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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
6
Lynn May 26. Mrs. Fannie Sawtelle, a Lynn woman, remains missing from her home since last Tuesday. Her husband, an expressman, has no clue to her whereabouts and fears she may have met with an accident or foul play.
In Newton on May 2 a mill injury left Helen Welch 16 with two fingers severed by a slasher while her sister Mary watched. She was aided to a Newton cottage ambulance and surgeons later removed a third finger at the hospital.
The President appointed William F. Craig postmaster at Lynn Massachusetts on May 26.
Patrolman Daniel Houghton of Division 2 was approached by a well dressed woman about 40 who embraced him and exclaimed he was her sweetheart. He escorted her to Station 2 where officials learned she had just been released on parole from Austin farm and she was returned there.
In New York on May 26 a Boer war spectacle opened at New Brighton Beach Park with a special performance attended by 20,000 invited guests. The show was expanded beyond the scale of the St Louis exhibition as the company doubled its original strength.
The Reina Mercedes cruiser, captured in the Spanish-American War and remodelled at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Newport, Rhode Island, was commissioned as a receiving ship. She will fly Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas's flag as commander of the Second Naval District.
The men’s class at D street gymnasium gifted Instructor Louis McInnis a gold watch and chain after an evening program. Solos by Joe Dempsey Jack McCabe Thomas Linton and Lawrence Nagle accompanied by William Kiley at the piano and the String Dipper Quartet provided the entertainment.
Northampton May 4 District Attorney Dana Malone says investigation found no sufficient evidence to hold Charles H. Braman on the charge of killing George E. Waite. The court discharged Braman after the review.
Mrs Emeline Pond of 36 Waterhouse Street West Somerville pleads for her son Frank E Pond who has been missing for nearly two years. She remains semi conscious and may not live long as she awaits news from Winthrop where he last worked at a stable owned by Mr Wait. Pond is about 60 years old.
John J. Murphy of Kneeland Street Boston was charged with breaking into Tufts College railroad station on May 18 and stealing 4.40 in money and mileage books. He was held in 1000 bail for the grand jury.
An old advert claims Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder provides instant relief for catarrh with one application clearing nasal passages and easing head pain. It promotes the remedy as quick safe and certain and encourages readers to try it for relief.
A fire at Edward Stillman’s poultry farm on Waverly avenue in Melrose killed about 700 hens. The blaze started when an oil lamp exploded in an incubator, causing an estimated loss of $5000.
Brookline High School pupils held their annual field and class day exercises on Cypress street. The 1907 class won the Walter Channing cup and C. T. DeFriez took the headmaster's cup. Girls class winners were Margaret Taylor 1905 Pearl Skillings 1906 Lelita Little 1907 and May Lausis 1908. D. J. Sharpe won the 100 yard dash in 10.25 seconds and J. Rechtler took the 60 yard hurdles in 8.15 seconds. Principal Daniel S. Sanford received a loving cup from the class of 1906 during the exercises, with various speakers delivering welcome, history, poem, oration, and prophecy.
Albert E. Conant of 201 Crafts street Newtonville was sentenced to an indefinite term at Concord Reformatory by Judge Kennedy in Newton Police Court for stealing a bicycle owned by E. L. Snyder. Patrolman Dick Conroy and Cambridge officers arrested him as he tried to sell the wheel for five dollars.
The Allen School building once the site of New England’s first normal school was relocated today from Highland and Washington streets to the Wayne estate lot. It will be repurposed for business use.
An 1890s style advertisement extols the heart as a tireless pump driven by nerve-force. It blames fatigue, fright, stimulants for weakening nerves, causing shortness of breath and palpitations, and promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a safe remedy promising to feed and strengthen heart nerves and muscles. A Boston doctor testimonial claims the product helps present cardiac trouble and guarantees a refund if not beneficial.
Cambridge chorus girl Elizabeth Girard known as Bessie Maitland described a theatre disguise with her chum May Clement in masculine attire. They say two Harvard students joined them, with the men’s identities withheld to avoid possible expulsion.
A Cambridge chorus girl testifies she attended a local theatre Thursday night in male attire with Miss Elizabeth Girard.
A May 25 despatch from Linovitch recounts Mistchenko led a mixed South Caucasian and trans-Baikal detachment on a May 17 19 raid against Japanese forces near Fakoman Shifudzy. They destroyed a stores depot seized a road dis persed enemy units and captured prisoners and horses.
Shanghai cor respondent reports Chinese cruisers cleared for action and the tao tai demanded that Russian ships leave within 24 hours. Russian Baltic squadron rumored to head toward Saddle Islands with main fleet near Fudhan. President Roosevelt commends Chinese neutrality steps to the viceroy and tao tai.
The new 122 ton fishing schooner Shepherd King under Captain Jacob Brigham struck ledges off McFarland's Island and stove a keel, causing a bad leak. She sailed to Portland for repairs after her second trip. Built at Essex Massachusetts this year the vessel was the third boat to strike unbuoyed ledges within a week.
In Melrose on May 26 officers recovered over 100 pounds of honey and wax from the walls of the old Baldwin estate. The house has stood empty for a decade as bees had built reserves under the roof timbers.
Carroll Pingree a 29 year old rooming at 355 Worthen street was found unconscious from laudanum overdose last night in Lowell He was taken to St John’s Hospital about midnight The Spanish American War veteran had malaria and at times used laudanum
Paul Cambon the French ambassador hosted dinner in London for retiring U S ambassador Mr Choate and Spanish ambassador L Polly Bernabe. Guests included Foreign Minister Lansdowne and Mrs and Miss Choate.
The United States Rubber Company filed a certificate in Trenton increasing its capital stock from 50 million to 75 million dollars.
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