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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1913
Page
7
Harold Peterson in Chicago confessed to accidentally setting fire to an upholstery plant and then lied about being beaten by two attackers. He damaged himself to hide the truth, stating two Black men fired the building. He alerted the street as the blaze grew and the loss proved limited.
Washington February fourth. Andrew Carnegie told a meeting of the permanent Pan American Railway committee that linking the Americas by rail would greatly aid perpetual peace among North and South American nations. Reports on progress were discussed as ex Senator Henry Gassaway Davis presided.
A Boston area medical group advertises a limited time offer through February 15 providing one month of treatment and medicines at no cost to new or renewing patients for chronic diseases. The list of endorsements names numerous individuals from Boston to Savannah, highlighting ailments from deafness and tumors to bronchitis and kidney trouble as proof of the Osmo-Chemic Physicians’ claimed cures.
J. L. Plunkett M D Chief Consulting Physician specializes in Eye Ear Nose Throat Chest and Chronic Diseases. Permanent offices Suites 4 9 10 entrance No 18 Bore at office hours 9 am to 12 noon and 2 to 8 pm Sundays off
Paymaster George P. Auld, linked to the Charlestown Navy Yard scandal, is ordered back to be accounting officer replacing Paymaster W. D. Sharpe, who goes to Norfolk. Auld and Lt Robnett faced court martial after a dance armory incident involving a West visitor. both were found guilty and reassigned. Auld previously hailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Thousands relieved from indigestion and stomach ills as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claim to digest food, reduce gas and heartburn, rest the stomach, and restore brain and nerve health. Sold at 50c a box and widely stocked in drug stores.
An old dose claims a universal cough cure using wild cherry bark cardiol and white pine syrup. Instructions advise 20 drops every half hour for four hours then ½ to 1 teaspoonful several times daily, promising rapid relief and healing of throat and lungs for all but consumptives.
John Paul Farrell, a discharged apartment janitor, confessed to killing Mrs. Bernard Herrera with a bomb and said he caused the death of Mrs. Helen Taylor a year earlier while also attempting to injure Judge Otto A. Rosalsky last March. He was held for murder in the Herrera case.
Police evaluate Farrell story as largely true in essentials though embellished in detail. He links bombings tied to Janet Taylor and Judge Rosalsky, claims past robberies with pals Harvey and Hartman, and cites a long record including Sing Sing sentences and New Jersey prison time. Farrell describes life details from Ireland to Boston and Danville asylum, showing a practiced, albeit unstable, pattern.
William H. Lee a chauffeur for Dr. Fred B. Lund of Back Bay was held for the grand jury in Charlestown Court on a manslaughter charge. He allegedly struck 10 year old Joseph Flaherty on Main street near Lincoln street in Charles Town the night of January 27. He was held in $2000 bail.
A jury in United States District Court before Judge Morton found Central Vermont Railway Company guilty of violations of the federal safety appliance act. Penalties totaled 300 dollars. A verdict against the New Haven road for similar offences also imposed 300 dollars in penalties.
New York report says Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard sailed for a prolonged honeymoon abroad aboard the Kronprinzess Cecilie bound for Bremen. They plan to travel via Egypt and stay overseas until May. Mrs. Shepard is Helen Gould. Anna Gould sails with Duchess de Talleyrand and her family on the same voyage.
In Cornwall Ontario February 4 claimants assert ownership of diamonds found in a bundle of old rags by mill girls. A New York woman says a pink bag with jewelry vanished last summer from Seacliff Long Island. A New York fireman adds his sister in law lost $2500 in jewels last June. The finders refuse to surrender, claiming rights as finders.
The Norwegian steamship Nicholas Cuneo grounded at Long Beach L I while en route from Jamaica to New York. With the tide receding the vessel rested high on the sand, life savers read telegrams to Captain Knudsen, and a return to deep water was planned at the next high tide. Cargo valued around $95,000, crew aboard, and officials optimistic no major damage occurred.
Middleboro February 4. Henry B H Seymour resigns from the postal service citing parcel post as the reason. He had carried mail bags from the railroad station to the central post office a half mile, but since January 1 the extra weight of parcel post work made the wagon hard on his horse. He says the issue is not his wishes but the horse's burden.
Newport News dispatch states the British steamer Roumania from London to Port Arthur endured a fierce gale while towing a disabled unknown schooner about 100 miles from Cape Henry. The schooner’s fate remains unknown, Roumania put in for coal and lifeboats with a battered log.
In Montpelier Vermont residents will vote on a proposed constitutional amendment shifting the state election from September to November at the March town elections. The measure asks for a new timing to align state polls with general elections.
Boston & Maine officials confer with over twenty labor leaders from railroad employee organizations at South Station. President Charles S. Mellen and Vice President Timothy F. Byrnes preside in a historic meeting marking workers’ formal inclusion in railroad leadership discussions.
Judge Morton of the United States District Court will adjudicate William S. Butler & Co. bankrupt while denying Everybody's Store, Incorporated. The decision, written in court yesterday, cites insolvency at the time the receiver was sought as the basis.
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