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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
18
The will of James R. Keene leaves his entire estate to his wife Sara J. Keene with executors Samuel W. Boocock and Solomon Hanford named. Estimated value ranges from ten to fifteen million dollars. He notes no special provision for son Foxhall or daughter Jessie, leaving such decisions to his wife and executors.
William J. Clayton alias William J. Manogue, wanted for desertion and tied to multiple hold ups, was highlit in Boston after a Philadelphia and New York spree. He faced Major Callan at Fort Andrews inquiries and was arraigned in Municipal Court with $5000 bond.
Chicago January 16 detectives report James A Perry admitted shooting Policeman Sticken and restaurant keeper Charles Sherman and taking part in more than twenty robberies. Police believe he is a leader among the automobile bandits active in the city.
Buy a pound of dollar Tea and a Tudor packet. If Tudor does not please you, your dealer will refund your money. Advertisement.
The two ton bronze statue of Roger Conant, first Governor of the Cape Ann colony, was placed on the Museum of Fine Arts grounds. Local sculptor H. H. Kitson of Quincy created the piece for the Roger Conant Family Association. It will move to Washington Square in Salem by May for a family reunion memorial dedication.
The Harvard Lampoon board of editors has elected officers for the coming year. Charles Hinds Crombie is named president, Edward K. Hale treasurer, Edward Streeter secretary, and Richard Sanger as secretary. Regular editors named include Joseph Garland Samuel Otis John Marquard. Howard Wainwright and Eliot Hubbard Jr are elected regular business editors.
An apartment landlady locked out Mrs Hayes and her three children over $15 overdue rent. A barefoot baby, two girls, and a crying infant were cast into the street as neighbors protested. The husband, a book agent from New York, had gone to Exeter for funds. Blanchard later gathered $6 in donations for the family.
Harry Blanchard a piano mover at 110 Appleton street found the woman and started a collection that grew to six dollars. Mrs Hayes and her children were sheltered inside as Officers Calligan Cos grove and Grant arrived and access was refused. Blanchard was returning home at the time.
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Lee a long-time Charlestown resident will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m. from St. Marys Church Charlestown with a solemn mass. She leaves two daughters Miss Mary A Lee and Mrs Anna M Smith and will be buried in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
Providence report shows 1040 accidents in 1912, 48 deaths, 1050 injuries, with 1029 on the New York New Haven and Hartford line and the Rhode Island Company street railway. Commission seeks authority for physical valuation of all state utilities.
Galveston Texas dispatch says the Morgan Vine steamer El Dorado, eight days overdue from New York to Galveston with a crew of 59 and cargo of 2000 gross tons of steel rails, is presumed lost as General Manager J W Jurgen reports no hope of recovery.
A New York Stock Exchange seat sold for 51000 today, the lowest price since 1908, with last week’s sale at 53000. The buoyancy of the market remains stagnant as prices slide.
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