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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1906
Page
5
Rep William L Newton of Ward 13 says he opposed the Sunday observance bill after studying it, claiming it would undo liberal Sunday entertainment and push Massachusetts back to Puritan days. The measure faces further readings and potential passage today amid a partisan clash.
Miss Pansy Townsend shot on her wedding day will be laid to rest beside her father in a private double funeral at Oak Grove Cemetery Medford. An autopsy by Dr. Durell and Dr. Swan found two weapons used, a rifle and a pistol, with the fatal shots explained. Francis W Perry the fiancé will attend the service before returning south.
Leo Gordon of Boston and Rebecca Goldberg of New York city married in Roddy Hall Brighton with Rabbi Friederman and Rabbi Levine officiating. Best man S. Gordon and ten bridesmaids in cream gowns attended the ceremony followed by a large wedding feast and dancing led by P. Gordon.
Teachers of the Lyman School district East Boston plan a series of shows at the Lyman School building from tonight through Friday to raise funds for keeping the poor children in school. This evening The Courtship of Myles Standish will be presented with colored lantern slides.
United States Marshal Burns pursued Stephen A. B. Puter after he drew a pistol and escaped following an arrest in Back Bay. Puter, linked to Northwest land frauds with Horace McKinely, reportedly travels with a woman believed to be his wife. Police describe Puter as 47, 6 feet 8, 190 pounds, dark complexion, large eyes, wearing a dark raincoat and gray hat.
Motorman Arthur and Conductor Sliney found a woman near Howlett's Pond after she described a brutal robbery and attempted drowning by two men. She was taken to Edward Cullen's home then treated in Saugus by Dr. E Clarence Parcher. Neighbors fear the tramps remain in the area.
The article recounts Stevens' arrest after a 19th century spree, noting his two marriages since 1900. Wife No. 1 describes a georgia wedding, move north, forgery of an $80 check, breaking and entering, and a probation outcome amid poverty and a child’s death.
The joint rules committee at the State House will hear E. Moody Boynton's petition at 1 pm on a plan to place portraits in Doric Hall and statues in Memorial Hall. He favors governors and Adams signers in the Hall of Representatives and urges an art committee to guide historic sequence for Massachusetts.
Jerome defied the grand jury by seeking warrants for Perkins after pressuring for affidavits. He consulted Justice Wyatt then Magistrate Moss, with depositions from New York Life officials shown. The move aimed to test legal grounds and avert arrest while preserving defense before a trial jury.
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