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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1914
Page
5
Yeggmen wrecked a Jones Brothers grocery safe on Moody Street in Waltham with a nitro glycerine charge but failed to extract $2500. The blast jammed the door and left the safe impregnable. Large bags of sugar used to muffle the noise were blown apart.
Frederick A. Taylor, who arrived here after deportation from England under a threat of execution as a spy, faces return to England this week unless federal courts intervene. His appeal against deportation from here was not sustained in Washington, sealing his fate.
In Montpelier Vermont a two hour pursuit followed a noisy burglary at the Northfield Falls post office. A suspect was arrested and will be turned over to federal authorities Monday. A watch and stamps were taken.
Blue black and gray chinchilla overcoats priced at 9.75 feature shawl collars single and double breasted designs with fancy blanket backs and silk sleeve linings. Harrisons store at 662 672 Washington Street near Beach advertises the offer.
Yale's 1916 lightweight wrestling champion David O Hamilton appears as Yale Dramatic Association's leading actress in Jordan Hall. The athletic student, noted for muscular build, conveys striking feminine roles, drawing comparisons to Julian Eltinge. The Boston crowd sees him perform tonight.
Mrs Edward Farnham Greene funds the Jaake Mohonk prize of 100 dollars for the best Harvard student essay on International Arbitration. Submissions must reach Professor G G Wilson at Matthews Hall 32 Cambridge by February 18.
Alfred Sears aged 60 was found dead in his bed at 85 Massachusetts Avenue yesterday afternoon by his son William F. Sears who also lived there. The gas jet was slightly turned on and had apparently been escaping for hours.
The Boston Work Horse Relief Association issues noon feeding rules for horses. Advice covers feeding in stable or street, loosening harness, using galvanized pail, tying straps, cooling shoulders, and avoiding weight on the head. Also stresses regular feeding times, drinking before feeding, digestion gaps to prevent colic, hot weather meal mixes, and keeping personal pails due to glanders.
Funeral services for General Thomas Sherwin former head of the New England Telephone Company and longtime chairman of the board will be held tomorrow noon at the Unitarian Church in Jamaica Plain Attending will be prominent telephone and telegraph officials nationwide A Boston born Harvard graduate and Civil War brigadier general Sherwin died Saturday at age nearly 70 He left a wife two daughters and three sons as survivors.
The Roxbury Crossing Board of Trade prepares for a Christmas carnival opening this evening and running through Christmas Eve. Mayor Curley and officials will attend as Thomas Sproules introduces guests, with 700 colored lights on the Christmas tree and a parade, band concert, moving pictures, speeches, and a choir performance planned. Thomas A. Forsyth to switch on the lights at 7:30 as the mayor delivers a Christmas address.
Dr John B Moran of 3 1 2 Mt Pleasant Ave Roxbury was seriously ill at St Elizabeth Hospital Brighton where he was operated on by Dr Chute a week ago His condition yesterday was much better
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