This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1914
Page
2
Stamford police now believe Waldo R. Ballou was killed after an evening with Mrs Helen Angle by a jealous second man who was in her Ripowam building studio apartments. State's attorney Homer S Cummings shaped the reconstruction after reviewing events Tuesday evening.
Police chief William Brennan says he knows the second man involved and has him under surveillance while Mrs. Angle, released on bail, appeals for proof of innocence. Ballou’s hat and bloodstained spectacles are found. pathologist Dr. Weaver collects blood samples and analyzes stains as the coroner readies the case for Monday hearing.
Charles Orr, 36, of a South End lodging house, was arrested in a Dover street barroom on a larceny charge for a large rubber plant. Officer Andrew W. Ryan spotted Orr carrying what looked like a small tree down Washing ton street. At the station Orr claimed he was acting as a transplanter for friends.
An attempted train wreck on the Central Massachusetts line near Waltham was thwarted when an employee found and removed a pile of stones and ties from the tracks yesterday at 11. A Northampton bound train was due. Police suspect it was the work of local boys.
In Dorchester’s Clapp Place a full grown elm on the Clapp estate, now owned by Miss Lora Weiss, is famed for its size and mystery of origin. Weiss recalls it was old in childhood, a tree linked to the Clapp family and an ancestor who planted it around 1700. The historic elm, perhaps 200 years or more, draws many visitors and is carefully preserved today.
Mr and Mrs William T Damon of Danvers marked their 60th wedding anniversary at home on Burley avenue after marrying in 1884 in East Boston. He served in the Civil War and, with eight children and many grandchildren, remain active in veterans and fraternal groups.
After four days of race discussions the Sagamore Sociological Conference will move into three days of golf and baseball. Delaware King, committee chair, lists activities including bathing tennis quoits golf badminton rogue handball baseball stunts song-fest concert boat trips auto trips reading and fellowship.
Alfred Black from Gardner Massachusetts, 28, employed as a cowtester for a farmer's association, drowned while swimming in Windsor Vermont today.
At the time of the Chel sea fire in 1908 we helped hundreds of families rebuild with outfits on credit. We now extend this offer to those who lost their effects in the Salem disaster and invite visit to our Lynn branch at 48 Andrew Street.
In Washington on June 26 representatives of the Mexican constitutionalists voiced confidence that General Carranza would accept mediation mediators invitation for informal conferences at Niagara Falls to discuss internal Mexico affairs.
Carranza’s agents in Washington hailed a possible participation in informal talks while pressing on with the Huerta campaign. Alfredo Breceda arrived with news from Carranza as Zubaran and Cabrera signaled likely conference action. San Luis Potosi is named as the next Huerta target with Mexico City within reach.
In Quebec on June 2 the Empress of Ireland sinking inquiry nears its close after two weeks of testimony. Counsel for Canadian Pacific Railway and Storstad owners have presented arguments. Dominion government representative BE Newcombe to speak. Judgment likely in Quebec within a fortnight at a special meeting.
C. H. Ramsay of Ashland Place Melrose Highlands was fatally struck by the inbound Portland express at 9 30 last night as he attempted to cross a lowered crossing gate. The accident left his body severely mangled and his supposed haste led him under the gate.
Worcester reports John G Irbzins 25 of 413 Mill Street drowned while swimming in Lake Quinsigamond. He reportedly suffered cramps in deep water. Police recovered the body from 80 feet. two friends who swam with him could not be identified. Police Surgeon Louis C Cassel failed to revive him with a pulmotor.
Lawrence Robinson and Joseph Duddy were arraigned in Superior Court before Judge Chase on murder charges in the Boylston Case. They pleaded not guilty. District Attorney Pelletier said he will seek July 20 for trial once counsel is assigned, noting Duddy may lack his own attorney at present.
Prisoners were moved from the detention room to a metal cage in the courtroom around 11 a m with a strong guard including seven muscular officers behind the cage and several more in uniform or civvies nearby. A minor wound on Robinson showed only a small plaster mark on his neck. John H Blanchard and ex Representative William Weeks visited the bar to discuss counsel with Judge Chase who declined to appoint counsel or set a trial date before July when a new judge arrives.
Because of a Salem fire the Count de Besa lecture and Mexican war pictures planned to aid the Norton Fund for the police inspector's family have been indefinitely postponed. Contributions were received yesterday toward the fund.
The All New England Elks Tour departs Boston July 8 led by Walter H. Woods Tours Company with about 125 delegates in a special train. Stops include Chicago Kansas City Pueblo Canon City and Colorado Springs en route to Denver for the grand lodge session. Return paths visit Cheyenne Omaha Niagara Falls Toronto Thousand Islands Lachine Rapids and Montreal with Frontier Life entertainment.
The Boston and Albany railroad added yesterday two new all steel dining cars and seven steel passenger cars, bringing total steel passenger coaches to 47, steel dining cars to five, and steel mail cars to ten. Four steel mail cars and four steel combination cars are due in the coming weeks.
James Matrodes 22 of 2 Oak Street South End was arrested by Lagrange Street police charged with cutting George August with a carving knife in a Tremont Street store. August suffered a left leg injury and was taken to City Hospital after a quarrel turned violent last night.
Dutch art experts in Stockholm reveal two early Rembrandts in the National Museum Gallery. The portraits are identified as A Portrait of a Woman and Abraham's Sacrifice and are described as from Rembrandt's early period.
Patrick Mellady seeks $1494.54 plus interest from Delia Malloy, Martha Malloy, and Philip Malloy of 457 Quincy Street Dorchester. Mellady alleges a 1913 bank transfer to his wife was misused after she left him and died, with the fund now held by Amos Hatheway for safekeeping. The case, heard in the Superior Court equity session, involves witnesses including Martha Malloy and Delia Malloy and a special administrator.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.