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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1907
Page
5
In Eastport Maine on July 26 organized gangs blamed for wrecking fishermen’s livelihoods by dynamiting fish. Maine State Fishery Commission and Canadian authorities caught ringleaders in the act and arrested them. warrants issued for others.
A Boston mother thanks the Post after her 13 year old son Arthur Lyons, who had wandered Saturday night, is found within 24 hours thanks to newspaper notices. Arthur’s trek included overnight in lodging halls, aiming for New Haven and Providence before reading his mother’s plea in the Post. He returns home to Tremont Street, vowing not to roam again.
Fishermen complain of reduced catches due to dynamiting by gangs in English and American waters. Canada and Maine patrols fail to stop the activity. The Curlew met with Maine officials and authorities arrested three men at Campobello Island, arraigned them, and fined $100 plus costs with two months in jail.
Clifton L. Bremer trustee of the Sayles estate sues National Life Insurance Company to return a $6000 note and first mortgage loan made in 1894 to Augustine F. Arnold on East Newton Street. The bill claims Berry lacked power to transfer the note and mortgage to the defendant and seeks custody restoration and costs. Hearing date to be fixed later.
John P. Feeney announced a meeting of the Democratic State committee for next Tuesday to select a chairman of the executive committee and handle minor matters. Feeney will choose the successor to Grenville S. Macfarland, with no clear candidate named.
Mrs. Arthur S Hatfield prepares to sail again aboard the British bark Osberga on a 7000 mile trip to Rosario. She helped quell a mutiny off Turk Islands and remains devoted to sea life, with 918428 feet of pine lumber aboard. Captain Arthur B Hatfield secured clearance at the Custom House as the ship, once crewmate to mutiny fears, heads toward port at Mystic Wharf.
General Bingham, newly appointed police commissioner of Greater New York, ordered 50 officers to civility training in the trial room. He instructed cadets to stand at attention when addressed, to touch their hats for ladies, and to answer briefly with no wasted words. He urged them to pass on the rule due to repeated complaints about uncivil conduct.
The U S frigate Constitution known as Old Ironsides was moved from Pier 6 to Pier 7 in the navy yard in preparation for public viewing during Old Home Week. A restored today photograph contrasts with an 1849 painting linked to J A Nickerson of Malden. The painting’s origin and painter remain unknown.
A Maltese terrier will be passed to six year old Doris Miller from Mrs. KE E Bostwick at today’s matinee of As a Man Sows. Mrs. Bostwick, who lives at 3292 Washington Street Jamaica Plain, met Doris after being charmed by the child during opening night.
In Chatham a cigarette burning event led by Mrs. Jennie Adams and W C T U allies is planned for Tuesday. Dealers pledged to stop selling, about 50 dollars worth of stock will be burned in front of the town hall as Martell's brass band and a schoolchild chorus participate.
An unknown assailant attempted to blow up Mont Tennes’s residence, an alleged gaming-house operator, using a steel-cased bomb. The attack mirrors a prior strike on “Blind John” Condon, with jealousy between rival gambling factions cited as the motive and partisan efforts to deter the men attacked.
New York July 26 No agreement was reached at the meeting of United Hatters of America and National Fur Hat Manufacturers over the union label and open shop. An adjournment was taken to Tuesday when a joint committee will report. If a strike occurs the union predicts 20 000 workers will be affected.
New board members met Mayor Fitzgerald in his office to outline the investigation method for city finances. The group adjourned to Samuel Carrs office with plans to organize by Tuesday July 30, with Mathews likely chair and Moors slated as secretary. The mayor urged timely work to inform citizens and aid municipal betterment.
Permits for stands on Boston Common during Old Home Week were selling for up to 100 each. Friends of Aldermen and Common Councilmen received priority, with councilmen allowed one permit and aldermen three. Officials warned they may stop issuing stands if the hawking of permits continues, as many applicants were turned down.
Frederick Willard of Bridgeport Conn was rearrested in New York after being brought from Torrington Conn to answer a charge of stealing 290000 from Abraham Solomon a former employer. He was first arrested in Worcester in November 1905 with bail posted by John J Harney later forfeited.
London court grants Lady Bagot formerly Lilian May of Baltimore the restoration of her marital rights after suing Lord Bagot over insufficient allowance for herself and baby Barbara. Lord Bagot left his wife after the child’s christening. a prior agreement to raise all children Catholic was found unenforceable by English jurists.
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