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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1911
Page
4
A severe windstorm in Chicago caused one fatality and another serious injury. Electric signs and windows shattered as winds from the West reached a peak of 62 miles per hour, remaining high before easing to about 40 miles. Weather officials predicted continued unsettled conditions overnight.
A 40 degree rise fell to 14 degrees by nightfall then to 10 predicted. An iron sign on Halstead Street building tore loose, killing one man and injuring Michael Moriarity who suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Several others escaped unharmed. Plate glass shattered in downtown stores and department stores. Lake Michigan storm prevented any boats from leaving Chicago harbor.
Mary Jones aged 65, widow of Richard Jones, was found dead on a couch in her Burkett street home in Portsmouth New Hampshire. She had been dead since Thursday and the Medical Referee diagnosed heart failure as the cause.
After 25 years of stomach catarrh Peter J. Gill of Dorchester credits R T Ballard of Boston with dramatic relief. Gill describes gas pain, constipation, weakness, and weight loss before Ballard’s natural treatment and refund offer. Ballard offers daily free consultations at Epstein's Pharmacy Scollay square 10 to 6.
Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk wife of millionaire pork packer John O Schenk must face trial on Monday for alleged poisoning of her husband. Prosecutor Handlan vows indisputable evidence and a web of accusations surround the case. Alienists may testify. insanity defense looms as a dramatic possibility.
In Athol L C Hicks cut a tree after tree warden refused permission. Judge Dunn set a $50 fine. Ruth Ritch of Kennett sought clemency for Charles Beauchamp, then awaiting two year sentence for assault. They wed in the warden’s office.
In Spokane on January 8 Seymour Simpson a 49 year spiritualist received a death message during a family seance telling him he would pass shortly and he saw himself in a coffin. He bathed dressed and died two hours later at home with his wife present.
Rummaging among aged papers uncovered the will of William H. Hutchins written 41 years ago disposing of farm interests and other property. The will named his mother wife and nephew as beneficiaries, but all have died recently. Hutchins is in Mendota asylum for the insane.
In Eli Nebraska a women’s club debate led to a resolution praising baldheaded men as thoughtful and trustworthy. Mrs J N Rosson resigned after she said she would never marry a baldheaded man, triggering a unanimous club endorsement of baldness and a mass resignation.
In an historic event at the Missouri penitentiary Governor Hadley witnessed a marriage inside the prison walls marking the first such ceremony in the facility. The ceremony followed a clearance of procedural hurdles and drew attention across the state.
William Owens a life convict at San Quentin received a bottle note washed ashore at the prison beach. The note in the bottle was written by William J. Ahern editor of the Coast Shoe Reporter on the Fourth of July 1908. Ahern wished the finder luck and the bottle drifted for two years before reaching Owens. Owens wrote back seeking a pardon from Governor Gillett.
Dr De Witt G Wilcox of Brookline operated last March on the skull of Convict Edward E Grimmell a noted forger. The operation will allow Grimmell to be released from Clinton prison Dannemora New York today though he has four years remaining on his sentence.
The first criminal pardon after a pioneering operation draws worldwide medical interest. Dr Wilcox details Grimnell’s life from youth to crime and describes the skull operation that altered his brain function and led to early release from prison.
Two boys aged about ten and eleven conducted a hen raid at Henry Carfolete's coop on 191st Street and Amsterdam Avenue. One carried a six shooter while the other played a harmonica to lure the birds, firing when hens gathered and using music to herd them back.
Lynn Jan 8 Roscoe L Hall was reelected yesterday as president of the Lynn Central Labor Association the ninth consecutive time he has led the Lynn labor unions John J Griffin was reelected secretary for the seventh consecutive term both officials secured repeated endorsements by union members in a routine year end meeting.
Police linked two skull crown pieces seized during a liquor raid at Abraham Brown’s home to autopsy or medical school origins. Brown, a junk dealer, was arrested on liquor law violations and later bailed on a $100 bond after Dr. Dennison confirmed the bones likely came from pauper bodies.
Lawrence January 8. Fred L. Snow 45 a Westford stone contractor and James H. Horsfall 36 a Lowell dyeing overseer were charged with larceny from the city. They were arrested at their homes and released on bonds of 3000 each after being booked and brought to the Lawrence police station.
Snow and Horsfall, members of a granite paving firm with Westford offices, face larceny charges for allegedly stealing 1279.80 dollars from the city of Lawrence. The firm billed 4851 dollars for paying blocks on December 12, 1910, but the delivered material allegedly fell short by 1279.80 dollars. Bonds were posted by Hans C. Dege of North Billerica and the pair are due in court in the morning.
In Lisbon mobs wrecked three monarchist newspaper offices amid renewed public fury. Troops were dispatched to disperse the crowds and are guarding the premises.
John Smith reports the Boston Lighthouse located in the Second Lighthouse District as part of a post box notice in the city.
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