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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1911
Page
4
Conductor Daniel H. Coyle and motor man Percy Gardner were held up and robbed by two armed men on the Union avenue line in Cranston. Coyle was shot and not expected to live. Gardner was uninjured.
Motorman Gardner outside the car and Coyle inside were confronted by two men who robbed Coyle at gunpoint and shot him in the abdomen. The robbers escaped with the money as a pursuing officer fired and Mayor Edward M. Sullivan organized a volunteer posse with police to search for them. A reward may be offered tomorrow.
The official declined to identify the briber while hinting at naming him during a floor debate. Reported rumors claim Chinese merchants funded efforts to defeat the bill and a Boston lawyer allegedly demanded $2000 to kill the measure.
A Melrose incident sent a runaway wagon with United States mail racing along railroad tracks beside a Newburyport express. Fred Barton, a mail collector, was thrown from the wagon and injured as the wagon wrecked. The engine braked in time and no mail was lost due to tied bags remaining secured.
The Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers held its annual banquet at the Hotel Lenox last evening and elected officers for the coming year. Fritz Lowenstein of New York was elected president, Dr. Lewis Cohan of Washington, D C, vice president, E G More of M I T secretary, E P Graves of Boston treasurer, Cabot of Brookline, F H Knowlton of Boston, and Guy Hill of Everett were elected directors.
Alfred Dowling 21 of Cambridge plans to marry Nan Dowe Plumer 39 of Lexington. Miss Plumer is a direct descendant of one of the oldest families in New England. The announcement surprised locals in Lexington.
In Conyngham Pennsylvania Mrs A S Rittenhouse who had been a total abstainer cites a single glass of liquor as saving her life after a spasm Doctors report the episode leads her to remove her name from several liquor license remonstrances stating if liquor saved her life it cannot be a bad drink. Also described is a separate odd incident where barber misfires a mustache removal causing a frightened Wright to have his jaw reset by a physician.
In St John’s Church Paterson during early mass a woman worshipper suddenly collapsed. Father James P. Corcoran interrupted the service and gave her rites as she lay in the aisle. Mrs Columbo of 215 Twelfth Avenue Paterson was later reported in serious condition at St Joseph’s Hospital.
Summit New Jersey February 27 A barber waits to finish a shave when George Wright a barber customer suffers a dislocated jaw requiring a doctor's aid to reset the bone after the mishap in the shop.
The $500,000 alienation suit by Frederick L. Small against Arthur H. Soden will be heard in private after Judge Brown sent the case to an auditor. Names were proposed but no agreement reached, with hearings to begin tomorrow morning and a potential jury later if parties reject the auditor’s report.
Premier Briand and his ministers resigned, President Fallieres accepted the resignations, and consultations followed with top advisers. A new premier was not named, with a successor announced to be named the next day.
Arthur Brahm a 37 year old Roxbury resident of 80 Dudley Street was struck while riding an express wagon by an inward bound Jamaica Plain streetcar yesterday afternoon. He suffered a skull fracture and left jaw fracture and was admitted to City Hospital on the dangerous list.
Gertrude Hatch of Great Falls sues the Great Northern Railroad Company for 2000 in damages claiming a ticket agent used profane language while selling a St Paul ticket. She says she was shocked and became speechless needing others to complete the purchase. The suit is noted as a first in the Northwest on profanity by employees toward patrons of a public service corporation.
Ithaca February 27 Cornell officials order a ban on mustaches for underclassmen as barber shops prepare for a burst of business. The move follows a return of mustaches among sophomores and even freshmen at the university.
The five masted schooner Rebecca Palmer arrived from Baltimore in Portsmouth N H. and while anchoring one of her 8000 pound anchors broke loose and was lost Captain Camber says it will be impossible to recover the anchor after months of misfortune aboard the vessel
After twenty years apart, Butte mine owner James Mc Sweeney of Montana plans to wed Mary O Leary, a West Newton hired girl and former sweetheart from Ireland. They reconnected after he learned she had come to America and worked in West Newton, and a Newton marriage license was issued. The ceremony date is kept secret.
Rep William L V Newton claimed a $150 bribe offer to withdraw support for a bill barring women under 21 from Chinese restaurants and hotels. He said five committee members were defeated for opposing the measure. Newton was not on the House last year.
The seventh annual ball of the Regal Shoe Company drew a crowded Town Hall audience in Whitman. P I Hersey led arrangements with sub chiefs E M Weeks E D Gould and others. special trains to Boston left at 1 30. a banquet followed in a committee room under Denham Howard Forsythe and Murdock.
Washington Feb 27 Supporters of Senator Lorimer moved toward a possible roll call on the Lorimer resolution after hours of debate on popular election and Canadian reciprocity. Senator Bailey proposed a direct ayes and noes vote, and the motion carried as Senate President Brandegee submitted the question. The Lorimer side praised the progress and the new position allowing a roll call without a preliminary motion.
Lexington Ky Feb 27 Howard Camnitz pitcher for the Pittsburg league team wed Mary Lawrence Claxton. Both are residents of Boyle county Kentucky and the ceremony took place today.
The Boston Opera House audience gave strong applause to Puccini's Manon Lescaut last night, with Carmen Melis as Manon and Constantino as Des Grieux replacing Amadeo Bassi. Rodolfo Fornari returned as Lescaut, and the cast echoed the first production.
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