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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
14
Six poker players were surprised by police at 377 Essex street in Lynn. They halted the raid awaiting a jack pot of 22.50 before summoning an auto and all agents to the station. Three officers, executing a liquor search warrant, found the players in a barn after cries of I’ll raise you.
Police arrived at a poker game, broke in, and arrested players after a high stakes bluff. One player joked about chips worth seven dollars and a potential win of eight, while another boasted three kings and a $22.50 pot as officers impounded the scene.
John J. Bossom of Nantasket Beach, Atlantic avenue, is in Boston City Hospital with multiple broken ribs and arm and shoulder fractures after a lodging house fight. His opponent allegedly forced him into a window causing the sash to break and Bossom to fall to the ground. Locals aided until medical help arrived.
Miss Ida Farrington aged 27 vanished from her Main Street home in West Newbury at 2 AM after donning raincoat and shoes over her nightwear. Neighbors report she had been unsettled for two weeks and had recently left a shoe factory job due to ill health. Her father William Farrington appeals for any information as search efforts focus on the Merrimac River nearby.
Scores of children risked their lives near McNeil's mills in Dorchester by lining the elevated New Haven tracks to view a $1000 hay fire. An express train approached as they watched engines and firefighters at work, causing some to jump or slide down to safety.
London June 2. Ben Harris builds a $100000 vaudeville house in Atlantic City and negotiates Patti for a 20 week season. Patti must answer in 10 days. Adelina demands high salary but Patti may refuse two shows daily. Harris hopes one show. If settled Patti may come January next. Rejane also being negotiated.
At 75 Phillips Street West End early yesterday morning William E Burto 39 was badly injured with a fractured skull and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Della Maynard 37 of the same address is jailed at Joy Street charged with swinging the chair. Police remain unsure of motive as Burto lies unconscious and Maynard refuses to talk.
London hosts a coronation week with dinners for embassies and legations led by German envoys at Dorchester House. Notable guests include Crown Prince Frederick William and Princess, and American diplomats like John Hays Hammond. Rain dampened garden parties at Windsor and Baron Rothschild’s.
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