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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1909
Page
5
A U S survey steamer Bach sailor Charles Seagren went on a wild shooting spree in Portsmouth New Hampshire creating panic near the Kittery ferry slip. He terrorized patrons at a barber shop and a saloon before police subdued him. Believed intoxicated after shore leave.
At the Atlantic Shore Line ferry slip Seagren brandished a revolver and fired several shots near a woman. He forced entry at a barber shop and then at a saloon, firing through a window and at patrons. A nearby teamster narrowly escaped injury. Police arrested him quickly. no one injured.
A second instalment of 5000 dollars brings the total to 10000 since the Tremont Temple meeting. T. P. O Connor M. P. John Redmond and others addressed the gathering. Boston United Irish League officers push further subscriptions as Mr Fitzpatrick forwards the funds to Ireland. The letter notes strong US support for Irish home rule and election efforts.
German professor Lassar recommends daily washing to halt hair loss and itching, then at least twice weekly as scalp normalizes. Birt's Head Wash is promoted as a scientifically crafted scalp treatment with printed formula, including refined soap glycerine salicylic acid egg white and coconut oil, priced 50 cents per jar.
Dover New Hampshire reports the largest oyster seen in the area pulled from Great Bay by George W. Duntley. The shell measures over 11-2 inches, weighs one pound eight ounces, and the oyster without shell weighs eight ounces. Local fishermen deem it the biggest they have witnessed.
Despatches from Belgrade report that Bishop Nikador of Nish, Servia, faces treason charges over an imagined revolution in Belgrade. He described a vision in which King Peter is deposed and the former Crown Prince George is proclaimed king, a tale that reached officials through friends before reaching the government.
A box from the Russian embassy containing a gold certificate cigarette case has reached the State Department. The czar intends to present it to Captain O C Hamlet of the revenue cutter Thetis for services protecting East Siberia’s coast in 1904 05. Gift to be retained at the State Department pending congressional authority for acceptance. Hamlet is at the barge office in New York City.
Mrs. Mary Hagborne 41 of 41 Heath Street Everett died after mistaking arsenic for soda while preparing a drink for indigestion. The poison was kept in the family medicine chest. Husband William Hagborne a chef on a United Fruit liner was summoned from New York on the eve of sailing to Porto Rico. She was 45, survived by three married daughters a son and her husband. Funeral set for Sunday.
A stubborn blaze gutted a four story brick dwelling at 23 Rochester Street late yesterday afternoon. Delays occurred as Albany street was dug up, hindering fire engines from reaching the fire. Nine families evacuated to the street and several children found shelter with neighbors. Damage estimated at 3000 dollars.
Gamaliel Bradford of Boston backs ending the tax on personal property and shifting the burden to real estate at a Massachusetts taxation commission hearing. Major Henry Winn proposes a uniform state tax on personal property with any surplus returned to counties. Ex-Representative Robert Luce argues for legislative power to classify property for taxation. Hearing postponed to Thursday November 11 at 2:30 pm.
David Belasco announces a new company to perform four plays yearly at the Stuyvesant Theatre. The roster features Nance O Neil Charles Cartright Bruce MacRae Aubrey Boucicault Ethel Terry Julia Deane Florence Nash Leo Dietrichstein Dodson Mitchell Alfred Hickman Aileen Flaven and others. Rehearsals begin for The Lily with opening set for December.
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