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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1911
Page
4
Henry E F Conant, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in New Hampshire and former grand commander of the Knights of Malta in Maine and New Hampshire, died at age 68 at his home in Concord. He leaves a family.
New York reports Patrick Drum jumped overboard from the Majestic near mid sea en route from Liverpool. After a brief rescue, Drum claims Indianapolis has the highest cost per salvation at 620 dollars, with other cities yielding 545 to 75 dollars per saved soul based on church maintenance funds and church accessions.
Annie R Tower administratrix of the late Wesley A Rand estate reports 50 shares of Boston and Albany Railroad stock valued at about 11000 lost after being brushed into a waste paper basket and removed with refuse. Duplicate shares will be issued. The stock stood in Rand's name and was dated February 18 1901.
In Tacoma Washington on July 27 three prominent club women sat as advisory judges of the evidence in a divorce case over a 19 month old girl's custody. Judge J M Easterday presided marking the first time in the state that women sat with a court to decide a case.
Winona Lake July 27 Billy Sunday, the baseball evangelist, conducting meetings here, has cost figures and aims in his revival effort. Local reports note calculated costs per convert as evangelistic outreach continues in the city.
In New York on July 27 William A Lincoln a Chicago broker and kinsman of President Lincoln plans to wed Mrs Lillian Carman cashier at the Waldorf Astoria after divorcing Milton Carman She says Cupid prompted the match and the couple anticipate marrying next month Carman has worked at the Waldorf six years and recently became cashier Lincoln 38 a University of Chicago graduate and former mining engineer says the wedding date will not be published until August 1
Mrs Reginald Waldorf a wealthy Philadelphia widow now in Los Angeles lost her right forefinger in a crude accident and is offering a substantial reward for a donor finger The physician advertising says she is willing to pay several thousand dollars The required finger measurements were detailed in a plaster cast specimen for the donor and the appeal notes the need to restore her ability to play music again.
Miss Lillian Finn of Schenectady New York and Mr Carman have lived apart for several years according to friends. Mrs Carman's brother Claude Finn once worked at the Waldorf Astoria, living at 135 Lexington Avenue.
The Leopold Morse Home in Mattapan and the new Home for Destitute Jewish Children in Dorchester plan to consolidate. Federated Jewish Charities directors approved the move last Tuesday. A committee including Louis Hecht, Nathan L. Amster, Joseph M. Herman, Samuel L. Dana, Oscar Grosberg and Levi Herman will negotiate and report to the federation.
A vintage promotion touts GETS-IT as a painless corn remedy. It claims rapid two second application, skin safety, and a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or direct from E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
Julius Katz of 244 Harold Street Roxbury escaped serious injury after jumping from a second floor window at 340 Harrison Avenue during a police raid. Katz and seven others were found with gaming equipment and $21. His suspenders hooked on the blinds and held him, until Patrolman Flaherty freed him.
Coates & Co. produced the Black Friar's Distillery gin since 1793 and it remains the leading Dry Gin. Its unique flavor is highlighted as ideal for rickeys, fizz, or cocktails, promising a pleasingly surprising taste.
Nellie Watson aged 50 a second class passenger from Ireland on the White Star liner Cymric became violently insane yesterday while being transported from the Charlestown wharf to the Immigration Bureau at Long wharf. She fought patrolmen officials and longshoremen during restraint attempts.
A woman awaiting a man at the wharf grew increasingly anxious when he failed to appear. The Cymrie arrived at 10 o'clock yesterday and Miss Watson, arriving from Ireland, packed her belongings as she prepared to wed upon meeting. Since the man did not arrive, she grew more nervous and was moved to the immigration bureau by 3 o'clock. An immigrant wagon transported her across the city.
An Irish woman resisted attempts to place her in detention aboard a liner. Seven men struggled to remove her from a wagon, up stairs, and into a detention pen, with torn clothes and scratched faces. A physician declared her insane. immigration officials decide whether she will be sent back to Ireland or to Austin Farm.
A 55 year old woman Lavina Dunn of Youngstown Ohio had a pair of surgeon's scissors sewn inside her abdomen after a prior operation. Surgeons removed the implements after months of mysterious illness. She had endured a year of pain and was near death before the discovery. A lawsuit is threatened.
Edwin Q. Cole a Toronto resident and Lexington former resident asks East Cambridge Superior Court for an injunction to prevent his wife from disposing of three bulldogs and some furniture. The couple have been apart since her separate support suit alleging cruelty and statutory offences. she previously secured a $3000 attachment against his estate.
The Church of the Sacred Heart Roslindale prepares a mid summer tombola on church grounds at Brown avenue and Ashland street tomorrow. Rev John F Cummins, famed for Boston barbecues, directs arrangements to reproduce festival features for thousands from Greater Boston.
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