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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
5
Boston Post reports an alarming claim of 20 children inoculated for tubercle bacteria. Dr. Lawrence Flick of Philadelphia states no children were inoculated and explains that Detre injected sterilized extracts to determine tuberculosis origin. He calls the sensational report criminal and unfounded.
Mrs. Hains alleges in a lengthy deposition that T. Jenkins Hains loved his brother's wife and grew jealous of William C. Annis. She accuses Hains of plotting to expose Mrs. Hains to her husband as part of a petition seeking alimony counsel fees and child custody.
The body of Fred R. Dawson superintendent of the Saxonville Mills was found in Lanham Brook. Dr L M Palmer announced autopsy results stating Dawson died of heart disease likely after falling from a carriage or near the bridge edge. No water in the lungs indicates death was not due to drowning.
William Lanen of Sroxbury presents a single bunch of Concord grapes to the Post claiming it is the New England grape champion. An office boy counted 171 grapes. the bunch measures 111 2 inches long and 14 3-4 inches around at the widest point.
A 19 year old Pawtucket youth was shot dead today by a companion aged about the same. Police say the shooting appears accidental and under investigation.
Mrs Hains admits signing a document she says was coerced by alcohol and claims it references her husband family. She denies unduly intimate relations with Annis or an illegal operation last April in a Manhattan hotel. The deposition, delayed, will be made public Monday amid court talks over $1000 counsel fees $20 weekly alimony and custody of three children with grandparents at Fort Hancock Sandy Hook.
Last evening 40 year old Mr. Dawson left his home to exercise his horse after 6 pm and never returned. By 7:15 pm the horse entered the yard driverless and a search traced buggy tracks to a schoolhouse and back to the Lanham river bridge. His submerged body was found in two feet of mud under water. He leaves a wife and four children with health and business worries noted.
The Bay State Automobile Association riders three cars the Studebaker driven by W G Jones the Franklin piloted by C B Carris and the Shawmut with Harold Church on the wheel hold perfect scores as officials seek a route to eliminate at least two. After 1367 miles in a week the trio resumes a 207 mile leg to Intervale and plans a return to Boston Friday with no engine work done.
The Sheinwald Shoe Syndicate at 40 42 Summer Street will sell a whole car load of high grade fall and winter footwear for men women and children. Remainder stock from Luddy Currier George Snow and Crockett will be offered at less than half price with some items as low as two cents on the dollar.
Judge George H. Bingham of Manchester NH, the Democratic nominee for Governor, reportedly declines to accept party leadership in the state campaign in a letter to Clarence Carr. John T. Almy prepares to announce the nomination in Bingham’s presence in Concord Friday.
Charles W. Wentworth, 80, longtime employee of Arthur T. Lyman, was struck and killed by a train near the Lyman Street crossing in Waltham while walking on the tracks. He had been deaf and an accident investigator noted the fatal event occurred yesterday.
In Hyderabad the capital of the Nizam’s dominions a sudden catastrophe left thousands dead. Heavy rains caused a lake to overflow into the River Musi and the river burst its banks flooding surrounding areas and causing widespread devastation.
A flood towering 60 feet swept through the city destroying a mile by half mile district. Many bodies recovered are badly mangled and more lie buried under masonry and twisted iron.
The exchange accuses President Roosevelt of misrepresenting Indian Territory and government. The speaker rebuts land status, cites Interior Department records, and alleges campaign funding tied to Depew. He defends New York child labor law and says state constitution is detailed and pro-union.
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