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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
5
Norman Tracy a 16 year old Chelsea boy serving a theft sentence at Concord reformatory hanged himself with a sheet from his cell door cross-bar nearly a week ago. Relatives wished to suppress the report but the death is now public.
Tracy, a 15 year old Chelsea youth, died by hanging in a Concord reformatory cell, the fifth self inflicted death in 25 years there and the third in six weeks in Massachusetts reformatories. He had been held after July 18 for work negligence, then confined to the detentions room. found hanged a hour after a 8 am check. Medical examiner called to scene.
Mary McCarthy a six year old girl and daughter of Joseph McCarthy editor of a local newspaper died after eating weeds found in the yard at 128 Howard Street Wednesday. She became sick suddenly and despite physicians efforts death resulted from the garden growth.
Framingham on July 24 saw a large turnout at the New England Chautauqua assembly at Montwalt today with Rev. Albert Pierce D. Stockton delivering the forenoon sermon. Sunday school followed and vesper services were held in the early evening.
Hallie Erminie Rives Wheeler, fresh from St. Petersburg, proclaims Russians as the greatest lovers and notes happy international marriages. She recalls Russia’s long northern nights, Japan life, and a Virginia dinner in Tokyo. A separate item reports Frankenberg’s larceny case and detainment plans as he faced pursuit from New York to Boston.
Mrs Rives-Wheeler extols St Petersburg with its unique charm and winter splendor. She describes birch wood heat, three-horse sleighs, and the royal ballet, noting dancers start training young and retire with pensions. A Swan Lake premier danseuse retires amid lavish gifts including jewelry.
Miss Caroline Hazard, newly announced Wellesley College president, urges passage of the Owen bill to create a Department of Public Health. She argues it will directly guide disease prevention, combat tuberculosis, and protect mothers and children, seaboard defenders, and southern malnutrition, via authoritative advice and prevention over cure.
Italians in East Boston celebrate the Feast of San Antonio with church services, parades, and band concerts. A major firework and band show closes the day at Cottage street playground. Societa San Antonio Di Padova led a morning Mass at Mount Carmel and an afternoon parade along Bremen street ending at Grand Army Hall. The Lloyd-Sabuda line launched Boston’s first sailing to the Mediterranean, with large crowds at Cunard wharf bidding farewell. The Re D'Italia carried about 1200 passengers from Boston and New York, many heading to the Azores and Genoa, amid heat and festive activity.
One agent refused to allow her aboard citing concern that any contagious illness in her trouble could cause annoyance or anxiety to others, a decision that left her in sorrow.
Quincy July 24. The Quincey Yacht Club will hold its annual ladies day with over 500 friends expected at the refurbished clubhouse. The main event is a sailing race where the ladies take the helm, plus a review of activities throughout the afternoon and evening.
Julius Frankenberg, who obtained a $200 loan through fraudulent bookings for an original vaudeville act from his New York landlady and spent the money in Boston with his benefactor’s daughter, walked into police headquarters and offered to surrender to Inspectors Pinkerton and McCauley.
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