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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
7
Ethel Roose velt rode with fox hounds when the saddle horn slipped over a fence at Genesee Valley Club. The thoroughbred became fractious as the horse bucked and Miss Roose velt seemed headed for a tumble until Harry Wilson of Genesee intervened to calm the mount.
The schooner Grace Seymour from Wiggins South Carolina bound for Boston rode out a heavy northeast gale October 20 lasting three days. A heavy sea washed overboard part of her lumber cargo and flooded the cabin and forecastle. The T. A. Stuart from Perth Amboy bound for Boston arrived leaking and towed toward Boston.
Coshocton Ohio coroner Lear finds a one year old child of Mr and Mrs George Sprague died of heart failure aggravated by prolonged crying and colic after being found dead beside its mother.
Pittsburg reports Mary Howell an 18 year old self confessed porch climber. She is charged with looting the homes of John Davies and W R Barrett and was sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd by Police Magistrate Brady.
Wallace H. Hopkins once wealthy mining broker is brought back to Chicago to answer fraud charges totaling $250,000. He arrived with his dog Noodles, who has stayed with him since he left. Hopkins’s bond is set at $25,000 and he is jailed after arrest in Seattle.
In Shreveport Louisiana on November 5 Bonnie Mattlock aged 17 a newlywed Baptist bride shot herself after a dispute with her husband a Methodist over which church to attend.
The Boston Finance Commission commended City Auditor J. Alfred Mitchell while cutting his department’s salaries and curbing extraneous spending by $4000 annually.
Investigators report that while department business rose 23 percent expenses jumped 39 percent or 11760 annually. They urge curbs on staff salaries and more independent bill audits, with a charter change to empower a nonpolitical officer to review all department bills.
New York reports say two men were shot early today on the Bowery in a flare up of a revived gang feud. One is likely fatally wounded as authorities investigate the incident and identify suspects.
A fire at the New Hollis hotel caused by faulty electric wires damaged the building, valued at 10 000 dollars, with damage estimated at 8 000 dollars. Proprietor William R. Cronin operates the sole Holliston hotel.
Frank J Gorman, a cub reporter, was elected county commissioner after his name was used on the Philadelphia Party ticket. The three year term comes with a $5000 salary, and the result surprised him and his friends when ballots were counted Tuesday night.
A Virginia farmer proves a seed firm’s claim that land once yielding one oat crop yearly can now produce two. The firm reports demonstrations from samples sent by the farmer of a second crop this year, suggesting wider applicability for Southern agriculture.
A 1908 San Francisco Bulletin report notes a chronic Bright's Disease recovery after Fulton’s Renal Compound. It details Z Lawton of Fifth Avenue and a related patient Mrs Hoover and cites five doctors’ prior verdicts of incurable. Readers are urged to request literature from John J Fulton Company Oakland.
Plans for three Cambridge subway stations were submitted to Mayor Wardwell by the Boston Elevated, including two island stations at Sixth Street Cambridgeport and Pearl Street and a Harvard Square hub. The Cambridge plans, with 40 feet of street space, await Board of Railroad Commissioners approval.
In Worcester a Superior Court jury returned a not guilty verdict of murder in the second degree for Arthur L. King in the October 21 Clinton killing of Armenian pedler Aido George Azeen. King's counsel claimed self defense.
Professor Otis Mason head curator of anthropology at the National Museum and the oldest scientist there died in Washington from paralysis. He retired six weeks ago due to ill health and was 70 years old, a native of Eastport Maine.
Rockland Nov 6 In preparation for the 200 mile race of the scouts Chester Salem and Birmingham the Chester conducted the first standardization trial on the Rockland course today making 12 runs at varying speeds using all six turbine engines Tests aimed to find the most economical speed for all six turbines Tomorrow the tests will continue.
A woman thief in St Paul has been rifling shoppers pockets and returning the purses with contents to the lost department of stores. The narrative describes bags found and eventually returned to their owners as the thief acts with courtesy.
H Roeder of Brunswick Maryland is in Baltimore City Hospital after attempting to relieve a leg cramp by placing two dynamite caps on his ankle and linking them with a battery. The caps exploded immediately upon the first shock, injuring him.
Cambridge officers clash over a cap copied from European regalia worn by 12 fire force officers. Chief Nathaniel Bunker ordered the style, drawing a line between men and officers as reforms shift toward visible badges and altered button rows.
Mrs. Grace L. Sterling of 21 Catherine Street reported a full grown cow forced its way into her building yesterday afternoon. The animal climbed two flights of stairs to reach her apartment before she confronted it with a broom.
Dr A R Hagle told the Chicago College of Medicine that lovesickness can be treated by mental influence, the physician preparing himself to apply this method as he would for more serious illnesses.
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