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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
1
United States Senator Thomas C. Platt appeared in court for Mae C. Wood's suit for absolute divorce though visibly weak. He denied all charges and, when pressed by counsel, gave strong responses despite his frail condition.
John B. Stanchfield and the Senator present a stark contrast as the weary politician rises to the witness stand. The once powerful leader appears drawn, breathless, with a dry, cracked complexion while answering with a husky voice.
A fire swept the C. F. Viall Chair Company plant in Baldwinsville around 1 am damaging three wooden buildings. The complex included two two and a half story units and a one story structure with machinery valued at about $4000 and buildings at roughly $6000. The blaze also spread to the National Express Company office and the Hammond Hardware Company building.
Druggist Walter E. Dyson reports seeing the Mullins murder suspect at 1972 Massachusetts avenue North Cambridge shortly after 7 p.m. The suspect entered Dyson’s store and waited briefly, matching Motorman Donnelly’s sighting near Porter station bridge a block away where the suspect claimed she planned to meet a girl before church.
An ad promotes producing gas from coal to deliver clean heat with reduced costs. It claims the gas range is affordable and can be bought from eight dollars and fifty cents upward.
In Manchester New Hampshire on May 20 the piece notes that government control of trusts railways and major corporations grows, with those interests aligning with the Taft movement as powerful but covert political machines influencing policy. The item hints at continued discussion on page nine.
Thomas W. Lawson asserts he earned over 3 1/2 million dollars from a pool with 2 million capital during a weeks long bull market. He says 185 000 shares of pool stock have been sold and he is ready for another run, claiming plans to influence Bay State Gas Company after securing cash. A reputed insider says Lawson could channel Bay State assets into a vast speculative enterprise, with a proposed 100 million cash capital. two million provided by Wall Street crowds to prove his prowess, yielding alleged 38.5 million profit. Delaware grants Bay State Gas a 1 billion capital charter, the largest in state history.
Fire Commissioner Parker aims to save 2700 dollars annually by ending the department towels and bed linen laundry work. A Boston laundry has offered to handle the washing at four dollars per hundred pieces.
The Chelsea Aldermen met late last night after a committee conference. They agreed to widen Central and Everett avenues Park and Hawthorn streets and to continue others and to erect a new City Hall on Bassett square plus build fire stations and schools, to be acted on next week. The ordinance committee’s report on Broadway building height was read allowing one story structures.
Two Columbia University students were shot by a policeman tonight and later arrested on charges of attempted robbery. Edward H. Cook, 18, and Howard P. Cole, 21, residents of Hartley Hall, Hartley dormitory, were involved in the confrontation.
Prominent endorsements pour in for Governor Guild with ex-President A M Huddell praising his labor record and nationwide appeal. Interviews stress Guild's qualifications and potential to strengthen the ticket in the West and South as Massachusetts backs his vice presidential bid.
William H. Marsh of Brooklyn died from hydrophobia after caring for a wounded water spaniel. Physicians warned a few hours earlier that treatment was futile. He faced the end peacefully with opiates as paroxysms began. Family and affairs were settled in his final hours.
Travelers rely on Sanford's Ginger as a universal remedy for stomach and bowel complaints caused by water and climate changes. The tonic is described as delicious refreshing and strengthening. Also notes a Painters' Union meeting at Faneuil Hall on May 4 at 3 p.m. to discuss wage scales.
Boston Americans fall 4 to 3 to Cleveland in a tight contest. Boston Nationals lose 3 to 2 at Chicago in the series opener. Rube Waddell quits St. Louis Browns and warns he may play independent ball. Harvard ends its skid with a 0 to 0 shutout of Andover. Local and general schoolboy and sports news follow.
Discovery of a 1907 will and two 1907 codicils raises prospect of England benefiting from Benjamin Hadley half a million estate while American relatives could be cut off. A 1889 will and another 187 may complicate matters, prompting a long probate fight. a $10 000 bequest to the US president remains.
Partly cloudy to cloudy Thursday and Friday with light easterly to southerly winds. Forecast for New England calls for fair conditions on Thursday and Friday with little temperature change and fresh southeast to south breezes.
The Poland Spring House will open on Monday June 1 for its thirty third season. The Mansion House is already hosting a large number of guests. Hiram Ricker & Sons announce a new illustrated booklet and list Poland Water Depot at 153 Franklin Street Boston.
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