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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
1
To save Raymond Wiley, a Charlestown boy critically injured while coasting near Relief Hospital, Coleman Brothers paused their steam drill on the subway work. The halt endangers the section and may cost thousands as they are behind schedule and rushing to catch up.
A Charlestown lad injured by a trolley car near Tremont and Lexington streets faced possible loss of his arm and a grave risk to life. Doctors pursued a desperate plan while a steam drill outside the Relief Hospital was silenced by the contractor to aid his recovery.
Election of trustees for New York Life Mutual Life Mutual Reserve Life and Equitable Life Assurance Society set for tomorrow at each company's New York home office. Polls open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ballots and proxies counted immediately after closing.
Newton Aldermen vote to require muzzling or chaining of all dogs starting January 1 1907. Police to issue circulars to dog owners, noncompliance may lead to dog shooting. Captain Ryan’s duties and salary to be reduced under pension bill. Committee drafts proposal for a new Technical High School to be reviewed next meeting.
An advertisement touts Sanford's Ginger Nog made from milk egg and sugar as a very nourishing beverage for weak folks.
A Boston lawyer recounts the December 1906 tragedy of a sweet elderly woman once from a wealthy Northern village family with a county judge father and village curate brother. Now she toils in a public poorhouse kitchen as kin squander the fortune she rightfully possessed.
Mrs. Sarah Clara Davis now in Suffolk County almshouse is central to a long battle led by attorney John Fr. McDonald of Roxbury. His suit seeks restitution of estate funds tied to Davis and her sister Mary J. McDaniel, with alleged perjury and a plot to hide Davis from public view. The case involves nieces HelenA Pierce and Ellen Perry amid disputed ownership of properties on Third Avenue and New York tax and mortgage matters. Davis, born in Ferry House, is described as tall and stylish, residing at 4417 Third Avenue.
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff renowned yacht designer suffered severe burns from a Sunday naphtha tank explosion in the Bristol Herreshoff shops. His sons Sidney and Francis, aged 16 and 13, were slightly burned while rolling him to safety, preventing fatal injuries.
The four masted schooner J. R. Teel of Boston, carrying 600000 feet of pine to Canadian ports, limped into Portland after a 12 day overdue voyage from Brunswick. A December 4 northwest gale ripped sails and deck, forcing the crew to seek the winter quarter lightship for shelter before returning.
Bishop Charles C McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church lay dying in New York Hospital after an apoplexy as he traveled to Philadelphia. He is 70 years old and was unconscious late tonight with the end expected within hours.
Edmand repeats as FE High School squad captain while Roxbury High and Tech teams post double victories. Dedham High sees Biddle out of athletics. Powers proposes new six day race rules. Harvard football men exit rules committee meeting. Sutton and Hoppe scheduled for billiards match.
Captain H Brunswig commander of the Prinzessin Victoria Luise shot himself in his cabin after the liner struck rocks off Port Royal Jamaica. The ship bound for New York carried passengers who were saved. The vessel, a Hamburg America queen, was pounding and may be total loss with Emperor William reputedly aboard in earlier years.
Gethro admits bribing 22 House members to oppose the bucket shop bill and says he struck a contract to buy Republican votes. He claims leaders promised protection but later broke faith, prompting his expulsion.
Ex-Representative Frank J. Gethro, expelled after a bribery probe, appeared at the courthouse on the eve of 1907 legislative session. District Attorney Moran plans a reopened case based on Gethro’s claims. lawmakers and others call for full investigation into the bucketshop bill and related bribery allegations.
William Williams of this city filed a bill in the Superior Court asking that money entrusted to his late fiancee Miss Katie J. Lyman be turned over to him by her sisters who now hold the funds. Williams alleges an agreement that funds would be returned if the couple separated and cites weekly sums paid from 1902 to 1906 totaling 1042 dollars. The executrix Rose A. Tyman refused delivery, offering only an umbrella and a diamond. the case is set for December 20.
A historical obituary notes a wife charged with murder tied to the 1881 Hathaway mystery. The scant readable lines reference legal action and a notable domestic case from that era.
Mrs. Ebenezer Snow testifies in Supreme Court that William Graves murdered Frank Hathaway decades ago and that Carrie Stone used knowledge of the crime to push Graves to leave his estate of 12000 dollars to Stone. Snow appeals Probate ruling on newly found evidence and fights for two children.
Life long friend Miss Stone figures in the Graves divorce now Mrs Snow. Graves left his wife when their son Herbert was an infant. Hathaway was murdered after obtaining a large legacy in Lynn and found in a Marblehead ditch. Police were baffled and rumors tied Graves to the crime, though no charges followed. Graves later died in Miss Stone's care after a long illness.
A cold spell is forecast for Boston and vicinity with fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday. The outlook from Washington notes snow in the southeast portion on Tuesday, followed by fair conditions Wednesday with fresh northwest winds.
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