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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
13
A found package of valuable diamonds lost in transit from St Louis to Sweet Springs was sold by a young Negro boy to local dancers for 30 cents each. Police traced the gems and recovered them after raiding a negro dance, where the dancers surrendered the stones.
If his wishes were consulted you would find he desires more than toys for Christmas. He seeks experiences and moments of joy that extend beyond material gifts.
A local ad lists boys two piece suits in sizes 8 to 16 years with markdowns from 8 to 86, 6.50 to 5, and 5 to 83.7 percent. It notes larger sizes 15 to 19 reduced from 20 to 15 and from 12 to 9.
Arrangements completed for next Wednesday evening at Tremont Temple to honor the late Mayor Collins. Acting Mayor Whelton to preside with speakers including Bishop Lawrence Rabbi Flescher and Justice Colt. Apollo Club to sing and Michael J. Dwyer to read an original poem. A steel portrait of Collins will be displayed.
M. H. Gulestan of Boston, an Armenian and prominent maker, releasing a letter from Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte declining to sell the Constitution for $10,000. Bonaparte states disposition is for Congress, and no action will occur until Congress acts, amid public protest over possible destruction and ship's fate.
A disputed manuscript poem titled A Ballade A. D. 1400 attributed to Thomas Bailey Aldrich causes a sensation in literary circles after being published in Town Topics. Aldrich, ill at home, says the verses were written years ago for a friend and were not sent to Town Topics by him. He indicates he did not authorize the publication and has sent a written explanation to New York.
Mrs. Marie Muller died yesterday at Austin Farm after two years there and years of hardship linked to her husband Franz Muller's disappearance. No relatives claim the body. German societies in Boston will ensure a respectful interment.
Nearly 250 city town and county officials from Massachusetts gathered in Medford to observe the gypsy moth damage. General Samuel C. Lawrence hosted and urged drastic measures as officials toured bare forests in the Middlesex Fells and heard calls for prompt extermination and regional cooperation.
Archbishop John J. Williams is back home in South Boston after a second cataract operation at Carney Hospital. He remains vulnerable to light and will wear a shade for several months due to lingering weak eyesight.
Frank Silva of General Electric Works mourns the death of his wife Etta who died in Lynn Hospital after burns from fat igniting. He collapses at home upon learning the news as bystanders and neighbors aid and extinguish the blaze that chased Etta up stairs through a burning dress.
Halifax Nova Scotia December 14 Willam Bransfield one of the four men of the crew of the United States Fish Commission boat Fish Hawk will receive a silver medal tomorrow for rescuing the captain and crew of the schooner Gwanhilda Canadian officials had located the other three sailors who already received medals or rewards with Bransfield awaiting his.
Representative Sulzer of New York introduced a resolution asking the President to prevent destruction of the frigate and to recommend preservation measures. Representative Fitzgerald of New York presented a Brooklyn schoolchildren petition urging preservation of Old Ironsides.
Representative Adams of Pennsylvania introduces a bill to establish a whipping post for the District of Columbia. He says the President supports the measure after discussing it during a talk today.
In Medford on December 14 the Universalist church hosts a fashionable minstrel show in its Hillside vestry. Mrs George Foley chairs the interlocutor, while a lineup of end ladies including Hazel Kirk and several Mrss. wow the crowd with disguises. The event benefits the church and a larger audience is expected tonight.
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