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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
2
Providence Nov 22 A Boston youth William Conlon visiting a cousin here was charged with cutting out wire from the electric railroad company. He was bound over to the grand jury under $1000 with additional charges said to be pending.
In Rutland Vermont on November 22 Mary Todd an 80 year old woman once found guilty of arson against Bela Churchill’s Chittenden farmhouse and barns sits alone in a House of Correction cell. Since her husband’s death she has become forlorn and reads or sews away her days.
In Westbrook Maine on November 22 health officials report six cases of small pox across three families. Public schools closed for Thanksgiving recess and libraries may follow. Board of Health urges avoidance of public gatherings until the outbreak is controlled.
In New York on November 22 the divorce case of Abraham Levy known as Abe Leavitt versus his wife Lottie Elliott heard testimony from bar keeper Thomas Kehoe that Sachs kissed Mrs Levy. Mrs Levy allegedly gave money to gamble on horse races. Mrs Sachs testified she saw the couple embrace and hear endearing terms. Charlotte Levy denied all charges calling herself a skipping rope endurance dancer.
John Werdner reports seeing a large eyeed figure on the road near Parker street after eight this morning. He fled to Brown's restaurant and described a pale form with saucer sized eyes approaching from the bridge area, amid rumors a minister recently moved rooms due to sightings.
Boston University trustees appointed Professor Mitchell as instructor of Semitic languages and literature in the graduate school. The resolution praised his 22 years of service and granted him leave of absence with exemption from all service. His appointment extends until June 6 1906.
Boston Jews mobilize for Russia relief as schools and children collect pennies. Rabbis appeal across denominations and two large meetings are planned with speakers including Judge Henry S Dewey and Dr J H Landau.
William W. Bumpus aged 35 of 26 Orange Street Chelsea was found on the Warren bridge late yesterday with two fingers crushed and bleeding. He told doctors he was bumped while unloading an ocean liner on the waterfront. Doctors say no serious damage expected unless delayed discovery led to fatal injury.
The Brimmer School Class of 1894 held its annual reunion and banquet at Copley Square Hotel. Maurice P. O. Tyrode, president of the association, presided and delivered a brief address. Of 35 classmates, 12 were present. officers listed as Tyrode president Bowen vice president Parkman secretary.
Promises rapid cold relief with laxative bromide quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Each box bears B. W. Grove’s signature. Price three quarters of a dollar.
Charles Ernest Church pleads with Boston police to locate his wife Julianna Church and their two children, missing since November 7. Julianna, once a pastry cook at the Hotel Thorndike, reportedly fled from White River Junction Vermont to Boston, with a 9 year old girl and a 12 year old boy.
Lynn, Nov. 22. State police may arrest tomorrow in the case of Charles Meikle found dead in his kitchen on Nov. 7. Meikle, a former Thomson-Houston worker, allegedly shot himself but investigators question whether the death was self-inflicted given the lack of direct evidence and the single witness in the house.
A Labrador story notes a dog named Wallace a Gotham lawyer. The item mentions a crossing incident and ties to legal proceedings in a concise local notice style.
From St. John s Newfoundland letters detail Labrador crossing by Dillon Wallace the Labrador explorer and New York lawyer and his companion Easton. The feat marks the first white crossing without guides or Indian assistants.
In St John New Brunswick a group of Italian crew brought by Allan line officials refused to help unload the Parisian claiming they were unaware a longshoremen strike was underway.
In Oxford Maine on November 22 Game Warden D W Stanley arrested Horace McKeen William Wallace and Frank M Ramsdell all Boston residents for evading Maine game laws by hunting Paris and Oxford without nonresident licenses. The three were fined 25 dollars plus costs each after shooting a few partridges. Stanley said he would make an example of them.
Halifax Nova Scotia November 22 report from Beaver Harbor casts doubt on last night’s news of a steamer sunk last Thursday. The Strathcona, seen nearby yesterday, did not report sighting wreckage or a wreck.
Station 13 police seek to identify the youth or youths who turned in two false alarms yesterday around 1 PM. Fire response exhausted Engine 42 and Engine 28 horses as crews fought non existent blazes.
A medical advertisement claims catarrh is a blood disease and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the radical cure. It cites Mrs Minnie Marden of Roxbury who reports seven years of catarrh resolved in three months, plus Catarrilets nasal treatment for nasal catarrh relief.
A Post reporter details destitute families aided by readers donations. The Walkups on Franklin Road receive 30.75 dollars after illness leaves them unable to work. the wife suffers advanced asthma, the husband pleuraly and bronchial illness, and they recall years of hardship and self-reliance.
Mrs. Michael J. Brannick of Charlestown pleads for her bricklayer husband held overseas with 800 workers under guard. She describes meager wages, seven children, packed expenses, and fear as the union plans to appeal to Senator Lodge for a rescue ship.
A Reading family tells of actual hunger within 20 miles of here. Within the town of Reading live another needy family facing hardship.
Providence news reports a verdict for the defendant Monte Scott in the Shirley $25,000 alienation of affections suit. Adolph Shirley, gas and electric fixture dealer, sued Scott once a prominent bicycle racer now based in Hartford Connecticut.
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