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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1915
Page
3
The Rev Frederick A Wilmot pastor of the Third Universalist Church West Somerville wed Estelle M H McLean on Wednesday evening. During the ceremony his typewriter was stolen from his church study in the tower, police reported yesterday.
A special presentment from the Fulton County grand jury condemns mob violence in Atlanta and calls for active punishment. Judge Hill concurs. The jury discharged. no trial date set for 26 men indicted on rioting charges tied to the Slaton subdivision incident.
Somerville Mayor Cliff announced his bid for a third term saying important work begun must be completed and that many citizens urged him to run again.
Two ships depart Boston for England amid submarine activity. The Russian steamer Algol will carry 1500 tons of steel and other freight to Manchester and pass the submarine zone around July 17. The British steamer Etonian sails with flour grain provisions and 331000 feet of spruce lumber from Maine for Cunard, destined for Liverpool.
Boston's standings among American cities are shown in a table listing per capita values for property assets banking power and exports. The segment highlights positions such as first shoe and leather center and fourth population, with various per capita figures and trade indicators, though some text is garbled.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice the British ambassador to the United States and Lady Spring-Rice are established at Beverly for the summer. They occupy a villa owned by Miss Fannie Powell Mason of Boston at Beverly Cove off Prince Street and plan the house as the British embassy for the season.
Mrs Logan O Swope sister of the late Kansas City philanthropist announces the Swope family will provide no further financial support to the Hyde murder prosecution, reducing chances of a fourth trial for Dr B Clark Hyde in Kansas City.
Governor Walsh announced six more appointments to state offices, bringing total announced in four days to 63. John J. Hogan of Lowell named chairman of the Civil Service Commission and Alonzo R. Weed of Newton named chairman of the Gas and Electric Light Commission. J W Meigs of Lowell reap pointed medical examiner. Joseph Flaman of Cambridge named trustee of Medfield State Hospital. Otto L. Scheffield of Wellesley named trustee of Norfolk State Hospital. Elmer L. Curtiss of Hingham reappointed Civil Service Commission member.
Mrs Lillian Cyr watched as Assistant Fire Chief John Roberts vehicle swerved to avoid an oncoming car and struck her daughter Hazel Cyr and Miss Nellie Opie on Green Street. Hazel suffered facial and head injuries while Nellie sustained a shoulder sprain. both were taken home for care. Mrs Cyr suffered a nervous shock and remained under a physician folder care.
Albert N. Parlin of Danvers offers Everett $5000 to buy land behind the Parlin Public Library and extend to the Central fire station to create a public park. The Gift, tied to land acquisition, was presented to the City Planning Board and met with favorable reception.
In New York on July 2 the prosecution called two Canadian immigration officials Frank McFadden and Henri Giroux to testify about Thaw. They described their role in forcing Thaw’s deportation from Sherbrooke Quebec into Vermont as part of the insanity inquiry.
Thaw became violent when told of deportation in Sherbrooke jail, throwing a bottle and shouting kidnapping. Police said his conduct showed delusions about young girls, with two officers testifying he claimed hearing girls scream in his cell. The court adjourned as evidence from prior trials on Thaw’s insanity continued, with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw expected to testify for the State next week.
Samuel Carver, a Boston attorney, was disbarred from practicing in Massachusetts courts. The Bar Association action followed alleged mishandling of over $1000 entrusted by William Blum of Brookline for mortgage investments. Carver had previously been found guilty of forging a note and sentenced to one year, with a stay ordered pending appeals.
Magnuson a Swedish nanny said 340 dollars vanished from her pocketbook while visiting Somerville. A draft for 0 dollars remained untouched. She planned to leave New York that night aboard the steamship Christiania to return to Sweden for her upcoming marriage.
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