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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
3
The piece describes a tall broad-shouldered man whose build makes ready-made suits ill fit. Arm holes are too deep for this customer, and a standard coat would threaten to knock his hat off when seated and fail to keep the collar in place.
Testimony in the Sherman anti trust case details how the American Steel and Wire Company joined a pool with other manufacturers to fix government bid prices for horse shoes and mule shoes. Samuel J. Bailey described monthly allotments, penalties, and methods to keep bids even, with Jackson directing the lowest bid and others raising by cents per keg.
Harbor traffic in Havana is paralyzed as longshoremen and lightermen strike since last Saturday. Harbor engineers join, halting ferryboats and tugs while motor and sailing boat crews strike in sympathy. Passengers are ferried by lifeboats as carts and streetcar crews threaten to join.
William Day a 42 year old man with bow legs was arrested in Boston on a charge of stealing a gold watch from James Hancock a Hardwick Mass farmer. Sheriff Crawford wired Boston police that Day left Hancock's farm with the watch and inspectors Rooney and McCauley identified a bow legged stranger. Day was captured after the description matched and the watch was found on him.
Departmental order reinstates Charles I. Quackenbush in the railway mail service in Washington. He was dismissed last year after criticizing cost-cutting methods in the department.
Wallace Irwin unveils Ah Lee Bung as the latest creation following the sensation of Japanese Schoolboy. Look for Ah Lee Bung's Vacation in next Sunday's Post Magazine.
Lynn May 7 Miss Marie Antoinette Manseau stage name Antoinette Le Gault married William P. Connery Jr son of the mayor in a quiet ceremony. The couple, both well known in local society, announced plans for a small reception at the Manseau residence.
The city’s couple married today at St Jean Baptiste Church officiated by Rev J B Parent. The groom, an actor who left George M Cohan’s Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford troupe, and the bride’s reception followed at the bride’s parents home 8 Endicott Street. The couple left for a White Mountains honeymoon. Le Gault ends engagement with Lindsay Morison Stock Co and will join Keith vaudeville after the trip.
The Rev Thomas I Gasson president of Boston College and rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception is likely to be up by Sunday after knee cap injury from a fall led to an operation. He had a comfortable day and physicians predict a speedy recovery.
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