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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1907
Page
3
Do not delay holiday buying. Now is the time to select carefully and thoughtfully while you have leisure. A little money goes far here, yielding many affordable presents and spreading good cheer through thousands of modestly priced gifts.
Dennis Leary of Charlestown went to 87 East Somerson Street seeking Nora Gogan a cousin. He rang the doorbell, was picked up by officers, then released after explaining he aimed for 7S. Miss Gogan works as a domestic in the home.
Dr. Austin Peters of the Massachusetts Cattle Commission reports an ape that killed a man after biting Patrolman Thomas Rowe and letter carrier John Donovan in Lafayette Square. Police are ordered to shoot any dog showing hydrophobia symptoms and to corral stray dogs citywide.
Mrs G I Partridge of Franklin Mass credits Vinol the cod liver and iron tonic with restoring her strength after grippe. She says it improved appetite health and vitality and calls Vinol a wonderful medicine for recovering from severe sickness. The ad claims Vinol contains cod liver oil elements without oil and added tonic iron. It lists store locations and money back offer.
Arch bishop O Connell presided at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross as twelve seminary students were raised to the deaconate and six ordained to the priesthood. The newly ordained priests join the Boston archdiocese. deacons serve Boston Hartford and Manchester dioceses.
The Home Office allows exhumation of T. C. Pryce’s coffin at Highgate Cemetery to determine if a body rests there or a roll of lead. A conspiracy suit against George Hollamby Druce’s backers in the Duke of Portland estate fight prompts the move, with Herbert Druce willing to consent to exhumation for contempt and criminal proceedings.
Newton residents debate whether mayor elect George Hutchinson will prove a hoodoo. Hutchinson mocks the idea at Eliot Church banquet and notes his birth date the 1st, marriage on the 13th, and invites all to his inauguration on the 18th.
A dead car near North Station at 5 45 last night halted traffic on the Oo line for 15 minutes, leaving the already crowded stations unable to handle south bound trains.
Dover Massachusetts, a town of 680, debates post office location after the death of longtime postmaster George L. Howe. Ed mond K. Dandrow, endorsed by about a hundred voters, fights J. W. Higgins and Eben Higgins for the job, while the office sits in a Walpole street dwelling with a new two-box setup. The dispute centers on whether to keep the post in Higgins’s store or appoint Dandrow, with petitions sent to Washington and heated town politics blamed for the clash.
A fragment notes a quinine remedy linked to a product called grip ernative aramo with a mention of signature by E W Grove and a price of 25c for an unclear item.
The secretary dismisses war talk with Japan as foolish, cites growing trade and pacific effect, notes exports of mattings lace goods and other crafts. He recalls dining with a Moscow official later targeted by a bomb and describes Siberia travel highlighting agriculture minerals and population insights.
Robert E. Straine, arrested on a kidnap charge, was defaulted in Norfolk Superior Court today yet is not a fugitive. He spent the day in Boston stopping at the Technology Chambers on Huntington Avenue.
Mr. Straine and his attorney claim a court date misunderstanding caused his absence in a case where bonds set at $1000 each for him and his sureties Stephen Merrill and James Pickett. Judge Plympton of Wellesley says Straine is not a fugitive and has been in Boston. he denies any intent to default.
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