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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
7
Miss Rae Eleanor Ball of Cleveland Ohio applied at police headquarters for a permit to carry a revolver. She owns a violin valued at $3000 and says she wants protection for the instrument.
Miss Ball, a professional actress and first to apply for a license in the city, reported to Captain Danny at Lagrange Street station that she has received numerous threats stating she will lose her valuable instrument. She said she would carry a revolver for protection.
A 260 year old Gagliano violin linked to a Boston family was bought in Cleveland and fended off a hotel theft in Chicago. The owner plans to seek police permit exceptions with assurances from Captain Danny and Police Commissioner O Meara for a favorable outcome.
James Moriarty, 35, recently acquitted of causing Mrs. Caroline Turner’s death in Lakewood N J, is due in Manchester to live with his uncle Joseph Lehan. Society woman Mrs Jasper Lynch, who funded his trial, continues to back his reform and trusts for his rehabilitation. Former Amoskeag National Bank clerk, he seeks stenography work.
George L. Erb of Nashua New Hampshire was brought before Lowell police court on a manslaughter charge after his car struck and killed Merrill Woodward a 9 year old near his North Chelmsford home. He was held in 100 bond and a continuance to January 5 was granted. An inquest report is expected meanwhile.
Dillon, a local middleweight, received an offer to fight Jimmy Clabby in Los Angeles on January 15 for a 20 round championship bout. He plans to accept while continuing training for Gus Christie in Dillon's New Year’s Day bout here in Indianapolis.
The funeral for William T. Shea former mayor of Quincy will be held tomorrow from his home at 279 Common Street. City offices will close and business suspend as processions form with many local organizations represented in the cortege. A solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church West Quincy with a distinguished clergy lineup including Monsignors Roche and Rowan and Reverend Fathers.
The Ward 19 Democratic Club led by Rep. James McInerney will host a Christmas tree in the ward room on Elmwood Street at 2 30 p m on Christmas Day. McInerney will be Santa and the club plans to give sweaters mittens rubbers stockings and candy to 180 children attending. A concert will precede the gift presentation.
John P. Bagley and Leroy S. Ricker, both of Cambridge, held by Mobile police after a year on the run. They used aliases George B. Stone and Fred Hall while being investigated for a $27,280.90 burglary tied to Charles G. Maguire. Authorities say they ran a plumbing supply scheme with legitimate and dubious dealings and may face charges for additional robberies.
Dillard Hunter a farmer and his niece Miss Nora Hunter were instantly killed when their buggy was struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train at a sharp curve near Nicholasville Kentucky. In London Welsh tin plate makers booked orders for 40000 tons for delivery to American canning and oil concerns by June.
The Post Santa Claus appeals for toys dolls stockings and mittens and delivery automobiles to brighten Christmas for very poor children. Read letters from grateful youngsters and note donations from local clubs schools and businesses with a total fund of 193 168 42. Official acknowledgments from Boston officials urge giving to spread happiness during the season.
General James Grant Wilson civil ward writer is seriously ill at Bt Luke's Hospital in New York. He is 82 years old and president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He has pursued literary work in the city since 1865.
A large section of Georgetown known as Damerara was destroyed by fire this morning. Twenty people were killed and many more injured as a vast amount of sugar for export was burned along with a warehouse and numerous buildings. Georgetown is the capital of British Guiana with about 5,000 residents, including 6,000 whites.
Nearly a thousand workers at William H Taubsing ton mill protested a 2 percent wage cut set for January. Notices announcing the reduction sparked a strike by mill employees in Philadelphia.
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