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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
2
John J. Breen of Lawrence, a school committee member, was convicted on one count of dynamite planting during a textile strike in Essex County. He was found not guilty on two other counts, and no sentence was imposed.
Arthur G. Eaton, who managed an insurer for Maine and New Hampshire, faced 14 indictment counts for embezzlement and forgery. He retracted his not guilty plea today and entered a guilty plea to all charges. Sentencing will occur later this term.
Curtis Guild of Boston the United States ambassador to Russia was aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Sr which sailed for New York at 1 o clock today from Southampton England.
A jury in East Cambridge before Judge Morton awarded George W. Jones of Magazine Street Cambridge 4500 dollars in a suit against the Boston Elevated for 50 000 dollars damages for alleged permanent injuries from a February 1909 Boylston Street car crash in Boston.
In Ly man county South Dakota on May 15 seven charred bodies were found at the home of Chris Peterson near Lund. They are believed to be Peterson his wife and five children. It is unclear if murder and arson or a fatal fire caused the deaths.
Miss Ruth Maynard Soule, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Carroll Soule of 45 Warren Street Brookline, will wed Frederick B Taylor of Brookline at St Pauls Church Brookline on Saturday May 25 at 4 PM. Rev Carroll Perry to officiate. Miss Soules sister Mrs William B Coffin will be matron of honor. best man will be Thomas I Taylor, Fredericks brother. ushers include Henry P Macomber Cyrus Sargeant Dr Winsor Tyler William Churchill Gerrish Joseph A Hall Otis Weld Richardson William B Coffin Roger Clapp all Harvard era. Mr Taylor is a lawyer and Harvard 1899.
The Pops at Symphony Hall present a varied programme tonight led by a large audience turnout. The bill includes overtures by March and Wagner selections, a cello solo by J Keller, and performances of operatic and waltz numbers from composers such as Strauss Puccini Mendelssohn and Reger Nicolai.
Pasquale Garguilo, Camorra prisoner, dies in Viterbo prison of heart disease. News of the death triggers a prison mutiny as fellow inmates riot and attack informer Gennaro Abbotte maggio. All three men are described as family men facing judgment.
Henry Haynie a renowned G A R figure in Newton and former Paris correspondent for the New York Herald died at 17 Devon terrace Newton Centre. Born July 19 1841 in Winchester Illinois he served in the Civil War and was wounded at Stone River. He edited foreign affairs for the New York Times and Paris based papers and received honors from France and Greece. Funeral will be held Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church Newton Centre.
In Brockton on Onset Avenue Mrs. Isaac E. Robbins of Stoughton was severely injured when her husband’s car swerved to avoid a pedestrian and crashed through the storefront of Sam Stern. Robbins was uninjured.
Mrs. Jemma Jane Willis aged 57 and James I Hyland aged 66, both of 14 Clinton avenue, married this afternoon at Central Methodist Church by Dr J Francis Cooper. Bride active in church. groom a noted Christian Scientist. Reception followed with guests from Wollaston Quincy Abington Whitman Boston and Holbrook.
Word from Portland reports the schooner Nellie I F Sawyer formerly of the city sunk at Apple River New Brunswick during a high gale after dragging anchor and striking a rock. It is believed she can be raised.
Patrick J. Dawson of East Boston served as toastmaster at the Boston College class banquet on the topic College Graduates In the Business World Today. Invited guests included Rev. Redmond J. Walsh S J vice president of the college and several Jesuit fathers.
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