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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
5
In Waltham on May 2 police seek those who stripped one third of tulip bulbs and plants from crescent shaped beds at the Prospect street entrance. Superintendent Manefield had improved the beds and hopes vandals are punished to the maximum.
Dr. O L Fassig of Johns Hopkins and the Baltimore weather bureau sail from New York to Liverpool on a mission to locate the Zeigler expedition from 1903. The search aims to learn if any crew reached Shannon Island off Greenland and assess feasible routes to the North Pole via the Arctic coast.
Roxbury child Evelyn Lonergan recalls losing her late father's 10 cent keepsake after her mother misplaced the purse in a Washington street department store. Mrs Lonergan faces two years of court delays over her husband's death related interests as she supports four children by opening a hair and skin parlor.
A new feminine walking pose has appeared on Tremont Street drawing eyes from passers-by. The Post man sought sources but women refused to explain its origin. Observers say it may become a lasting fad and photographers report difficulty capturing its full peculiarity.
Fall River police report a Pennsylvania warrant for Max Miller on forgery charges. He claimed to be with Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co of Boston, but the firm denied any such employee. Miller deposited $8000 at a local bank and flashed three pass books showing $43,000. he sought to marry into a local family.
Emperor William of Germany Empress Augusta and princes Eitel Frederick and Oscar arrived aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern in Venice. They were escorted by the battleship Friederich Karl and the cruiser Sleipner and anchored in the basin of St. Mark amid cannon fire and gondola salutes.
The Malden Board of Fire Commissioners appointed John T. Nicolls, captain of Engine 1, and Sidney H. Bailey of Truck 1 as permanent members, with duties starting June 1. Nicolls has 10 years with Boston Fire and 12 years with Malden. Bailey, son of ex-Councilman George T. Bailey, is 31 and has served nine years on the department’s Truck unit.
Miss Adele Biewend, daughter of Rev Ackerman Biewend of the German Lutheran Church Roxbury, married Rev Franz Willer of the German Trinity Church Easthampton. The ceremony was by Rev Biewend with bridesmaids Kitty Haffenreffer Emma B Wrettage maid of honor Irene Biewend and A C Biewend best man. A reception followed in Luther Hall with prominent German residents attending.
Miss Laura A. Dooley assistant bookkeeper for George E. Stillings testified at the State House hearing on the Stillings contempt case linked to Preferred Mercantile. She identified book entries showing thousands paid to Stillings and said he ordered large checks in his name. her own savings were invested in the defunct firm's funds. An expert on accounts is to testify next, and the hearing was adjourned early yesterday.
G. T. Christopher of Cambridge, a milk dealer, paid $1 per can for 15 milk cans under a Cambridge District Court order by Judge Almy. Three counts were placed on file. on the fourth he was found guilty and ordered to pay $15. He claimed extenuating circumstances, saying other dealers stole his cans.
Dr William F Temple of 270 Huntington Avenue was cleared by Judge Brown after a clash with tenant Dr Godfrey Hagenberger of 328 Massachusetts Avenue who accused him of assault. The dispute stemmed from a street excavation and home wiring for electricity.
In Lynn, William Norwood defended a charge of assaulting his 9-year-old son Harold. A tenant testified Norwood stripped the boy, tied his hands, and punished him with a leather strap for truancy. The judge ordered further investigation and continued the case for a week.
Mrs Jack Gardner drew the crowd at Fenway Court during yesterday’s Sharon Sanatorium benefit. The event featured a Japanese themed setup with pagoda booths a grove temple and shrine, and real Japanese participants enhancing the realism.
Chief Justice Knowlton postponed the Coudert Bros. of New York City versus Thomas W. Lawson of Boston to the September term over a $255000 stock subscription dispute in Kern Incandescent Gas Company. Plaintiffs claim Lawson paid only 25000 after an initial 255000 pledge while a later 25 percent call was refused. Lawson says false representations over stock value and patents misled him. Jury dismissed until Thursday as sides reported possible settlement. Burdett of Boston for Coudert and Mayberry for Lawson attended.
Edgar H. Kelly of New Bedford was found guilty of bigamy in the Maine Supreme Court. He faces sentencing tomorrow. Prosecution alleged marriages to Flora B. Allen in 1899 Dolly N. S. Beekman in 1903 and Winifred Pyne in 1904, with the defense claiming insanity.
Cleveland DA asks the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to advance Cassie L Chadwick’s case hearing set for today. He argues that delaying to the fall term would injure justice and hinder pending actions.
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