24 May 1909
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
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Margaret Parkstas, 18, of Hyde Park, was arrested in New Haven revealing a dual life. She had lived as a boy named Joseph Parkstas, keeping her sex secret for years and shocking locals.
Police acted on a larceny report for two men living in Hyde Park with a lodger named Joseph Parkstas. The accused thief, believed male, was later identified as a girl. The two socialists who aided the youth had earlier received a request for work via Sturtevant workers.
Hale offers remarks on reformers evaluating practicality and honesty in the Board of Aldermen. He defends politics as a noble profession, notes no confirmed dishonesty this year, and predicts two-party support under a new charter. He also suggests Reginald Bangs as a potential mayoral candidate.
Alderman Matthew Hale Ward 11 defends current city leadership saying reformers cause harm and that city affairs are conducted on the level. He, cousin of ex President Roosevelt, cites no corruption in his term and calls politicians honest good fellows. Hale adds Boston wants optimists not calamity howlers.
In an interview Mr Hale criticizes reformers as impractical while praising Boston governance. He says, based on his experience this year, he has not found a single case of corruption among politicians. Continued on Page 4-Second Column.
Mrs. Tom Pierce of Boston Newport and Long Island who divorced her husband the Boston millionaire two years ago and received alimony of 500 a month is set to appear in The Motor Girl to be produced June 15 in a Broadway house by manager Frank Hennessy. The engagement came as surprise to Pierce and the public after a chance meeting at the Maxine Elliott Theatre following a motor trip through New England.
In St Louis on May 23 Boston Americans second baseman McConnell broke two ribs after a collision with Wagner during warmups. French will replace him at second base for the next games.
Detroit defeats Washington to reclaim the American League lead as Boston boxer Sam Langford battles Ian Hague in London. Paris dispatch notes Ferguson and Jeanette clash with Boston III. Harvard’s intercollegiate meet looks brighter with improved title hopes.
In St Louis on May 23 Rube Waddell pitched superbly but Boston fell 1 0 in the opener of the series. Harry Niles and Tris Speaker starred for the Red Sox while Niles robbed the Browns of several likely hits. Continued on Page S-First Column.
Five shots were fired at 11 o clock on Maverick street East Boston at the home of Representative Michael H. Fitzgerald. One bullet tore the front window and narrowly hit Mrs. Fitzgerald and her young daughter. A nearby resident was detained but released after being found uninvolved.
Mr Fitzgerald arrives home at 231 Maverick Street near Cot tage Street at 11 o clock. He and his wife sleep while their 3-year-old daughter Helen lies on a couch. A gunfire breaks the window shattering glass and he shields his wife and pulls the child under a table.
Alderman Daniel Donnelly known as the honest blacksmith is near death in Wollaston after seven weeks in bed. Doctors say recovery is unlikely and death could occur at any time. He has battled tuberculosis for two years and made a stubborn fight, often confined to home.
Mrs Johanna Robinson of East Chelmsford, 57, was struck and killed by an electric car while leading her cow across tracks. Five children become orphans as her husband had died four weeks earlier.
Firemen at Cambridge fight a blaze that damaged a gas tank near a prison. Chief Bunker and his crew were badly burned in the incident. The incident prompted emergency response as authorities investigated the cause and condition of the firefighters.
Miss Eleanora Sears denies engagement rumors linking her to Harold Vanderbilt Alfred Vanderbilt or Jack Saltonstall. She tells a Post reporter she has no present marriage plans and laments stories suggesting she is engaged to every man she meets.
In a letter Miss Sears denies engagement to Alfred Vanderbilt and rebuts stories about polo in men’s clothing and Newport swimming rumors. She asserts she dresses as she pleases, plays polo in side saddle when desired, and seeks privacy from press speculation.
Massachusetts lawmakers from the railroads committees toured Council Grove, Mellen’s country place in Stockbridge, with president of the Consolidated system guiding the visit. They viewed a prize fowl collection including several $500 peacocks and praised the estate.
President Mellen arrives in Stockbridge with a tame bear angora goats pigeons cats and dogs at his side. He is accompanied by his secretary H A Fabyan who also manages Consolidated street railway interests for the visit.
Injured from a gas explosion include Fire Chief Nathaniel W. Bunker and a long list of responders and workers. Captains, lieutenants, drivers, and engineers from Ladder 2, Ladder 1, Engine 3, and Chemical 1 are named along with street crews and shop foremen from Pintch Works and Boston & Maine.
Seventeen men were seriously burned when a gas explosion rocked the Pintch gas works in the yards of the Boston & Maine railroad at Prison Point East Cambridge around 6 p m yesterday. Most injured were Cambridge firemen tackling a mysterious blaze on the plant roof and nearby areas.
A fire near the Pintch plant shed threatened the gasometer and adjacent steel storage tanks containing millions of cubic feet of gas. Officials suspect a spark from a passing engine ignited wooden flooring under the shed, though the exact cause remains unknown.
Washington May 23 forecast shows moderate temperatures and light to moderate variable winds for New England and for steamers bound for European ports, with fair weather to the Grand Banks. Temperatures yesterday at Thompson's Spa ranged from 44 to 68 with an average around 59 degrees.
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