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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
6
Arthur Willis Shaw remains jailed at Charles Street jail as his bail is set. Georgia M. Stuart guilty of receiving stolen property may have liberty until sentencing with bail at 4500 dollars. Shaw cannot raise his bail from 8500 to 12000.
Shaw claims no intent to steal from A W Shaw Shoe Co of Freeport Maine and has repaid 19000 dollars. He also turned over 14000 dollars owed on company notes to the receiver. A new trial is likely but not expected, as courts tend to uphold verdicts absent complete justice failure and unsupported jury findings.
Edmund White aged 19 was electrocuted when he climbed an electric light pole in Old Town Missouri Today he intended to sit on the crossarms and play ball with companions below White worked for the Old Town Canoe Company a tragic accident with a young worker as the victim
The Rev. Clifton D. Gray of Stoughton Street Church says he was offered the presidency of Shurtliff College at Upper Alton Illinois about two months ago but declined then and has no expectation of accepting.
A historical testimonial notes that people across generations seek fast relief from biliousness headaches sour stomach hiccoughs and unpleasant breath, suggesting a widely trusted remedy. It presents a general promise of relief without specific product or date details.
West Burlington Iowa resident Mr A M Skerd recounts years of stomach and intestinal catarrh with doctors saying cancer, then relief and cure after using Peruna and Manalin. He praises Peruna as best and keeps a bottle at home.
A cannonery tender from Uyak reports seven fishing villages on the Alaskan peninsula near Katmai destroyed by the Katmai eruption. Kodiak and Woody Island buried under ashes. no lives lost. The Manning provided refuge for about 500 residents and now aids with water and rations.
Milton marked its 250th birthday with a day of sports, open houses, and literary events. About 2500 attended the town house exercises led by Nathaniel T. Kidder with speeches by Phillip S. Dalton and Charles S. Rackemann, plus a flag salute guided by Mrs. Sadie E. Holmes and Mrs. Emily Lincoln. A gymkhana at Cunningham Park drew 2000 spectators, with numerous races and prizes won by Dorothea Hughes, Hildegarde Cobb, Walter D. Brooks, and others.
The body of the Rt Rev Jeremiah E Millerick lies in state at St Joseph's Church until 10 this morning. Funeral services begin at 10 with Mass officiants including Fr Joseph F Coppinger and Fr Peter J McCormack. Burial is in Holyhood Cemetery Brookline.
In Whitman on June 11 a parade honoring the 200th anniversary of local settlements saw 36 people overcome by heat and exertion. Thirty-five students and teacher Miss Harriet M. Jaffers were affected while marching with about 4000 school children through Abington Whitman and Rockland.
Thousands of children from three towns took part in a parade from Congregational Church square to Whitman Park with 4000 in line. Several hundred were treated after fainting from the heat and exertion, and the event included bands and a two hour song program.
Colonel Walter E. Lombard coast artillery will be reprimanded following a special board finding. The report was sent to Adjutant-General Pearson and the reprimand will appear in general orders. Captain C C S Tilden had charged Lombard in March. all but one charges were dropped. Lombard, linked to the State Militia for 32 years, was relieved by Governor Foss on March 9.
Leach Cross of New York defeated Jack Redmond of Milwaukee in a 10 round boxing match in New York. Both fighters weighed in at 136 pounds.
A. Barton Hepburn told the Pujo committee that the clearing house action calling Oriental Bank loan certificates after the 1907 panic was a mistake. He noted the possibility that a few men in New York dominate the money situation in the country and the world.
New York June 11 Miss Christina Arbuckle 72 was named administratrix in Brooklyn of her brother John Arbuckle the late coffee and sugar dealer estate valued at 37500000. She was appointed despite protests from the public administrator who argued she was disqualified by residence in Pittsburgh Pa.
Charles Solean, 22 Field Street, Quincy, was killed when a bulkhead plate weighing a ton fell from a travelling crane onto the molasses boat Nelson at Fore River Shipbuilding. Injured are Andrew Brynhildean, John McDonald, and Joseph Yarid, all of Quincy. McDonald and Brynhildean were hospitalized with serious injuries.
A heavy steel plate fell and buried several men. Solean died instantly while others were saved by a pile of planks that cushioned the fall. A crane lifted the plate and chains attached to the steel freed the trapped, and all injured were taken to the Red Cross Hospital for examination before ambulances arrived.
Orchard Street Squantum residents report a local advertisement offering a bungalow for sale at a self chosen price to a colored family. The dispute centers on a new neighboring house built on a hill that blocks William Harvey’s sea view from 156 Callender Street Dorchester. Harvey could not be reached for comment.
The Infants' Hospital building fund has reached 531, on the stated total of 531,194.60 as announced by Kidder, Peabody & Co. A new building near Harvard Medical School will house a complete research laboratory.
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