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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1908
Page
5
The White House denied friction with Japan over Manchuria trade aims saying relations have grown closer and understanding better. The State Department issued a corroborating agilar statement confirming lines of communication.
An overheated furnace started a fire early yesterday in the home of Rev. Reuben Kidner assistant pastor of Trinity Church at 16 Brimmer Street. Neighbors were alarmed as flames spread from the kitchen basement. Engine 10 and Ladder 24 arrived from River Street and quickly extinguished the blaze causing $200 in damage. The residence is owned by Henry Parkman.
David Hargrave 32 a night watchman at the Quincy House was arrested on a larceny charge by Inspectors Sheehan and McGarr. Guests reported cash losses from rooms leading to the stakeout where a pocketbook with a marked bill was observed. Hargrave was identified taking the money and detained.
Thieves entered through a bulk head into the cellar of 34 40 Walnut street Brookline and looted Sing Lee laundry and Marks Bergstein tailoring. They escaped after being frightened away leaving $70 in coins and a large bundle of clothing missing. They tried to force entry to J Edward Kirker real estate and Brookline Press offices.
Mary Orad aged four was burned to death in her Bayonne home where she was left to care for a sister while the mother went shopping. The incident occurred on November 15 in Bayonne New Jersey.
An advertisement claims microbes cause dandruff and baldness and promotes Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a guaranteed remedy. It asserts scalp cleansing, hair root revitalization, and color restoration, urging readers to try the product with a money back guarantee from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
New York November 15 The United States Circuit Court ruling that the American Tobacco Company is a combination in restraint of trade is drawing wide notice. Experts say the decision clarifies interpretation of antitrust law beyond tobacco to interstate commerce and other industrial combinations. Judge Coxe cites the Knight case as marking a broader statutory reach and the tobacco appeal to the Supreme Court is anticipated to test this expansive application.
James Mulvey of Hyde Park was found asleep in a West Roxbury field by a pointer owned by Henry Lewis. The dog barked loudly to alert a passerby, leading police to summon aid and have Mulvey taken to City Hospital for cold exposure. Doctors say he would have died if not found promptly.
A young woman believed to be Golda Sargent consumed carbolic acid in a Tremont Street restaurant near midnight. Patrons watched as she collapsed, with mouth and face burned. Restoratives applied, police notified, she was taken to City Hospital and listed as dangerous.
Semi official reports indicate Austria Hungary will move to strengthen defenses due to Serbia’s provocations. Troops expected to concentrate at strategic points in Bosnia and Croatia. Serbia reportedly recalls its Vienna envoy, though unconfirmed.
About 1500 members of St. Rose Catholic Church Chelsea gathered to honor the former assistant pastor Rev. Henry T. Grady now in Quincy. A purse of 1367 was presented on behalf of former parishioners by Rep. Thomas F. Driscoll, with music and remarks from the pastor Rev. Thomas F. Cusack and Rev. Father Thomas A. Quinlan.
A. M. Bates, a Richmond dentist, is jailed on a charge of performing an operation on Miss Winnie Kincaid, who died last night. The girl, daughter of William O. Kincaid, was treated by Dr. C. W. Price who reported the matter to Trial Justice Isaac L. Spaulding after the patient allegedly implicated Bates before death.
Deputy Sheriff S R Duran arrested Bates at the county attorney’s request. Coroners Dr C W Price and Dr W N Price conducted the autopsy. A coroner's hearing is set for tomorrow morning. Bates, 38, is unmarried and has varied professions including dentistry, veterinary work, house painting and a government towboat captain license.
Mrs. James M. McCarthy asks Newton city officials to reimburse her for alleged damages after being forced to ride in a patrol wagon to identify a prisoner. Her attorney claims coercion and lack of summons, noting public humiliation and schoolyard teasing for her children.
J Mitchel Galvin the Republican candidate for Congress in the 10th district plans to challenge his opponent's election to Washington. He told a Post reporter he will pursue the case to the House of Representatives with counsel Herbert Parker guiding the effort.
In Waterville Maine on November 15 a timber bulletin says Kennebec River timber cuts for this season will be one quarter to one third less than last year. Sawmills in the dimension market will gain from current prices with spruce at 26 dollars per thousand feet.
New York report says Michael Ritchie a painter, pitched head first from a swinging scaffold on the Queensboro bridge, tumbled seventy feet to the ground and is expected to die.
A cautionary note links backache to kidney weakness and urges immediate attention. It promotes a vegetable treatment using Compound Karyon, Fluid Extract Dandelion, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, claiming it restores kidney function and relieves rheumatism and urinary issues with tea spoonful doses after meals and at night.
In Lexington, the will of Henry Pfaff Jr. sparks a feud as ex wife Louise C. Pfaff and her children confront the succession preferences of the second wife and her offspring. The Pfaffs once lived in the Hayes Castle, a famed central residence, before Pfaff’s death in Germany after a long illness.
Miss Josephine Casey of the Boston Women's Trade Union League plans an eight hour labor chorus for women union members. Inspired by Chicago practice, the group will sing at women trades union meetings to boost welfare. First rehearsal tonight at 171 West Brookline street led by a top Boston vocal teacher.
Claims Pazo Ointment cures any case of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. The ad promises relief with a 650c price.
A brief notice promotes Marine Eye Remedy as a tonic for tired or irritated eyes. It asserts eye comfort and clarity improvement with regular use and positions the product as a maritime or marine care item.
President Roosevelt calls for nationwide farmer and professional cooperation in Country Life Commission work and names two new members, Charles S. Barrett of Union City Georgia and William A. Beard of Sacramento California. He suggests district meetings before December 5 to report back before Congress resumes in January and lists topics such as rural school efficiency farm labor good roads postal facilities and farm sanitation.
Providence Nov. 15 The east side tunnel built by the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad at a cost of 2 000 000 opens today as a connecting link between the union station and the company lines in East Providence for passenger travel.
The tunnel on the Shore line between New York and Boston will funnel suburban electric service from Fall River into the city. Trains run via electric power with overhead trolley. The opening includes a double tracked tunnel and approaches. full plans call for a second parallel tunnel.
A whist and dancing party will be held in the Boston College music room tomorrow evening under the joint auspices of St Theresa’s and St Valentine’s total abstinence societies. The event is largely organized by St Theresa’s members led by chairman Mrs Mary Gallagher with assistance from Miss Mary McGovern Miss Julia McCarthy Miss Emma Gallagher Mrs J W Toomey Mrs J Park Snow and Messrs Charles B Farrell James J O’Neil and Timothy McCarthy.
Grief spread across churches in New Haven after the death of Rev. Dr. G Brinley Morgan rector of Christ Church who was struck by a car yesterday. His funeral is set for Wednesday at 11:30 from Christ Church with Bishop Chauncey Brewster presiding. Burial will follow at Spring Grove Cemetery in Hartford.
Safe blowers attempted two robberies in Fitchburg on November 15 with one success. Authorities have no clues to identify the culprits.
Cincinnati on November 15. Smith H. Rose testifies in divorce proceedings that Jennie Rose showed no interest in his welfare, called him names, and said his kisses were like dry chips.
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