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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
16
The Mauretania has smashed another speed record, completing 676 knots in 24 hours ending today, surpassing its own 673 knots mark set on June 7, 1909. Cunard line officials confirmed the wireless message from Queenstown.
Charles A. McElaney of 14 Winship Street Brighton confessed to Captain James Sullivan and Special Officer Muldoon that he carried out twelve burglaries in Brighton since last October and possibly more, aided by dancing hall nights and a false-key method. He admitted thefts including a Dec 12 liquor store break for $19.50 and a Oct 12 grocery entry for $2, while denying accomplices or wider involvement.
The confession surfaced after police traced a suspect via a complimentary ticket found at C. S. Smarts pakeshop. He is charged with raiding the shop on the night of January 18 and had been under Brighton police suspicion for some time.
At 2 40 p m Dr Samuel Myers 47 Chambers street reports loss worth 10. At 3 30 p m Benjamin Shear 668 Tremont street cites loss of 500. At 4 30 p m George Toomey 27 Harvard street Dorchester reports alarm but loss 100. At 6 10 p m Box 44 describes a needless alarm.
The memorial committee voted to place the Julia Ward Howe portrait in the Old State House. It will hang in the Council Chamber on the building's second floor facing State Street, a room where colonial proclamations were once read from the balcony.
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