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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
7
Mrs. George F. Sherman of Auburn was bound and gagged by a robber at her Auburn residence. The intruder escaped with several hundred dollars secreted under a mattress. Mrs. Sherman, with police, searched Boston-bound trains hoping to identify the suspect.
In Everett on December 12, Mr and Mrs Carl Anderson of 40 Oliver Street report great anxiety over whether their daughter Hedwig Anderson has secretly married a Boston broker with whom she has been keeping company.
A New York telegram says Miss Anderson married last Sunday morning to a man unknown to the family. Her parents, living in Malden, have heard nothing from her and await confirmation or denial. father is superintendent at Wadsworth and Howland paint works.
The International Dolls Carnival and Fair opened at the Hotel Somerset on Commonwealth avenue to aid the Free Home for Consumptives. The three day event features doll displays, vintage exhibits, music by Astrella Bros. Orchestra, and lunch facilities. The Young Ladies Charitable Association leads, supporting the home and sick poor with no salaries. The fair runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for two more days.
The federal assembly elected Dr. Ernest Brenner, Radical, as President of the Swiss Republic for 1908. Brenner, vice-chairman of the federal council, succeeds Edouard Mriller, who is the current chief executive.
Police report Frank Losee, cast as Padre Antonio in the Rose of the Rancho company at the Providence Opera House, missing for two days. Efforts by police and Losee's friends to locate him have so far failed.
The body of George Whitney of Canterbury was found in the woods near Northfield. He had killed a deer and apparently died of natural causes, possibly heart failure from the chase or the excitement of the hunt.
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