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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
7
Readable sale ad lists dress suits castor gray oxford brown sizes 82 84 36 with prices dropped from 10.00 16.00 to 2.98 3.89. Ladies jackets sizes 32 34 36 in tan brown castor black blue reduced from 7.60 12.60 to 2.98. Boys 3 piece suits sizes 10 to 16 from 5.00 to 2.89 and storm collar reefers sizes 6 to 16 years at 0.49. Corduroy knee pants 0.80 value cut to 0.39.
A young, handsome teacher in Gilchrist Winchester slid on an ice flooded sidewalk to reach the large local school. She seated herself on a shopping bag and rode a damp ice slope across a 0 foot street, eventually reaching the building and entering.
Laura H. Robbins, principal of the Centre school building in Leicester, slipped on ice before classes opened and broke her collar bone. With no helper nearby, she crawled on hands and knees up a slippery slope about 7 or 8 feet to reach the front steps and hall, then was taken home by a hack summoned by the janitor.
Hyde Park reports at a town meeting that John J. Gallagher argued the people have a right to establish 48 different lines of business now and urged applying the same principles to the coal business.
In South Wellfleet on January 22 Marconi, tall in a fur lined coat, departs for New York aboard a train after a public showing of his wireless system. He tours the receiving house with reporters, warns of high voltages, and discusses the need for a dedicated room and a coined term for wireless messages. He and aides travel with Secretary Blaydes, Bradfield, and George Kemp as crowds applaud.
Boston Common Council discusses Alderman Bromberg and Quigley orders on a Saturday half holiday for certain city workers, reviews oversight of the Boston coal supply committee, and considers multiple measures. They seek accountability on contributors, funds, coal distribution, and future relief actions, plus plans to reopen Broadway bridge draw and full-time hiring on ledges.
Pietro Squazza, 11, of 555 West Thirty sixth Street, was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for killing 3 year old Ambrose Kerrigan of 657 West Thirty sixth Street. The trial preceded before Justice Newburger. The maximum penalty is 15 years, with sentence deferred until Tuesday.
Gloucester January 22. Captain Thomas Bohlin and crew tested a new underwater signaling device invented by Elisha Gray and Arthur J. Munday. A submerged bell powered sound to a detector on the ship enabling direction finding. Tests off Sable Island showed reliable operation even with wind at fifty miles per hour.
At the London trial of Colonel Arthur Lynch M P Galway for high treason the deposition of American Lewis Handley was read stating Lynch forced him to take up arms for the Boers at Glencoe but Handley escaped through the American consul. Defense argued naturalization laws protected him but the court ruled naturalization did not shield treason as it required allegiance to the enemy. Case adjourned.
Rebecca Catherine Ames widow of Frederick Lothrop Ames arrives by special train with family members. Merchants suspend business as 128 guests join Unity Church service led by Rev W L Chaffin. Ushers include William H Ames Winthrop Ames and others. Arlington Street Church choir from Boston performs.
A fetched tale from Pemberton square details a four round set between a Scrapperville fighter and Bob Clark a veteran police official. The bout drew packed ringside seats with the newsboy and doggie in attendance and ended with Clark pinning the cabby and claiming victory before custody. Special from the ringside notes another recent Scrapperville defeat and law and order triumph.
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