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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
12
In a dramatic raid on a cockfighting event at the Lakeview skating rink 42 men were arrested as 8 to 10 fled through a window. Officers from 11 agencies including district police and Lowell Humane Society aided, with a special electric car transporting prisoners to the Lowell station.
Police staged a sudden raid to surprise fifty men inside a rink causing instant consternation as officers forced entry and men froze as revolvers were leveled. The incident details remain incomplete in the fragment.
It is feared the anti foreign movement in Canton will outbreak against all foreigners after the death of a steamer Falshan coolie and alleged brutality by a Portuguese watchman. The British torpedo boat destroyer Hart was sent to Canton as native papers foment the agitation.
Dayton Ohio December 20 J C Martin a lawyer from Dayton who gained notice before the last presidential election by addressing President Roosevelt on Tafts religious views has sent another letter to the White House on the same topic. He argues voters should judge candidates by party loyalty and platform pledges not by religion or dogma.
Uplifting appeal emails and mailed gifts flood the Boston region as the Post Santa Claus program pledges aid to needy children. Donations from readers range from 1 to 10 dollars and volunteers plan to distribute presents to deserving youngsters, with letters detailing hardship and requests for books toys and dolls.
Mrs. Mary E. Richards, 30, swallowed carbolic acid and morphine at a Pickney street lodging house. She sought reconciliation with her husband at Bowdoin street but died two hours later at the Relief Station. Harry Wolcott found her unconscious and taxicab driver Herbert Gilpke aided her to medical help. Medical Examiner Magrath notified.
Six year old George E. Gould vanished from Weston street in Waltham while coasting. Police and neighbors combed woods from Waltham to Westwood with lanterns but found no trace. The boy wore a blue suit, gray stockings, blue cap and mittens. his mother, living in Boston, has kept him with his grandmother.
Early morning basement fire in a West End Melrose tenement sent residents scrambling in night clothes. Patrolmen Cunningham and Tilton from Station 8 located and aided occupants on the top and lower floors, saving lives as the blaze confined to the basement.
The Boston Subs, a post office substitutes group, chose Thomas Fleskett as their candidate for state and national conventions. Elected for the coming year were President Thomas Heskett, Vice-President Joseph P. Kelley, Recording Secretary William Dwyer, Financial Secretary Joseph Doherty, Treasurer N. El. Chase, and Sergeant-at-Arms William McBride.
In San Francisco on December 20, Judge Lawler postponed the sentencing of Abraham Ruef, convicted of bribery, to the day before Christmas.
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