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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1909
Page
3
Mary Smith Louise Anderson and Stella Owen fled rules at Dana Hall School and drank hot chocolate in a Wellesley drug store. When a teacher approached the door failed lock kept them prisoner for hours until a coal cellar window was opened and they climbed to safety.
Two girls flee from a store into a blind alley. They slip through an open cellar door and hide, waiting breathlessly as they risk exposure before peeking out to check for pursuers.
Thomas Fisher of Montreal sixth vice president of the International Brotherhood of Painters Paper Hangers and Decorators was found dead in his hotel room in Cincinnati on December 12.
At 2:25, Box 662, 202 Burton Street, Niland reports damage B15. At 3:55, Box 261, Lena Park, Sirk Alpert reports damage 300 dollars. At 6:10, Box 221, 24 Prentiss Saari, Jacob Saunders reports damage 50 dollars. At 6:10, Box 705, 20 Poplar, Jacob Talaman reports damage 810 dollars.
Boston mayoral race heats up as John F. Fitzgerald accuses Harvard College of tax dodging and street maintenance burdens. He cites a $400 000 Washington street property and questions ties to a professor. Storrow ends day’s work. rallies planned. Peters endorses Storrow for mayor.
Ex mayor criticizes Harvard Corporation as a tax dodger and a leading offender in city property ownership. He campaigns across eight sites, arguing Sunday is ideal for public talks and saluting Dr. Eliot. He cites Storrow and the United States Smelting Company debate to urge local manufacturing investments.
Congressman Peters pledges support to James J. Storrow for mayor promising he will meet the high standards set by Mayor Collins Keliber to lead rallies in Ward 23 17 18 and 19. Storrow plans five rallies starting tonight with a Tremont Temple finale and additional appearances in Charlestown South Boston and other wards amid rival criticism of Fitzgerald.
The Somerville mayoral campaign ends tonight with a grand rally at Union Hall Union Square led by Democratic hopeful Thomas M. Nolan who will address false statements circulated recently. Ex Alderman James W Kenney chairs with speeches planned by Harmon Mongan Flynn Diggins Keen Haley Cannon Russell Ryan Burke Flagg Sheridan Bradley McCarthy Hughes and others. Music and fireworks close what may be a pivotal campaign gathering.
In Plymouth New Hampshire on December 12 a father and his brother cut open through two miles of woods in the Mill Brook range with jackknives to carry Willis M. Merrill of Thornton to civilization after an injury while hunting.
Merrill a 16 year old son of William S. Merrill of Thornton goes deer hunting with his father John F. Merrill and uncle Willis Horner, all of Thornton, starting out this morning.
A hunter Louis H. Huber of Franklin New Hampshire fired at Noonday party member Merrill, striking him in the chest on Cone Mountain in the Mill Brook Range. The group fashioned a rough stretcher and carried the wounded youth two miles to reach a highway and then his Merrill home. Merrill remained conscious and urged the rescue as they endured a rugged two mile ascent through dense young growth.
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, Peary’s trail maker on the pole dash, is due in Boston Thursday to deliver a lecture on the North Pole and related exploration.
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