30 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
1
An 11 year old girl may identify the killer of 18 year old Miss Mattie Hackett. Authorities plan to present the testimony to the Kennebec county grand jury, hoping to arrest a woman and her accomplice if the tale is verified.
Alderman Curley accuses use of the Peter Bent Brigham fund exceeding its donor's intent and asks the corporation counsel to survey the fund’s legal status and controllers. He decries the Long Island Consumptives' Hospital as a morgue in a harsh critique amid a council order to report actions to protect Boston's sick poor.
Fair Saturday and probably fair Sunday in the Boston area. Somewhat colder air moves in with fresh westerly winds.
A colder Saturday is forecast for the middle Atlantic states and New England. Winds along the coasts will be brisk to high from the west, easing by Sunday.
J P Lawrence and Co at 30 Quincy Market promotes milk fed chickens and breakfast broilers with the tagline Please Everybody. Local market notices urge readers to purchase poultry from this supplier.
District Attorney French reported the Fenway improvements exceeded reasonable costs by 385 205 43. He itemized sections and works including Back and Otter streets Gatehouses connections dredging and related works. The full details are on Page 5 of the Fenway report.
Mr French concludes the plan shows best quality but wasteful spending. He cites contractors overcharges and faulty execution, with officers failing duties. He argues contracts enabled political patronage and labor costs were inflated by unneeded workers and payroll fraud in city projects.
An advertisement for F B Eastpaan and Co at 17 and 19 Quincy Market promotes up-to-date poultry stalls and express payment, inviting customers to avoid other dealers.
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