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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1898
Page
1
Friends had given up searching for Waldo Power from Fitchburg Massachusetts believing him dead. The World reports he was found on Blackwell's Island serving six months for vagrancy. His family is mystified by his return and arrest details are incomplete.
Frank Stone a 26 year old of 15 Ckney Street narrowly survived a four story fall from a Tremont Street roof while removing snow. He landed on the sidewalk, landed on his hands and back, suffering fractures and facial cuts. City Hospital doctors say he will recover.
New England and eastern New York expect increasing cloudiness with light snow or rain by Saturday evening. Warmer southerly winds. Saturday will be cloudy with rain or snow in the late afternoon or night.
Reports say Senator James E. Hayes of Suffolk was seriously injured after slipping on an icy Washington Street sidewalk. He underwent an immediate operation at City Hospital and, though still in danger, shows signs of improved condition as physicians monitor his recovery and colleagues express sympathy.
We complete inventory and offer drastic reductions to free space. 50 dozen Scotch knit gloves 35¢ per pair, 300 dozen Madras shirts $1, regular $1.50 to $2. 150 dozen gloves 75¢, suspenders 25¢, 15 dozen linen handkerchiefs 25¢.
A burly black robber entered the Mt Auburn Fitchburg depot in Cambridge and stole all cash from the money drawer while Miss Annie McBride stood guard. He demanded the money with a revolver and escaped as snow slowed pursuit. no clues found to identity. Miss McBride, uncle Patrolman McBride, was unharmed but frightened. this marked a second winter robbery at the station.
A 1900 Boston University class meeting in the College of Liberal Arts ends with girls overturning a boys ticket for president and officers. Miss Bessie Chase leads a assertive response as girls reclaim power, while the annoyed male slate loses control. The episode ends with girls declaring satisfaction and boys fuming as exams loom.
A box containing a suit of clothes from Leopold Morse & Co. was stolen from Brewer's express team in Scollay Square at night. The item was reported to Police Station 2 and involved T. J. Walters of 7 Prospect Avenue, Charlestown.
Police arrest Daniel McCarthy 21 of South Boston while in the act of breaking into Bleiler's liquor store on Bedford Street. He is connected to previous breaches at Yates's saloon on State Street and Fairbanks's on Exchange Street. Wain and Flynn aided in the capture. liquor valued at about 30 dollars stolen earlier from Yates's.
An agreement unites Builders' Iron Foundry Rice & Sargent Engine Company and Providence Steam Engine Company to pool interests for the next five years. Builders' Iron Foundry officers have assumed control of the steam engine companies, integrating operations in Providence.
Mineral ad announces control of 11 Colorado mines with shafts up to 250 feet deep and rich ore. Calls for investment with latest machinery to be installed and invites fullest investigation by prospectors and investors. Contact C. Dev e ushire for details.
A stylish but unknown young woman registered as Miss L. S. Petersen of Tarrytown N Y because she had little money she was found dead in Young's Hotel after inhaling gas through a tube tied to her mouth. Police believe she belonged to or was connected with a wealthy New York family though she left no identifying papers.
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