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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
7
A white marble bust of Vice-President James Sherman arrived at the Capitol and will be placed near the Senate entrance beside Theodore Roosevelt's bust. Sculptor Mrs. Bessie Potter Vonnoh of New York created the work, depicting Sherman with his customary glasses.
Police and court officials say homicide cases fell in Boston compared with New York. In 1911 Boston had 36 homicides versus 38 in 1910, while Manhattan reported 158 cases and New York County 171. There were five actual murder cases that year and all but two suspects were captured.
An old advertisement touts virgin oil of pine as a rapid cure for colds and related ills. It instructs readers to mix a half ounce with glycerine whiskey and take a teaspoon every four hours, marketed by Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati. It claims relief for catarrh rheumatism and other mucous membrane inflames in a wooden carton.
Tenants and passengers from Cambridge Somerville Malden Newton and Watertown file lawsuits totaling 55000 accusing the Boston Elevated Railway Company of injuries on various cars and dates. Plaintiffs include Rachel Butler Daniel O Leary Josepina Lupo John Minahan Martin Cunniff Ella Toohy Mary Carr Catherine Harmon.
Mrs. Albert Gallatin Wheeler Jr. told Justice Lehman that excessive love for her husband and homesickness caused her troubles. The Stock Exchange broker’s wife asked to keep $500 monthly alimony, seeking a reduction to $100. She, once the Broadway beauty in The Mandarin and The Idol's Eye, has not seen her husband since March 1910 and plans to return to the stage.
A 7 12 pound boy was born to Mrs. Rose Dworkin of Lawrence Massachusetts while she remains jailed in Cleveland Ohio. She is charged with shooting and killing Jacob Herwitz a Cleveland contractor on November 28. She says Herwitz caused her separation from her husband.
Professor H. D. Haskins of Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station explained land fertilization to maximize vegetation. The lecture opened the winter course of the Are lands Dairy School in Perkins Hall.
A fire gutted the stable at 52 Rawson Road Brookline owned by J Murray Kay. Frank Thomas a chauffeur for ex Senator Prentis Cummings escaped injury as Cummings’ car and sleighs were inside. Damages estimated at about 10000 dollars. The blaze started by a short circuit over a carburetor causing an explosion.
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