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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1899
Page
8
Troops with Jim and Wiley Baker arrived from Manchester at 10 a.m. and delivered the prisoners to the county jail. They set up camp in the courthouse as Mrs. Baker vows to train her eleven sons to aim for killing a White or a Howard. Jim and Wiley are quiet and refuse to talk.
Tom Baker, leader of the Baker faction, was killed during a siege near Clay county sheriff Bev White's residence. The incident followed threats of retaliation as militia guarded the Barboursville area. Mrs Baker plans to train her 11 sons for revenge amid ongoing feuds and looming trials for Baker and allies.
Trustees of the Boston Emergency Hospital honor the late Frederick O. Prince, longtime president, noting his city service, devotion to Boston, and lasting impact on charity work. Dr. George W. Galvin delivers remarks praising Prince's life, work, and cheerful philanthropy, and the meeting records will notable his memory.
The fifteenth anniversary reception of the Home for Aged Couples was held on the institution grounds at Walnut and Columbus Avenues Roxbury with a large crowd. Clergymen including Rev A H Plumb Rev Dr Burr Rev George H Harmer Rev Ellis Wendell Rev Herbert J White and Rev John Lindsay Withrow spoke. Dr Elizabeth Abbott Carleton presided and praised Boston churches for support. Dr Withrow cited Burns and urged John Anderson My Jo as a motto for each room. Refreshments and music by Conlans Orchestra followed on the lawn.
Zurich reports an international condensed milk trust has been formed with leading firms ratifying the agreement. The combine will control the Ansgieune, Nestle and Eagle brands of condensed milk.
Amalea Carter, Swedish in appearance, tells of a three day marriage to Henry Carter in Boston that left her penniless. She says Henry, a New York Herald reporter, disappeared after the wedding, taking her savings and money loaned for a dowry, while companion T W Rees urged her to give all she had.
A Boston woman recounts her marriage proposal rush and a missing husband who left with money and a plan, leaving her penniless and alone. She describes long waiting hours and fear, while a separate letter praises a newspaper circulation surge in Fall River.
The alienation of affections case of Murdoch McKenzie versus Dr C A Lougest continued before Judge Sherman. Nellie McKenzie the plaintiff’s sister testified about her marriage to McKenzie and related events from 1895 including visits to Lowell and Boston, letters, and a marriage that night. The jury retired late in the afternoon and a verdict was expected the following morning.
Frank P. Cash aged 8 Dwight street fell on the sidewalk in front of 514 Tremont street yesterday afternoon and sustained a severe cut on the forehead. He was taken to the City Hospital.
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