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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
5
The letter to Gentlemen from Metropolitan Life executives discusses plans for 1907, new non participating policies, revised infantile and adult mortality tables, reduced expenses, and premium limits to age 75. It praises past performance, cites mortality improvements, and urges increased policy issuance and gains in the coming year.
Mrs. Dixon, long time housekeeper for David Brown of 2 Gustin street, was found dead in bed by Brown who alerted police. Medical Examiner ruled natural causes. Brown, detained for drunkenness, faced no foul play suspicion, with residents noting Dixon drank heavily recently.
New York December 23 The Corn Exchange Bank will boost the pay of every employee earning no more than 2500 a year by 60 percent starting in 1907. About 400 workers will benefit from the board of directors plan to reward faithful service and share profits, replacing Christmas gifts as a form of incentive due to rising living costs.
Carrie Swayne reveals letters she says prove she and Frank Gardner built his wealth together. The case centers on half of Gardner's fortune claimed by Swayne and supported by Gardner's first wife Annie Graham Gardner who provided letters.
Photo by Stillers. Miss Sophie Cooper, vice-president, announces the Up-to-date Social Club ball in Howe Hall on Huntington Avenue. The club, a group of energetic South End youths, aims to foster sincere friendships and support benevolence through social events.
Joseph Farrell and Annie Donohue, married eight weeks, have separated and live apart with their families. Farrell and attorney say they will not resume living as man and wife. Parents dispute details of the wedding and arrangements for a home at Revere. Farrell claims he signed away dowry rights of his own accord and will not pursue further action. Donahues deny prior knowledge of the marriage and express concern for their daughter.
The steam er Athenian arrived from the Orient with cargo valued at 2 150 000. Silks worth 2 000 000 and sealskins 150 000 were taken by Japanese schooners in Behring Sea and near Copper Island. Advices cite Hanihara on the St Paul Island incident. The secretary says both sides were to blame for the killings of Japanese sailors.
The Arctic steamer Roosevelt bound from Sydney to New York was sighted off Newport R. I. with its foretopmast gone. Captain Kenyon reported it as disabled after about 20 hours and 380 miles but by noon it resumed sailing and headed west toward Point Judith with a favorable northwest wind.
Miner Smith of 112 Hobson Street Brighton escaped severe burns when a bottle of naphtha exploded in his kitchen after a spark from his pipe ignited the liquid. The bottle burst, a tablecloth caught fire, and the room burned before the flames were controlled.
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