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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
12
Judge Sheldon ruled for widow Sarah A. Jefferson in the Jefferson will dispute. The court recognized the actor's declarations that all paintings in his collection, including loans for exhibition, were to go to his widow and be sold for her benefit.
Georges Winters a Somerville dog catcher and Officer Christopher fought a Boston terrier in the McKay pipe yards. Winters was bitten near the eye and by the hands while the dog tore Officer Thompson’s clothes. Police report about 60 dogs un muzzled in three weeks and 21 caught in two days.
A Lynn strike breaker and a detective guard were followed by a large mob on Monroe street. They sought a telephone from shops, were denied, then aided by police to reach headquarters. Aldermen condemned bringing armed guards into the city after alleged strike deception.
Miss Philomene Detweiler, the first San Francisco actress to perform at the Columbia since the earthquake, returns to Boston. The tall graceful performer mixed legitimate theatre, a musical comedy, and burlesque before this season, and has written about her experiences for a major magazine due soon.
Private funeral services were held at the Brighton Seminary for the Very Rev Daniel Maher F S C B D D former president of St Johns Seminary of Brighton who died in Baltimore Maryland last Friday. The Rev E R Dwyer of St Sulpice Order in America celebrated high mass with Rev D Duffy of Georgetown University as sub deacon. Burial followed in the seminary cemetery connected to the institution.
Martin Ralphe Reese son of Mr and Mrs W J Reese of Manchester New Hampshire and grandson of Mr and Mrs S Simons of Roxbury will be confirmed at the Temple Chabei Shalom on Saturday A reception will follow Sunday at 9 Munroe Street Roxbury home of sister of Mrs W J Reese Mrs A H Levy
The Knox couple of Winthrop and J E Grundy of Melrose endured two nights aboard their frail 18 foot sailboat off Point Shirley before Boston lightkeepers rescued them. A sudden wind shift and heavy seas threatened the vessel as Mrs Knox bailed bravely while her husband and Grundy steadied the craft. They reached shore exhausted yet safe after a harrowing ordeal and praised the light keepers’ efforts.
Sergeant Mathew J. Dailey of the Dudley Street station was exonerated after a year long dispute over the arrest of Jamaica Plain milk dealer William Hunt who was found not guilty in Roxbury court. Patrolman Michael J. Whalen of the Langr
A man claiming to be Robert A. McKee of Salem said he went sightseeing with a young colored woman on Melrose Street. After a disturbance at 3 a.m. he reported two burly colored men stole $70. A colored man named Munroe was arrested and police seek the other two suspects.
Malden on May 29 reports the city will initiate eminent domain proceedings after owners refuse to sell land at a reasonable price for a new high school building. The move signals a legal effort to acquire the site for the project.
An ad promotes The Cuba Big Brother Cigarros as high value tobacco with no waste on fancy shapes, priced at 10 cents for a box of five. Estabrook & Eaton act as selling agents.
A horse attached to S. B. Wiley Son collided with the dock and fell into the water near T Wharf at noon. Gloucester Fish Company workers and bystanders helped. the horse was fished out and hoisted aboard the Spray steam trawler after anglers kept its head above water. About 200 people watched the rescue.
United States Circuit Court handed down an opinion on Armour & Co. motion for a new trial in the case of Agnes Skene. Judge Hale ruled the new trial would be granted unless Armour remits 3500 of 10000 and accepts a verdict of 6500 plus costs within 14 days. Skene, over 70, was injured six years ago in Newton after a team linked to Armour struck her, claims lifelong injuries. The court found the jury’s damages excessive and denied the new trial unless terms are met.
The city gears up for summer by welcoming a surge of visitors, with early arrivals already exceeding totals from recent years. Local officials note rising tourist interest and extended lodging demand as the season begins.
May 29 report on the General Federation of Women’s Clubs annual convention in St Paul opening tomorrow at the armory and continuing through June 7. Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker arrives as federation president with other members arriving by train. welcome addresses planned by Mayor Johnson and Governor Smith.
London May 2 The visit of Congressman Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth to London will include several social events among them a reception and dinner at Dorchester House residence of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid a week after their arrival King Edward is understood to have promised to attend
The two mast schooner Eugene Borda, carrying stone from Long Cove, Me, lost her foremast and main topmast in a Portland storm. She was eight miles below Hull at 6 PM, towed to East Boston by the Juno tug, with Captain Francis aboard reporting no injuries and plans to repair before proceeding to New York.
Hundreds of Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters members and friends filled Bethesda and Bernice halls in South Boston for an innovative burlesque show titled Riding the Goat. Notre Dame Court 107 and 8S, with Alma Mater Court 114 East Boston, staged the mock initiation with a 50-person grotesque cast and a post entertainment dance.
A Taunton Old Colony street railroad collision between a local car and a Fall River Suburban car on Weir street injures one worker. Timothy Linehan of 254 Weir street receives head injuries at Horton Hospital, brakes of the local car failed on a slight incline.
The new redistricting groups leaders by wards in Suffolk. Martin Lomasney and Fitzgeralds align in Wards 6 7 8, while Donovan Doyle and the Curleys join in Wards 9 12 17. Nine districts divide the county, four GOP.
Judge Wait ruled a Boston area tax illegal in a case involving Frederick H. Prince of Wenham a stock broker at the Devonshire building. Prince paid $5655 under protest and sued. the court awarded $941.30 in judgment for reclaiming the tax.
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