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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
7
Private detectives may be employed to solve who fired the bullet that wounded Cambridge stenographer Miss Almira C. Frank on the Fourth. She was struck in the abdomen while walking from her home to Miss Mildred Bry dell at 812 Perry street along Pearl street.
Bier sife was saved by a corset steel which deflected a .38 slug but left a wound the size of a silver dollar. Cambridge police have found no clues to identify the shooter.
H W Frank of 83 Sudbury street Boston a pipe manufacturer vows to pursue the case into a possible criminal act or careless discharge of a .88 calibre revolver that wounded his daughter. He doubts any suspect and reports his daughter improved.
The old Central House in Waltham, established as a hotel in 1798 and one of the country’s oldest, is being torn down to clear space for a new public library. Ex-Alderman Emory W. Lane bought it for 35 dollars last week for the lumber. demolition started yesterday as women and children scavenge for firewood and souvenirs.
Roosevelt may accept the Progressive nomination to block disqualified ex Governor Sulzer from securing the ticket. Progressive leaders led by Robinson and Perkins report Sulzer’s strength growing. Nassau County delegates planned a second meeting with Roosevelt to urge him to run. Sulzer, elected to the Assembly on the Progressive line after impeachment, is not a party member.
Sandy Archer died at Hayden station in Windsor at age 112. Born in the South before the Civil War and brought to the North in 1850, he had resided in Windsor for 60 years. A son in Baltimore is reported as living.
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad shows a May deficit of 189 09459 dollars after covering operating and fixed charges. This marks an improvement over May 1913 when the deficit reached 356 82507 dollars as deficits rose at several subsidiaries while trolley properties improved.
The New Haven reports a 11 month deficit of 1 297 903 versus a 1918 surplus of 3 292 597. Causes include a $3 million drop in operating revenue and a $2 million rise in fixed charges. May deficits and 11 month comparisons appear for Central New England New York Ontario Western steamship lines and trolley companies.
Mrs A O Haslam of Lincolnville Maine says her four month old daughter recovered from a blistering eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for six weeks. She notes relief from crying by applying the ointment to the chest and praises the products for skin and hair health from infancy onward. Samples offered via mail. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold everywhere.
A Neuwied despatch reports the palace once used by Prince William of Wied is being refitted. Large shipments of furnishings have arrived from Durazzo Albania in recent days.
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