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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1911
Page
3
A Boston reporter surveys South Boston Dorchester and Roxbury noting many young men without coats amid rising living costs. He announces a January style sale starting now offering all wool overcoats at 7.75 dollars with options in every style and length to curb illness fears.
The aging Boylston Street bridge over the Charles River, long a danger point near Harvard University, will be demolished imminently after a weekend fire damaged its framework. The Cambridge fire department noted the blaze prompted the action.
Thomas F. Murray of 53 Tolman street Dorchester married Miss Helen L. McLaughlin daughter of Stephen F. McLaughlin of 11 Elmdale street. Rev John S. McKone officiated. Bridesmaid Marguerite B. McLaughlin. best man John L. Murray. Murray, a Boston post office employee for 10 years, chairs the legislative committee. They plan a wedding trip to New York Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia and will reside at 15 Leslie street Dorchester.
Lynn Nov 26 Sylvester P Miles 75 longtime hotel owner and major real estate figure died after a 24 hour pneumonia illness He was born in Methuen and once ran a ghee business later operated the Kirtland House Summer Street He leaves a daughter Mrs WW Johnson a sister and two brothers In recent years he worked in real estate with his son in law under Miles Johnson and owned several large town buildings
Paul Dodge of 54 Saxton Street has been missing for three weeks. His mother fears he is being restrained and urged to labor for someone. He wandered before and was found by police in Revere after two days away. He lived in New York until a year ago and is described as slender with light hair and blue eyes. He wore a gray overcoat blue blouse trousers and a brown cap.
The body of a few weeks old infant was recovered yesterday afternoon in the Mystic River near the Auburn street bridge in Medford. Herbert and Winthrop Gillis of 37 West street discovered the body shortly after 1 o'clock.
George Willis Cooke argued that natural selection applies to social groups not individuals. He called for restricting reproduction by the biologically rich and poorer classes alike and urged an international union to eradicate contagious diseases. He claimed life is a social struggle with group contrasts and that modern society leaves selective advantage to the many rather than the few.
Arthur M. Pippin a former navy paymaster at the Portsmouth yard and his clerk James V. Fuller file habeas corpus challenges arguing federal prisoners can be sent to state prisons only for crimes punishable by death. Pippin was sentenced to seven years hard labor and Fuller two years. If Fuller’s appeal succeeds, lawyers will seek Navy Department permission to argue the case.
Mayor-elect Lunn of Schenectady will speak in Ford Hall Thursday evening December 7 at 8 p m on Socialism and Pre Socialist Party. He will present views to residents about political reform and party principles.
The article notes a weakening bridge that endangered thousands during football games and runs with the image as likely the final shot of a crowd crossing the hazard. It emphasizes the imminent removal of the dangerous structure.
State police investigate fire on the Cambridge bridge with rumors of explosives denied. They suspect arson by youths while the city plans a replacement bridge to handle holiday crowds and traffic shifts toward the Western Avenue span.
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