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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
5
Louis Gendron a watchmaker from Essex street jeweller was crushed when a heavy freight elevator descended on him at the Horne Stevens factory in Haverhill He slept in the elevator well and suffered multiple fractures His parents reside in Quebec and he was unmarried.
Before Judge Grant of the Probate Court several next of kin to Patrick Monahan of Charlestown appear to ask disallowance of his will. The estate is valued at $300,000 and the case centers on the so called washtub will found months after Monahan’s death, attached to a washing machine.
An advertisement touts possum a new skin treatment claiming to clear complexions overnight and cure eczema acne tetter and itching. It offers a free experimental package by mail from Emergency Laboratories New York and lists fifty cent retail boxes at local drugstores.
New York May 25 Homer Davenport the noted cartoonist and his wife are living apart. Davenport keeps his Arabian horses at Goshen New York while his wife and their three children stay at the Morris Plains farm. Davenport says the separation stems from incompatibility of temperament and both agreed to live apart.
The Fathers and Mothers Club held its annual meeting at the Twentieth Century Club with a progressive banquet. Officers elected include President Mrs. Mary Pamela Rice, vice presidents Rev. Woodman Bradbury and Rev. B. F. McDaniel, and others across secretary, treasurer, auditor, councillors, and standing committees.
Joseph Damori aged 64 of Somerville was struck by a Fitchburg division train while crossing the tracks several hundred yards beyond Porter's Station Cambridge yesterday morning. He died en route to Cambridge Hospital leaving a family.
Cards have been sent by Congressman John W Weeks and Mrs Weeks for a reception on Monday May 31 to Vice Admiral Baron Satokichi Uriu of the Imperial Japanese navy. Uriu and Weeks were college classmates, both graduating in 1881, with Uriu noted for service in two wars. Several hundred invitations issued. Washington officials and Mikado entourage expected.
City Hall shocked as William B. Harvey of Roxbury wins a new flagstone contract. Harvey agrees to supply 12 000 square feet of North River flag stone at 34 cents per square foot after four bids were opened. Finance Commission previously opposed his last year's deal.
Frank L. Rice, second boy arrested for attempting to wreck trains on the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine railroad in Somerville, arraigned before Judge Wentworth and held in $500 bail. Rice pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail, while Kenneth Foster remains jailed in East Cambridge unable to post $500.
London May 25 A museum is planned for Harvard house the birthplace of John Harvard at Stratford on Avon Trustees include Sir Thomas Lipton and Marie Corelli The house recently bought by Edward Morris of Chicago is being prepared to display relics and belongings of the founder of Harvard College many items are said to remain.
The body found in Hinman’s Pond, Hooksett, with a head wound and a stone tied to sink it, is believed to be August Bailey of Manchester who vanished October 2, 1908 after threatening self harm and saying his body would not be found.
August St. Pierre longtime Brunswick police officer collapsed and died of apoplexy on his beat while arresting a prisoner tonight in Me
G A Baker, 45, of Brooklyn, was found dead at the Central House on Green street with a gas tube in his mouth and gas flowing from an open jet. He left a despondent note on money matters and another letter to William M. Webber of the Odd Fellows requesting body disposition and burial. He asked that relatives in Boontown New Jersey be notified.
The Sunday Post story about John Fean notes he was pardoned by Governor Draper on May 19 but has remained in the State Warm. Two readers offer to provide a home but request anonymity. Fean spent 33 years in prison from 1876 to 1894 before transfer to the State Farm.
The Ladies of Lough Erne from County Fermanagh will host an evening party and dance for Irish county club friends at Paine Memorial this evening, featuring a social occasion with entertainment and dancing.
In Haverhill on May 21 the State Board of Arbitration ruled for a 25 cent daily raise for 100 cutters and sorters at the Winchell shoe plant. The increase covers all tasks connected with the cutting room and related work.
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