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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
7
Harry Peck and Joseph Cohen admitted burglary guilt in a New York court after fingerprints on a dust-covered clock linked them to a break-in at John G. Milburn Jr.'s home. The Milburns were away in Europe when $5000 worth of jewelry and silver were stolen.
The fund to pay pensions for the families of 13 firemen and one policeman killed in the Dec 21 leather factory fire in Philadelphia passed $100,000 today. Citizens had been asked to contribute $85,000.
Charles 8. Stuart, tied to the business chance cases, appeared in Superior Criminal Court to begin a three year term in the House of Correction. The sentence, handed by Judge Bond at trial about two years ago, followed a Supreme Judicial Court decision against him.
Official tabulation released by election commissioners shows 2876 license blanks, 18546 City Council blanks, and 12537 school committee blanks out of a total 57771 votes. Ward breakdown includes 1550 in Ward 1 and 507 in Ward 25 among others.
Fire starting in a saloon swept two blocks of Welch’s main business area in Bluefield West Virginia on January 12. The loss may exceed 200000 dollars with Hatfield Hotel Hutson Brothers Payne building McKinley Club among the sites destroyed. insurance coverage partially present.
Chicago report notes two men over eighty died by suicide yesterday. Henry Bartlett 82 hanged himself at his brother’s residence in Whiting after brooding over his son’s death in California. Henry Barlow 80, long time groundskeeper at Douglas Park, ended his life by turning on the gas amid despondency over unemployment.
In Middletown New Jersey on January 12 Miss Cecelia Mulligan, once employed at a local hat factory, married George Wesley Parnham of Manistee Michigan. A dare led Mulligan to write her name inside a straw hat. a year later Parnham, a paymaster, found the hat and wrote back.
Detectives questioned a group in a downtown undertaker’s shop suspected of holding a wake for a dead friend. The scene featured form charts and pool tickets, but no body was found. They were taken to the police station and charged with running and patronizing a pool room.
In Nyack New York Frederick Colledge of Orangeburg was jailed for 60 days after beating his wife to avoid supporting his family. Judge Bauer noted the limit of the law and expressed regret that life commitment was not possible.
An advertisement urges immediate use of Pape's Diuretic for any suspected kidney or urinary disorder. It claims rapid improvement in kidney bladder and urinary health within days and warns of progression to serious diseases if untreated. It cites Pape Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati Ohio as makers and asserts physicians and merchants will attest to their reliability.
Miss Lila B. Hambrick of Covington Kentucky won one dollar in a $15000 suit against the William Glenny Glass Company after two days of trial. Her right hand suffered two fingertip losses when caught in a machine. Attorneys question an old law requiring the plaintiff to pay costs when damages are under five dollars.
Norwalk Ohio reports Mrs Anne Kootoohe 19, wife of a farmer, was arrested after authorities learned she carried the dead body of her 24 day old child for two days. She says the infant died on a railway train Monday night and slept with the corpse in a Chicago Junction hotel before carrying it around until Tuesday evening when she took it to an undertaker.
Adam Simmons and Miss Louella Ware eloped from the Alleghenies aiming for Franklin, Pendleton county. They missed the road at Ruddle, traveled over North Fork Mountains, and reached Franklin by dawn to obtain a license and wed after walking all night.
In St Louis on January 12 Miss Eleanor Schoenlaub files a $10,000 damages suit against Dr J T Pinkstaff claiming a nose straightening procedure punctured a blood vessel and worsened her nose discoloration. She has undergone treatment for two years.
Ella B. Caldwell sues husband David M. Caldwell and doctors W A Simpson and E Simpson in a sensational trial. She alleges conspiracy and seeks 60000 in damages after being sent to a Philadelphia asylum seven years earlier. Defence says she showed no irrational acts. doctors claim she was insane.
Mrs. Antoinette Rose of Middleboro asks police to locate her 18 year old daughter Mary Rose also known as Mary Perry or Mary Jones who vanished late last week. The mother believes Mary may have gone to New York or Boston to pursue acting.
Nicholas Palmperis of Ipswich was arrested in Haverhill on concealed weapons charges and to be returned to town. He is charged with assault with intent to kill the parents of Ethel Pappas, his intended bride, after they prevented an elopement days earlier.
Washington reports the commercial workers strike in Portugal has ended and the railroad strike may be settled today. The Interior Minister withdrew his resignation, submitted yesterday amid labor troubles, per a cable from Lisbon to the State Department.
Burton Holmes starts his season of Travelogues at Tremont Temple with Munich and Bavaria as the subject. He toured the region last summer, gathering descriptive data and making pictures, so the talk should be of exceptional interest. The lecture will be aided by still and motion pictures.
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