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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
12
G W Borden from Lynn Mass arrested in Binghamton on bigamy charges with multiple wives. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years and six months in Auburn State Prison.
At season start we produced limited high grade overcoats and priced them at 50 and 45 dollars. Remaining stock is a broken assortment of sizes and will not be replenished this season. All $50 coats are now 40 and all $45 coats are now 36 to move quickly.
Miss Olive Taylor of Alameda California quietly marries Dr. McCall ship physician on the City of Para as the steamer nears Panama. After the ceremony the couple parts with McCall returning to his ship and the bride continuing to Boston. Her father owns mining concessions in Corea.
In Concord a 52 member committee from The Pack of Cards Association met to back Taft in the national campaign. They urged a Roosevelt like continuation via Secretary of War Taft as president, naming Winston Churchill of Cornish as likely campaign manager and James A. Lufts of Phillips Exeter as presiding officer. Governor Metane did not attend.
Canadian patrol vessel Vigilant encountered two American fishing boats and a gasoline launch near Old Hen Island. Four men resisted surrender, fled toward the launch, but after a warning shot they surrendered and were detained briefly aboard the Vigilant before being returned to American boats. The two fishing boats were retained by Canada.
The jury brought the case to a close this afternoon, holding from the residence at 173 Court street. The Rev Edward Huntting Rudd officiated at the services and the interment followed in the Old Village Cemetery.
Medford tonSorialist Joseph A. Fabello describes years of chronic indigestion eased after using Cooper New Discovery. He reports full relief after a second bottle, enabling unrestricted meals. Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston are listed as agents for the Cooper remedies amid a strong sales push.
Boston school board moves to have Mayor Fitzgerald sign the general building contract for the Mechanic Arts High School addition. The action follows Storrow letter urging immediate signing amid a dispute over the heating contract and lingering delay concerns.
The Boston Latin School freshman football team beat Dorchester High 10 to 0 at Dunbar Avenue. Players Temple O Hare Evans and Amadon starred for Latin School while Jordan led Dorchester.
An advertisement touts Carolina Pine Tar as the rapid remedy for coughing. The claim centers on its genuine pine tar content and effectiveness as a cough suppressant.
A sale advertisement lists Misses and Girls apparel including ready-to wear union suits vests coats silk tams carriage robes hubbard dresses and hats. Prices show 1.00 and 50 for girls ages 5 to 14.
The article reports Professor A V Stormsdenounces girls basketball as immodest while Posse Gym girls defend the sport. Baroness Rose Posse praises her school’s program as public exhibitions vanish at Wellesley and Lasell. Boston area high schools vary with interclass play and a Bloomer Girls pageant draws 1200 spectators with little protest. Women teachers in East Boston vote 20 to 14 supporting girls basketball with men tied at seven seven.
New York reports Joseph Ullman once in mental derangement sold short during a stock plunge. Friends feared ruin, but Ullman’s timing paid off as he now holds a net gain of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Four year old Charley Wallace was missing after a basement blaze started by an overheated furnace at 30 Claremont Park. He fled the heat saying he feared the house would collapse. His mother Wilhelmina Wallace operated a lodging house and the fire caused about 500 dollars in damage. He was later located at 381 Columbus Avenue in the home of Mrs. Sherman.
For the first time in this region an electric car served as a hearse carrying Mrs Effie Cooney Manson wife of Westinghouse Electric Company president D Edgar Manson from Brookline to Worcester. Services were at her Brookline home 67 Perry street at 10 30 am conducted by Rev Dr W W Jordan of Clinton Mass who also officiated at her 1898 marriage after she graduated from Smith College. At 11 30 the body was moved to the Boston Worcester car for the procession.
Roy Winters an 18 year old pay master clerk from Newell West Virginia is captured after fleeing with 800 dollars. He allegedly assisted by a woman from Chicago in a scheme involving the North American Company before being seized at a West Canton Street home. The tale ends with the money exhausted and Winters in custody.
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