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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1912
Page
8
Mrs May Tacy was arraigned in the police court before Judge Bolster on Friday for kidnapping 3 year old Louis Finkel of 10 Barton street. She was held for the grand jury in 300 dollars bond and informed the court of its lack of jurisdiction.
Special Officer Ramsay testifies that Mrs. Tacy had claimed the boy resembled her child and had taken him to 34 Dana street Roxbury. The boy pointed to Mrs. Tacy in court and cried out as his mother, Mrs. Finkel, testified. Court orders order to maintain decorum. bonds unavailable, held at Charles Street jail until grand jury actions.
Advert says Pyramid Pile Remedy cures piles with a trial package mailed to the customer. It notes a 50 cent box from druggists and urges sending name and address to Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan for prepaid samples. Claims to spare surgery and doctors bills with thousands of testimonials.
A historic home treatment claim touts Eckman’s Alterative for tuberculosis and related lung ailments. Personal testimonial from W. M. Tatem cites recovery after home use, with endorsement from Rikers Drug Stores and Eckman Laboratory.
In Denver on October 7 Governor Woodrow Wilson accused United States Steel and other capital combinations of seeking to regulate government through a federal industrial commission. He framed it as legalized monopoly and condemned party backers of the Progressive platform. The event drew 7000 schoolchildren and cheering sailors, with Admiral Osterhaus starting the game and naval guests dining afterward.
The Finance Commission told the City Council the annex should be built with Indiana limestone rather than granite. They argue limestone lasts as long as the office building type and better resists fire, and changing contracts would cost about 75 000 dollars and imply bad faith toward the lowest bidder George A Fuller Company. Mayor Fitzgerald said he will seek expert opinions and present new data to the Council next Monday.
The governor assails the Clapp committee inquiry into connections between powerful business interests and Republican and Progressive candidates. He says a single elite network controls U S rails, banks, mines and industry, with many on 60 or more boards, and that the new system uses monopoly and government oversight rather than campaigns to extend control.
William Kittredge of 11 Grants Street Quincy was knocked from a running board of a Bay State car while collecting fares. He sustained a fractured left arm a scalp wound and contusions. He was removed to Quincy City Hospital.
The City of Boston will pay $20 000 more for oil than when the trust was intact. Mayor’s figures from Commissioner Rourke show cheaper oil under the trust. The mayor plans to ask the Chamber of Commerce to probe why coal prices stay high as 600 000 tons more coal arrive this year and eight months show 378 000 tons less used by the city. First Sergeant Mack C Napier of Fort Monroe shot himself in the head with a high service revolver. he was from Lexington Kentucky.
George W. P. Young a 70-year-old Civil War veteran died after being struck by a car in Central square Stoneham driven by Miss L Pillsbury of Somerville. Orr J Palmer of Charlestown owner of the machine and Miss Pillsbury surrendered to police and were bailed on 300 each to appear in court tomorrow. Witnesses say the veteran stepped in front of the car due to electric car noise.
The first study on the new $3,000,000 MIT plant focuses on earth testing at the Riverbank site and is now underway.
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus arriving for a grand review next week met Mayor Gaynor and Police Commissioner Waldo. He toured City Hall, visited the flagship Connecticut, then watched a polo game and the Yankees vs. Americans at the Polo Grounds with the harbor police boat trip as part of the day.
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