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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
5
The body of John H. Brooks, 61, missing from his Florence home since yesterday morning, was found by a search party in bushes beside the road. His throat was cut. Medical examiner rules death a self-inflicted act. Brooks, a machinist out of work and in poor health, was despondent and survived by a widow and a daughter.
President Taft told Senator Brandegee he would not send the Goethals nomination to the Senate as civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Democratic opposition prompted the decision.
The Post asks readers to help determine if a living New England centenarian can prove exceptional age with evidence acceptable in court. This follows S P Ficklen of the New York Sun doubting such proofs and declares ongoing Post investigations into the question.
The Boston Post notes Mrs. Lucy W. Fuller Keyes, born December 7, 1812, a widow from Watertown, living at the Baptist Home in Cambridge. She recalls Lafayette, Lincoln and Garfield, and the Boston Worcester steam train era, once an expert needleworker now aged yet alert enough to share memories.
A Dedham blaze at the Fisher-Churchill Company stables on Harvard and Hyde streets cost about $500. A NYNH & Hartford spark started the fire. William J. Cutler Lester P. Rich and Christopher Brown entered the smoke to corral the horses to safety.
Michael J. Welsh a 40 year old teamster for McQuestion Lumber Company in East Boston collapsed while greasing wagon wheels in the yard at 420 Border Street yesterday. He was found with the wagon wheel on his chest and died at East Boston Relief Hospital where physicians diagnosed heart trouble as the cause.
A blaze in Cambridge at 34 Tudor Street, started in the Brierly Confectionery building during a high wind, caused an estimated $2500 damage. Police discovered the fire and helped evacuate nearby residents as firefighters confined the flames to the confectionery and saved the Eagle Cornice Works stable, with authorities flagging a suspicious origin and coordinating with the fire marshal.
Mrs Amelia Gale Gorgas aged ninety one, widow of General Josiah Gorgas and mother of William C. Gorgas, health officer of the Panama Canal Zone, died in Tuscaloosa today. She was the widow of the Confederate Army chief of ordnance.
The life of James R Keene a New York financier and horseman who died yesterday is traced. From a bear raid and sugar campaigns in the 1890s to a series of famed pools and Wall Street battles he built wealth and ruined rivals. He battled Gould Whitney Ryan and Gates and led major campaigns in Third Avenue Amalgamated and Metropolitan. His fortunes fluctuated with markets and he remained a dominant but controversial figure in finance until health and age limited his activity.
At a Chelsea aldermen meeting for 1918 members Alderman William A. O'Brien was chosen chairman by a unanimous vote. Bernard Beerman, clerk of committees, was endorsed for re election.
Hundreds of people packed a West End cinema when Frank H. Williams the house officer was shot twice in the right forearm while attempting to quell a disturbance. The incident caused a rush for exits and a tense scene as staff attended the injured officer and patrons sought safety.
Francesco Riena and Fortunato Riena of Merrimac and Pitts streets were held on charges after a dark theatre disturbance escalated to gunfire. Francesco allegedly fired at Officer Williams, injuring his arm, as ushers and staff attempted to quell the melee during a moving picture show. Both brothers were wounded in the ensuing struggle and treated at the hospital.
William J. Britton, newly elected Speaker of the New Hampshire House, was greeted at a Wolfboro homecoming reception tonight. A large gathering heard him speak upon his return to the community.
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