Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1904

Page

5

Mrs Maybrick Not Yet Pardoned Amid Prison Transfer

London report states Florence Maybrick, serving a life sentence for murder, has not been pardoned. She left Aylesbury Prison January 25, likely for a private facility to recuperate, remains under guard though not an inmate. Authorities offer no comment. Lloyd's Weekly notes her mother Baroness de Roques visited the prison and found Maybrick in better spirits awaiting release.

London Florence Maybrick Lfe Aylesbury United States Associated Press Maybrick Cornwall Home Office Holloway Lloyd’s Weekly

Mass of New Bills for Legislators Pushes Short Session

Lawmakers ready to work this week to save the first crop of hay as President Jones and Speaker Frothingham push a short session. Bills include nonresident clergymen officiating weddings, employing noncitizens in public works, reforming dock practices in District Courts, and damages from elevated rail structures.

Jones Frothingham

Natural gas explosion kills two in Pittsburg home

An explosion of natural gas in the cellar of Henry Magel’s West Liberty residence in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on January 31 caused two deaths and seriously injured six others authorities said.

Pittsburg Penn Henry Magel West Liberty

Thompson Couple Arrested After Liquor Purchase Visit

Officers of Division 4 visited 13 Oliver Place shortly before noon yesterday and allege they purchased liquor from George and Mary Thompson. The couple were arrested.

Division 4 Oliver Place George Mary Thompson

Fireman Killed and 26 Overcome in Brooklyn Storehouse Fire

A blaze at the American Manufacturing Company storehouse in Brooklyn killed one fireman and caused 26 to be overcome by smoke. Nine victims were hospitalized in critical condition, one expected to die. The building stored jute, Manila hemp, and bagging, with property loss estimated around a substantial sum.

New York American Manufacturing Company Brooklyn

Dr Badger Outlines Pure Air Cure for Consumption

Dr I C Badger of Massachusetts General Hospital told a Morgan Memorial audience that consumption can be cured by pure air sunshine wholesome food and bathing freely He warned against quack remedies and noted transmission via sputum He displayed sanatorium views and announced a follow up talk at Ruggles Street Baptist Church next Thursday evening.

Ige 8 C. Badger Massachusetts General Hospital Morgan Memorial England Badger Ruggles Street Baptist Church

Three Inspectors Retire On May First

Judge Emmons denied rumors that Police Inspectors William Leggett Charles Glidden and Joseph Bogan would oppose retirement. The board extended their service to May 1 and on that date they will be placed on half pay totaling eight hundred dollars a year. The inspectors have refused to discuss the matter.

Maybrick Released Under Ban on Public Stage

The Daily Mail reports Mrs. Maybrick released from prison in Liverpool with conditions. She may not appear on the public stage or write a book about her experiences and must avoid attracting public attention.

London The Daily Mail Maybrick Liverpool

No Maybrick Pardon Known of in Washington

Washington Jan 31 The State Department says there has been no recent communication with England on the Mrs Maybrick case despite revived interest from reports she is released from prison in England The last information they had was months old and indicated she would probably be released late next summer.

Washington Maybrick England State Department

Death by own action at Tremont Street lodging

Mrs. Alice Brines, 27, committed death by her own action early yesterday by drinking carbolic acid at 932 Tremont street where she lodged. Separated from her husband, she earned a living working at restaurants. The lodging house is run by Sarah Hagstrom. About 11 o'clock Saturday night she went on the act.

Alice Brines Tremont Street Sarah Hagstrom Brines

Judge Charles H. Drew Dies In Brookline Community

Judge Charles H. Drew of Brookline, a jurist and Civil War veteran who served over 30 years as Brookline Municipal Court judge, died at his home after a long illness. Born November 1830 in Plymouth, he studied law, was admitted in 1861, and served in the Eighteenth Massachusetts Infantry rising to major after gallantry in battle.

Charles H. Drew Brookline Winthrop Road Plymouth Judge Drew Chapin Worcester Judge Davis Lincoln Young Drew Eighteenth Massachusetts Infantry Leutenant

Schooner Bonnie Doon Ashore on Hyannis Shoal

The schooner Bonnie Doon, icebound at Hyannis, went ashore on Southwest Ground Shoal while trying to leave for Windsor N. B. It was low water, and she should float at high water. She rests on a sandy bottom and shows no distress signals. The life-savers stood by but aid was declined by the captain.

Hyannis Bonnie Doon Windsor

Fourteen Miners Die in Mexican Mine Accident

In Montberrey near Victoria the day’s lift hoist failed to stop at surface and the cable broke, sending fourteen men to the shaft bottom from a 1500 foot drop. Sixteen men were being raised when the disaster occurred. one was seriously injured and one missing. All the dead were Mexicans of the poorer class.

Montberey Mex Victoria Tamauilaps

Missouri Pacific flyer derailed near Miller Kansas

The Colorado flyer on the Missouri Pacific that departed Denver Saturday afternoon for Kansas City derailed near Miller, Kansas, today while running about 40 miles an hour. The engine and the rear Pullman remained upright. the baggage, smoker, and chair cars were wrecked. One person was killed and one injured, the latter seriously.

Kansas City Colorado Flyer Missouri Pacific Denver Miller Kan

Son of Swiss President Dies by His Own Hand

Dijon France Jan 31 Arnold Comtesse son of the President of Switzerland died after shooting himself last Thursday. He had been staying here and when told a woman he planned to visit was not in he returned to his carriage and shot himself in the mouth. The bullet entered his brain and he died at midnight after hospital treatment for cerebral disturbance from malarial fever.

Dijon France Arnold Comtesse Switzerland Peapyee M. Comtesse Comtesse

Recent Engagements in Boston Area Announced

List of numerous forthcoming marriages in Boston and nearby towns detailing brides and grooms with their family or institutional ties including Jamaica Plain Brookline Cambridge Roxbury Watertown Dorchester Newton Ashland street Dorchester Marlboro street St Marks School Harvard Queen s University of Toronto Middlesex School Cambridge Gloucester Dorchester Winthrop Chelsea Salem Dorchester Jamaica Plain Huntington Avenue features.

Boston Vicinity Caroline Ticknor Benjamin H. Ticknor Jamaica Plain Paul van Duzee Ethel May Brown Brookline William J. Kimball William G. Kimball Huntington Mass Eleanor L. Barbour Frank H. Barbour Ellery Street Cambridge Charles A. Hosmer Harvard Madeline Brazil Irving Dexter Young Roxbury Susan Fellowes Hastings William H. H. Hastings Marlboro Street A. Emerson Benson St. Mark’s School Southboro Leslie Morison Frank Morison Commonwealth Avenue Clifford Ll. Bremer Blanche Harry F. Ireland Essex Street Charlestown Ruth Horton Edward A. Horton Audubon Road B. Arthur Beasley University of Toronto Canada Nina Marion J. Johnson Stonehurst Street Dorchester C. Ernest Perkins, Jr South Framingham Ethel May Franklin Brett Huntington Avenue Mollie Ethel Fairbanks Henry O. Fairbanks Wollaston Kenneth Burnham Lewis Frances Marguerite Griffin Frank Dane Griffin Charles Taylor Smith Gloucester Helen Hall A. Tower Charles A. Case Winthrop Miss Brown J. Wilcor Brown Shirley Kendrick Kerns Middlesex School Concord Alice Newbury Henry Hall Adams Street Walter Katherine Frances J. J. Baldwin Elmo Street Raymond Dunn Mildred Page James Reed Chestnut Hill Charles Sweet Auburndale Ma B George Miller Salem Walter Buringame Davis Ellen Stickney Warren F. Gay Sibel H. Duff Alice Hall Duff Thomas L. Livermore, Jr

Death by Poison in Tremont Street Lodging House

Mrs. Alice Baines aged 27 died yesterday morning at 932 Tremont Street after a companion procured whiskey and carbolic acid. Two hours later the body was found in her room by fellow lodgers as others continued drinking. Miss Sadie Arnold reported the incident at 4 PM. Baines’s body was sent to the city morgue while Sarah Hagstrom and Mary Galligan were arrested for drunkenness.

Alice Baines Tremont Street Apa Bro Sadie Arnold Brines Sarah Hagstrom Mary Galligan

Mrs Boland on Suffrage in Post Letter

Esther Frances Boland of South Boston writes to the Post to elaborate remarks on women’s suffrage made at Morgan Memorial. She notes readers and Post circulation, asserts women will not vote as a unit but will use the ballot to aid moral forces and public questions. 88 Broadway City Point. January 29.

Esther F. Boland South Boston Morgan Memorial The Post Esther Frances Boland Broadway City Point Jan

Rescue on Niagara ice saves boy from fall

Jan 31 Niagara Falls scene as a large ice cake broke away from the bridge. John Morrison of Buffalo reached the open water, grabbed boy James Murty by the hair, and hauled him onto the floating ice. Rescuers pulled Morrison and the raft back to the ice bridge.

Niagara Falls John Morrison Buffalo James Murty Morrison

Immigrant Aid Group Aims to Befriend Hebrews at Boston Meeting

Meyer Bloomfield president of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Association declared the society’s goal to aid poor bewildered immigrants and prevent harsh first impressions. He said the organization will investigate abuses with committees and an attorney, aided by a port commissioner in Boston. Speakers included Rabbi Friederman Shoher Alperts and Victor Schaneburg.

Meyer Bloomfield Hebrew Immigrant Aid Association North Russell Street Boston Rabbi Friederman Rabbi Shoher Abraham Alperts Victor Schaneburg

Ywelvth Christening in the Clark Family

Yesterday afternoon at 20 Merrill Street Dorchester Mr and Mrs R B Clark celebrated the christening of their 12th child the seventh boy Godfather Samuel Rosnosky Goddess Martha Busch the child named Samuel Louis Rosnosky Clark after the late court interpreter Samuel Rosnosky

Merrill Street Dorchester R. B. Clark Samuel Rosnosky Martha Busch Samuel Louis Rosnosky Clark

Six Milwaukee arrests on grand jury indictments

Six more arrests were made today on indictments returned by the grand jury last night. Ex-Alderman Charles Cooke is charged with bribery. Henry G. Razall, a stationery dealer, offered a bribe. Supervisor Julius Feige obtained county orders under false pretences in three indictments. Ex-Alderman Rudolph faced bribery charges. Fred Heiden Jr., former inspector of the House of Correction, is charged with obtaining county orders under false pretences.

Milwaukee Wis Charles Cooke Henry G. Razall Julius Feige Rudolph Fred Heiden, Jr Inspector House of Correction

Child Burned In Cambridge Water Incident

Four year old Margaret Roston of Cambridge was seriously burned yesterday after being pushed into a tub of hot water by her baby brother. She was taken to Cambridge Hospital with severe burns affecting her body.

Margaret Roston Cambridge

The Royal Blue Line Washington Trips Depart Boston

Schedule lists departures January through May from Boston for seven day Washington trips at 25 dollars covering meals except one. Five day Florida route in January February March costs 69.50 dollars with travel to Washington included. Postal request for illustrated booklet to Jos P Taggart at 360 Washington Street Boston.

Washington Boston Philadelphia New York Florida Jos P. Taggart Washington Street Mass

Pennsylvania Railroad Tour to California and Mardi Gras

A Pennsylvania Railroad special train departs New York on February 11 for a South ern California Mardi Gras tour via New Orleans with a three day stay. Round trip rates from Boston are 255 dollars and 250 dollars from New York, covering transport and all expenses to Los Angeles with a carnival seat. Return from Los Angeles is by any authorized transcontinental route within nine months for transport only, Portland excluded with a 15 dollar surcharge. Details via ticket agents at 205 Washington Street Boston.

Pennsylvania Railroad California New Orleans New York Los Angeles Boston Portland Washington Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Navd Ingraham David J. Ingraham Stein Reed Winter Street Oxford Kelly Lynn Finn Lawrence Frank W. Fisher Stoneham Franklin County Judiciary Committee March G. Bennett Ward 11 State House Boards of Health Representative Powers United States Army Joseph J. Leonard DR. Badger Eufferer Beecham Canal St Drew Hyannis Shoal Pacific Mrs. Boland Ywelfth Clark Entertainments Theatre E.D. Stair A. L. Wilbur Charlotte Wiehe Gros Augusta Hol Imatestic E. D. Stair Nees J. K. Murray Clara Lane Thomas L. Durban Walter Edwards Sherlock Holmes Patrice Jordan Hall Helen Rhodes Adolph Glose Suaperb Pictures Festspielhaus Bayreath Symphony Hall BU Ssoo L. H. Mudgett Rogers Grilley Chas van Venchten Rogers Potter Hall Gertrude “Peppergorn Oneering Hal C. C. Harvey & Co Boylston St Haymarket Bowdoin Columbia En Prices Henri Gressitt Presenta Eucenie David Belasco Zaza Rebecca Warren Urbervilles Remon Cadet the Prince R. A. Barnet Nance O’neil Dockstader Jas. H. Decker Keith Bost McCarty Lessee Mar Charles Warner DRIWN Castle Tremont St Tremont M ‘Ifees Terry McGovern Bowery Hollis Isaac B. Rich Charles Wero Charles Mr. Hawtrey Blankley Saucy Atre Nepina Mats Chas. Frohman Ben Greet Herrick’s Evenincs Wed Charles Frohman Esents J. M. Barrie Little Mary Iam Collier the Dictator Colonial Theatre Viola Shakspere WELLE Nigel Aos Pompan Eve Allen Austin & Stone Sy Jonga Ywwwtoboom Howard Ini P. m Bard Brothers Fields and Ward Fleury Carleton and Terre Pierce Maizee Julia Humes Washington & Dover Sts
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication