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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
2
Massachusetts reports 4.249 billion dollars in taxable property this year, up from 4.077 billion last year, marking the largest tax valuation in state history.
The trial jury panel is selected with thirteen jurors and two alternates for the Mattie Hackett case. State and defense questions focus on circumstantial evidence as prosecutors portray a jealous motive by Mrs. Raymond, with witnesses continuing to recount events and footprints linking a suspect to the crime scene.
Davis, masked and armed with dynamite, threatened to blow up railroad head Paul Shoup. After a tense standoff at the chief of police office, detectives disarmed his device and Davis was knocked unconscious. He was later identified as a German-born 34-year-old suspect tied to prior I W W, with a plan to blow up a city block.
An advertising snippet extols Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid safe remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and stomach trouble. It claims quick relief from sour gas stomach distress and related symptoms and recommends keeping a fifty cent case at home for accidental indigestion with immediate effect once taken.
Darkness blanketed the city as the moonlight lighting system turned off all street lamps and incandescents except shop windows and a few houses. Residents complained and some pledged action to revert to all night lighting.
Pierre Loti, renowned writer, gives a remarkable interview to Dana Baron. He discusses women and suffrage and other topics of interest to women. The feature appears in next Sunday's Post Magazine.
New York Buffalo police identify J Frank Hickey as a suspect in the dismembered body of 7 year old Josephs found in a Lackawanna sewer vault. Hickey, arrested at Keswick New Jersey, is jailed in Orange County. He allegedly beat the boy over a theft dispute and claimed the boy refused to return a watch and 40 cents. Hickey had recently lived in Lawrence.
Hickey claims he traveled from Boston to New York and stayed at Smith & McNeil's Hotel before going to Keswick. After a week of hard labor at a sanitarium he was arrested and questioned about the Josephs boy murder. he denies involvement and is remanded for 380 days to await Buffalo extradition.
Lawrence blotter records a man who gave the name John F. Hickey arrest Aug 6 on drunkenness and assault of a boy. Drunkenness continued. assault fined five dollars but unable to pay, leading to brief jail time. Described as 47, 5 ft 6 in, 146 lbs, medium complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, American-born laborer.
In Philadelphia on November 19 28 waiters walked out after the discharge of Paul Mannock head waiter at the Colonnade Hotel.
A dispute erupted between the restaurant manager and the head waiter over duties and authority. Both parties remain unnamed as the incident is investigated by staff.
The Jolly Jumpers schedule another carnival of fun in the comic section of next Sunday's Post.
Smooth, soft, velvety skin results from Hood's Lotion. Best for all weather use. Try it today. Sold by all druggists for 50 cents.
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