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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
2
Eight year old Walter McCarty known as Runaway McCarty vanished from 73 Bartlett Street while playing outside. He has blue eyes light hair and was last seen in a white blouse short dark trousers brown stockings and black shoes. He was found in Providence two years ago after a prior disappearance.
Advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as fast itch relief and eczema healing agents. It claims twenty years of doctor endorsed success, with widespread professional approval and availability from druggists in 50 cent and 1 dollar ointment forms and 25 cent soap.
Dana recounts courtship and early marriage with his wife, detailing intellectual harmony, vegetarian lifestyle, and conflicts over daily matters. He describes her strength, devotion to their baby, and the couple’s plan to raise the child, ending with their later health struggles and a fatal tragedy.
A fatal auto accident left one dead and two others dying. Some passengers jumped from the wreck. others were thrown into the street as a big truck toppled onto the Dedham and Medfield Street Railway line, halting traffic for two hours.
A touring car owned by Max Steinberg of Lawrence rear ended a light pole in front of Melrose City Hall yesterday. Mrs. Rebecca Glickman of Winnipeg, sister-in-law of Steinberg, fractured her collar bone and was taken to Melrose Hospital. Steinberg sustained facial cuts. his wife and four children were unharmed.
L M Heath 64 superintendent of Bethel Vermont Electric Light and Power Company was brought to Mary Hitchcock Hospital in critical condition after his car pitched over a 30 foot embankment near West Hartford Vermont He was pinned by the steering post and his chest crushed his condition grim The injured include Mrs Ellen Warden his housekeeper who suffered a fracture
Mrs. Floyd sister of Sheriff Fred H. Seavey accepts the trowel to lay the cornerstone of the Fred H. Seavey Seminary Settlement of the Morgan Memorial. George E. Henry of Winchester assisted in placing the stone standing behind the cornerstone.
A report describes a sister named Miss Alice Blodgett of Cabot Vermont and R Noble of Bethel Vermont among those injured after a mishap in Vermont. The sister is thought to be injured internally.
Florence Allen five dies of throat wound after a car driven by Robert Perry plunges over an embankment. Doris Prescott nine suffers a broken leg and internal injuries when a second car, summoned to aid, runs over her. Perry uninjured. Doris' prognosis fair, Florence's life in danger.
Webster June 2 John J. Love longtime town official and post master who also served as selectman health board assessor and constable died at his Chase street home after a weeklong shock He was 64 years old.
Bishop Hamilton condemned Christian church neglect of foreign newcomers and warned that church mission remains misunderstood by nations and cities. He linked liquor laws to crime and urged state responsibility, while praising Morgan Memorial’s rescue work. A separate prison tragedy inquiry centers on Warden Allen and Mrs. Allen’s death amid a fire.
Five hundred Knights of Pythias from about a dozen lodges gathered at All Souls Church in Braintree for a memorial service conducted by Monatiquot Lodge. Attendees came from Holbrook Weymouth Braintree Hingham and Quincy.
Miss Elizabeth M Kilgallen daughter of Mr and Mrs Kilgallen Gloucester and Fred H Crowley clerk in the Boston central post office were married at 5 oclock yesterday afternoon at St Josephs Church Roxbury by Rev T J Fahey in the rectory from the ceremony at the church later.
Joliet Illinois June 20 Mrs Edmun M Allen wife of the Northern Illinois penitentiary warden was found burned to death in her bed in the warden s family apartments at the penitentiary. Authorities say charges of murder will be placed against a convict. It is believed she was attacked then wood alcohol poured over her and set ablaze a jug half filled with the liquid was found in the room.
Mr and Mrs John J Sweeney and their children escaped smoke in a fire at 700 Broadway Revere early yesterday Charles W Stiles helped the family to the street and rescued a two year old from a crib wrapping the child in a quilt and carrying him down stairs The blaze likely started from gasoline explosion The building is owned by Michael Rocco
Major Joseph of the Sixth Regiment MVM inoculated about two dozen members of Company I in Concord against typhoid. The action reflects local public health measures during the period.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces vacancies for mechanical draftsmen in the War Department Washington D C with salaries 900 to 1200 dollars yearly and a gardener at Phoenix Indian School Arizona earning 720 dollars. No examination. ratings based on education training and experience. Apply to Room 145 Post office building Boston Massachusetts at once. It is unlikely railway mail clerk or departmental clerk examinations occur before spring 1916.
Low summer fares run June 1 to September 30. Chicago to Colorado $30 round trip, $25 from St. Louis, with board as low as $8 weekly. Rockies sun and scenery lure outdoor enthusiasts, trains include Rocky Mountain Limited and Colorado-California Express via Rock Island Lines. Contact Rock Island Travel Bureau 288 Washington St Boston for details.
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