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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
5
A collision between a Texas & Pacific passenger train and a coal barge near Shreveport Louisiana injures nine people. The incident occurred in the afternoon and involved multiple passengers. Emergency crews responded to the scene for medical treatment and investigation.
A Thanksgiving observance note advocates generosity at home and suggests stocking up on Doane's XXXX Rye Whiskey at 75 cents per quart. The ad invites customers to order from the old store at 149 Blackstone Street by call, mail, or postcard.
Boston Post investigations reveal a book of 500 blank contracts paying voters if their precincts deliver on election day. Officials say the practice spans recent and past elections with mayoral hopefuls linked to the scheme. Walsh vows thorough inquiry with Governor Foss backing.
New Bedford leaders denounce vote buying as a long standing problem. Merchants Samuel P. Dudgeon Charles H. Adams David L. Crowley Michael J. Leahy praise The Post for supporting investigations led by David I. Walsh to prosecute election law violations and clean city politics.
In Saumur France on November 23 a Montreuil Bellay bridge collapse caused a train from Angers to Poitiers to plunge into the Thouet river. Roughly sixty passengers drowned as cars fell with the swell, many clinging to tree tops before being swept away.
Philadelphia November 23 George H Earle forms a $4 000 000 sugar company Samuel F Houston named president The new firm intends to rival the sugar trust and will use the same plant connected with former President Hipple Adolph Segal and a controversy with Roosevelt.
Representatives of the Gaelic League of Ireland spoke last evening at the Boston Gaelic Alliance event in Paul Revere Hall. The gathering drew hundreds of descendants of the old land and friends, marking the start of a series to advance Gaelic work in the United States. Notables included Rev. Michael O Flanagan, Fionan Mac Collum, Donal O Connor, Mayor Fitzgerald, and James T. Barrett, with Misses O Quinn, O Shea, Noone, and McLaughlin showcasing Irish Art Industries.
Dorchester police search for a man linked to braid snipping attacks on young girls including Florence Girardin twelve. She was followed after mass and her braid was cut near her home on Crescent and Dorchester avenues. Suspect described as tall stout in derby hat and long overcoat carrying scissors. Police believe he is same offender active in the North and West Ends.
An ad touts Cascarets as a night time cleanse for the liver stomach and bowels. It claims the product relieves headaches coated tongues sleeplessness and bilious stomachs by morning and suggests a 10 cent box buys months of relief for adults and children alike.
Portland Massachusetts? No. Resident Ernest Donate a mason fell from a roof while rigging a tackle on a four story brick building in Monument square. He died en route to the hospital.
Advertises Gold Dust as a superior vegetable oil soap powder that cleans better than soap, saves half the time, and spares the back. It works with any water type, softens hard water, and speeds washing without heavy rubbing. Try it to see time saved.
Three top entries in the $10,000 short story contest are highlighted in The Sunday Post Magazine next Sunday. Authors named are Elmore Ellliott Peake, James Montgomery Flagg, and Francis Robert Le Roux.
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