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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1903

Page

14

Milk Producers and Contractors Reach Arbitration Bargain

Milk producers and contractors in the big milk controversy agree to arbitration. A temporary compromise sets a 39 1 2 to 40 1 2 cent can Boston price plus two cents carrying charge or 37 1 2 cents flat on this summer basis. Excess production may be limited pro rata to the carrying charge, or paid at butter prices if excess continues after notification. A later conference will finalize details and a likely independent arbitration board is favored.

Ballard New England Milk Producers’ Union George O. Whiting Boston State Board Board of Arbitration

Forger gang realises thousands on stolen checks

Philadelphia chief postal inspector W. W. Dickson pursues two bold forgers accused of converting checks for thousands of dollars. The altered checks came from a mail pouch that vanished September 5 on a west bound Pennsylvania line express train between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia W. W. Dickson This City Pittsburg

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY WITH LAXATIVE TABLETS

An old time advert claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. It notes refunds if the remedy fails and shows E. W. Grove's signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.

E. W. Grove

Van Wormers Electrocuted at Clinton Prison

Distantly reported details describe the execution of Frederick M. Van Wormer Burton Van Wormer and Willis Van Wormer at Clinton prison in Danemora New York for the 1901 murder of their uncle Peter A Hallenbeck. Each man faced the chair between 11 34 and 11 47 a m and died within two minutes after the current was applied.

Dannemora N. Y Willis Frederick M Burton van Wormer Clinton Peter A. Hallenbeck Greendale Columbia County Burton

Bulgaria orders recruits for October 14 conscription shift

The war ministry in Sofia has moved the annual contingent of recruits to October 14 from the year’s start. Despite hopeful signs in the overall situation, many observers fear the Macedonian issue remains a threat likely to be settled by war. Bulgaria continues military preparations as Turkish diplomacy plays for position and M Natchevics heads to Constantinople.

Bulgaria Sofia War Ministry Constantinople M. Natchevics

Daylight Robbery In Heart Of The City

A handbag theft on Beach Street near Washington Street yesterday afternoon netted diamonds and about 20000 in cash from a woman identified as Mrs Southworth or Southwick or Newton. Two suspects, described as seasoned New York crooks, may face arrest after Special Officers Kelly and Goff investigate. The victim, who was en route to the South Station after theatre tickets, was followed and robbed. bystanders pursued but the thieves escaped toward Tyler Street.

Lagrange Street Beach Street Washington Street Southworth Southwick Newton Kelly Goff New York South End Hollis Street South Station

Sons of Two Noted Englishmen Enter Harvard Law School

The Harvard Law School welcomed two English heirs as incoming students for the year. John Pollock, 24, son of Sir John Pollock of London, Cambridge graduate, plans a year at Memorial Hall with Harvard’s plain living. Henry Gorell Barnes, 21, son of Sir John Gorell Barnes, Bart., also a recent Oxford graduate, accompanies him.

Harvard Law School England John Pollock Lon Don Henry Gorell Barnes John Gorell Barnes Bart Pollock Cambridge Eagland Mémorial ‘Hall Harvard Barnes Oxford

Dyspepsia Tablets a Traveling Salesman’s Daily Crutch

A St Louis hardware traveler extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as essential for frequent hotel meals and irregular fare. He cites heartburn and headaches reduced, spending about fifty cents monthly, and notes his doctor recommended the product as a reliable stomach medicine that delivers results.

Stuart St. Louis Josh

Pollock Absentminded Caller Takes Stranger Baby

Brooklyn man Robert Pollock wakes on a Bergen Street car with a baby he does not know. He tried to abandon the child. a policeman arrives after a chaotic telephoning episode. In court Pollock and a disheveled woman claim to be married. the magistrate dismisses the case and sends them away.

New York Robert Pollock Brooklyn Bergen

Washington in Paris escapes press under alias Jones

Booker T. Washington head of the Tuskegee Institute is in Paris and Normandy avoiding attention by traveling as Jones. He notes remarkable agricultural observations and says little to French reporters about Roosevelt entertainment. He plans to sail back to the United States on October 7.

Booker T. Washington Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute Washington Roosevelt United States

Missing Roxbury Woman Aaron Fears Foul Play

Mrs. Bar ney Aaron 28 from Roxbury disappeared after leaving Boston on a 9 am train to Rockland Maine. Police and family conducted wide searches from Boston to Rockland fearing foul play due to her jewelry description and no word of her since.

Barney Aaron Roxbury Boston Rockland

Waterfront unions discuss delegated council plan

Local labor notes report a meeting of waterfront unions and associations debating a delegated council. Delegates favor the project but take no definite steps yet, with a gathering set for Nov 5 at 112 Lewis street. New secretary BE Francouer succeeds DR. BEB. Shedd in Car and Locomotive Painters Union. initiation fee rises to 85 after Nov 6.

Lewis Street C. B. Mason Mates’ Union Otto Frost Cooks’ Union J. E. Graham L. F. Hough Charles Monahan BE. Francouer Beb. Shedd Union of Car and Locomotive Painters Boston Faneuil Hall Grand Lodge American Federation Walter Ames Kansas City The International Boston Lodge 264 Daniel J. McDonald American Federation of Labor Printing Pressmen’s Union Michael J. Cooney Franklin Association

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