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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1908

Page

3

Girl and Bear in Apple Tree Ends With Neighbor Intervention

Annie Scholtz, 18, climbed a tree in South Bend, Washington, and fired twice at a concealed bear with a 2 calibre rifle. A neighbor wrestled the weapon and brought the bear down as she continued to shoot. In Chicago, Agnes Dean Cameron, a writer and pioneer woman, prepares to return after months in the Arctic.

South Bend Wash Annie Scholtz Chicago Alaska Agnes Dean Cameron

90 year old John O Leary votes from hospital bed in car

Pittsburg voters report John O Leary aged 90 was carried from a sick bed to an automobile and cast what he said would be his final ballot. He predicted the vote would be his last.

Pittsburg Penn John O'Leary Beacon Hill O'Connell-Galvin Peters-Lane

Fitzgerald Declares Battle over City Organization

Ex mayor John F. Fitzgerald told the Post he will not seek control of the city machine this time. He will fight on his public record while others take ward committees.

Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald on Ward 6 election and politics

Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald rejects campaigning in Ward 6 and denies urging votes for any candidate. He notes shifts in Ward 6 demographics, cites a Republican nearby landslide, and says he will not seek control of the city organization, emphasizing his public record.

Ward Fitzgerald Grady Ward 6

Schooners Crash in Bay Narrow Escape Near Minot

Four masted schooner Auburn commanded by Captain Clark was nine miles off Minot's right when a second schooner crossed her bow. Clark maneuvered to avoid collision, saving the unknown vessel from being cut in and sunk. Auburn sustained no damage though its jibboom punctured the other ship's mainsail.

Auburn Clark Minot

Derailment Injures Boston School Coach on Rail Line

A derailed last car of the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn line near the tunnel on Marginal Street in Mast Boston injured one passenger Raymond L Bussey head of Mechanic Arts High School football team suffered a severe ankle fracture. Some passengers said the switch may have been misaligned before the train cleared it.

Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Marginaltreet Mast Boston Raymond L. Bussey Temple Street Winthrop Mechanic Arts

Arkansas River Swallows Town Structures In Blowout

Two large brick cotton warehouses tumbled into the Arkansas river as bank caving continued. The Hotel Jefferson and the Jefferson County courthouse are in danger of falling in. Hundreds of trees are pinned against the edge with little effect, and several cottages have been washed downstream.

Pine Bluff Ark Jefferson Jefferson County Court House

Life of a Pimple Complexion Cure Advertised

An advertisement touts possum as a skin remedy that clears pimples overnight and eases itching. A 50 cent box is sold at local drug stores and an experimental package is available free by mail from Emergency Laboratories in New York.

Riker-Jaynes Houghton & Dutton’s Drug Department West Twenty-fifth Street New York

Jewels Found in Fire Ruins at Crest Hall Winthrop

Jewelry valued at 150 dollars and 49.50 dollars in gold were found in a tin box beneath where the remains of Mrs. Henry Dumont were recovered after a Crest Hall fire in Winthrop. The discovery by FE J. Cotter corroborates that the body is likely Dumont, with remains and jewelry to be taken to North Grove street morgue until relatives claim them.

Crest Hall Winthrop Henry Dumont FE. J. Cotter Shirley Street North Grove Street Fred Hall Dumont Annie Campbell Cincinnati Vate

12 Reserve Officers Promoted by O'Meara

General order by Commissioner O'Meara promoted 12 reserve officers to patrolmen effective roll call tonight. Officers listed include W. H. Burgess Station 10 Edward B. Carty Station 16 J. H. Chaisen Station 1 Arthur C. Cooper Station 10 D. J. Frazer Station 5 C. A. Foley Station 4 J. F. Melnness Station Albert J. Knott Station 13 M. J. O'Rourke Station 11 J. C. Rieser Station 9 M. J. Shea Station 15 J. P. M. Wolfe Station 3.

O'Meara W. H. Burgess Edward B. Carty J. H. Chaisen Arthur C. Cooper D. J. Frazer C. A. Foley J. F. Melnness Albert J. Knott

England Reunited Ends Divorce Proceedings

George Allan England, magazine writer, and Mrs. England have reconciled and the divorce case, in which she was the defendant, has been dropped after a private hearing before Judge Dana. They reside at 29 Day Street, West Somerville, amid claims the split stemmed from malicious ungrounded falsehoods from a third party.

George Allan England England Dana Day Street West Somerville

Fortune Found Hidden in Oats After Farm Sale

William Bay sold a farm for 35000 and placed the proceeds in a bag of oats. The bag fell from the wagon and was found by Harry Wehrs, a delivery driver, who returned the cash and received a $5 reward.

Marietta, CO William Bay Harry Wehrs

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