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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
14
At Morse's a sale of last Spring's suits and new Spring 1908 models were advertised. Shoppers faced deep cuts on former prices including 12 and 10 dollar items, plus 18 16.50 15 and 13.50 sets, with remaining reductions as new stock arrives. The store urged hurry to secure bargains on both old and new lines.
Cardenio F. King, financial agent, remains absent with no trace found at his Brookline home or office. A maid reports he has been away long and his son is at school while Mrs. King is away and silent on his whereabouts.
Judge Frederick Dodge names Jeremiah Smith Jr as receiver for Cardenio F. King in a U S District Court filing. Bond of ten thousand posted. McCarthy to file five thousand bond next morning to pursue larceny charge for stock worth four thousand seventy five. Creditors including Bannister, Davis, Critchell, Weaver, Gerrish, Pierce, Gilmore and Fletcher allege King misused funds and seek to limit assignees Hopkins and Yeaton.
Judge De Courcey told Rus sell E Footman the former Boston Club cashier he would not be placed on probation after a shortage of over 1700 dollars was found. Footman absconded last November and appeared for sentence with attorney John P Feeney appealing for probation while director Colonel Ferris urged leniency.
Mrs Maude G Clarke was acquitted by a New York jury of kidnapping her adopted 5 year old son Carleton Clarke from Dr and Mrs Geza Kremer. The trial featured claims of an adopted agreement allowing return for 500 dollars and part payment by Clarke. Mrs Clarke collapsed unconscious after the verdict as jurors offered support.
Frederick L. Johnson was appointed receiver for the Albert A. Guiges Leather Company in Newark New Jersey as of March 12. The action places the firm under court supervision to protect its assets and operations.
J Barry Mack, owner of a Newburyport business college and a Providence sister institution, has vanished. His wife, reportedly ill and despondent, cannot locate him, and local pupils and merchants fear for the campus closure as searches continue.
Mrs. Matilda Packard widow of H. H. Packard Brockton’s second mayor dies at Brockton Hospital aged 80.
A rumor says a petition will be sent to Governor Guild seeking pardon for Lewis Warner, 68, whose nine year State prison term ends next November. The plea cites age and good behavior though a US indictment for the national bank offense remains. Warner led Hampshire County National Bank and Hampshire Savings Bank, both closed in 1898 with $640,000 shortage.
Miss Eleanor R. Holt of Lisbon Falls, Maine traveled from Leominster to Lawrence in Shefield seeking work as a housekeeper. He, a Civil War veteran aged 74, had four marriages and sought a fifth wife. Holt fled in distress with her baggage left behind.
The Fore River built scout cruiser Birmingham completed the second government endurance test by maintaining 24.32 knots for four hours along the New England coast. Officials praised the lack of vibration and satisfactory coal use, with a 24-hour trial at 12 knots planned for a later phase starting last night.
The crew of the towboat Underwrnter captured a sea turtle weighing 609 pounds at Vineyard Haven. The turtle was presented to steward George Jackson. Chief mate Joshua Eldridge nearly lost a finger during the landing effort.
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