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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1909
Page
12
In the Reichsrat the finance minister proposed a budget plan including a supplementary income tax on bachelors widowers and childless married couples and on matches and increment land values. The plan would raise about 13 million dollars.
Edward P. Blake and Howard McArthur, both of Boston, were seriously injured when their Jackson Automobile Company car flipped on the State road west of Palmer while en route to New Haven for a hill climbing contest. The vehicle rolled into a ditch after a tire came off. a doctor in a passing car helped rescue them. Blake was taken to Boston City Hospital. McArthur to Wesson Hospital in Springfield.
British Empire Day observances in Boston featured a banquet at the Exchange Club with toasts to the President the King the Commonwealth Boston and the Empire. Notable speakers included Lieutenant Governor Frothingham and Hon. George E. Foster M P who spoke on Anglo American unity and the rise of the United States as a world power.
George Steele, arraigned in Municipal Court on larceny, attempted death by action in the prisoners dock. He cried I'm through as he slashed his neck with a jack knife before Court Officer Abbot intervened, wresting the weapon. He was rushed to detention for medical care.
Miss Beatrice Shattuck of 886 Salem Avenue Chelsea nabbed an alleged thief at Mechanic Hall during the Elks ball around 12 30 am. The man grabbed money from a cash box as James Reardon, in charge, was momentarily away. a crowd restrained him until Patrolman Coughlin arrived.
Dr Charles Ellery Stedman retired physician died yesterday at his Brookline residence 17 Edgehill road. Born March 23 1831 at the United States Marine Hospital in Chelsea, he was the son of Charles Harrison and Lucy Rust Ingalls Stedman. He attended Chauncy Hall School Boston Latin School and Harvard College and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1855.
J Karamowski and L Zinstanavieve, robbed by a woman who posed as a man, hope to regain their valuables rather than press charges. Margaret Pautkas or Parkstas is held on $400 bond. the case was continued with details of the dual life and concealment revealed in court.
Mrs. Frank Christy, claimed to be under hypnotic control by her husband Frank Christy alias Frank C Dalrymple, was discharged in Superior Court for larceny of jewelry valued over 300 dollars from Laura C Wells. Frank Christy pleaded guilty and faces sentencing after District Attorney Hill said he would not prosecute the woman.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller has convalesced rapidly at Hot Springs Virginia and the Rockefeller family plans to depart soon for their summer home at Pocantico Hills New York.
Civic leaders and Aldermen clash over a new Boston city charter and a full referendum. Figures including Hart and McCarthy voice opposition to a partial referendum while urging home rule and the public vote on the entire charter. Resolutions press for complete public input and transmission to the Massachusetts Legislature.
Frank L. Rice, 14, of Cambridge, was arrested in Cambridge on charges of attempting to wreck a train by placing an obstruction on the Fitchburg Division tracks in Somerville. It was his second arrest for the offense. Kenneth Foster, with a similar charge, was held on $500 bond. Rice had just returned from Meriden, Conn., and said he and others placed a tie on the tracks near the Beacon Street bridge and watched from the bridge.
Report describes a group who at Sacramento street subway fixed ties across tracks despite patrol. The 9:05 to Chicago derailed a tie near Cambridge station. An inbound freight at 10:10 found two more ties on the other two tracks. Rice fled toward Connecticut after lingering until Friday noon.
Mrs Emma Claflin Ellis aged 54 widow of Charles W Ellis and daughter of the late ex Governor William Claflin died early today in Newton. The obituary notes her lineage and family connections.
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