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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1909
Page
4
Boston schools closed all day yesterday due to morning rain under an old School Board rule. An order is expected to require pupils to report for the afternoon session if the forenoon rain clears, allowing a rescue in fair weather.
The Supreme Court ruled salvage may be claimed for services rendered to a sea going vessel in peril while docked. The Jefferson, owned by Old Dominion Steamship, burned while in a Newport News dry dock.
Purchase of waists from Riverside MFG Co New York at 20th Street lists prices from 3.00 to 4.00 for lingerie in a0 and 26 sizes. Net and lace waists priced 2.90 to 7.50, in white or cream with medallion trim.
Washington reports that Nicaragua’s President Zelaya threatened the U S consul at Managua and allowed occupation of the legation for security. Congress meets next week amid rumors Zelaya may resign and flee toward the Pacific coast. Persistent chatter puts Irias as potential successor to Zelaya.
Telegraphed dispatches from Corinto and Managua describe 1200 revolutionary troops in Chindagra and rising rumors in the West for Irias. Zelaya’s position is reported precarious in Managua while consular reports confirm executions of Leroy Cannon on Oct 21 and Leonard Groce on Nov 2, with news reaching December. Castrillo cites colleagues stating Zelaya intends seclusion.
Tobey Le Blanc was released and paid witness fees before meeting Chief McKenna. He avoided reporters via a police trap door and visited his sister before returning to Boston. Attorneys for Hattie LeBlanc questioned if authorities can send her away, while her innocence is defended amid reports of a possible third person in the laundry on the murder night. The Glover brothers and detectives pursue a new clue, and LeBlanc is described as not knowing how to handle a revolver.
The Middlesex Superior Court selected a 12 jurors panel for the James M. Harmon Jr. murder case in which the focused issue is his sanity at the time of the Dec 18 1908 shooting of Maud Hartley. The panel averages age forty with participants from Acton Cambridge Framingham and others. The trial centers on a single question of mental capacity.
An article warns against letting a cold run unchecked and describes a home formula mixing glycerine virgin oil of pine compound pure and whisky. A teaspoonful four times daily is claimed to break up a cold in 24 hours and cure curable coughs. The Leach Chemical Co. endorses the Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure.
Notification filed in federal court shows Samuel Gompers and associates petitioning for certiorari in the Supreme Court. A motion for a further stay of the appellate mandate is before the District Court of Appeals, which is not in session.
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromine quinine tablets. It claims a druggist will refund the money if it fails and bears E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.
Two young women Eva U Harris and Elsie Herman were arrested in the shopping district after police trailed them for hours. Inspectors Burr and Smith accuse the pair of attempting to pick the pockets of four women. Three pocketbooks with over $100 were found, including a $25 pigskin pocketbook with brown silk lining. Harris is 27 of Salem street. Herman is 20 of Washington street. Harris not known at Salem address.
Five members of the deck crew of the gunboat Marietta were rescued by a Des Moines rescue party after adrift in a gig off Port Limon Costa Rica. They reached shore at Coleta Point about 20 miles from Port Limon. The gig was not recovered and the remaining five men in the whale boat are missing.
George Ryan pleaded guilty to stealing about $2000 in diamond rings from Bigelow-Kennard jewelry store on Sept. 15. He was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction after taking the rings from a tray at the counter.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a safe, effective cure for backache and kidney or bladder troubles. It claims rapid cleansing and healing of kidneys and urinary organs, with relief from symptoms in a few days and urges purchasing the fifty cent treatment from any drug store.
Only 15 of 32 defendants remain after arguments in the steel trial as Judge Harris orders discharges and the American Bridge Company along with Edward B. Stearns are dropped. The nine individuals and six corporations listed will go to the jury after the charge and closing arguments. The day opened with discussions on low points as the panel was narrowed before the verdict phase.
A cheap five minute remedy for coughs and colds uses granulated sugar and Pinex pine compound to create a syrup. Mix one pint sugar with a half pint warm water, stir briefly, then add Pinex and fill a clean pint bottle. Take a teaspoon every two to three hours. honey can substitute for syrup for a honey and pine tar cough syrup.
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