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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
14
Waltham officials uncover a $100000 personal estate in a Cambridge record, taxed only as $5000 for five years. The owner, a noted artist with French links, resides in a private asylum. a guardian may be questioned as assessors seek correct taxation.
The Chicago Journal prints its front page asserting the discovery of the missing Archduke Joann Salvator of Austria alias John Orth. He vanished 19 years ago after marrying Ludmilla Stubel. It was once believed the Santa Margarita sink claimed his life, but the paper says he was not aboard.
West Rutland major transfer sees Daniels Worsted Company of Worcester acquire the local woolen mills from Francis Bacon Jr of New York. Idle since October 197, the mills and equipment, 17 houses, seven barns, a saw mill and land total change hands. Operations expected to begin around July 1 producing worsted goods.
May 11 12-year-old Walter Purdy died after being struck by an automobile driven by Minthone Woosley a Wall Street broker. Police say since April 1 twenty seven children have been killed in Manhattan streets by cars.
The jury convicted Captain Hains of murder in the first degree after less than three hours of deliberation. His brother Thornton Hains was acquitted on related charges. The verdict shocked many including District Attorney DeWitt and his family. Jurors cited a confession by Mrs. Claudia Hains as influencing the manslaughter compromise.
Everett Smith was found guilty of highway robbery in the Superior Criminal Court and sentenced to State prison for not less than eight nor more than twelve years. He robbed Samuel Yoski at gunpoint on April 17 and had already served eight years in Charlestown prison.
Paris May 11 The Senate's new tariff bill draft lowers the maximum duty on canned meats from 30 francs to 23 francs per hundred kilos. Other increased duties including apples hops meat extracts preserves vegetables and several manufactured goods largely stay as previously published, with United States interests noted.
The New York Supreme Court ruled that proprietors of sightseeing automobiles in the state cannot impose a color line on passengers. Any attempt to establish Jim Crow in such public conveyances is illegal.
Frank Pastedo a 55 year old Ithaca area carpenter learns by bank advertisement that he is an heir to a Scottish estate valued at 9 million dollars. He lives in Ludlowville and has spent years on the bench seeking a better future.
A market pedler says new traffic laws force him to move within 15 minutes, hampering purchases and pricing. He alleges police bias against pedlers compared with grocery teams, with daily arrests and fear of quitting the business, risking higher prices for vegetables.
In Paris on May 11 the Chamber of Deputies adjourned interpellations on the postal situation until May 13. Within half an hour postal employees ordered a general strike, railway mail clerks walked out, and a 6000 strong meeting at the Hippodrome unanimously voted to strike.
A cautious crowd gathers as resolve to pressure the government remains. Pauren, a dismissed postman, leads protesters while MM Sembat and Willm defend the workers right to organize. Deschanel cautions over a grave crisis and Barthou insists the state will not concede syndicate rights.
New York May 11 announced that the American Museum of Natural History has dispatched the first American scientific expedition to the interior of the Congo Independent State.
A catalog style inventory lists various chairs settees rockers tables and cedar furniture. Items include Oak Rocker high back Maple Rocker cane seat and back Cedar Sofa and Cedar Table with assorted prices ranging from 4.25 to 12.50.
The U S Bureau of Education publishes a detailed school lunch plan by Caroline I Hunt for Elmer Ellsworth Brown. It gives gram and calorie targets and a full day menu including breakfast with orange oatmeal toast milk, dinner with fish potato celery bread butter rice, and supper with milk prunes and cookies.
A health tips column advises mothers on child nutrition. It outlines basic steps like learning common foods protein needs by age, avoiding rich sauces and fried dishes, limiting bread and cereals when sugar is involved, and ensuring daily fruit and vegetables. It cautions against constant experimentation as a child grows.
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