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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1914
Page
3
An expressman delivered a mysterious package to the Quincy city clerk's office. The clerk opened it to find two Colt automatic revolvers. A patrolman seized the guns and took them to headquarters. The clerk did not order them and suspects no sender.
Mrs. Nellie M. Van Valkenburg of Cambridge seeks divorce from Rev. William V. Van Valkenburgh former Marblehead Methodist pastor in Essex Superior Court alleging cruelty and abusive treatment. She is a widow of six months prior to this marriage and has two grown children from her first marriage. One child studies medicine in Boston and the other in Portland Maine. the children reportedly opposed the remarriage.
Byron F. Stuart of Amesbury was trapped for over an hour when a trench under a stone wall at Lambert Hollander’s Hillside avenue residence collapsed. Sealed by sewer gas and rocks, he shouted to alert co workers and was rescued after frantic efforts by volunteers.
Insurance agent John J. McAndrew of 128 Coolidge Street Brookline filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court disclosing liabilities of 57048 and assets of 600.
Concord New Hampshire May 1 Frank A Musgrove of Hanover state auditor tendered his resignation to Governor Felker today He asked it take effect June 30 Health and private business were given as reasons for his action
A joint Radcliffe and Harvard chorus performed sacred music at Appleton Chapel in Harvard Yard yesterday afternoon. The program featured Blessed is the Man by Richard Gilmore Appel of Harvard, a winner of this year’s Francis Boott prize in music.
New York May 1. George W. Young received two cables from Batavia about Mme. Nordica. The messages say the condition is serious and that she has gained little ground since yesterday with no change since morning.
A general alarm sounded yesterday at Braintree for a fire that caused $15,000 damage to Long's block opposite the railroad station. The blaze started in a small second floor store room and spread to the roof, flooding first floor stores and forcing new post office quarters due to extensive damage.
Alaric Stone of Newton Centre a Boston Latin School master won a suit against Helen S Sargent Lawrence Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Williams estate in equity court Judge Pierce ordered the notes returned for cancellation within 10 days and the insurance policy restored Stone had assigned the policy as collateral for a $500 loan on two notes of 230 each which were raised to 1250 after discovering the increase a jury ruling supported Stone positions and the parties were to deliver the notes for cancellation and return the policy.
The government seeks private lists of capital stock and holders, plus employees earning over 2500, to trace taxable personal property. Collector John F. Malley said income taxpayers will be prepared by May 10 for Washington authorities, with assessments due after May receipts and tax bills issued by late May or June 30.
The Ferncroft Inn cases from Watch and Ward Society raids were settled in Salem Superior Criminal Court yesterday. The Ferncroft Club pled guilty to keeping a common nuisance and Walter Mitchell pled guilty to selling liquor. The club will pay 100 dollars and Mitchell 25 dollars.
Plans made in anticipation of contracts and disposal of obsolete office furniture and books were burned at the Fore River shipyards yesterday as spring cleaning began. Every unnecessary article or shed is being destroyed.
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