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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
2
In Worcester on February 9, the Raymond Plouffe murder trial featured a horse serving as a witness in the case against him for the killing of Dr. Henry N. Stone of Newburyport.
Deputy Sheriff Fillebrown and state officers tested the same horse used by Plouffe to drive Dr Stone to the station. Three gunshots were fired at night to gauge the horse reaction. it showed no fright and jogged calmly. Witnesses also noted the body’s position, eyeglasses nearby, and money and papers on the victim.
Feb 9 report from Marseilles notes a young English couple stayed three days at the Hotel Terminus before leaving for Gibraltar. Mr Arrow, once of Scotland Yard and Barcelona secret police chief, arrived and followed to Gibraltar after learning of their departure.
The Petit Marseillais claims Hon. Miss Knollys vanished from London and is en route to America. A British officer is involved but unnamed. Hotel refuses to reveal the registered name. Peerage lists Hon. Alexandra Louvina Knollys, daughter of Lord Knollys and niece of Hon. Charlotte Knollys.
Flood conditions worsen in eastern France as the Marne near Rheims rises about 15 inches and the Aisne climbs three feet in hours. Valley residents flee with belongings while victims of the prior flood rush to save what remains.
Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, head of the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Chemistry, told the Technology Society of Arts that he will eat meat as long as price allows, even if it means sacrificing other necessities, in a lecture on chemistry’s relation to public welfare.
A speaker argues that the remedy lies in higher production rather than meat boycotts, noting appetites resist mind rules and the half-starved body first succumbs to disease. He questions meat bans for cheaper prices and urges supplying some meat to children, while acknowledging the value of fads and praising chemists for milk, water purification, soil improvement, and future food for hundreds of millions without farming more land.
Representatives of 45 councils of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of the Boston diocese gathered for a retreat last night in the chapel at Boston College featuring a sermon and benediction of the most blessed sacrament.
United States and Britain prepare parallel expeditions to reach the South Pole. Captain Bartlett leads the American party from New York toward Coates Land, while Captain Scott sails from England to King Edward VII Land. Shackleton, Charcot, and others have earlier or ongoing plans, with transportation weighing on progress.
Miss Mary Boyle O’Reilly spoke to the Roslindale Unitarian Ladies Auxiliary, outlining child life in reformatories and the juvenile courts, then urging immigration reforms. She warned that workers receive only enough to keep them employed while facing poverty and slum conditions, and noted Boston as a vast foreign city with evolving social systems.
In a railway car a passenger laments the slow pace while joking that a bottle in the buffet car would speed the train by at least 15 miles per hour. The quip captures light humor amid a lengthy journey.
An old advertisement touts bromide and quinine laxatives as a worldwide remedy to remove the cause of colds and headaches. It includes a probate reference and mentions Erie, Tank top, and Oroy-ate in terse, pasted text.
The Boston and Maine railroad officials refuse to meet the locomotive firemen and engineers wage scale demands. A general adjustment board is in session in the city to settle the 1910 wage scale. Firemen seek a 1 hour workday and a 10 percent raise, with specific daily rates tied to engine weight and service type, including Mallet articulated engines and various freight and passenger roles.
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