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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
3
A Boston letter carrier James F wombly of Revere escaped a one to five year term after his son a Harvard student made an emotional court plea. The son begged leniency as his father wailed for mercy and his mother fainted in the courtroom.
In a courtroom scene Judge Dodge halts the plea as a son assists his ailing mother and carries her from the room. The father is discharged and the case placed on file due to the family’s dependence, a gravely ill son, and the absence of an immediate sentence by the officials involved.
After one year of operation Des Moines reports the commission form of government saved the city more than two hundred thousand dollars.
Mrs. Sarah M. Hutchinson widow of Benjamin P. Hutchinson of Chicago died suddenly of heart failure at Edward B. Newhall’s home in Lynn at 76. She was born Ingalls and married the shoe manufacturer in 1856. Survived by four children including Charles J. Hutchinson former president of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Arthur B. Flanagan of 19 Traymore Street Cambridge was arrested Tuesday on a charge of forging his aunt's signature to a $20 money order. His father requests a sanity examination before further prosecution.
District Attorney Hill announced plans to retry ex-Alderman Battis on two counts of city funds larceny. He stated the first trial’s evidence and verdict do not alter his belief in Battis’ guilt and that public interest requires a second jury's consideration.
The American Italian relief committee reorganized as the American General Relief Committee to maintain a standing organization for immediate fundraising during public calamities. Henry Clews serves as president with vice-presidents August Belmont Fred G Vanderbilt Samuel Untermyer Cornelius N Bliss Edward Lauterbach and General John T Cutting.
A. B. Goodman of 288 Newtonville Avenue Newtonville brought a monster egg to the Boston Post. The white Wyandotte hen lays eggs daily and this specimen measures 6.25 by 8.25 inches with a 3.75 inch length and weighs 4.12 ounces. The egg contains two or three yolks and is the largest seen compared with I. J. Allen’s Easter egg.
A Yukon Oklahoma family describes a two year old son suffering a severe summer rash with intense itching and blisters. After failing standard treatments, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cleared the rash in a week and the child remained symptom free for years.
Millions use Cuticura for eczema rashes itchings inflammations and general toilet and nursery needs. The Cuticura Remedies are sold globally. Potter Drug & Chem Corp sole proprietors publish 155 Columnus Ave Boston Mass. Mailed free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases.
Manchester New Hampshire Grand Lodge of the New England Order of Protection closes its annual session with Grand Ward en George Pattee of Goffstown re-elected to the top post. The officers elected include Grand Vice-Warden Co F Locke Lakeport Grand Secretary Joseph Daniels Manchester Grand Treasurer Florence Fisher Manchester and others from Franklin Rochester Manchester Salem and Lakeport.
An art lecturer denounces fat women as an obstacle to artistic uplift and urges shedding flesh. He cites Paris models with trim figures and promotes a so called fat reducer using Marmola Cascara Aromatic and peppermint water claiming to remove a pound daily.
Eight individuals and several corporations were secretly indicted on conspiring to defraud through collusive bidding involving structural steel. They surrendered to inspectors, with four pleading not guilty and the rest declining to plead. bail set at two thousand dollars each. Named defendants include Elmer M. Smith, Charles M. Pennycuick, T Frank E. White, John Wilson, Albert S. Miller Jr, Henry Collins, John G. Witham, and Henry T. Ripley.
The Franklin Union announces the end of its evening classes tomorrow after a successful season. The building and new equipment will be open to public inspection from 7 to 10 PM with students work on display and laboratories in operation including motors generators testing machines and the Cooper Corliss engine built for the union.
Sarah Landy a six year old of 50 Porter Street was struck by a taxicab and bumped by an electric car on Tremont Street while walking to school. She suffered bruises but will be all right in a day or two, doctors say.
A kerosene lamp upset started a fire in Lowell early today killing Miss Rose Anne Rogan, 60, in her Marion and Lagrange streets room. Roommate Mrs. Margaret Clinton, aging herself, escaped by leaping from a second story window, injuring her ankle. The fire crew found Rogan’s charred body near a window.
Lynn March 24 Miss Annie Fr Earley sues William J Conlin of Salem alleging breach of promise and seeks ten thousand dollars in damages in a local heart balm action.
An advisory piece promotes outdoor naps for infants during winter with proper ventilation and warm clothing. It suggests using a cot in sunny sheltered corners, light coverings, and occasional hot water bags. It endorses Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a daily preventive supplement.
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