raid livestock, including cattle sheep and horses, causing heavy losses. The dogs are linked to John K Boyce, a former kennel owner near Summitville who kept hundreds of canines. His stock reportedly spread into caves and ledges across the hills during winter.
Mrs. Eugene Magee of Plymouth owns Tyke a 2 year old 13 pound Boston terrier who adopted Blynken a silver gray tiger cat. Blynken is one year old, 32 inches long, and 10 pounds with half Angora. The pair play sleep together and Tyke guards the kitten.
Reports say a band of man eating animals terrorizes residents in Monticello. Local farmers describe frequent attacks as the animals scour the area and the threat to human safety grows as meat supplies dwindle and officials search for a solution.
Reverend James A. Supple D D will lecture on the Passion Play in Jordan where demand for tickets has been extraordinary. The talk is expected to draw a large audience from local parishes and affiliated groups.
Tuesday evening lecture under the Cecilian Guild will discuss the Passion Play of Oberammergau. The talk, illustrated by about fifty views, may be repeated due to exhaustion of supply and high demand for seats. The event notes the 400 year promise by villagers to present the sacred play.
An avalanche of letters swamped the Post Santa Claus as the custom to deliver gifts returns this Christmas. Reporters will visit homes of children who wrote letters to Santa to learn what they need, continuing a long standing charity effort by the paper.
A letter from Theodore H. Bauer of the Boston Opera House notes that many singers are volunteering to help the Post Santa Claus department again this year. The paper prints children’s appeals while urging readers to act as Santa, supplying toys and necessities for families in need across Roxbury South Boston and the West End.
Kiyo S Inui a Detroit born Japanese and UMich graduate told Tremont Temple listeners that the Philippines are safe and warned that Japan would gain little from any attempt to claim the islands. He said the United States spends 80 million dollars annually there with few returns.
Fire in New Sweden destroys five potato houses at a loss of 30000 dollars and consumes over 60000 bushels. Aid was sent by a special train from nearby towns as temperatures stood at zero.
In East Hartford Howard Muir 14 while playing holdup in a Playroom shot his 17 year old brother Russell. Russell Muir is in Hartford Hospital in a precarious condition as doctors treat his gunshot wound.
John W. Carey, a Charlestown man, was shot through the lungs in his home by U. S. Marine Edward Melvin. Carey is not expected to recover at Bellet Hospital. Melvin is held on intent to kill. May Ashton, employed in the home, is held as a witness by Charlestown police.
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