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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
4
Rumors swirl around Grace Van Loon as marriage to millionaire nobleman Heinrich van der Wurst is postponed. Allegations claim Grace may be implicated in bigamy if Jon Bimpkins, her supposedly long‑absent husband, is alive, prompting calls for investigation.
The city endured a sultry day with a 79 degree high and 78 percent humidity at 8 AM rising to 86 by evening. Five heat prostrations were reported, five more than the previous day, as crowds filled the Charles River basin and the Common.
Names and addresses of five residents who collapsed or overpowered by heat are listed with hospital outcomes showing recovery or favorable conditions. The article notes forecast of continued heat with possible storms in the West and mentions June temperatures in Roswell and El Paso.
More than 300 guests attended the Cambridge wedding of Bella Whelan and Thomas F. Keegan Harvard 18, a young Boston leather tradesman. The ceremony was at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Cambridge last evening at seven.
Miss Lulu Irene MacAusland daughter of Mr and Mrs William MacAusland of 240 Newbury Street married Albert Freer Flint of Boston last evening at her parents home. Rev George A Gordon of the Old South Church officiated.
William Healey, 38, of East Cambridge, was stabbed after a fight with coworker Jeremiah Canty, 50, at the Prison Point area near the Somerville railroad bridge. Canty was arrested on murder charges and arraigned in Somerville Court. The knife used remains missing.
A man died after being found with multiple stab wounds including the heart and back near the kidney, head, and face. He was unconscious at the scene and made no ante-mortem statement before transport to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Cardinal Gibbons ordains twenty Jesuits at Woodstock College Woodstock Md several natives of Boston among the new priests and deacons. Recipients include Rev Francis J Dore Rev Edmund A Walsh Rev Daniel J Cronin Rev Eugene B Cummings Rev Aloysius T Higgins Rev Daniel J Lynch and Rev Henry B Kelly with families and hometown ties listed for Jamaica Plain South End Dorchester and Dorchester.
Governor McCall announced the members of a new special commission to study habit forming drugs in Massachusetts and tighten laws. Appointees include Dr. Frank G. Wheatley Hermann C. Lythgoe and Abraham C. Webber. He also named James B. Bridges as Franklin county sheriff and Frank Atwood as medical examiner.
Governor McCall replied to Representative Thomas J. Giblin that he is weighing a call for a special Legislature session to fund aid for soldiers heading to the front and for their dependents. Giblin urged no compensation for lawmakers, while noting broad public demand for immediate relief and a possible session without delay. New parasol designs are previewed in color in the upcoming Sunday Post.
Watertown firemen, known for rescuing prisoners and animals, aided a 3 year old who locked himself in a bathroom. The piece notes their diverse duties and teases a future tale of Hank’s animal friends, including a self starting elephant.
Pierce's Corn Plasters promise to end all corns with a sturdy, universal fit for hard or soft corns. The ad highlights reliability, money back if it fails, and national availability through Winthrop Sales Co. at 116 West 82nd Street, New York City, with a dime trial package offer.
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