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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1911
Page
3
Herbert Lefavour and Mrs. Ethel May Patterson faced Judge Lummus as detectives hired by Mrs. Grace Lefavour testified to surveillance at the Vendome lodging house. Evidence centered on a late night entry to Lefavour's room and the arrest of the involved parties at the station.
The Boston school committee reviewed plans to amalgamate Hyde Park with Boston on January 1, including establishing Hyde Park High as a Boston high school and dividing Hyde Park into two elementary districts Elihu Greenwood and Henry Grew. The pension bill and staff appointments were also addressed.
Ground was broken at noon yesterday for five new Y M C A buildings on Huntington Avenue Boston. Jacob P Bates chaired the ceremony with nearly 100 attendees including board members staff and local school faculty. Arthur S Johnson presided and George W Menhaffey offered the prayer as the first shovel of soil flew into the air and America was sung.
A large civic meeting at the City Auditorium heard 700 Melroge residents debate a proposed hen and poultry restriction within a mile and a quarter of City Hall. The crowd cheered and heckled as supporters and opponents argued, with a standing vote showing narrow support for the measure.
Paris gossip reports Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will marry Lou Tellegen a Flemish actor in her company Tellegen 26 and a former subordinate during her American tour last year Bernhardt 67 and a great grandmother remains the famous star of the troupe awaiting nuptials in London November 21 report by the Paris cor respondent to the London Standard
Governor Foss directs a New Bedford inquiry into alleged vote buying and corruption in the upcoming municipal election. Ex-mayor Thomas Thompson offers a $1000 reward via Merchants National Bank for convicting evidence, with conditions to match Edward T. Bannon’s $1000 offer. A rival mill owner reportedly offers up to $5000 for evidence leading to high‑level convictions. State police report to the governor as investigations proceed.
Newton Aldermen rejected a request from day laborers for a higher pay, while the finance committee report granted withdrawal rights on the petition. The meeting saw a $200 raise for the city clerk after saving the city $5000, and budgets approved higher pay for firemen and policemen in the first two years.
The Everett Board of Aldermen held a hearing to probe the Board of Public Works on charges by Alderman Fred Hanson. City Solicitor Nelson Brown ruled only Hanson could speak due to the order’s wording, with Alderman Frank B. Rich presiding. The accusations concerned repairs made to highways before appropriations were approved.
Walter Wayman surgeon general of the United States public health and marine hospital service died at Providence Hospital at 12:20 this morning after several months illness.
Phil de Clamecy a former French officer was found guilty of four counts of passing worthless checks on the Hotel Touraine. Judge Sanderson sentenced him to six to ten years in Charlestown State Prison. Checks dated June 3 4 and 5 1911 totaled 112.50 100 20 and 60 dollars.
Frederick Whitcomb aged 37 from Freehold New Jersey shot himself in his hotel room at the Boston Tavern on Washington Street. He is dying at Relief Hospital in Haymarket Square.
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