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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1911
Page
5
An obscure OCR fragment notes a mishap involving a tent and a tax or revenue claim. The readable items mention an unfair tract or right and possible loss of funds, but details are unclear and names or places are not identifiable.
Dr Reynolds J McCormack of Roxbury died from a cerebral hemorrhage after a day of long calls. Nine fraternal orders will represent him at his funeral at Mt Calvary Cemetery after services at St Joseph Church Roxbury. He was past chief ranger of J Philip Court Massachusetts Order of Foresters and physician to the Scots Charitable Society.
Norman Schultz a janitor by trade and small boys theft tutor was convicted of burglary and larceny today and remanded for sentence. Nine boys confessed to being his pupils and are in the House of Refuge. Loot worth twenty thousand dollars was found at Schultz's home with one boy admitting 26 burglaries and another stealing 805 bicycles, both under his direction.
London reports M Bayard Brown partner in Brown Shipley Co in retirement at Brightlingsea was ordered by the courts to pay 650000 dollars income tax. Brown claimed exemption as US source income but court ruled he was a UK resident despite American citizenship.
The Rev. Allen A. Stockdale, praised as one of Boston’s brightest young clergymen, will leave active pastoral work to join the regular staff of the international committee of the YMCA in New York. He will serve on the national and international platform addressing religious life among men.
The Union Congregational Church pastor at Columbus Avenue and West Newton Street, renowned for youth work and the men’s corner stone class, will join the Men and Religion Forward Movement in the United States and Canada. His departure follows a Boston City Club meeting on Tuesday where the movement was discussed. He declined to comment beyond confirming an invitation to the new role.
Frank H Heidemann a German man confessed to the murder of Marie Smith whose mutilated body was found near Asbury Park last November The court ordered a not guilty plea after learning he lacked funds for defense and named counsel The trial is set for April 17 A German detective reportedly secured the confession and a stenographic copy is with the State's prosecutor
General Sales Manager Oscar F Ostby of the Commercial Acetylene Company won a court reduction of the $250 a month alimony his wife Adelaide L Ostby sought. The order halves the sum to $125 monthly and also imposes a $200 counsel fee to attorney Thomas Hall Ford, who represents Mrs Ostby in the absolute divorce suit.
Mrs Ostby seeks alimony and fees alleging her husband Jeremiah Ostby visited his alleged mistress at 111 West 111th Street Manhattan on March 2. Ostby maintains the family distrusted travel and claims his salary cannot cover a 250 monthly alimony.
Navy plans to form a corps of competent aviators with an aviation school likely to be established at Annapolis by the Navy Department this summer. Lieutenant T G Ellyson, who has trained in aeroplane operation at San Diego, will be an instructor at the school. He was ordered from San Diego to Washington for conference today.
A counterfeit ten dollar note of the 191 series was announced by the secret service. It is a poor photographic likeness of Lewis and Clark with a reddish brown back instead of green.
A reading on how fast sugar dissolves in water compares to the action of a Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablet. The note estimates the relief timing for digestion and stomach comfort after ingestion.
A Lisbon shipping report says the captain and crew of the four masted steel bark Buteshire were landed in Lisbon. The vessel, abandoned in the Bay of Biscay, is nearing Glasgow after being sighted with sails set and pilotless, 76 miles southwest of Bishop's Rock. The Raphael towed her, but cast off 45 miles off the Lizard.
Camden New Jersey March 30 The steam ship Somerset built for Merchants and Miners Transportation Company of Baltimore was launched this afternoon at the New York Shipbuilding Company yard in Conoconn a Zaatta See
An ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as fast acting relief for overloaded stomachs. It claims the tablets hasten digestion, reduce gas and tongue coating, and act like extra stomachs without harming the body. The copy urges use by all druggists and notes harmless digestion without curing any illness.
Chief Fire Marshal Frank Rice will hold an inquest tomorrow morning into Tuesday night’s fire at the Simon Gordon dry goods store on Main Street. State Officer Arthur Welles has been in Gloucester for two days conducting investigations and examining witnesses.
Police found a bundle of paper and rags beside a chest of drawers in a long passageway at the rear of the store after a blaze at o'clock Tuesday night. Little damage was done.
Congress man Richard Young of New York presented diplomas to 23 Carlisle Indian School graduates at the close of the commencement exercises in Carlisle Pennsylvania today.
Funeral services for Louis A Hoffer Jr a 1 year old Stoneham boy who died by his own action will be held at 28 Perking Street Stoneham at 2 30 this afternoon Rev David M Lorkrow a retired Baptist minister will officiate No autopsy will be performed according to the father today
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