This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
5
At Malden station on the Boston and Maine line hundreds of dollars in new 25 cent pieces spilled from a loaded express truck. A box containing 2100 dollars in quarters tumbled onto the platform yesterday afternoon.
An express truck toppled causing neat quarter rolls to spill on the platform. Children helped gather coins while two expressmen recovered the money and sent it to a Boston bank. The eight packages total many thousands, consigned from Malden’s First National Bank.
The Revere Board of Selectmen, after a 2 hair 1b minute recess, elected Walter T. White chairman on the first ballot replacing Frank H. Farrell. Louis E. Vincent switched to the Democrats aiding Farrell. Lieutenant Claire Chainey was named captain and Walter A. Sancrey was re-elected superintendent of streets amid a crowded, noisy session.
London March 6.Government to introduce two bills on suffragettes. The first would let the home secretary license and detain hunger strikers in hospitals or homes, recommitting after health is restored until full term is served. The second outlines fines recovery and property attack penalties.
The Evacuation Day parade route in South Boston was announced. It will assemble in Andrews Square at 2 with marching starting at 2 30 from Dorchester Street toward East Fourth Street and through a sequence of streets ending at Farragut Road and Dorchester Avenue where Mayor Fitzgerald will review the procession.
The ORRINE treatment for the drink habit is advertised as destroying all desire for whiskey beer or other stimulants. It claims thousands cured and offers a money back guarantee if no results. Sold for one dollar per box with a free booklet from Orrine Company Washington DC and available at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
Mrs. De Belle on the 12th floor of the Carney Building threatened to shoot Judge George after seizing a revolver. Attorney Russ alerted police. Patrolmen McInness and Cairns detained her as she struggled. Taken to Roxbury State Psycopathic Hospital for observation after declaring she would kill the judge and avenge her missing child Frederick De Belle.
Miss Eleanor Cummings Hibbard daughter of the late Mayor George A. Hibbard married Howard W. Lamkin of Dorchester yesterday at noon. Rev. John Haynes Holmes of the Third Religious Society assisted by Rev. E. S. Meredith officiated. Miss Irma A. Perkins served as bridesmaid and William Rich was best man.
Edward Raymond native of Charlestown and last of eight children died at Boston City Hospital after a brief illness. Once he possessed a renowned curios collection, but locals believed his fortune had diminished and that he left little or no money at death.
Ea Raymond a Boston area figure born and educated in Charlestown ran a Main Street curio shop with Egyptian Chinese Japanese and Philippine items and master paintings. He later moved to Main and Monument Streets and then Melrose before vanishing from public view. He spent his final days at the Crawford House Boston and was said to be about 63 or 68 years old.
In a sensational case a woman claimed her child had been spirited away and sought state intervention. The child was found and placed with the Children's Aid Society. A court conference led Judge George to decide Mrs De Belle is not a proper guardian and the society retains custody.
A telegram to the Post claims John D. Rockefeller Jr. funded MIT with 2.5 million dollars last summer, with 1 million paid. MIT President Richard C. Maclaurin, said to know the donor's identity, refused to confirm or deny, citing secrecy and potential discovery of the benefactor.
Mrs. Mary Kelly, likely Roxbury’s oldest resident and longtime Mission Church charitable figure, died at her home at 180 St. Alphonsus Street. She was 97 and survived by two sons Daniel J. and Patrick.
Clarence William Clarke of Kansas City and Boston wed Emily E. Croasdale of Allston on January 15 in a quiet ceremony. The news would have remained secret if friends, acting as jokers, had not shown a misidentified photo of the bride to a select audience.
The Clarke marriage at 728 Commonwealth avenue became public after a staged photo showed Mrs. Clarke as a tall, rosy faced beauty. The groom, manager of Smith & Bros. typewriter Co., had kept the union secret, but friends circulated the image and the truth emerged, ending with a lighthearted reveal.
Clarence Darrow in Los Angeles begins his closing for the McNamara trial defense. He belittles prosecutors and evidence, noting there is not enough proof to whip a dog and expressing confidence jurors will judge fairly despite a guilty verdict being possible.
The comic features Hank the Hermit and his animals causing a playful mess with a vacuum cleaner. Readers are teased to see the antics in next Sunday's Post comic section.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.