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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
8
London peers turn to newspaper ads as Earl of Lindsey seeks information on his daughter Lady Elizabeth Bertie missing from home. He describes her as about 30, not mentally weak, and notes his own reputation as eccentric and poor.
Lawrence January 12 State Detective Hammond summoned Patrick J Burns and other witnesses in the street department bribery case for the Salem grand jury. Former Assistant District Attorney DeCourcey named Councilman John F Shea as the man who took money. Shea denies the charge. Burns says he paid $38 of a $50 promise. Tow Sen launders shirts at 712 Shawmut avenue and faces family scandal as Eleanor Holland and Ray Wilson align with theft and prison terms.
The Lord's Day act amendments proposed in Ontario provoke broad protest from business leaders as a large deputation urged the government to drop provisions. If enacted the law would close railroads steamboats and industrial firms for a full day, creating a regime stricter than prior blue laws.
Yesterday morning burglars attempted to break into Monroe Hall on Warren near Dudley Roxbury using a jimmy. The break in was prevented as the hall hosted a dance after 11 o clock, keeping the intruders from entering.
The Midwinter sale highlights hats in Black Seal and London Brown with fast colors priced at 2.00, 2.60, and 3.00 marked to 1.00 and 1.50. Undergarments include all wool and camel hair options marked down to 1.26, 0.60, and 1.00. House coats show various markdowns up to 16.00, with broad reductions across coats and robes. Also featured are fancy bosoms, neckwear at 0.26, and gloves cut to 0.29.
In New York on January 12 the Gould family clashed with Russell Sage during a Western Union telegraph directors meeting. George J Gould accused Sage of obstruction while Sage defended conservatism and protection of the Gould inheritance. The dispute centered on proposed improvements and past deals.
Ernest Saldewalk filed for annulment against Louise Grik in a long divorce session. He claims moral issues due to her associations with other young men. Landlady Mrs Bolstien testified about a man named Laktowich seen with Grik. Case to continue next morning.
Taunton January report says John Walker tinsmith formerly with Whitmarsh is missing. Miss Gertrude Walker of Weir street expected to wed Thursday last. A Brockton woman sent a silk dress pattern and wedding dress directions. Walker went to Boston to meet his Chicago uncle and telegraphed he had not yet seen him. A letter from the Brockton woman surfaced after his disappearance.
A brief item notes the return of several articles of jewelry that the owner had previously missed, restoring the pieces to its owner.
A 22 year old New Yorker Harrison Davenport Meyers is committed to Bellevue insane pavilion after a breakdown from a love affair and debts. His family says a jilted fiancé sparked the downfall and his mother arranged the confinement with physician Dr Flaynor, while a detective delivered him to the asylum. Meyers is son of late Mason J Meyers, once a prominent merchant.
Jeremiah T. Cronan of 75 Cabot Street was arrested by Captain Donovan of Station 16 for selling fraudulent tickets to a mythical charity ball that was to occur January 10 but did not. He was taken to the station house and then sent to City Hospital as he was ill. Cronan allegedly used Robert Treat Paine as a reference.
General Pellleux defends Esterhazy amid newspaper attacks and notes handwriting experts favored the comte. A York World correspondent details a controversial claim about controlling offspring sex, describing a long series of experiments and a test to predict a future child’s sex.
Vienna authority Professor Schenk announces a preconception treatment to bias offspring male, asserting paternal influence is nil and women determine sex. He cites his success in fourteen cases and says embryo sex is not fixed until later stages, though certainty varies.
New York society eyes a major gathering planned by Willie K Vanderbilt in early February. The event, likened to the Bradley Martin ball, draws speculation on guest cards to Mrs O H Belmont and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Ties within the Vanderbilt family and finances surround the anticipated affair.
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