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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1909
Page
5
Two blast attempts to breach the Ashaway National Bank vault failed today as outer safe doors twisted but inner chambers stayed intact. The robbers fled after villagers awoke, brandishing revolvers to guard their escape. bank capital listed at 100000 dollars with about 5000 dollars in the vault.
Brookline’s Village Square, a major Boston Elevated Railway transfer point, will get two 115 foot long shelters and a 40 foot waiting room at the center of each platform. An iron railing separates the shelters between tracks. construction starts immediately and the facility is to be finished in a few weeks.
In Newburyport on July 12 an engagement is announced between Miss Hattie Robbins of Lynn and Harold E. Adams of this city. The couple began their romance when Adams, then a telephone operator at the local exchange, first met Robbins in August.
A Roxbury accident left William White unable to work and his family in need. The Post readers contributed three sums delivered to Mrs. White on Adams Street. She tearfully thanked strangers for the timely aid while Mr. White undergoes recovery after his right leg was amputated.
An advertising feature promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood based remedy for rheumatism. It claims the pills cure hundreds of cases by removing poisons from blood and cites a testimonial from Mrs Frank E Unton of Attleboro Massachusetts describing long hardship followed by recovery. Offers a free booklet and prices 50 cents per box or six for 2 50 from Schenectady New York based Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Chicago July 12 The Ella Gingles theft case moves through court with testified claims of conspiracy and mistreatment. The Irish lace maker alleges abuse in a hotel bathroom and mentions a supposed white slavery ring involving French Lick Springs.
Detectives described an intact hotel bathroom lock and undisturbed dust under the transom as evidence against Miss Gingles's account. Witnesses questioned her statements about reading newspapers at a public library on Jan 4 and alleged rope and binding details. The court heard about conflicting weather testimony and a defense push to prove past theft in Belleville Ontario.
Joseph Remillard of 16 Orange Street Worcester aged 40 baker was pronounced dead after a June 26 heat collapse and removed for morgue. He revived when doctors tested him with electrical current after being moved to the hospital electrical room, ending fears of death from cold storage.
Reports from Libau state the Russian battleship Slava ran onto a rock during target practice four days ago at Libau Harbor. She sustained serious bottom damage but made it to dry dock under her own power for repairs.
Walt Mason riffs on a bureaucratic chase as the Office seeks a mysterious “mag.” Patriots rally, hunting gear on, bloodhounds bay, and a brick and chloroform intervene as a bald sage laments a doomed plan.
A new law requires all individuals to qualify as physically and morally fit before a marriage certificate can be issued. The public largely backs the measure, viewing it as a public good rather than benefiting physicians.
Ara Putnam of Dowagiac in Miles Michigan was fined $10 for kissing a married woman and entering a home without invitation. The ex-supervisor, 60, called himself a fool as he paid the penalty. He was arrested on a charge of technical assault after greeting Mrs Lettie Waite.
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