04 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1907
Page
1
New York march 3. The central issue in the Harry Thaw case shifts to his sanity with debate over his recent behavior and the defense lawyer Delmas’s views. Evelyn Thaw believes he is sane except regarding Stanford White, and the public watches the trials amid sensational stunts and court theater.
President Roosevelt's son Archie has diphtheria and is isolated in the White House southeast room under quarantine. Surgeon General Rixey treated him with antitoxin after being called in Friday. the illness is not considered serious and no alarm is necessary. Archie attended school last week before falling ill.
Two older youths failed to save three boys swept by Charles River currents off Magazine street beach Cambridge. Victims are James Bennett 11 Patrick Murphy 10 and Charles Poingdestier 14, all from Cambridge households. Rescuers Harold Laing 14 and Edmund Leland 14, also of Cambridge, risked their lives.
Nellie Taylor a 20 year old Winthrop girl has vanished since Saturday evening. Guardian R N Chapman reports a mysterious telephone claim Nellie is safe then silence. A call from 41400 Haymarket the Revere House produced no leads. police remain baffled and Chapman fears foul play. Nellie, described as five feet tall and 100 pounds, is an orphan with Canadian relatives.
The Great Northern steamship Dakota ran ashore in Tokio Bay last night with no loss of life. Passengers are safe and refloating may prove difficult as the vessel takes on water. The Dakota and sister ship Minnesota are the world’s largest deadweight carriers, each 20,714 tons, built at New London two years ago, 622 feet long, 73.5 feet wide, 19 feet moulded depth.
Mrs Cornelia O Stevens of Bangor mother of Congressman Frederick C Stevens of Minnesota died in Rockland today of Brights disease. She was 67, a Belfast native, with surviving children Deputy Collector Frank Stevens of St Paul and Dr John Stevens of Rockland.
Boston welcomed spring as one of the warmest spots in New England with robins in suburbs and pussy willows above melting slush. Hundreds gathered in the Common and Public Garden, Fenway, Marine Park, and Franklin Field to greet the season. People strolled the melted paths, couples occupied benches, and a Nile green dressed woman with black pumps was seen as the harbinger of spring.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for partly cloudy and colder Monday with a fair Tuesday. The outlook from Washington notes heavy cloudy conditions in New England before a clearer Tuesday and continued seasonal temperatures.
The article lists hourly readings for yesterday at Thompson's Spa 219 Washington Street. The average temperature was 36 with a range from 19 to 24 noted in the record, and a comparison indicates the previous year’s temperature was not provided.
Arrangements were made in Gardiner for an inquest into the death of Walter Wiley a 20 year old Camden resident and noted baseball player who was killed late last night by a Boston bound train on the Maine Central railroad.
Washington March 3 Senator Spooner has written Wisconsin Governor Davidson resigning from the United States Senate to take effect May 1 next He says continuing would require an unjust sacrifice and will resume law practice He notes he will remain a citizen of Wisconsin and had informed Vice President Fairbanks of his plan
Worcester faces a possible horse famine as rail shortages delay hundreds of carloads of grain and hay remains scarce. Local dealers report no full carload grain available and prices rise. some owners substitute flour to keep horses alive while relief is awaited.
A period piece claims lung consumption follows from coughs and advertises Lung Kuro as a cure. The snippet presents a health remedy pitch typical of early medical advertisements, urging readers to treat coughs to prevent tuberculosis.
Sensational Eddy case report claims leaders offered Glover and heirs 150000 dollars to end legal threats, a deed of trust was prepared for delivery, and a later press disclosure prompted counsel actions. The sources question funding and motives amid church faction tensions and family disputes.
Concord New Hampshire March 3 Mrs Eddy took her daily drive in a shortened outing with a white thin face seen through slightly drawn side windows. The carriage carried Mrs Eddy in the rear seat while her secretary Mr Frye sat outside with the coachman and watched passersby.
The fragmentary OCR item notes content from pages 3 of a sea themed section. Readable parts reference a start in a story or feature and indicate continuation across pages. Details remain sparse, with no clear names, dates, or outcomes available in the readable text.
Three boys escape on floating ice while two helpers Leland and Laing race to aid them. The ice cake splits as Poingdester and Bennett struggle to shore. Bennett drowns, Poingdester vanishes beneath the water as bystanders and Michael Haley witness the fatal moment.
The Red Star line steamer Vaderland under Captain Thoff, sailing from Antwerp to New York, ran aground on the Goodwin Sands near the Strait of Dover after departing on Saturday.
A Dover tug races to aid the Vaderland amid dense fog that hides ships by a ship length. Groundings flood the region with insufficient tugs, risking King Edward's continental trip. Several ships collide. the German steamers Marsala and Helene clash, the Helene sinking with eight crew lost.
An advertisement touts Horlicks Malted Milk as a reliable nutritious food drink alternative to impure milk, claiming it is the original and genuine product for family use.
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