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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1909
Page
2
Clement Lenoi presses pursuit of his wife and her companion who eloped to Frisco. Their arrest in California prompts extradition battles as a vengeful husband awaits in Boston for their return home.
Professor Lenoi confronts a wife and friend who fled with his musician friend Daniel Maquarre after a Belgian love affair. Indictments were sought, Boston police pursued the couple to San Francisco, and Lenoi exposed letters found in a hidden box that proved the affair.
Republican circles discuss a Taft era reshuffle at the Boston port with Jeremiah J. McCarthy likely to be promoted from surveyor of the port to collector If George H Lyman is displaced Lyman would seek a different high post possibly in diplomacy McCarthy currently serves a third term in his current office and is praised for backing Taft in Massachusetts
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that express companies cannot be compelled to provide cash on delivery service for liquor. In the Royal Brewing Company against Adams Express Company, the court held that firms may refuse to collect the purchase price of intoxicating liquors for shippers.
George E. Neuse an apprentice seaman at the Naval Training Station Newport died of scarlet fever at the Naval Hospital. His death followed a fever outbreak that prompted a quarantine of all 2100 apprentices and enlisted men at the station.
Lieutenant Abele testified of long separations and visits with his wife in San Diego and Honduras. Doctors described Mrs Abele as suffering acute alcoholism and habitually drinking, with one account of her escape from a hospital. Letters from Panama and Argentina show affectionate messages from Abele, while Mrs Abele attended court in Erie with relatives as Judge Raymond scheduled further proceedings after the first Saturday in March.
New York report states Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. is insane as jailers at Queen s County Jail confirm it. He shows failing health and refuses to leave his cell at times. Medical exam found no physical ailment but conditions alarm Sheriff and Warden amid his brother s acquittal.
A Maine jury found Harold Colby of Rochester not guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of 10 year old Fred O Connor in Bangor on June 4 1908. Colby was driving as a chauffeur for Thomas R Savage of Bangor at the time of the fatal accident.
A vintage medical ad touts Syeup offigiatoi of Sermantuch as a daily habit forming aid to nature. It claims regular use supports digestion then gradually dispenses with the remedy, stressing proper nourishment and efforts alongside California Fig Syrup Co. products sold by leading physicians at one regular price per bottle.
The Supreme Court sustained the Elks Boston lodge officers in ruling their Somerest street Jacob Sleeper Hall purchase valid. Minority members challenged the vote as violating lodge bylaws. the court rejected the equity bill and upheld a 187 to 79 vote in favor.
John M. Penniman Boston’s oldest officer died at home aged 89. Born in Moultonboro New Hampshire he joined the Boston constabulary on September 26 1847 and served at several stations before retiring in 1901. He recalled starting at the station on the site of today’s Station 16 and earning 90 cents a day.
A courteous young man at the Big Four depot in Bellefontaine, Ohio announced he was living as Jesus lived. He bought a ticket to Mattoon Illinois and sent a telegram signed R A Graham to Mrs T H Fitzgerald Vallejo California. Railroad officials report a man named C Graham’s unclad body found frozen near Tower Hill outside Mattoon.
Portland Maine February 12 Dr George W Way prominent physician dies after brief illness with acute meningitis He was a Sutton Vermont native who began practicing in Portland 25 years ago He is survived by his second wife and a daughter and belonged to Masonic orders Portland Lodge of Elks Kern Temple Mystic Shrine
Congressman Lovering accuses the Panama affair of blackmail and presses Rainey to produce proofs while defending William Nelson Cromwell's conduct as honorable. He cites grand jury scrutiny and alleges attempts to sell stories to political committees, with Rainey denying information from World or blackmailers and promising a reply.
A Boston showroom advertises a six day piano sale with deep cuts on uprights grands and player pianos. New uprights drop from 225 250 300 to 137 185 while baby grands and Knabe Hallett Davis models also sell at substantial discounts.
George M. Rogers faces sentencing in federal court on an old count for using the mails to defraud. He had sentence suspended after pleading guilty last October and was released to avoid further schemes. Fraud orders were issued in Boston New York and Philadelphia amid new arrest reports.
Helena Mont February 12 Thomas Hanby a former South Carolinian was sentenced in federal court for bigamy. He received six months in jail a $100 fine and must marry an Indian woman Mary La Brech a Blackfeet maiden was his second wife whose marriage was ruled void due to his first wife’s legal separation.
Statesboro Ga February 12 Probably the largest radish ever produced was grown by James Riggs who lives on R F D No 4 from Statesboro The giant radish weighs 18 pounds and would fill a peck measure.
A boastful advertisement proclaims a guaranteed cancer cure with hundreds supposedly cured in 10 to 20 days after doctors reportedly gave up. The claim presents no verifiable evidence and targets urgent medical fears.
An advertisement claims a free cancer coupon and home cure via Curry Cancer Cure Co at Curry Sanitarium in Lebanon Ohio. Readers are urged to mail name and address to receive the remedy with options to send to the private secretary Ki W Ramsey Box 726 Lebanon Ohio.
An advertisement promotes D. D. D. Prescription as a mild soothing liquid that stops itching for eczema sufferers. It urges readers to obtain a bottle at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores, noting seven Boston locations.
The Bermuda-Atlantic line launched a Bermuda to New York service six weeks ago triggering a fare war with the Quebec Steamship Company. First class round trip between Bermuda and New York is now $20, with journeys typically four to five days. The quoted price equates to food and lodging under $5 per day, excluding transport.
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