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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1913
Page
18
Lewis F. Armes of Lexington eloped and wed in New York with Miss O Louise Perkins of Fairhaven. He was kidnapped in New Bedford by friends and rescued by his bride in a high powered car during a midnight ride.
Armes and Miss Perkins eloped to New York after brief courtship. Friends plotted revenge by abducting Armes, locking him in a Bay View summer cottage. His wife searched through Fairhaven and New Bedford, found him after midnight. The couple forgave the jokers and the bridegroom’s father welcomed the union.
The will of the late Mrs Louisa R Guild of Brookline leaves nothing to her son Charles H Guild while a companion Pauline Hi Kelley receives 500 cash after probate and wearables including a diamond brooch a gold watch and chain a life income from a trust fund and after both die the principal goes to Radcliffe College the will filed in Norfolk Probate Court Dedham states.
Fred Crosby aged 39 of 9 Chester Avenue Somerville was arrested by Inspector Damery on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He allegedly stabbed John W. Deady of 19 Pearl Street South Framingham, who is hospitalized with chest and wrist wounds.
The 20th anniversary of Rt. Rev. William Lawrence’s consecration as bishop will be observed next Sunday and Monday at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Tremont Street. Bishops priests and laity from Massachusetts dioceses and across the nation will participate in the observances.
The diocese plans a statewide observance extending to every parish and mission for Bishop Lawrence’s episcopate milestone. Special prayers have been issued, with Sunday services to be followed by a major diocesan eucharist at the Cathedral. Attending bishops include Brent, Longley, Kinsman, Van Buren, Osborne, Rhinelander, Reese. A reception at Symphony Hall was postponed to late November.
Charles Gilbert aged 74 died at Wethersfield State Prison after 48 years confined. He was sentenced in 1865 to life for killing Henry Cadwell in New Britain during the winter of 1863 64.
John F. Barnwell ship's carpenter aboard the Devonian slipped on a ladder and fell forty five feet into the hold yesterday afternoon and was instantly killed.
Over 1000 graduates from Harvard University attended a welcoming reception in Phillips Brooks House rooms. Attendees came from the graduate schools of arts and sciences divinity and the Annen Theological Seminary.
A troubling event tied to the Cunard liner Franconia's East Boston departure yesterday involved Benjamin Shapiro a 20 year old who had become totally blind from a bullet wound suffered in a safety related incident.
Shapiro, despondent over his sweetheart Anna in Russia breaking their pledge, attempted suicide as the Franconia sailed from Boston. A custodian warned the officer that Anna would not be waiting, while 25 Rhodes Scholars departed for Oxford including Norman S. Taber who eyes 1916 Olympics. Herr Constantin Dumba sailed in cognito bound for Trieste amid rumors of a secret mission.
In Baltimore on Eastern Avenue road a car driven at high speed turned turtle injuring four people. Lottie Thorn, 19, died instantly. Marie Krouse was fatally injured. two men and a woman were wounded. Chauffeur Charles Fetzer was arrested for operating without a license. George W. Konig, noted local figure, was among the party.
Mayor Fitzgerald boosted all city department salaries just before departing for the West last Monday, setting a new high for wage increases and leaving city records in his wake.
About 200 Boston city workers gain annual raises ranging from 50 to 800 dollars each, totaling 40 000 dollars. The action, backed by the Mayor, signals his stand in the upcoming municipal race, with all departments included.
Francisco Betazzi age 25 was killed and A M McFarland is dying after a staging collapse on the fourth story of the General Electric Company building on Kellog street. Two Italian masons were seriously injured as the men landed on a brick pile. All were taken to Hillcrest Hospital with Betazzi dying en route. This follows two prior similar incidents leaving three men seriously injured last week.
Thomas Mott Osborne, head of the State Commission on Prison Reform, visiting Auburn prison under the alias Tom Brown, was reprimanded twice for minor infractions in the mess hall and during a yard exercise tour. He may face discipline if behavior repeats.
Five people on the sixth floor of the Mt. Grove Hotel at 106 Myrtle Street were saved from a blaze that shot through an airshaft to the roof. Firemen used scaling ladders after a 65 foot ladder failed to reach the windows, bringing Cronin and his family to safety as others escaped from lower floors.
A Washington rumor claims former Congressman John A. Keliher will be named Boston postmaster to replace Mansfield. City Democratic leaders plan to send petitions to Washington to block the appointment amid party infighting.
Thomas Guthrie, 1 year into his marriage to Delia Guthrie of 15 Winthrop Avenue Newton, failed to obtain a divorce in Superior Court at East Cambridge. Judge McLaughlin dismissed the libel as Delia and four children testified to his cruelty while she denied the accusations and recounted years of mistreatment and refusals to provide food or share meals.
There are changes in the routes of seven Somerville patrolmen effective at 8 this morning. Patrolman Elmer E. Drew is moved from a regular route to special duty.
The body of a young man believed Swedish was found about a mile offshore Ward's Hill. Captain John Austin brought the body to Stonington and the medical examiner noted a skull bruise, suggesting he was killed and thrown overboard from a vessel.
Henry F. Rich and Company a Winthrop grocer filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court stating liabilities of 51560 and assets of 27903.
Government tugs Iwana and Penacook will tow the Caisson of the Portsmouth navy yard dry dock to Charlestown navy yard on Tuesday for repairs. The transfer marks preparation for maintenance work on the dock facility.
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