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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1901
Page
7
Newspaper records a violent mob attack in Boston involving Pappasoli and accomplices. A man is shot in the right breast, lingers at Massachusetts General Hospital, and authorities pursue the assailants while detailing the incident and suspects.
Preliminary reports from the Austrian census on December 31 give Austria’s population as 26,107,904 and Hungary’s as 19,203,531. The empire total, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, is about 47,000,000, up a little over 9 percent since 1900. Vienna’s population is 1,647,000 and Budapest 720,383.
A perplexing case centers on Mrs. Duffy who seeks a $200,000 fortune claimed by her as wife of a poor laborer. Documents discuss letters, guardians, and a surrogate hearing as C. C. Suydam and others weigh evidence to support her claim against Van Nort in England and other parties.
In New York a Massachusetts laborer’s wife claims Susan B. Van Nort’s natural child. Investigations trace Van Nort’s life from Liverpool inn barmaid to a wealthy widow. the case centers on a daughter Seatelia Duffy says is her client’s half sister and Van Nort’s rightful heir.
Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott staged The Merchant of Venice in New Haven last night and tour stops in Hartford Providence and Hollis through Friday and Saturday. Other notes cover performers, park openings, and local cast updates across Boston Chicago and national venues with emphasis on engagements and upcoming productions.
A cluttered parcel becomes a focal point as neighbors dispute ownership of several old Moxie bottles found on a house site. Officials urge proper documentation to resolve the matter while residents seek clarification of property boundaries.
No relatives of Robert Van Leer, who died at City Hospital on May 22 after being taken there on May 17, have come forward. Van Leer, a five year city resident, spoke to none of the house residents or landlady, leaving his past unknown before his death.
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