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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
3
The probate court approved the late Miss Eugenia L. Haskell's will giving her Rochester residence, heirlooms, family portraits, and all her property to George H. Silveria, a poor Portuguese boy. Relatives plan to contest the will amid notes of her wealth and social prominence in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Montgomery November 18 Prohibition statute wins House approval as lawmakers pass a measure tightening drink restrictions in Alabama. The vote advances the prohibition agenda amid ongoing national temperance debates and state political currents.
Short Talks by L T Cooper extols Cooper's New Discovery as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. He cites sufferers who report improved appetites and sleep after using the remedy, including a testimonial from Mrs Ellen Keogh of Superior Wisconsin claiming relief after ten years of distress. Authority and retailer mentions appear as endorsements.
Lynn orders summon of every car operator without a license as officers receive a list of 100 prominent business and society figures alleged to be driving without licenses. Other briefs note a divorce suit in Danbury, Vermont society officers elected, Plymouth finds Revolutionary War pipes, Salem dam dispute, Vermont Fish and Game re elected officers, New Bedford will case, and a Babock inquest in Oneco.
In Pittsburgh on November 13 police detain a suspect believed to own a genuine Stradivarius violin marked Antonius Stradivarius Faciebat Anno 1736. The arrest followed a theft accusation by a complainant who traded the instrument with a junk dealer for a mandolin, thinking it was a common fiddle.
Positive reception to recent alterations at Wolf’s Clothier on Hanover and Portland streets. Owner Mr. Wolf says further innovations are planned as the season progresses to increase convenience and store beauty.
In Ittsburg Penn on November 13 Mrs W L Reese wife of a wealthy Altoona boiler maker was found in Fourth Avenue with Al Sing Dean a Chinaman from her Sunday School class. She had been drugged and kidnapped. Dean fought police and was arrested and detained without bail at the central station.
James J. Hill declines to sit with Mayor Tom L. Johnson at a Cleveland banquet over disagreements on municipal ownership and railroad policy. The Kansas City Commercial Club, planning a dinner next Tuesday, sought Hill as a speaker, while inviting Johnson created an awkward situation as both names were expected to attend.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou departed Washington for New York to speak at the Merchants' Association tenth anniversary celebration and is expected to return by Friday morning.
In Baddeck Nova Scotia on November 13 a long awaited experimental airship designed by Dr Bell was launched at the Bell laboratory in front of close friends. Mrs Bell christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over its bow, naming it The Signet.
Nathan Westheimer, a wealthy New York merchant, was found dead in his bed at 120 West Seventy-seventh Street. Coroner's physician O'Hanlon announced today that cyanide traces were found in his stomach, indicating poison as the cause of death.
Richard Harold was found guilty of attempting to vote illegally at Precinct 5 Ward 8 and sentenced to four months in the house of correction, with appeal pending and $500 bail granted for grand jury. Police arrested William H. Dyer and Samuel A. Winlson on auto theft charges valued at $2,500. A fire at a lodging house on Corning street caused minor damage and a theater alarm scare due to crossed wires. Other items: meat theft from M Zimm erman Company, a railroad worker injured by a shifting engine, and social events at the Boston Young Men’s Christian Union and local churches and lodges.
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