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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
12
After five days of investigation Hazel Drew’s death near Teal Pond is questioned as a deliberate murder. No motive or suspects have emerged yet and officials consider the automobile accident theory as a possible solution to the case.
Reports detail a fatal hit and run on the MacAdam road near Troy with a missing girl identified as Hazel. The case ties to a friend Carrie Weaver from New Carlisle and notes a Memorial Day trip to New York, plus travels to Providence and Boston.
Dr H W Wiley links bread quality to divorce in remarks to the American Biscuit Makers Association in Atlantic City. Mrs H B Crosby of East Boston shares recipes and warns early morning mixing prevents sour dough, arguing better bread fosters happier homes and fewer domestic disputes.
New York July 16 Pilgrims bound for Rome 200 Catholics clergy and lay men sailed today on the Carpathia for Naples Twenty one priests are in the party Monsignor McGean of New York is spiritual director The group will present to the Pope greetings from American Catholics an address in Latin will be delivered on board with benediction of the blessed sacrament the first time outside a church In Rome they will be met by Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Farley.
George's Tailor Parlors announces value packed offers this week on suits coats and trousers with prices 12 15 and 18 down from 15 18 20 and 25. The firm claims 29 years in business and urges customers to view windows for double value versus ready made houses. Located at 14 Summer Street near Washington Boston. Established 1879.
Mystic Wharf explosion injures and kills customs inspector Charles Atwood and Ziba Nickerson after two inspectors entered a storeroom to examine detonating caps. Longshoreman Thomas Mason and stevedore Carl Swanson die at scene or hospital. The caps, packed in bond for a Chicago firm, were intended for Fourth of July fireworks.
An explosion among two cases of detonation caps at Mystic wharf Chelsea bridge yesterday afternoon killed three men including two Custom House staff and a pier watchman. Two burned and injured others. Officials suspect a cap ignited by a chisel used by Ziba H Nickerson. An official inquiry by Collector George H Lyman and a Boston & Maine investigation are underway.
Arthur Wallace Porter an art store assistant manager aged nearly forty died not but for his strong health after a low speed auto struck him at Devonshire and Franklin streets. Alfred A. Doerfler of Malden stopped, pulled him from under the car, and rushed him to Relief Hospital. Porter was on his way to meet a friend on State street.
In Chicago on July 16 the National Electrical Contractors Association elected G. M. Sanborn of Indianapolis as president and H. S. Potter of Boston as treasurer. The association announced the next meeting will be held in Toledo.
Newton July 16 Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy head of the Christian Science church is 87 but no observance occurred at Chestnut Hill mansion. No visitors or telegrams familiar to such anniversaries. She follows a routine including study correspondence and secretary work. Born Bow New Hampshire July 16 1821.
James F. Stratton, hotel proprietor and newly elected State president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, was greeted at Milford by local Eagles with a red fire escort to the Eagles Hall. He formerly led the A O H in the state, served in the Legislature 1884 to 1886, and chaired the district Democratic committee for 18 years.
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