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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1911
Page
6
More than $1000 in cash vanished from a package sent by Winchester National Bank to Boston Clearing House last Thursday evening before delivery. Detectives opened an inquiry this afternoon into the missing funds and are seeking Harold Eastman, a bank clerk who has not been seen since Thursday night.
A package to Boston reportedly held 1246 dollars in cash but 1015 to 1035 dollars were missing upon arrival at the Boston clearing house. F P Kellom, bank cashier, delivered the package to H T Coombs, local express agent, accompanied by Eastman who sealed the package before handoff. Eastman was last seen leaving town Thursday night on an evening train toward Ashuelot. Kellom remained silent on details.
A period guidance piece urges sympathy for women facing weakness and suffering and promotes a trusted family remedy as the best natural aid during depressions and ailments. It emphasizes supportive female friends and natural correction for distress.
Plymouth February 28 Lena Cusumano wife of Frank Cusumano is described as one of the most model prisoners in Plymouth county jail since her conviction for first degree murder. She devotes time to tailoring mending and washing jail clothing while remaining cheerful and helpful to fellow inmates.
Cornelius A. Guiney of Boston, class of 1911, won the Fulton Debating Society prize at Boston College. The debate, on whether the federal government should establish a parcels post, featured A. Francis Harrington and Guiney for the affirmative and Thomas N. Gannon and Stephen H. Mahoney for the negative, with Monsignor M. J. Splaine as judge chairman.
Frank Ribero, a Portuguese laborer, was sentenced by Judge Schofield in Plymouth County Superior Court to not less than 10 nor more than 14 years in State Prison for assault on Miss Elizabeth DuPlaine, a nurse at the Manomet Sanatorium. The attack occurred last October near the Manomet chapel when a knife struck her shoulder and lip. Ribero denied the charge, claiming a mistake in the perpetrator.
Advertises Pyramid Pile Cure claiming many cases cured with a free trial package mailed in a plain wrapper. Promises permanent relief and urges purchasing 50 cents per box from your druggist after proof of value, avoiding surgery and doctor bills.
Rosa A. Cole of Kingston dies February 4, leaving an estate valued at $510000. Public gifts include $100000 to Jordan Hospital Plymouth for a Rosa A. Cole fund, $2000 to Old Colony Club, $5000 each to Plymouth Lodge of Masons and Kingston Public Library, and other gifts to local libraries, churches, and aid homes. The remainder goes to Jordan Hospital as an added fund.
Official report details 600 people and families stranded off Lavensari Island when ice broke away on Feb 23. After a three day search, floes split into sections carrying 40 to 50 per group. Two parties totaling 120 were driven ashore. the fate of the rest is unknown.
Sunday Post notes that February prize winners will be published in the following Sunday issue of the Post. The announcement promises the names of winners from the famous cooking and household helps contests.
The Day Letter, a 60 word daytime telegram companion to the 50 word Night Letter, launches to popularize rapid telegraph use. Day Letters will be in plain English, with plain text only, and transmit during business hours with full rate telegrams taking priority. The service, like the Night Letter, promises the United States the cheapest telegraph service in the world.
New York detectives say an international gang used a female confederate posing as a man to steal jewels from Mrs. Maldwin Drummond on the steamer Amérika. They identify a specific woman traveler and note the $125,000 loss includes a $70,000 pearl necklace insured in London.
In Plymouth on February 28 Horace E Thrasher of Carver received a sentence of eight to ten years in state prison for immoral habits. His wife cried out and fainted in the rear of the courtroom and was carried away by officers.
An ad claims Papes Diapepsin instantly relieves indigestion sour stomach heartburn and stomach misery. It states five minute relief from belching nausea headaches and other disorders and urges readers to read the formula on the 50 cent case.
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