24 Nov 1913
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1913
Page
2
Watchman James Hardy spotted three men attempting to enter the vestry of Hanover’s First Congregational Church through a window at 2 am. He ordered them to stop and fired as they fled. Police and residents scoured the woods for the trio.
Hanover Four Corners police arrest Henry Newcomb Ralph Stetson and Daniel Purtle as they return in a Howland stable buggy believed stolen last night. They offer no alibi. Earlier fires at town hall and Briggs grocery were set incendiary. Newcomb is a state ward living with Rev. William H Dowden.
Ralph Lopez, who killed three peace officers and a fellow Mexican, remained at large west of the Lake mountains as a large posse of more than 100 men pressed his trail. He exposed himself to view by firing on the posse from a cliff and jeering as they sought cover. He descended from the Lake mountains into Cedar Valley about noon, likely seeking food.
A forest fire likely started by hunters burned over 300 acres in East Greenwich Rhode Island on November 23. A large group of volunteers battled the blaze and saved several houses as much of the land scorched was mature timber.
An engineer from Hamlet North Carolina recounted sending ten dollars of a renal treatment to a friend with Brights disease. A letter from John J. Fulton Co. claimed two patients improved and one was believed hopeless two years earlier, spurring promotion of Fulton’s Renal Compound and pamphlets at drug stores.
Mrs. Cecilia Newman of New York City reports strong help from Father John’s Medicine for coughs and fatigue. A. N. Richard of New Bedford, Massachusetts, credits it with curing his baby’s illness and building strength after other preparations failed. William F. Maguire of Long Island City notes the medicine aided his sick baby’s bronchi and recovery.
Dr. Charles Harwood of Boston believes a two inch Italian mosaic bought for one dollar at a Nantucket rummage sale may be the long missing gem stolen from his mother in a Nantucket hotel robbery in the 1870s. He contacts the Nantucket purchaser and hints his father Willard Harwood would pay a high price to recover the piece, now owned by A Chenoweth who bought it at sale for the Massachusetts Babies Hospital fundraiser. The mosaic depicts ruins of the Coliseum of Rome and is set in a gold brooch with two matching earrings.
Police detain George Duran and Dora Phamus at their homes near Bridgewater road after the discovery of William Corley's body. Bert Russell held as a witness. Authorities believe a quarrel led to the death and continue inquiries into the incident around Woodstock, Virginia.
Elmer W Billings age 48 of Billings Stover died suddenly in the basement of his Harvard Square apothecary yesterday morning. He told a clerk he felt unwell and sat down on a packing box before being found dead. He had been a longtime fixture for Harvard students.
Frank A. Kendall, office manager of the Dether Woolen Company, died at his home in Cambridge after a week with meningitis. His parents, formerly of Prairie du Lac Wisconsin, were notified and are en route to arrive today.
A Thanksgiving note touts Dys-pep-lets as fast relief for sour stomach and indigestion. Each dose crushes easily, speeds digestion, reduces gas, and calms stomach distress. The product blends pepsin and bismuth with other digestives and carminatives, sugar coated for pleasant use, sold in 10c, 25c, and 1 sizes with Hood name guarantee.
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