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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1913
Page
5
Colonel Roger F. Scannell writes to the editor disputing Post coverage of his trial against the Boston Elevated Railway Company. He asserts he testified to new facts before Chief Justice Aiken last week and accuses the paper of injustice in its report.
Roger F. Scannell recounts a July 8 1911 evening incident after leaving Glenbrook Distilling Co and Guiney's in Court Square. While boarding a Huntington Avenue car at Berth 1 he was thrown from the car when the conductor rung the bell and the car lurched dislocating his shoulder and scattering his parcel. He identifies the car starter Joseph H. McCarthy and notes his ride home to 700 Huntington Avenue after the fall. He mentions his Knights of St Patrick and Montgomery Guards ranks in a closing personal sign-off.
March 2 Montrose Col. Uri Hotchkiss a famed hunter and his son captured the largest mountain lion yet seen in the area. The nine foot long animal weighed 146 pounds and was secured after Hotchkiss roped its neck tail and leg then saddled the beast and brought it to Colona.
Michael Prout a 48 year old man was found dead near the rear entrance of the I'll Try Hotel on Main street in Webster Today with a deep wound on the left side of his head He had been dead about six hours when guests discovered his body Police and physicians will work to determine the cause Chief of Police Maurice P Clare believes the death was not murder
Thomas Ewing Steele former Columbus attorney was sentenced to 13 months in federal court in Columbus ten years ago and released today after a pardon from President Taft confirmed by telegram from Washington at midnight.
An 1855 prescription from Rev. Father John O’Brien of Lowell inspires Father John’s Medicine. The lay tale promises a $25 000 charity donation if proven false and claims to cure coughs colds and lung troubles without alcohol or poisons.
Middleboro residents plan a boycott if Harvard schedules do not include Dartmouth next fall. Theodore N. Wood leads efforts to recruit hundreds for a special trip to witness the Harvard Penn game in Philadelphia, ending a long tradition of Harvard Dartmouth pilgrimages from the town.
Harvard students seek Cambridge Board of Aldermen approval to rename Ware Holyoke and Dunster streets to prevent misaddressed mail. Confusion arises as dormitory halls Ware Holyoke and Dunster share street names and numbers, causing letters to be misdelivered and delays for students.
The Tecla Company of Paris opens an agency in Messrs Maynard & Co show rooms at 416 Boylston Street Boston inviting the public to view its creations. The firm, with branches in London Berlin Nice Vienna Rome New York Philadelphia Washington St Louis and Atlantic City, highlights artificial pearls combined with genuine diamonds.
In Somerville Charles F Hall's Highland Avenue hen house, a dust print from a woman's shoe heel led to the arrest of Patrick Grainey 17 on larceny charges for stealing hens. Joseph Slobeska was also arrested for receiving the hens knowing they were stolen. Grainey was observed in court wearing a woman's shoe earlier that week, prompting the warrant.
Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard has greatly improved after a severe cold last week. He missed the Harvard Club of Boston cornerstone ceremony but hopes to lecture Harvard students today on A Successful Profit-Sharing Plan in the new lecture hall.
Karl Jorn praises Tuxedo as an ideal smoke and energy bracer in Koenigskinder. Herbert Witherspoon lauds its mild fragrance and added pipe pleasure in Lohengrin. Both performers endorse the tobacco for vitality and character.
Pasquale Amato, Metropolitan Opera baritone, makes his season debut as Jack Rance the sheriff in The Girl of the Golden West at the Opera House. He originated the role at the world premiere two years ago. Mime Melis returns as partial lead, with Zaninello voicing Dick Johnson and Moranzoni conducting.
The first New England performance of Alphonse Daudet's drama T Arlesienne by Paul Marcel and his French company raises great interest as the first French version in the United States. Bizet's entire incidental score, regarded by many as superior to Carmen, will be performed by the Boston Opera Company orchestra and chorus under Andre Caplet with the act four Farandole danced by the ballet.
The American colony in Mexico City passed a resolution urging President elect Wilson to keep Ambassador Wilson in his post until Mexico settlement progresses.
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