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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1913
Page
9
A Seminole limited train on the Illinois Central railroad overturned near Cordova, about 30 miles west of Birmingham, injuring several passengers. Two cars derailed as olive freight cars etc.
An old remedy, Sage and Sulphur, reputedly restores natural hair color and gloss. A 50-cent bottle at drug stores provides a simple application that darkens the hair by morning and improves scalp conditions with regular use.
Colonel Robert B Edes a respected militia figure and rifle expert died Monday after a cerebral hemorrhage at the Greenlaw Manufacturing Co. in Boston. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:80 o clock at his Newton home with no military ceremony per family wishes. He served in Indian wars and earned more than 80 rifle trophies including many won in England as part of the American rifle team. He was active in the Sons of the Revolution Masons Royal Arcanum NRA New England Military Rifle Association and several clubs and associations.
Mrs Honora Grant aged 86 dies after her clothing catches fire while she tries to light a lamp inside her home at 36 Locust street South Boston. She lived alone and had resided there for many years.
Newburyport resident Rev. and Mrs. Horace Carter Hovey of Lime Street marked 56 years of marriage. Dr. Hovey, a cave expert, is noted for his work and long service as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Old South in Newburyport.
Edward Wimbush a colored desperado who fired on Sheriff McCain aboard a crowded street car in Columbia last night was shot dead today by a sheriff s posse after fighting off pursuers all night and morning in the suburb area of Columbia.
Carl Oliver a Negro from Franklin County Texas asked the U S Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence for murdering Franklin D Stanley a white man He claims self defense after finding Stanley with his wife and argues jurors should have been charged that a Negro has same home defense rights as a white man under Texas and federal law
Samuel H. Lessy, cashier of the Birmingham National Bank, was found dead at a local cemetery last midnight. Bank officials say his accounts were absolutely correct and that the arrest of Earl Steeves of Ansonia for passing two forged checks has no connection to Lessy’s act. They attribute the suicide to mental derangement and melancholia from overwork.
John Donnelly of 201 Endicott Street Boston has won the Boston Newsboys Club scholarship to Burdett College. A 1913 English High School graduate and former Cambridge subway Park Street entrance figure, he starred in English High baseball and contributed to the club's football baseball and basketball teams.
Ladies tailors and dressmakers employed by M. H. Goldstein at 218 Tremont street walked out yesterday after owner refused to rehire a member who was discharged Saturday, acts led by union business agent Gino Ancona.
Earl Harding proposed widening the Panama canal zone to 60 miles and returning southern Panama to Colombia. He warned current dual administration in the canal area risks future fragmentation and urged a single administration with control of the Chagres watershed. J P Santamarina and Captain Jose Moneta chaired and spoke on regional affairs.
Mr. Harding charges a small conspiratorial group directed by agents of the canal zone spurred the Panama secession. He claims many leaders in the so called war for liberty are Americans and urges retrocession to Colombia. He advocates a wider canal zone and a ten mile strip across the Isthmus excluding Panama and Colon.
Harry K Thaw remains in his Concord hotel apartments under joint custody of U S Marshal and the New York sheriff while a new habeas corpus writ and extradition proceedings unfold. New York must answer within seven days, with Thaw’s reply due in five, before briefs and printed documents proceed to Judge Amrich for a ruling and possible appeal to the United States Supreme Court.
After a full day before Judge Edgar Aldrich in the New Hampshire district court, an accord was reached between William T. Jerome for New York and Thaw's six lawyers with Aldrich's assent. The writ of habeas corpus filed at Littleton in September is temporarily suspended. Thaw was arrested by Sheriff Drew.
Noted thriller writer Roy Norton launches a powerful serial in the Post Magazine beginning next Sunday. The author, known for high tension plots, promises a gripping story arc across multiple installments.
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