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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
24
A theft occurred at a busy station as a man held up the scene in daylight while scores of people passed by the establishment. Police launched an investigation to identify the suspect and recover stolen items.
Two men robbed manager James Weadick at 269 Broadway South Boston in broad daylight yesterday. A dapper youth rifled the cash drawer taking about $35 while a heavier gunman threatened him with a pistol and ordered him to the back room. They escaped into the street and vanished.
Miss Annie E. Molloy president of the Boston Telephone Operators Union returns from The Hague aboard the steamer Ryndam bound for New York City. she travels with other dispatchers and is greeted on arrival.
In Portsmouth a New Hampshire Superior Court trial features Mary E. B. Emery as the second wife who inherits the entire $60,000 estate of Judge Samuel W. Emery. Samuel W. Emery Jr. and sisters contest the will claiming fraud and undue influence amid witness testimonies and a tense courtroom scene.
The Post Publishing Company and treasurer Ed win A Grazier filed in federal court to stop Boston Postmaster William F Murray from excluding the papers from mail delivery. They argue the headless photo scheme is not a lottery and would cause irreparable injury to circulation if barred.
Friends of Annie E Molloy report she is on the steamship Ryndam en route to New York after leaving Rotterdam on May 8. The voyage information came via telegram from Congressman Tague, transmitted by her brother, an official of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The Ryndam is a Holland- American liner.
A bill asks the court to prevent the defendant from excluding the Post from the mails and to grant such other relief as may be deemed proper.
In Stoughton on Pleasant street Lawrence Brown aged 18 fell on a circular saw while W O Dorr watched wood cutting. His chin neck and face suffered severe wounds and he was taken to Brockton Hospital on the dangerous list.
Federal authorities and Malden police probe a series of arson attempts in Linden as lighted matches are placed into mail boxes. One box caught fire burning mail matter and scorching letters beyond recognition or damage.
The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce voted to rescind prior action approving the general principles of a uniform State building law. They favor eliminating the portion that would transfer a newly established fire prevention department to the supervision of a State building department. A committee will study the question with other agents involved.
Residents of Duncan Street testified before Judge Wait in the Superior Court that the rattling and clanging of low milk cans and truck movements by Alden Br Company milk dealers on Dune Street Roxbury disturbed the neighborhood during late night hours.
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