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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1905
Page
10
An official notice states Sperry & Hutchinson will discontinue on site redemption of Green Trading Stamps. From now on stamps will be redeemed at the Sperry & Hutchinson office 178A Tremont Street. Six months were allowed for filling books. collectors are advised to redeem there thereafter.
Attorney James H. Vahey prepares for the final appeal in the Tucker case before the Supreme Court in Boston. If denied a new trial, Tucker may face another trial within a year at East Cambridge. a postponement could trigger a special sitting or another trial within months. Tucker remains hopeful of acquittal, reads letters, and is cheered by his mother and family visits while his lawyers review evidence.
Announcement confirms engagement of Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, daughter of Dr and Mrs W S Webb, to Ralph Pulitzer son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Pulitzer. The couple, both prominent in Cambridge and New York society, have long been the subject of social rumor and are connected to Bar Harbor summer socialites.
Washington dispatch reports Russia and Japan to appoint three plenipotentiaries each for the Washington conference. M Nelidoff is favored to chair the Russian mission, Ito’s health may affect the Japanese delegation, with Yamagata likely to take Ito’s place. Conference expected mid August.
Children and adults are invited to the Wonder Gallery event in next Sunday's Post featuring a new cut out series with characters designed to entertain and amuse readers as they grow intrigued by the lively humor.
A firebug at 2 Kent court ignited kerosene soaked rags on the first floor of a two and a half story tenement, threatening 400 nearby sleepers. Police alerted, Kennedy aroused inmates just as flames roared, smoke filled the block, and a few streams beat back the blaze, gutting the vacant first floor.
A youth not over 20 with evident culture and wealth was found dead face down under a couch at 82 Upton Street. The body showed signs of struggle but Dr. Vogel ruled natural causes. Letters to Thomas N. Baker and a matching engraved watch suggest identity but origin and parents remain unknown. Police cite unopened letters from Aiken South Carolina and Goshen Virginia along with fifty dollars, a silver umbrella, books, and a Harvard Summer School entrance blank.
At Re Vere Beach opposite Oak Island Grove a horse and buggy sank into quicksand, trapping Isaac Weinstein his wife and three children. Police and about 20 workers freed the occupants and detached the horse. Earlier submersion affected Morris Seigal and a rider, with others narrowly escaping deeper engulfment from the newly formed sands stirred by a sand digger used for boulevard construction.
The Cambridge registration case arrests reach 11 with two men surrendering to Sergeant Gordon and being housed at the House of Correction before bail by G. F. Monahan. Thomas Daley of 8 Essex Street Cambridge painter and James P. Jordan of Boardman Street Cambridge brass moulder, both married, were identified among those held. Two more suspects remain at large or unaccounted for.
Wellesley June 18 Perley Parker 18 a night operator at the Wellesley Hills telephone central office was found dead in his chair about 1130 tonight Two policemen unable to reach central broke in and found Parker dead at his post It is said he accidentally shot himself while cleaning a revolver Parker was from Winthrop.
In Ekaterinoslav province southern Russia, an explosion at the Ivan colliery of the Russian Donetz Company kills about five hundred people. Khartsisk is a small town with Ekaterinoslav as its chief city and a regional population over two million.
Off day for Boston champions as they prep for a practice game in New Bedford. O Loughlin’s umpiring draws mixed views while Detroit and Boston players face scrutiny over conduct and form.
Baron Gustavo Tosti, consul-general for Italy in New York, will soon direct Italy's consular interests in New York and oversee affairs in New England. He comes from an old Neapolitan aristocratic family and earned his medical degree in 1901 at Long Island College Hospital. He belongs to several New York clubs and helped found the Dante Society of America.
Milford, June 18. After an assault on Miss Lucy O'Reilly by an unknown intruder, the town braces for more action. The police force doubles with new specials as residents arm themselves. Four masked men were spotted near East Main street carbarns, but fled before officers arrived. arrests are anticipated.
The Gaelic School of Boston hosted a literary and musical afternoon with a lecture by Superintendent P. J. O'Daly on The Irish Language. A large audience attended despite the heat. speakers included John G. Love of Philo-Celtic Society, Thomas G. Collins, and Michael O'Sullivan.
Campers on Governor's Island set fire to a small Civil War bakery used for bread by the garrison. Harbor police arrived but the building burned to the ground. Efforts continue to capture the firebugs.
Arthur Davis, conductor for Boston and Northern Railroad, was knocked from a Lynn car while collecting fares on the running board near the Lynn marsh. An automobile party found him, took him to his Lynn home, where doctors reported a fractured skull and shoulder injury. His condition was serious.
James Y Coppola aged 40 of 18 Charter Street was severely hurt at the new subway site. At the Washington and Bedford streets tunnel bottom a bucket struck his head, causing a deep scalp wound.
In thick fog on Lake Huron, the steel freighters Etruria and Amaga collided ten miles off Presque Isle Light. The Etruria sank within minutes. crew escaped with their lives as many slept below. The Amaga Stone, 4653 tons, built 1902 at Bay City, owned by Hawegoods of Cleveland, valued at 240600.
Grand Chief BB E Clark of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors praised Lucius Tuttle president of the Boston and Maine Railroad as the greatest master of men of the generation at Boston Lodge 97’s 20th anniversary. P H Morrissey of Cleveland spoke on the union’s work including $11 000 000 in sick and death benefits over 23 years. A bouquet was given to Morrissey by Mrs Delia Leonard with remarks from Lt Governor Guild and others before a Berkeley Hall banquet.
Mrs. Sadie Doherty aged 25 wife of Edward Doherty a fireman with the Eastern Steamship Company was found dead in her bed yesterday by neighbors. Cause of death listed as consumption and pleurisy. Husband had not been home since Friday due to work at the time of the discovery.
The Sunday Post promotes a forthcoming “Gallery of Wonders” feature titled Five Pictures in One. The notice urges readers to collect the children’s cut outs and highlights the upcoming paper release for next Sunday.
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