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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
5
Florence Alexander, 19, of Providence, attempted suicide by swallowing a disinfectant at 2 Tremont court after a long troubled romance with a circus acrobat who left her for another woman. Prompt medical care at City Hospital saved her, and she was reported out of danger.
A Roxbury shoe factory worker, distraught over a lost love, was warned by a Hindoo palm reader through her landlady of a risk of self harm. She attempted to take her life and was revived by emetics, then sent to City Hospital. The note ends with a bereft, unfinished letter to Earl Baxter. Separately, Cape firefighters battled a four day forest blaze threatening Saga more Bourne Village and Sandwich, with Melinda Ellis praised for aiding the effort.
The Boston police veterans marked the 25th anniversary of 60 officers appointed July 6 1888 with a dinner at the Hotel Oxford. Old stories and wit flowed as the gathering recalled a storied past and celebrated a long public service legacy.
The Hon. William H. Lee, former police commissioner, spoke at a dinner recalling early police days in 1847 when officers wore ribbons and used a rattan for discipline. He praised the department while noting a reporter gathering notes. Other speakers included Herbert S. Nickerson and Inspector Hart. A tribute to deceased members closed the event with a choir rendition of Nearer My God to Thee.
The head fire of the extensive Cape Cod blaze near Pocasset road between Sandwich and Bourne is nearly extinguished though danger of rekindling remains.
Dominick Benick of Cemetery Street attempted suicide three times at a picnic after learning his wife would return from Germany this week. He had earlier had her arrested for assault and battery, and his fear drove him to choke himself into unconsciousness before bystanders intervened.
A three and a half pound trout found dead on a Popo Agie River sandbar near Hudson Wyoming shows mouth scars proving it was hooked 427 times. James Rodgers discovered the fish and authorities suspect dynamite killed the game fighter.
Benick, 88, Slater mills employee, habitually abused by his wife who once caused her arrest. While at a St Anthony Slovak Society picnic in Dudley Pines, he received a telegram and twice attempted to hang himself before a third attempt left him dying. Passersby restrained him and he was rushed to Worcester City Hospital where he survived.
July 6 reports the Mexican government willing to exchange six women held by Emiliano Zapata’s forces for Pascual Orozco Sr. The prisoners include Zapata’s mother wife sister and three sisters-in-law, captured at Villa Ayala Morelos and detained in barracks. The claim that Orozco has been executed is denied.
A reader asks how to handle an engagement when the fiancée travels, delays letters, and attends dances with another man’s sister’s circle. The advice columnist cautions that such behavior undermines commitment and suggests considering whether the relationship is worth continuing rather than clinging to a ring.
A naval prisoner in custody on the City of Memphis leaped overboard in the ferryway around 10:15 PM as the steamer neared its berth. The vessel stopped, a search was conducted by officers, and a boat searched the water with a searchlight, but the man was not found after swimming to a wharf.
A wireless message signed Morris reported a naval prisoner’s escape from Fort Royal prison in South Carolina. The prisoner’s transfer to Portsmouth or Kittery was interrupted as the Memphis docked at 11 o clock, causing great passenger excitement as a boat was lowered amid rumors of a possible suicide.
A geyser from an eight inch water main cap broke on Auburn Street at 10 30 last night flooding the street to about a foot. Firemen could not shut it off until emergency crews arrived after 11. Children waded in the water as residents moved furniture in fear of rising floodwaters.
Pittsfield July 6. Postmaster W K Hadsell pulled from the Shaker Mill sluiceway a 10 foot diameter wheel and a massive eel believed to be a century old. The eel's stomach contents suggest great age. a brass U S army button and fishhooks were recovered. The eel is on exhibit for skeptics.
Grace Hadley a 19 year old resident of 9 Ash avenue Somerville fainted in a Charlestown drug store at City square last night. She was taken to Relief Hospital where doctors diagnosed heat exhaustion.
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