12 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1905
Page
1
June 11 Quincy incident as Fire Engine No. 1 loses a rear wheel on Granite street hill. The wheel strikes Miss Flora B Crooker and escort Charles F Millard, pinning them. Crooker suffers severe bruises while Millard has minor injuries. Fire crew unhurt.
Neighbors report Thomas Frawley a wealthy retired liquor dealer and rumored brother of Plymouth blacksmith John Frawley was seen with a young girl believed to be Mary Grace. Reports state John Frawley visited Frawley’s Main street home and the pair were seen near the premises before leaving toward Plymouth.
Lucia Caporale a Neapolitan girl about 18 in the country two months caused a stabbing affray on Prince street. Francesco Scabona and Rocco Luongo were seriously stabbed after Cappola accused Lucia of misbehavior and ordered her out. Patrolman Cronin arrested Cappola as his wife wrestled him to stop the attack.
The firm advertises hundreds of raincoats 54 inches long belted and made from fancy Scotches priced at 4.90 each. Value ranges from 12 to 20 dollars. The sale runs at Washington and Hanover streets with gray worsted salts at 9.90.
June 11 Chicago reports a new regular 18 hour service between Chicago and New York by the Pennsylvania railroad. The Pennsylvania special departed Chicago at 2 45 PM on its first trip and was running on schedule. It is expected to reach New York by 9 45 AM Monday.
New York reports the Pennsylvania railroad began an 18 hour service from New York to Chicago with the first westbound flyer dispatched this afternoon. The move marks a faster connection between the two cities as the line introduces its latest express schedule.
Washington June 11 The formal replies from Russia and Japan to the President's identical notes may be made public tomorrow though delays are possible. The President regards the situation as satisfactory and notes no hitch in negotiations. Transmission of the notes will conclude preliminary peace work and pave the way for an armistice and direct talks for a permanent peace.
Vermont women and Governor Bell favor the death penalty for Mrs. Rogers who lured her husband to a secluded spot near Bennington, chloroformed him, then killed him with a brutal act. The governor supports law as the deciding force.
Three more Cambridge men were arrested in the alleged voting irregularities case. Fred E Thyng Dennis F Hynes and Samuel Rosenberg were taken to Middlesex House of Correction and faced 1000 bail for each on false oath charges. Hynes Rosenberg and Thyng are Democrats.
A 48 inch water main break on Park Avenue near Forty second Street floods the Grand Central area and tunnels. Water fills basements and cracks Park Avenue, disrupting traffic for hours while pumps run and officials seek the source. passengers flee and are rescued with no serious injuries. Parks, trains, and underground lines shut down south of Seventy second Street and to Fourteenth Street until the flood is contained.
Cloudy in the Boston area with probable showers. The local forecast calls for overcast skies and light precipitation chances through the day with grey conditions.
A wool suit dyed with indigo and weighing 12 ounces per yard is priced at $15 in Boston clothing houses. It will be sold for $7.90 at F. Gray Co.’s big clothing sale at Washington and Hanover streets, advertised as selling the best pants in the world for $1.90.
Continued on page six column A promotes a mother friendly feature and bids for local goodwill. F Gray Co advertises boys pants at 10c per pair and a sale of handsome suits at 1 49, with $5 and $6 suits at 1 90, at Washington and Hanover streets the store that sells men’s vests for 89c.
The F. Gray Co. conducts a sale on Washington and Hanover streets offering a blue serge suit normally priced at 15 dollars for 7.90 dollars. The store also advertises men's black thibet suits originally priced at 10 dollars for 5.90 dollars.
An Arizona advertisement touts Fr. John's Medicine as a cure for asthma and a booster of overall body strength, claiming it builds health and vigor for sufferers.
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