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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1907
Page
7
Miss Louise McManus of Dorchester shows extra enthusiasm for Old Home week preparations. Though limited by being a girl and the prettiest in town, she writes invitations and helps at the Old South building. She graduated from Dorchester High School in 1906. her father is a prominent businessman.
General Samuel C Law rence of Medford returns from Europe and refuses to state his plan for about 500 shares of Boston and Maine stock in the proposed merger with the New York New Haven Hartford. He has not transferred the holdings and will not reveal whether he will exchange for New Haven stock or keep the B and M shares.
Providence July 26 William Kennedy aged 14 drowned at the Washington bridge bath house while bathing with companions. He was seized by cramps and unable to recover.
Intense interest surrounds the annual Winthrop Coaching Parade Association event set for Saturday August 17 at 2 PM. Entries welcome from outside Winthrop with Secretary C Rt Bennison handling inquiries and planning. Boston carriage and auto owners, Crest hotels, yacht clubs, and lodges plan floats or tallies for the parade.
In Salem a shock hits town as Frank Cousins is arrested for larceny and Mrs Eleanor Puffer wife of the Rev Charles H Puffer appears at Castle Square Theatre Boston as "Cinder" in Lost Paradise to aid Animal Rescue League. She hid her name and spoke of no future plans while noting she loved her home and had considered stage work.
The post office inspector alleges a scheme where large envelope orders were paid with withhold checks, leaving unpaid balances that were embezzled by Cousins. Suspicion arose from lax payments and mismatched cash on hand and receipt stubs. Cousins was a prominent Salem dry goods dealer at Cousins Beehive.
Salem, July 26. Frank Cousins, a respected local resident living quietly with his two unmarried sisters on Essex Street, has been arrested on embezzlement charges from the Boston post office. Known for his hobby of collecting Salem lore, he lectured on Historic Salem and Along the North Shore before numerous societies and lodges.
Alice Stone Blackwell writes to the Post condemning the murder of Tiavshanjian for withholding funds from Armenian revolutionary groups. She admires his honesty and courage, labels the killers as merciless blackmailers, and urges Armenians to distance from the violent factions while seeking justice.
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting the Grain Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company elected directors for three, two, and one year terms. Elected for three years were Dean K. Webster Lawrence Charles M. Cox Milton L. Cushing Robert Mackinnon and C. E. Halsted. For two years Charles P. Washburn Wiliam L. Winslow W. M. Bournouf Eben J. Ham F. G. Humphrey. For one year Henry R. Burbeck H A Crossman Benjamin W. Brown George W. Kent George S. Morrell. Officers include President Dean K. Webster Vice President Milton L. Cushing Treasurer W. M. Bournouf and Secretary A. Shirley Ladd. Halstead is treasurer of another association. Humphrey is formerly president and now secretary of that group.
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