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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
6
Two masked burglars stormed into Joseph McCarthy’s home on School Street at 7 this morning. One pistol pointed at Mrs. McCarthy’s head while the other rifled rooms. They stole a small amount from drawers and $50 from the sleeping husband’s trousers.
Burglars strike the McCarthy residence for money again in six months. A past break had seen suspects near the house last Sunday. Mrs. McCarthy awoke to intruders. one man seized her by the throat while a second covered her mouth and menaced her with a revolver before fleeing.
A Mattapan two and a half story wooden house at 649 651 Walk Hill Street burned after Dorchester fire units raced to a parallel Congress Street blaze. Firemen worked about ninety minutes to contain the attic fire as occupants Beales and Musgrave fled, with damages estimated at 1200 dollars.
Anabelle C Elliott eighteen filed a libel for divorce from Thomas J Elliott twenty in Suffolk County Superior Court. She alleges cruel and abusive treatment and seeks alimony and to resume her maiden name Jameson. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music before marriage.
Elders' Sanitarium at 657 Main Street St. Joseph Missouri published a book detailing the deadly effects of tobacco and claiming it can be stopped in three to five days. The free book is distributed to anyone sending name and address at once.
A joint meeting of Boston Elevated Company committees and union carmen team at Shawmut Bank is to discuss a wage increase and revised schedule. Reports say the session may turn stormy as workers push for higher pay.
Boston street car men threaten to object to Mayor Fitzgerald serving as the third arbitrator in a dispute with the Boston Elevated Company. The union seeks pay raises, nine‑hour days within eleven, free transport, and a revised schedule for extra workers. They demand independence in choosing an arbitrator, oppose the mayor’s involvement, and await the company’s counter proposal amid talks.
The Posse Gymnasium seniors defeated the juniors 3 to 2 after six innings at Riverside Recreation Grounds Auburndale during field day to claim the school baseball championship.
Day featured a baseball game between juniors and seniors with a late rally by the seniors led by Captain Genevieve Griffen. Field events followed including Olive Brown winning shot put and Myrtle Sweeney high jump as the senior team dominated events.
Detectives recovered silverware wines and cigars valued near 100000 from a West Twenty-ninth Street house as they traced pilfered hotel property. Luigi Migetti was arrested on receiving stolen goods charges and Bono Simeraldo on grand larceny. Police say hotels are buying back their own items via a middleman through the raid.
In Chicago on May 6 in Federal Judge Carpenter's courtroom a jury was selected to try John Arthur Johnson for violating the Mann Act by allegedly transporting Belle Schreiber, former Milwaukee manicurist, from Pittsburg to Chicago for immoral purposes.
Prospective jurors were summarily excused after caustic opinions on white and colored relations. Jurors faced questions on bets tied to the Johnson Jeffries fight and potential prejudice. Key government witnesses, including Yank Kenney, remain missing as federal agents search. Belle Schreiber is held in a downtown hotel.
W. D. Wight, physical director of the Malden Y M C A, was elected supervisor of the playgrounds by Malden Park Commission. He succeeds Samuel K. Nason, who will start at Brookline Gymnasium June 1. The commission praised Nason for three years of service.
In Hartford Kentucky five miners perished in a deserted Taylor Mining Company shaft. C F Frazier entered the shaft to explore and fell into water. Four rescuers who went to aid him also died from the gas.
Aleko Schinas the assassin of King George of Greece who shot the monarch on March 18 at Saloniki died by jumping from a window of a police station in Athens this morning.
The Harvard Dramatic Club staged three one act plays at the Hasty Pudding Club Theatre Cambridge last evening. The works by Harvard and Radcliffe graduates included Good News by John Frederick Ballard winner of the Craig prize of 500 dollars The Wedding Dress by Katharine McDowell Rice of Albany N Y a Radcliffe special student and Ygraine of the Hillfolk by R E Rodgers Harvard 09.
Washington May 6 Dr Erwin F Smith plant pathologist in the Department of Agriculture declines a Rockefeller Institution for Medical Research post offering 10000 a year to remain at 4000 with the government He is noted for his study of plant diseases in relation to human and animal health
Mary Mullen three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Mullen of 19 Washington street Brookline was knocked down by an outward bound Brookline Village car on Brookline avenue near Winthrop School. She suffered a severe head cut and narrowly escaped being crushed under the vehicle.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce a limited time offer for new or renewing patients through May 17 to receive a full month of treatment and medicines at no charge. The campaign invites those previously treated elsewhere to enroll, with a closing date of May 7 at 6 PM. The notice lists numerous Boston area residents and addresses as endorsers.
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