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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
13
In the Kronprinzessin Cecilie smoking room in New York the steamer’s captain Captain Granville Fortesque a former US Army officer and Roosevelt aide exposed a loaded die hidden in a gambler’s crooked finger causing consternation aboard.
Captain Fortesque confronts a gambler aboard a sailing vessel after observing a loaded die hidden in the player's hand. The crew and two others witness the cheating as the man’s scheme is exposed and the crowd calls for his removal.
In Mt Pleasant five of six districts vote for liquor licenses while Greenburg follows suit. Newcastle goes dry and Bedford votes to grant licenses, despite efforts by the Rockefeller interests.
A morning to sundown rush of 45 arrivals filled Boston harbor with heavy mixed catches. Total haul reached 988 500 pounds including 221 900 haddock and 807 600 cod, while hake and pollock added 296 000 and 168 000 pounds. The Morning Star brought 120 000 pounds of cod. prices eased across species as ships lined the piers.
Shipping notes list precise sunrise and sunset times and daylight duration. Arrivals include Lightship No 86 at Vineyard Sound and multiple steamers such as Lennox Read Erroll James Badenia Glenesk and others with cargoes including pig iron and tugs. Cleared ships and sailings cover routes to Liverpool Glasgow New York Halifax and more with numerous barges and tugs noted.
Manila November 2 The slow returns prevent forecast of assembly results. Dominador Gomez former Nationalist president and previously ousted for non citizen status carried North Manila by a small margin. South Manila elected Pablo Ocampo a former delegate to Washington and candidate for speaker.
Robert F. Hyde of Columbia Road, a Humprey Street polling booth warden in Precinct 6 Ward 16 Dorchester, was arrested for drunkenness after a disturbance following the ballot count. Police say election commissioners were warned last year about a similar incident when Hyde served as warden in the same precinct.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts bought from Blakeslee Galleries a 15th century Spanish primitive titled The Coronation of the Virgin by Luis Borrassa. The work, hung beside a Velazquez, graces the Fenway museum set to open next week.
About two thousand people from across the state attended the annual autumn dance of the R H White Company Mutual Benefit Association in Worcester. The event featured Katz Orchestra, a moonlit supper march, ornate decorations, and leaders and staff from multiple departments and partner firms.
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