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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
2
In Denver on November 29, Gertrude Gibson Patterson was found not guilty of murdering her husband Charles A. Patterson who was shot dead while walking in a suburb on September 25. The verdict triggered cheers outside the District Court and the defendant sought thanks from jurors, who later received visits from four jurors at the jail.
A cheering crowd saluted Mrs Patterson as she left the jail rotunda after an acquittal by a jury that split on four ballots. Jurors voted 10 to 2 then 11 to 1 before a unanimous verdict, with debate centering on her European trip with another man and her husband’s knowledge.
Washington states United States would deploy 500 to 2500 troops from the Philippines to guard the Pekin to sea railroad and protect foreigners if China desires. A marine detachment left Shanghai aboard the Saratoga to reach Pekin to guard the Methodist mission near the legation quarter where 140 American missionaries may assemble if needed.
Military despatches from Hankow report Hu Nan forces defecting and 5000 rebel recruits in Hu Peh mutiny, refusing to attack and shooting their officers amid ongoing upheaval in the revolutionary ranks.
The Hon. Charles A. DeCourcy presided over a Boston City Club gathering to organize a Massachusetts branch of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. Elected officers include President Henry N. Sheldon, secretary treasurer Edwin Mulready, and an executive committee comprising Morton Prince, John D. McLaughlin, Arthur D. Hill, Roscoe Pound, and H. H. Baker.
George Fiske of Cambridge sues Susan McCabe Madden of this city for 20000. He files a motion seeking specifications on the promised marriage timing and location and where the plaintiff first met the defendant.
Judge Frank A. Milliken has not released the 1908 vote buying inquest records at Governor Foss’s request to the State police. He said records may eventually be burned as obsolete, while critics push for disclosure amid ongoing New Bedford vote buying investigations.
Poem notes how pilgrims endured a harsh rocky shore and snow as years passed. The land grew bountiful due to loyal settlers who journeyed from afar to keep the tradition of bringing home the nation’s sons and daughters for Thanksgiving.
President William H. P. Faunce of Brown University has received an invitation to assume pastoral duties at New York City’s Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Rockfeller’s church. The notice leaked from Boston after months of guarded discussions on his future course.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt secluded himself at Groton School with Dr. Endicott Peabody to avoid interviews about Barker’s Washington charges. He declined all questions, saying he would discuss nothing on the matter. Later he addressed Groton students with tales of Africa and his Nimrod exploits.
Militant suffragettes gained entry to the City Temple and interrupted Premier Asquith as he attempted to speak on settlement work. A protester chained herself to a pillar, triggering a violent struggle as the audience roared. James Ramsay MacDonald condemned the scene as an insult to the prime minister.
The schooner Ariana M. Jagger left the wharf and struck a rock, instantly sinking. The crew escaped to a boat and were rescued, having just cleared the area of suction from the sinking vessel.
Governor Foss departed Boston at 10 yesterday for Charleston where he will speak tonight before the Society of St. Andrew. Dudley M. Holman, named as a delegate to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington on December 5 to 8, has already left for the south.
George A. Kennedy a 28 year old brakeman of Somerville was jammed between two cars at the Rutherford avenue yards of the Boston and Maine railroad early last night. His right arm was amputated and he was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital on the dangerous list with an ambulance waiting at North station.
The Rev Charles F Aked, former minister of the Fifth Avenue church, has moved to San Francisco. With the church without a permanent pastor, talk centers on President Faunce possibly taking the post. A new tabernacle might replace the present church with $500000 already secured, aiming to be the costliest and finest in America.
Arlington High School students with the Athletic Association and several girls staged a three act comedy The College Chap in the assembly hall last night. Cast included Durrant Currier Elijah Gooding Wilbur Emus Seth Hines Walter Kenney Art Wimpel Raymond Taylor Samuel Crane America Chaves Starr Clay John Sanford Bart Eaton Leo Dalton John Drew Irving Irving Wolff Will Sellum Ralph Stiles Osgood Holt Bell boys Walter Hutchinson David Crane and several actresses led by Miss Annie Mc Grath Miss Margaret Dempsey Miss Eleanor Hatch Miss Mildred Partridge Miss Ethel Eggleston Miss Marion Bullard Miss Marion Young in supporting roles.
Mrs. Henry P. Kidder of 168 Commonwealth Avenue was elected first vice president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage at New York convention. The group, formed to resist votes for women, also chose Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge as president and elected Mrs. Horace Brock and Mrs. Robert G. Garrett to other posts.
Fire destroyed the Waldo House on Hull hill endangering the exclusive summer district. The valued property stood at 5000 dollars and flames spread to nearby summer homes of Fred Emery of Brookline and William B. Lambert of Cambridge causing minor damage.
A dense obituary column lists multiple deaths and funeral details from Dorchester South Boston Roxbury and nearby towns. Entries include Behan Brown Burke Callahan Cloutman Coakley Cook French Glynn Herlihy Jolley Lyons Marchbank McCabe McEachern Mosher Newell Olsen Paine Payton Ellsworth Newell Olsen Paine and others with ages dates residences and church services. Relatives friends and attendees are invited to attend.
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