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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1912
Page
13
London reports that peace between Italy and Turkey was signed at Ouchy Switzerland last night. Paris dispatch says Pietro Bertolini and Rechid Pasha will depart Ouchy tonight for Rome and Constantinople to seek ratification.
Samuel C L Haskell of Medford drove his auto on Prospect street Cambridge striking 12 year old William Staunton son of Mrs Margaret Staunton of Somerville on Harrison Street. The youth was between the machine and an electric car when crushed suffering multiple broken ribs and internal injuries.
Mr. Haskell stopped the car with a police officer, carried the injured boy to Cambridge Relief Hospital where Staunton was placed on the dangerous list. He then went to the station house, was absolved, and brought the boy's mother to the hospital in Somerville.
Three men were hit by cars yesterday evening in Boston. Stephen O’Hare 63 of James street suffered arm and leg injuries and was taken home. Patrick Philips 30 of Shawmut avenue injured shoulder and leg after being struck by Martin Hueston of West Canton street. William E. McDonald 50 of Bennett street was injured with a fractured shoulder when hit by G W Burke of Putnam avenue Cambridge. Burke was arrested for reckless driving.
Victor Clement a 45 year old barber from 644 East Highth street South Boston died last night at his home by gas poisoning He had quit his work due to ill health and his death is ruled a suicide based on initial reports
Article extols sage tea used by grandmothers to darken hair and promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a superior ready to use product. It claims the tonic kills dandruff germs, cleans the scalp, and restores color and growth. A 50 cent bottle is offered with a money back guarantee after trial.
Testimony shows Engineer George L. Clark of the Springfield express allegedly ignored signals and sped a cross over switch before the Westport wreck that killed seven. Interstate Commerce Commissioner McChord heads to Westport to personally probe the disaster and push for railroad safety measures. Coroner Phelan to continue the inquest tomorrow as seven deaths and multiple injuries are confirmed.
Bartley Gordon, foreman of the section gang, and towerman Michael A. Coyle testified about a near disaster as an express rushed toward a station. Gordon ran toward the train and jumped an embankment to avoid a wreck, asserting the engineer looked directly at him before braking.
The 55th Worcester music festival closed at Mechanics Hall with Madam Yolando Mero delivering a dazzling Liszt recital and Miss Josephine Knight performing aria and song. Soloists Lam bert Murphy Alma Gluck Louise Homer impressed despite Gluck’s cold and indisposition.
A man named Murray was knocked unconscious by Chapman and Sevepson who fled toward State street. Police captured the two near the old Custom House and held them as accomplices of McIntosh. Murray was outside the station with onlookers when the assault occurred.
Jackson Palmer, a young Lowell attorney, was granted a new trial by Judge John D. McLaughlin after a perjury conviction in the Superior Court East Cambridge. The judge cited lack of innocence-based inconsistency and justice not done. District Attorney Higgins said he had not decided on further action.
Justice McLaughlin's filing at the clerk of the Superior Court in East Cambridge states after hearing arguments and reviewing testimony that the evidence supports the ruling. The remark marks a formal judicial finding in the case file.
Lynn District Court Judge Lummus held that waving a red flag in a parade is not a crime if the flag is not used to incite a riot. After issuing the opinion the judge discharged 18-year-old Thomas Renda who was arrested during a strike demonstration Monday morning.
The Cambridge carnival wraps up this week as a major parade takes place this afternoon starting from the State armory at 2 p m. The street procession is the featured event of the day and marks the close of the carnival activities.
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