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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1912
Page
7
In Muscatine Iowa on January 2 O C Wilson a Socialist city council member and Butter Workers Union business agent was jailed after being arrested on charges of maliciously injuring factory buildings and throwing acid bombs. He failed to post a $3000 bond and remains in the county jail as warrants on 26 of 80 indictments are yet to be served.
A liquor firm touts nearly fifty years in business and large capital to offer maximum value. It reports record Thanksgiving and Christmas trade, crediting heavy advertising of Callahan A whiskey and a vast, diverse stock.
In Washington on January 2 the La Follette camp signals a withdrawal from the presidential race in favor of Theodore Roosevelt. Reports say progressives foresee Roosevelt’s nomination once La Follette steps aside, while La Follette aides head to Chicago for a council of war.
A bridal trip planned by Mr and Mrs Robert Mason Stetson of Wakefield will travel on snowshoes through Maine and New Hampshire mountain regions. The couple, popular in Wakefield, were married Monday evening at the home of the bride’s parents Colonel and Mrs William S Greenough.
In Tabriz Persian prisoners captured during recent street fighting were tried by a Russian court martial. Eight were hanged yesterday and eight more this afternoon as officials press a harsh toll for Russian casualties. Among the executed were Shegat Al Islam and Seik Salem.
A Boston Post notice promotes Radizene as a safe simple treatment for baldness dandruff gray hair and itching scalp with a money back guarantee. Readers can mail in a coupon to receive free particulars and a $100 reward offer from the Radizene Laboratory.
Isle of Pines off Cuba's coast, 80 miles south of Havana, grows large Smooth Cayenne pineapples. Two specimens weighed 15 pounds with 22 1 4 inch circumference and 15 inch height. Plantation yields 7000 to 10000 apples per acre, largely American owned. Pineapples retail for 1 50 locally, 25–30 cents on the plantation. Original plant lives six years bearing one apple yearly plus eight to ten suckers sold at 10 cents each. Florida pineapples weigh 2–3 pounds and sell for 25 cents.
Boston city assessors announced a December warrant added 7,174,600 to the 1911 valuation, the largest in city history. Most assessments were on personal property not previously found, with some trustees and executors accused of tax dodging. If collectible, the December assessments could bring 117,663.44 to the treasury.
Gloucester reports 62 seamen lost in 1911 while pursuing 100 million pounds of fish from the North Atlantic. The toll left 22 widows and 44 children, with four vessels and two boats lost, values totaling $55,000 and insurance $43,100. Since 1860 Gloucester records 4118 seamen deaths in fishing.
MMECurie the noted scientist who won the Nobel prize for chemistry last month is seriously ill with an acute appendicitis attack. She was removed to a hospital tonight for operation.
After a New Year reception at 18 Frost Street North Cambridge Mr and Mrs William B Mc Coy disclose the double engagement of their daughters Madeline Rose Mc Coy and Mildred Irene Mc Coy The former is pledged to Maurice Lunsford of Washington DC and the latter to Joseph Stalspeare Atkinson of Newtonville.
Edgar O Achorn accused Patrick J Brady of packing a Jamaica Plain meeting over the new playground site. The mass meeting debated Goodwin estate or Woodman street options, with a minority report favoring Woodman street. Ballots showed Woodman street 120 to 86.
Cincinnati January 2 Taft sold a ground plot on Fourth Avenue and Vine Street housing the Ingalls building once the world's largest concrete structure. The buyer was M E Ingalls former president of the Cleveland Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Railroad Co. A deed recorded today lists the price as 100000 dollars.
Samuel Gove stationed at Fort Banks was assaulted by five men on Commercial street last night. He was knocked down and robbed of a gold watch. one suspect named John J. Murphy, 32, of 306 Commercial street was caught fleeing. The other assailants escaped.
Brockton Jan 2 Representative Portus B Hancock the oldest serving member of the House died at his Maple avenue home at age 77. A Democrat in a Republican district he had served 12 years and was known for the Brockton canal bill and a two hour voting rule. He planned to take the oath tomorrow.
William J. Byrnes was arraigned in South Boston District Court and held without bail for the grand jury on the murder charge of his wife Agnes Byrnes. Mrs Byrnes was attacked Christmas Eve and died after a critical condition at Carney Hospital.
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