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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
5
A February Everybody's magazine excerpt by C. P. Connolly exposes incompetence corruption and miscarriages of justice in the courts. The piece urges reform and asks readers to read discuss and support efforts toward equal laws for rich and poor.
Miss Mabel E. Allen, long presumed dead, is found living as a nurse and housekeeper in Brooklyn with a claim to a Boston estate tied to French spoliation settlements of 1812. A Brooklyn letter carrier alerted her to court actions. she cites testimony from associates across cities to substantiate her identity and inheritance claim.
Washington January 28 The Lorimer investigation will likely resume tomorrow with Senator Lorimer in the witness chair to conclude his testimony Elbridge Haneey his counsel has recovered enough to proceed after illness delaying hearings.
Bonnat saw sketches of Miss De Roche made by Spanish artist Villar in Boston after his exhibition. De Roche refused to pose abroad but planned to join vaudeville and play piano while denying beauty-page vanity. She mentions Della Finnegan of Dorchester as a partner.
Augusta Me Jan 28 Former Congressman Edwin C Burleigh who served Maine 3rd district for 14 years and was defeated in 1910 tonight announced his bid to succeed Senator Obadiah Gardner who is filling the late Senator William P Frye's unexpired term in the Senate
John F. Maloney, 24, of Avon, died at home from a rifle self inflicted wound. He worked at a Brockton shoe factory and had suffered months of illness, with friends noting increasing despondency before the tragedy.
Governor Woodrow Wilson left this city for Providence after a conference on the Massachusetts situation with ex Mayor Josiah Quincy who manages his campaign in this state He also met Dr John W Coughlin the national Democratic committeeman It is expected Wilson managers will win the 32 Massachusetts delegates on the second ballot.
Dudley Field Malone reports strong delegate support for Woodrow Wilson with 714 votes needed for nomination of 1072 delegates. He lists state delegation counts including Georgia 24 Illinois 22 Iowa 24 Wisconsin 26 and others.
Governor Woodrow Wilson arrived in Providence from Boston for a six hour stay meeting Democratic leaders and state officials. An informal visit included a brief conference at the Hope Club with Judge Frank A. Fitzsimmons and others, before he departed for New York to attend New Jersey Legislature sessions.
Dr. Simeon Burt Wolbach describes sleeping sickness as a global risk not limited to tropics. He notes the Tetse fly transmits the disease three weeks after bite and remains infectious about 20 days, with four in every thousand flies capable of spreading it.
The Boston Dispensary releases its 1911 report marking 115 years since 1796. It treated 41 591 patients, handled 30 348 clinic visits at 4 Bennett street, issued 87 189 prescriptions with over 8 000 given freely, and supplied 10 865 home visits. The Tyler Street Hospital for Children closed Sept 30 to begin a new 30 bed facility, with the Tyler Street Day Nursery donating property to aid construction.
England suffers a severe cold wave with flooding in the Midlands and other regions frozen into vast skating ponds. The forecast calls for temperatures to fall further as thousands take to the ice for the first time in years.
President Taft spent Sunday quietly in New York City with his brother Henry W. Taft after four speeches. He walked on Fifth Avenue, saluted by admirers, dined with Adolph Ochs of the Times, and planned travel to Cleveland for a busy schedule including a McKinley day dinner and a Hungarian Citizens’ banquet.
Ambassadors and officials visited the Taft residence during daytime calls, with Ambassador Reid among the named attendees. The specific details of each visit and the full list of callers are not completely recorded in the fragment.
Phillipo Ventura was stabbed in the back during a home dispute at 13 South Street Somerville. Pasquale Pappagal la fled the scene despite being pursued by several house occupants.
Mrs John L McKay of Melrose announces engagement of her daughter Miss Erminie M McKay to Edward J Hickey Jr of Malden.
The Danish steamer Kentucky arriving from Copenhagen two days late shows severe storm damage. A port lifeboat was smashed, another destroyed by a wave, and compartments including the saloon galley and crew rooms flooded while officers report wind from multiple directions.
The Francisco, a steamer from Hull England, arrived a few days late coated with ice after a voyage marked by a furious hurricane. Officers say the extreme cold made their log appear crazy as the ship moved from 909 miles east of Boston lightship to being abreast of the lightship within four hours.
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