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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
10
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Manhattan police and volunteers search for two germ laden monkeys that escaped from Willard Hospital within the last 18 hours. The animals are infected with scarlet fever germs and may have been taken as pets by well meaning residents.
Eddie Murphy of Boston defeated Sammy Smith of Philadelphia in a fast ten round bout at the Twentieth Century. Murphy led from the start and outclassed Smith at every stage of the proceedings tonight in New York.
Shailer Hall hosted 73 graduates for Brookline High School’s commencement. Bishop Lawrence gave the address. Prizes and a MIT scholarship were awarded along with gold medals and special recognitions to named students. Lincoln donors and Brookline Technology Association funded awards.
Dr Alexander Aalto of Ashtabula Ohio offers to be hanged in place of Angelina Napolitano of Sault Ste Marie Canada who is to die in August for killing a husband who tried to force her into white slavery. Aalto is a middle aged bachelor with Finnish roots and a large Ohio Pennsylvania practice. He notes his mother would approve of the life sacrifice.
Children playing in a Winslow sand bank unearthed a human skeleton. Coroner S. L. Berry will investigate. The bones likely belong to a person about 15 years old. The skull is intact but shows long burial.
Fifty Hutchinson women are digging the excavation for the South Hutchinson Methodist Church. The congregation has no church building yet and has held services in the town hall. After oyster and ice cream suppers and small subscriptions, they raised funds for materials and work but needed laborers. Sixty women members took spades and shovels to complete the basement digging themselves.
San Francisco reports Miss Jennie S Crocker and staff cornered the egg market in San Mateo Burlingame and Hillsborough to feed 100 blue blood Boston terriers and French bulls. Each dog receives at least two eggs daily as the egg diet replaces meat in the kennels. The heiress aims to keep dogs healthy with this diet.
Veterinarians watch closely as she conducts an experiment, showing interest in the procedures and potential outcomes. The scene highlights professional curiosity and careful attention to data gathering.
Joseph A. Carter, the smallest adult in Tennessee, died at his Jefferson County home. He was 73, stood 42 inches tall, weighed 58 pounds, and had served as Jefferson County registrar for 18 consecutive years.
San Francisco mint employee Wadsworth Williams was crushed by sacks of gold totaling nine million dollars in a money vault incident. He was directing a truck when the sacks toppled and buried him. doctors fear his recovery may be doubtful.
John J. Schnetzer of Roslindale was knocked down by a car at Cornell and Washington streets West Roxbury. He suffered a dislocated left hip and knee and internal injuries. The auto owner is John W Field of West Roxbury and the driver Gustave Mistrom of Roxbury.
In Harlem the assailant gagged and drugged Mrs. Mary Appel and her daughter Anna 22, leaving them unconscious in their apartment. A bottle with odorless drug was found. police suspect robbery but only letters to Miss Appel were taken.
At the Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton the 36 hole open qualifies Ross of Brae Burn and Mcleod of St Louis tied for the lead with 149. Both are former national Open champions and set the pace after the first 36 holes.
Habeas corpus proceedings to release Charles W. Morse the New York banker from the Atlanta federal penitentiary will begin in U S court tomorrow. His attorneys argue the 15 year banking sentence exceeds the statute and that the penitentiary is for hard labor, so Morse should be kept in a New York jail if convicted.
VAUDEVILLE performer Frank Fowley died Thursday evening at his home on 82 West Brookline Street. Born in Boston 33 years ago he was educated here and appeared on the opening bill at the old Bijou Theatre. Funeral will be held Monday at his residence.
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