Doctors Find Slayer of Mrs. Small Wanted to Destroy Evidence
In a talk with a Post reporter, Small admits the pistol found among the ruins is his. He says the slayer aimed to erase all evidence.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1916
Page
1
Milk War Begins Over New England Prices
The first clash in the milk war between New England producers led by the New England Milk Producers Association and Boston distributors unfolded yesterday. Producers split, with some refusing to ship at dealer prices while others accepted, leaving the day's result disputed between farmer leaders and contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Boston
Denies He Ever Treated Wife Brutally and Declares He Loved Her
Frederick C. Small, former Boston broker, held on first degree murder charges in his wife’s death, tells reporters at Ossipee jail of his love for her and his past actions while officials inspect the charred body found in the burned Ossipee home by Lake Ossipee.
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Mountainview
Ossipee
Frederick C. Small
Boston
Small
Lake
N. H
Post
British Tanks Aid Big Drive On Somme Front
Franco British forces report important gains on the Somme front in the last 24 hours. A drive captured German positions along a two mile front east of Vaucourt l Abbaye to the Albert Bapaume road with armored tanks providing major support.
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London
Somme
Vaucourt l’Abbaye
Albert-Bapaume Road
British Make Gains in Fights Near Schwaben and Stuff Redoubts
British forces gain ground as Germans abandon positions near the Stuff redoubt and Schwaben redoubt after heavy fighting. Haig’s troops advance east between La Bars and Flers, with French forces taking German trenches near Morval and Clery. In Galicia, Russian offensives aim to reach Lemberg as the official report notes.
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Stuff
Schwaben
la Bars
Flers
Douglas Haig
Morval
Clery
Galicia
Lemberg
Gloucester’s Record Raid Shocks City at Windom Hotel
Early today police raided the Windom Hotel seizing two truckloads of liquor in Gloucester. A man gave the name James P. Forrest of Cambridge and a woman Jennie Warner of Gloucester were arrested. others escaped. The raid marked the city’s largest liquor seizure to date.
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Gloucester
Windom Hotel
James P. Forrest
Olive Place
Cambridge
Jennie Warner
Eastern Avenue
Ford to Talk With Ford and Wilson in New Jersey
President Wilson announced he would meet Henry Ford at Shadow Lawn in Asbury Park tomorrow. The invitation follows Ford's pledge to support the Democratic ticket and aims to bolster efforts to carry Michigan in the national election.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Henry Ford
Ford
Michigan
Imapalaed on a picket fence in Brockton death
John Peppi of 702 Montello Street became intoxicated and went onto his third floor piazza. He climbed over the railing and was impaled on a picket fence 30 feet below. Doctors say both lungs were punctured and he died at Brockton Hospital around midnight.
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Brockton
John Peppi
Montello Street
Brockton Hospital
Red Sox Pennant in Reach as Cleveland Wins Ahead
Cleveland trimmed Chicago to settle the American league race, leaving Boston powerless to lose the pennant. Brooklyn leads the National league by a slim margin as Philadelphia battles Boston and New York giants. Standings show Brooklyn 91 59, Philadelphia 89 58, Boston 85 63.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Quakers
Dodgers
Philadelphia
Boston Braves
Quakertown
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
McGraw
Braves
Giants
Boston
New York
Red Sox Set To Return As American League Champions
Bill Carrigan leads his Red Sox back to Fenway Park as champions after Cleveland clinched the AL title by beating the White Sox, ending six weeks of tight racing and eliminating Chicago from contention.
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Bill Carrigan
Husky
Fenway Park
Boston
Sox
Highlanders
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Comiskey Battlers
Red Sox Set For Fenway Tribute Afternoon Game
Boston fans prepare to honor the team this afternoon at Fenway Park as a large crowd gathers, though the game outcome will not decide the pennant.
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Boston
Red Sox
Rooters
Fenway Park
John D Talks About St Paul in Cleveland Sermon
John D Rockefeller said St Paul would have been a captain of industry if he lived today. He cited Paul as a model of unconquerable power after a sermon by Rev Dr W W Bustard at Fuelid Avenue Baptist Church. Rockefeller praised Pauls persistence as the key to modern business success.
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Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
St. Paul
W. W. Bustard
Fuelid Avenue Baptist Church
Paul
Rockefeller
James M Wheaton Dies in Providence
James Maxwell Wheaton 74 or 75, president of the Androscoggin Pulp and Paper Co. of Gaston and an official in several other paper firms, died at his South Warren summer home after a week’s bout with bronchial pneumonia. A Civil War veteran, he lived in Allston, Massachusetts in winter.
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Providence
R. I
James Maxwell Wheaton
Androscoggin Pulp & Paper Company
Gaston
South Warren
Wheaton
Allston
Mass
Dog Found Lost Civil War Vet After 30 Hours
A hunting dog located William Hunt, an 80 year old Civil War veteran, after he wandered thirty hours in woods near South Braintree. Exhausted, he spent a night in a thicket with no food and severe thirst. He is under physician care at 89 Plain Street and expected to recover.
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William Hunt
Hunt
South Braintree
Plain Street
Elderly man lost in Weymouth woods found near home
Hunt wandered five miles into the woods from Weymouth, became exhausted and spent the night in a thicket. Dr Louis Pease, walking with his dog Mutt, found Hunt nearly unconscious and carried him two miles to the home of Mrs. Hunt. The elderly man had planned to stay with his sister-in-law but misled his family.
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Front Street
Weymouth
Hunt
Milk supply firm amid price increases across Boston area
Dr Nelson C Davis of H P Hood Sons said the firm has an abundance of milk and denied any shortage. Other contractors echoed the stance while dealers in Boston and suburbs raised prices by one cent per quart and one cent per pint sold individually.
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Nelson C. Davis
H. P. Hood & Sons
Boston
Twenty-Five Escape Hotel Fire at New Union House
Ayer October 1 twenty five guests fled the New Union House in nightclothes when a second story fire broke out. Nicholas Adams and F A Freeman were overcome by smoke and revived by local physicians. Damage estimated at 3000 dollars with furnishings and equipment a total loss. Building owned by the William Clark heirs of Boston.
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Ayer
New Union House
Nicholas Adams
F. A. Freeman
William Clark Heirs of
Boston
Man among seven horses perishes in Pawtucket stable fire
A Pawtucket livery stable on Hamilton Street was destroyed by an early morning fire. One man Alonzo Copeland 36 a hostler employed by William Matthewson died trapped in the loft. John Mulligan another hostler escaped after his clothing burned off. Two others were injured and seven horses burned.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Hamilton Street
Alonzo Copeland
William Matthewson
John Mulligan
Jewelry found in Essex woods linked to Warren theft
A fragment of jewelry worth about 15 000 dollars stolen from Samuel D. Warren's Essex home was recovered by Sherman Bartlett near the Warren estate. The pieces include an amethyst chain a diamond ring a diamond brooch and a pearl set bar pin identified as Warren property after the Sept. 4 burglary.
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Samuel D. Warren
Essex
Warren
Baseball scores from yesterday across leagues
American League saw Cleveland beat Chicago 2 to 0 in a closing game while Chicago won 8 to 4 in an earlier matchup. St. Louis defeated Detroit 6 to 3. In the National League Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 4 to 1 and Chicago topped St. Louis 6 to 3.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Oana
St. Louis
Detroit
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Resinous substance found on murdered woman torso
Physicians concluded a resinous substance may be present on the victim's torso and plan a further ruin search for traces. Small answered questions about his finances and broke down while describing his parting from his wife before leaving for Boston. He claimed the pistol found in the ruins was his and detailed his arsenal.
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Post
Small
Boston
Today in History Major Andre Hanged as Spy 1780
Anniversaries note Major John Andre hanged as a spy in 1780. The page fragment lists today’s date references and a brief mention of sunset and moon phase, with no additional events.
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Andre
Fair weather forecast for New England region
Forecast notes fair conditions for southern and northern New England on Monday and Tuesday. Warm temperatures expected inland on Tuesday with moderating easterly to southerly winds.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Weather data fragment from Thompson’s Spa report
The snippet shows scattered times and temperatures with measurements and averages. It lists apparent daily readings with values like 50 44 and 55 56, plus stated averages for yesterday at 51 and a year ago at 54.
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Thompson’s Spa
Zeppelin raid cripples London as airship downed
London reports another Zeppelin raid against the city and East Anglia. An airship was brought down in flames north of London in the late night and early morning hours, according to an official statement shortly after midnight.
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London
England
Zeppelin Raids On London End in Flames and Casualties
Reports describe hostile airships crossing the east coast between 9 and midnight with bombs dropped near the coast no damage yet. A Zeppelin was brought down in flames north of London as crowds cheered. Four raids in the month left deaths and injuries on Sept 2 Sept 23 and the following night with hundreds harmed.
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London
Telephone Exchange Name Change Warns of Delays
A notice advises not to say Beach or Roxbury to operators this morning. It urges using Oxford instead and explains that after Oct 15 the issue will end. The change, announced earlier, was to take effect Oct 1.
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Beach
Oxford
Roxbury
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