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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1911
Page
3
In Cumberland Maryland on January 2 Charles Edward Twigg and Grace Blosser planned to wed but were found on a couch after her death from cyanide poisoned gum. Twigg reportedly chewed a piece with poison and likely killed his bride with a kiss.
Police chase leads on a cyanide poisoning link involving Twigg and Grace Elosser with Keyser ties and a will to his mother and siblings. Meanwhile Everett council approves loans for a fire shop, Chelsea North bridge, vaults, and incinerator protest, and sells a gravel pit.
Charles W. Earley longtime treasurer of the Van Norden Company Roxbury died Sunday at his Dorchester home after a prolonged illness. He was a Past Grand Knight of Dorchester Council 188 K of C and a Boston Chapter member. Survived by wife and son. Funeral at St Anne's Church Neponset Wednesday at 9 AM.
Boston's City Council approved a request for the L road to establish a free transfer point at Codman Street Dorchester. The amended ordinance also bars second hand dealers from selling items until 30 days after purchase and junk metal dealers from selling items until one week after receipt.
In Roxbury District Court Daniel L Murphy of 254 Adams Street Dorchester was arraigned on drunkenness and assault on a Boston Elevated conductor. He was found guilty and fined five dollars for drunkenness and ten dollars for the assault.
Superintendent of Streets Rourke will inspect Haverhill street this morning to review repairs called for by about fifty business representatives. A delegation marched to City Hall to press for action. Rourke stated he has requested a $15 400 appropriation to rebuild the street from Causeway Street to Haymarket Square.
A letter from Mrs. Mary J. Schnittger of Nebraska City Neb asserts she expelled three gall stones weighing 135 grains after using Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. She claims kidney and liver troubles improved and plans to continue the remedy. The statement was sworn August 31 1909 before County Clerk A P Young.
Advertisement notes Swamp Root from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York promises sample bottles and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It urges mentioning the Boston Daily Post and notes regular bottle sizes fifty cents and one dollar available at all drug stores.
Two women screamed as David Haggerty of A197 Broadway Everett fled through Kearny square and slipped on Causeway street pavement. Officer Fitzgerald pursued and apprehended him near the Charlestown bridge, leaving Hag gerty with a badly twisted ankle at Emergency Hospital.
Warren S. Dame who assigned for the benefit of his creditors on Aug 7 1909 must surrender an insurance policy taken July 11 1898 to Charles P. Blinn and others as assignees. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Dame holds valuable rights in the policy that pass to creditors despite his children being named beneficiaries if they survive. The suit by the children and the assignees to compel surrender and payment was resolved by ordering Dame to join and for the company to pay the policy value to the assignees.
In Portland on January 2 13 year old Thomas F Healey reached for a broken telephone wire near an ash heap and was fatally electrocuted. The damaged wire had been crossed by a live electric line and his hand was burned severely. He was the only son of Mrs Mary McCarthy with no father in the home.
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