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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
3
A New York jury found Jennie Burch not guilty by reason of insanity in the poisoning of baby Wilbur Winship. Judge Miller ordered commitment to Matteawan asylum. The jurors reached the verdict on the fourth ballot after four ballots, with family members forgiving Jennie and Roscoe to visit.
Editor Bohannon of Town and Country Magazine asserts chronic Brights disease is curable with a new diuretic. He urges Congress to fund formula distribution via Associated Press to save tens of thousands of lives, citing recoveries in local tests and mentions senators Perkins and Flint. A San Francisco review asks readers with cases to contact Jaynes & Co for literature.
Our showing of spring garments for men and women this year compares most favorably in styles workmanship and fabrics with any clothing house in New England. Open an account with us. Let us fit you out for Easter and pay us later, a small amount at a time.
The Commercial Club of Boston hosted a gathering at the New Algonquin Club where Robert Batchelder outlined a Panama and West Indies canal inspection trip. Speakers included Robert M. Burnett William Whitman Elihu Thomson and Robert A. Bolt as members reviewed government reports and praised progress and management of the canal project.
In New York a lawsuit over 47,000 shares of London Underground railroad promotion bonds settled. Emelie Grigsby gains possession of the stock once placed in trust by the late Charles T. Yerkes. Yerkes provided a Madison Avenue mansion and funds for her independence. she is reportedly abroad.
Lewis Nixon, famous ship builder and Tammany leader, testified in Supreme Court yesterday about being induced to buy 715 shares of Victor Metal Company stock for 17 500 dollars. The case, brought by S. R. Wrightington as receiver for the defunct firm, seeks the 12 000 dollar shortfall after Shepard’s defense that the deal was regular. Nixon, staying briefly in Boston, indicated Tammany’s support and interest in remaining longer but pressing duties prevented it.
Nine of Alvin D. Puffers heirs appeal a probate court ruling on the 87 year old manufacturing magnate's will. The document contemplates a trust holding 80 percent of the estate with distributions every five years, delaying first payment two decades overdue for the heirs.
Slade's Nutmeg in sifted top tins pleases housekeepers and grocers sell it. Nutmeg praised for quality and convenient packaging as a staple spice for households.
A wild clash outside City Hall ends with Fighting Tom beaten by a 12 tramp who gains the upper hand after ear injury and a dramatic white coated rescuer. The stranger escapes as reinforcements arrive, while the crowd watches a defeated but famed restaurant cat carried away.
The Celtic Club of South Boston will hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock in Clan Na Gael Hall D street South Boston to consider matters of importance.
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