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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
6
Standard Oil Company paid a $50,000 fine to the Missouri Supreme Court clerk for a trust prosecution. A motion asks to permit payment with costs and to withhold the order ousting the company if it complies with state laws. Republic Oil Company, found guilty, is expected to pay its fine.
Andrew Benson, 55, former Brockton City Council member, shot himself with a revolver in his bedroom after years of grieving his wife who died two and a half years ago. He left four sons and one daughter.
Posses with bloodhounds pursue two highwaymen who robbed the express car of the New Orleans New York passenger train No 2 on the New Orleans and Northeastern near Okahala eight miles south of Hattiesburg Mississippi.
The robbers followed the trail to a junction of the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad and a top line road where the trail was lost. Four men were seen leaving a freight train at Hattiesburg after the hold up. Loot estimates range from 35,000 to 200,000 dollars amid official scrutiny.
Gilman Haskell Hitchings of 178 Belmont street Malden has wed Mrs Gertrude Kay Royal of Denver Colorado in St. Louis. He is the son of George A Hitchings ex Councilman and wall paper dealer. Hitchings is about 34 and a Malden High School graduate of 1898.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee approved reducing the Boston State Hospital appropriation from 228000 to 191000, trimming state health funding.
An advertisement for Nurito claims swift relief from rheumatism sciatica and neuritis without opiates or narcotics. It offers a $1 box through Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores and notes Nurito is compounded by Magistral Chem. Co Biarton Building New York.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 15 ratification of a tentative coal wage agreement drew momentum at the anthracite mine workers convention. The convention adjourned with a vote on accepting or rejecting the proposed wage plan postponed to Friday as delegates await further guidance.
T L Lewis former UMWA president spoke at the Wilkesbarre convention urging miners to stand by their officers and back the coal operators terms. Frank J Hayes the miners’ international vice president urged favorable view of the agreement and warned against costly strikes.
Massachusetts aims to be the first state to ratify a constitutional amendment for direct Senate election after a resolution introduced yesterday advances. Congressman Peters awaits Congress to issue the rescript in response to a request by Representative McMorrow of Ward 25.
Thatcher F. E. Hatch, a Cape Cod merchant and member of a prominent family, died last night at his daughter Mrs. Helen E. Taylor’s home on Rockview Street in Jamaica Plain. Born in Hatchville, he was aged 86 and active in the Central Congregational Church and Masons.
The Boston Press Club entertained at a noonday luncheon featuring H. B. Warner who stars in Alias Jimmy Valentine, the title role.
A poet-narrator laments being swamped by opportunistic salesmen selling seed, books, mining stock, and fake cures while he warns readers about double action frauds and oily sales pitches. He recalls agents pushing magazines and the weight of vendor pressure.
John S. Lambert, 62, of 15 Clifton Street North Cambridge, was killed when struck by an automobile near Everett Street and Massachusetts Avenue Arlington yesterday afternoon. Witnesses say driver George H. Richardson of 172 Nesmith Street Lowell was not at fault. Lambert reportedly did not heed a conductor’s warning to watch for approaching traffic. The car allegedly threw Lambert about 40 feet before he died at Symmes Hospital.
In Brockton on May 15 the corner stone of the new public library was laid in ceremonies led by Hon. Jonathan White the 93 year old Yale graduate. The library is a gift from Andrew Carnegie.
Emmeline Pankhurst and Mrs Lawrence were arraigned at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiring with Christabel Pankhurst to incite property damage. All pleaded not guilty as Sir Rufus Isaacs led the prosecution. The hearing was adjourned after a lengthy opening.
A judge ruled yesterday against Patrick F. Sheehan in a $20,000 suit against John P. Manning and James W. Dunphy officials of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. He claimed his children Pauline, 15, and James M. Sheehan, 12, were illegally taken from him.
A vintage ad urges readers to take Cascarets for biliousness headache and constipation. It promises cleansing of stomach and intestines, removal of sour undigested food and gas, and a next day relief with a 10 cent box. It targets adults and children alike.
Winston Churchill in the House of Commons said Britain will need supplementary naval estimates this year due to Germany’s new navy bill and increased naval construction. He noted Germany’s bill passed its second reading in the Reichstag yesterday and that additional funds will be required.
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