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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1905
Page
4
The Nantucket spent 12 hours battling ice and became wedged between jetties at dusk. Captain Furber tried to reach open sea but heavy ice and paddle jams stopped progress. The steamer, with a dozen passengers aboard, is not in danger. provisions are ample as freeze up continues into the night.
Skippers of towboats face heavy harbor ice causing delays and extra charges to cut through ice while towing vessels to discharge berths along the Charles and Mystic rivers and Fort Point channel. The steam yacht Galena, owned by R. H. Pratt of Haverhill, sank near the Mystic River drawbridge after being moved from the Everett side.
Captain Rennie of the Allan liner Sarmatian arrived from Glasgow with first Atlantic ice notice of the season. He says ice arrived six weeks earlier than usual and forced a south route by ice field. On January 28 the Sarmatian met ice at 48.27 N 48.42 W and skirted the eastern edge for miles before clear water to the south and ice to the west.
The toy line steamer Old Dominion is fast in the ice off Whitestone tonight. Five tugs tried to pull her free in the afternoon without success. She left Boston Thursday and carries a full freight cargo.
The Brookline Hockey Club will play two games at Franklin Field today. The first is against the Boston Wanderers, the second against Roxbury. After a month of strong play, the team appears favored to capture both games.
In Cape Cod Bay the tug Peter Bradley and lighter Sampson battled extreme cold and ice to haul a five masted schooner from the sand. The boats shipped ice and water as they pressed toward Provincetown, ending with a hazardous return voyage and wrecking gear tangled in near zero temperatures.
Dowaliby and his wife were sentenced in United States District Court by Judge Lowell. Dowaliby, a naturalized citizen, falsely swore that Nese Yazid, a Syrian immigrant girl, was his wife. The case involved attempting to bring the woman into the country despite a deportation order tied to her contagious eye disease.
The Kneisel Quartet gave its fourth concert at Potter Hall with Felix Weingartner as assisting artist. His Opus 83 sextet for piano and strings impressed though some passages bore padding yet the ensemble proved admirable. Brahms and Debussy pieces were near ideal, underscoring the quartet’s rising season. The fifth concert is set for Feb 14.
An advert promises a guaranteed cure for piles with a six to fourteen day refund if PAOINT MENT fails to cure. The product is advertised at 50e and claims to relieve itching and bleeding.
Henry Aberlein of Roxbury faced Judge Burke in Municipal Court charged with threatening his former sweetheart Florence Gorham of Warren Avenue. Gorham testified Aberlein pursued her, jumped from doorways, and followed her despite warnings. Judge Burke released him on his own recognizance with judgment to be withheld.
Arleigh Goodwin, 29, of Boston, died after a lacerated face and possible skull fracture. Autopsy cited cerebral hemorrhage. body sent to Boston for burial. Family alleges murder and has written to police and the district attorney. He had been living on Ninth Avenue, New York, before his death.
John H. Casey is named special counsel in the South Danvers National Bank case by the United States. Defendants George M. Foster and John W. Dickinson were convicted March 20, 1903, in the U.S. District Court. Casey will seek a hearing before Judge Lowell on the bill of exceptions so the case may proceed to the Court of Appeals at its next sitting likely next month.
Theophilus Dunton of Melrose sues Sheriff M. Frank Eastman for 20000 dollars in a tort action linked to his divorce. The divorce suit against his wife Mary Dunton was continued to March 2 after counsel changes and local interest has grown in the protracted proceedings.
Patrolman Frank E. Lenehan halted a wholesale grainhouse theft at J. P. Parker’s on Commercial Street. He, with Patrolmen Barrett and Wilson, nabbed Bartolomew Haggerty among the raiders, seized the horse and sleigh, and secured a $500 bond after arraignment. two accomplices fled across the marshes.
Miss Nellie Vander Wiele of New York reports months of face and neck sores with scabs itching and oozing. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, she experienced immediate relief and says she was completely cured after two cakes and three boxes.
In a Boston divorce action Clara Sylvester told Judge Crosby she endured hard farm labor and abandonment while her husband Fred E. read novels all day. She weighed 144 pounds at marriage, dropped to 98 after a year, and sought relief. Judge Aiken granted a decree nisi to Maude Bishop after similar claims of neglect and poverty. Dora Seaman received a decree nisi in a separate Cambridge case.
Mrs. Mary Hendricks of Chicago identified Johann Hoch as the man who married her on January 2 in Hammond Indiana under the name Jacob Schmidt. Hoch, detained in New York awaiting extradition from Chicago, allegedly deserted her after she gave $500. She met him after answering his marriage ad. He later claimed a sick father in Germany and disappeared with the money.
Edna S. Crane files a bill of equity asking for a receiver against her husband John F. Crane and Lewis M. Crane of Brookline. A returnable order of notice is set for next Tuesday. The couple, well known in Boston society, are entangled in marital troubles. Crane claims transfers of 10 shares Wolverine and 10 shares Mohawk stock plus a mortgage to John F. Crane’s father totaling about 3000 dollars were made to defraud and delay Mrs. Crane and obtain alimony.
Wakefield Feb. 38 The junior class of Wakefield High School held their annual dancing party in the Town Hall this evening. Matr ons were Mrs A D Fuller Mrs Charles B Young and Mrs E A Carlisle. Ralph W Goodacre acted as floor director.
A retired Rear Admiral touts Postum Food Coffee over traditional coffee after experiencing improved digestion clearer mind and steadier mood following three months using the product. He notes increased strength and better temperament at age 76 and mentions trying Grape-Nuts next.
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