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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1905
Page
5
The thermometer yesterday showed a high of 42 degrees and a low of 0 with an average around 23 to 24. Readings included 8 am 42, 1 pm 58, 6 pm 47, and midnight 40, noting a daily average near 23 to 24 and a year ago average of 24.
A day in June arrives early as blustering March weather gives way to summer mood. Boston crowds fill Copley Square Tremont Street and the Common while beaches and resorts lure visitors to inspect winter damage. Narrow Gauge ferries carry summer residents to Winthrop Beach Mont and Nantasket cottages show repairs needed before seasonal move in.
In East Cambridge Charles Louis Tucker, confined for the Mabel Page murder, faces a new trial hearing with defense contests on the search warrant and evidence. The case may rise to the US Supreme Court if Massachusetts rulings fail to favor Tucker.
Tucker, buoyed by hopes of a new trial, greets his mother heartily as his attorneys express belief a new trial will be granted, signaling possible freedom soon.
Dr. Greene offers a free trial bottle of Nervura at his Boston office 34 Temple Place to showcase its claimed benefits including nerve strengthening blood purification and prevention of illness. He asserts superiority and provides no charge for consultation, touting Nervura as a premier spring tonic and sole profession ally compounded remedy.
Albert F. Tucker of Auburndale rejoined duties at the Boston and Albany switch tower after weeks of illness and worry over his son Charles L. Tucker the convicted murderer of Mabel Page. He appeared aged and subdued as he resumed shifts.
At Block Island Rhode Island on March 26 the stranded steamer Spartan broke up in heavy swell washing nearly 100 tons of freight ashore. Islanders and wreckers toiled to save freight as the ship's hull remained in bad condition. Rubber shoes and cloth stock were replenished amid the salvage effort.
Albert C. Burrage of 314 Commonwealth avenue underwent surgery Friday night for a complicated appendicitis. Dr. George H. Earle reported the prognosis favorable at a late hour, noting early results are uncertain but improving with each hour and no complications detected.
John H. McCrink a local brakeman was struck by an engine and instantly killed while walking on the East Deering yard tracks of the Grand Trunk in Portland Maine. He was unmarried and lived with his parents.
The German imperial yacht Hohenzollern with Empress and princes arrives in the Straits to cheering crowds. An Italian squadron and yachts including the American steamer Venetia greet the party with honors as Morton Plant and party voyage aboard.
John Dimon 75 faces a 10000 suit from Lydia White 45 of Pine Plains N Y. Deputy Sheriff attaches Dimon property after she claims he refused to marry her. Dimon claims proposal not from him yet secured a marriage license days later. He is noted as a wealthy local blacksmith turned real estate investor and loaner.
Warm rains swell Miller's River ice threatening Athol factories along the line. Ice jams and ruptured dams could unleash a flood similar to eight years ago as sections from the horseshoe curve above the Shoddy Company begin cracking. Authorities fear a sudden break could send a torrent down toward main street and royalston-area towns.
Annual returns from Congregational churches in New Hampshire show a clear decline in total membership and a dropping average salary for ministers to 772 dollars. Many earn under 400 dollars, while Massachusetts reports stronger church growth and higher average salaries around 3800 dollars.
Portland report says vast ice packs off the Grand Banks loom ahead of incoming steamers. The Thomson line ship Kildona under Captain David Roberts reached port and describes the Atlantic ice as the worst at this season he has seen, with a huge pack extending north beyond sight.
Gardner March 26. Road Commissioner F E Whitney kept a road machine working to level snowdrifts on back roads toward Winchendon beyond the town farm and in Little Canada from Lowe's farm past the Miller farm. Snow depths ranged six to eight feet with six horses on the machine.
Trains on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and cars on the Old Colony street railway were crowded yesterday. Thousands visited Paragon Park at Nantasket, where park directors observed strong public interest in the new enterprise.
Philadelphia report states William M. Ayres, 54, senior member of William Ayres & Sons, died suddenly at Atlantic City on March 26.
Mary Blaney of 1410 Columbus Ave Roxbury District Boston asserts Quinona cured her stomach trouble purified her blood and improved her overall health.
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