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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
3
James J. Douglas, 60, of Dorchester, was found suspended head and shoulders in a bridge trestle. A six officer patrol crew used a mobile derrick to hoist him free and he was booked for drunkenness before being released in the afternoon.
During the Douglas operation an apparently unconscious man slept on the track until Patrolman Arthur Cooper found his feet sticking up. He alerted others and the man was hoisted from the perilous position and loaded into a police ambulance just before an express train passed.
Secretary Meyer awarded a contract for the battleship Pennsylvania to Newport News Shipbuilding Company for 7.26 million dollars. The vessel ranks among the world's largest battleships and will be constructed in Newport News, Virginia.
Mrs. Louisa Lindloff was convicted of murdering her son to obtain life insurance and was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary in Chicago.
Harrison Co offers last year suits at half price with $15.00 suits now 7.75 and $25.00 suits at 12.50. Silkened overcoats offered at 9.75. Located at 662 672 Washington Street corner Beach.
Delegations of fellow workers from the Boston and New York paper Polllock started, friends, and staff attended the funeral at 2 30 pm at his Dorchester home 124 Glenway street Rev Frank Dorr Budlong officiated The Temple Quartet sang Lead Kindly Light Crossing the Bar and Blessed be the Tie that Binds The casket was surrounded by floral tributes Representatives from the Boston American Traveler Herald staffs pallbearers included Elks members and city officials Body placed in Forest Hills Cemetery vault pending shipment to Kimbolton Ohio
Due to Mr. Rossi’s withdrawal from Traviata, Mr. Blanchart will perform as Raffaele in The Jewels of the Madonna at this matinee. Mme. Melis debuts Mariella. The evening program features Rigoletto with Mme. Scotney as Gilda and familiar cast members in all roles.
Easter Sunday reminder that Harrison Co. begins a big spring sale with about 1500 suits and 400 silk lined spring overcoats offered at half price. Formerly 12.50 to 35.00, now half. Located at 662 672 Washington Street at Beach corner.
Miss Blanche FE Hazard a Roxbury history teacher and her brother W H Hazard of 176 Federal Street claim the famous Hazard estate in England valued at over 100 million dollars. The property south of Bristol includes parks farms and castles held in trust for two centuries. Efforts are under way to divide the estate which has no master for 150 years.
English law requires all heirs to be found before settlement. Miss Hazard and her brother, Newport natives, are among the last missing heirs in a quest that traced the Hazard line across three branches with Hassard and Hazzard variants. She holds the family history and crest dating to 1600 and believes their claims will be recognized.
With an enlarged second floor for girls and misses wear, Wolf’s My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets improves capacity to serve young customers. The expanded space strengthens the department and signals stronger attention to their needs.
The State House crisis deepens as McDevitt refuses to add new statements and a joint rules committee is ordered to investigate charges he received a bribe from a House member to sway a pending General Court measure. Public hearing powers and possible censure loom.
Former Speaker Joseph Walker denied swapping votes in the Legislature at a judiciary committee hearing on the anti logrolling bill. Supporters included George H. Tinkham Crocker Morton Prince and Benjamin Lane. James A. Watson accused the Good Government Association of logrolling for the Beacon Hill charter bill.
The fencing match between Harvard and Bowdoin at Hemenway gymnasium was indefinitely postponed because the Bowdoin team from Maine could not travel to Cambridge.
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