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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
Mrs Martha Munsey of Pittsfield New Hampshire was admitted to bail in three thousand six hundred dollars in Middlesex county Superior Court on charges of uttering forged wills. Extradition efforts spanned three years before her release.
Dover New Hampshire July 6 pickpockets worked the Granite State Park races taking large sums from two men. Detectives on duty failed to stop the theft. One victim was Rev Mr Soule from Connecticut visiting ex Mayor Haines of Somersworth. The other man reportedly lost 500 dollars.
St Peter's Episcopal Church in Cambridge elected new vestry officers after seven resignations. Rev Charles H Perry presided as justice of the peace administered oath to Dana C Hyde as clerk and wardens E R Cogswell and Clarence E Elsbree. Officers include treasurer F M Small and vestrymen named to terms through 1906 to 1908.
The Navy Department disclosed the names of 565 naval officers selected for retirement to meet act vacancies. Among them two captains move to commodore on the retired list, 15 commanders retire as captains, and the rest are lieutenant-commanders retiring as commanders.
Medford July 6 Mayor Dwyer requests State Board of Agriculture investigate gas leak damage from local gas company pipes on Washington street. Ten trees died as gas escaped during pipe installation.
Andover July 6 Thomas A Cushman 21 of Melrose drowned while swimming in Foster's Pond. The body was not recovered. Cushman had planned to enter Harvard in the fall.
Charles H. Pfizer Jr. of Brooklyn and Bernardsville announced his engagement to wed the guardsman touted as the Handsomest in England. The notice states plans for a July wedding in New York with details limited to the engagement and title claim.
The piece discusses Miss Lulu Pfizer, Captain Arthur Holland of London, and rumors of a romance with Princess Patricia. Holland, praised as the handsomest guardsman, was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Connaught. Pfizer, noted in London social circles, had been linked to Viscount Newry, while Holland’s career supposedly paused due to a rumored attachment to the princess.
The National Association of Retail Druggists plans its annual convention here starting Monday September 18. About 1000 delegates will attend with families, boosting city activity and business interest in the retail drug trade. Local committees report strong progress in entertainment plans.
Melville C. Davis, a Roslindale plumber, was held in 2000 bail by Associate Justice J. Albert Buckett of the West Roxbury Municipal Court after arrest on a bigamy charge. The complainant Jessie A. McLeod Davis alleged she is his wife and that he married another woman, Bessie Mackintosh Davis, while living with her. The case involves multiple marriages dating back to May 1, 1902, with testimony from several involved parties and a prior deceased wife.
New York July 6 The first electric car to pass beneath the Harlem River in the Bronx to Manhattan Island subway was run today with a small party of officials aboard. Regular passenger traffic starts Monday. The tunnel was built outside water and lowered into place in sections. Each direction has a separate 12 foot diameter tube for stability.
In Durango a drunken spectator who killed matador Silverio Chico was torn to pieces by a mob after his iron pipe strike. The bull gored Chico six times as the crowd dragged and dismembered the attacker in the ring.
The St James branch of the United Irish League of America met at Cheverus Hall Cheverus Hall in Cheverus Hall. Miss Catherine O Flaherty served as secretary. Treasurer Miss Leonora Harrington was to remit 50 to National Treasurer T B Fitzpatrick, part of the branch’s total contributions since the last convention. Miss Eleanor M Kelly won The Life of Leo XIII.
Dr. J. Solomon and Dr. James M. Solomon of Boston, each with 25 years practice, promote an absorption treatment for cancers and tumors that allegedly removes them without cutting or knives.
An advertisement promotes an absorptive method claimed to cure cancers and tumors. It lists treatments for chronic diseases including blood poison, varicocele, stricture, hydrocele, loss of strength, and manly vigor, inviting letters if a visit cannot be made.
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