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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
3
Oscar K. Drege, also known as Dreyer, sought for embezzling $9000 from Ray Brook hospital funds, broke jail early today and fled the city. Police say no outside accomplice aided the escape.
After months within the Arctic circle Commander Robert E Peary and his polar expedition members spent the day exploring New York at latitude 40 degrees 45 minutes north longitude 74 west. They made many discoveries in and about the city and noted they had rarely been sightseeing in a large urban area before.
In New York on October 7 Ferdinand Pinney Earle is hailed as a milestone by Miss Gertrude Buell Dunn in a Chicago friendship narrative in Moods under The Story of My Soul Test. Dunn recounts their European journey and gives a glimpse of her troubled disposition and personal experiences.
A head note frames Miss Dunn as a woman with a “conglomerate past” who writes of entering life anew and sharing a labyrinth of days and nights to reach the heart of the world. The piece hints at a life entwined with Ferdinand Earle, a gifted artist who sacrificed his life to marry, then separation at the matrimonial gate.
Five crew members of the Ophir were marooned on Penguin Island after their schooner wrecked while returning from the Labrador coast. They launched a dory, all boats were destroyed, provisions lost, and they endured days of exposure before a coast steamer rescued them.
Long Branch reports the death of Mme Etta Henderson, famed actress and playwright born in England in 1835. widow of William Henderson, she starred as Fanchon in 1863 and authored several plays. She owned the Academy of Music in Jersey City.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on October 7 a $5000 damage suit was filed against Captain Thomas Evans master of tugs at the Portsmouth navy yard. The plaintiff, mother of Seaman C Edwards, alleges negligent handling of the tug Nezinscott which Evans commanded when it sank off Halibut Point on August 11. Edwards’ mother, a South Carolina resident, names attorney Er L Guptill. Evans posted $1000 bail after arrest on a Capias writ. Jurisdiction may hinge on United States property and federal employment.
In Augusta Georgia on October 7 physician H W Shaw shot Thomas S Grey cashier of Union Savings Bank. Four shots were fired two hit Grey in the hand and leg. Grey was hospitalized and expected to recover. Shaw, a local politician, was held without bail after the shooting following a dispute over a garnished bank credit.
In Wakefield on October 7 over 1000 Spanish War veterans and civilians attended a reception for Colonel F Edward J. Gihon. The event honored his election as national commander of the United Spanish War Veterans. Corporal Parker Camp organized the affair and Colonel Gihon led the reception with aides from local camps.
Cincinnati Oct 7 An indictment charging embezzlement of post office funds was returned today against John B Strobel postmaster at Ironton Ohio by the federal grand jury for the Southern district of Ohio The charge states Strobel appointed by President McKinley now in his third term appropriated 1081 dollars of office funds to his own use A warrant of arrest was issued Strobel is prominent in Southeastern Ohio politics.
London Oct 7 T P O Connor M P will shortly sail for the United States at the request of John E Redmond the Irish leader to explain the political situation here to supporters of the Irish cause in America and to appeal for funds to carry on the struggle for home rule
Dr Frederick A Cook spoke to a large Kansas City audience about his North Pole claim and avoided reference to his dispute with Peary. His cold improved after treatment, and he departed for St Louis to attend the fall carnival, then proceed to Chicago.
S Louis Puhl and Joseph M. O Reilly of the balloon St Louis III, unofficial Lahm cup winners, landed at Waukon Minnesota and arrived in St Paul with a telegram from E A Faust congratulating them. Von Puhl said he entered the race for sport and earned the satisfaction of the longest flight regardless of the cup.
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