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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1906
Page
5
In Ekonk Connecticut near Providence an 11 year old, Esther Frink, daughter of Charles Frink the town tax collector, was fatally shot by her younger brother while playing in the yard. The rifle of small caliber discharged in an unknown manner striking her in the back just below the heart.
A period advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as painless and safe with a free trial offer. It features customer testimonials from Honey Grove Texas and urges readers to request a trial by mail from Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall Michigan.
The Rev Charles A Crane attacked Governor Curtis Guild Jr over liquor laws at Chipman Hall before Baptists and claimed he and the Legislature protected saloon interests. Rep Robert Luce defended Guild and urged opposition to the 12 oclock law in small towns.
Edward J. Hill, husband of Mrs. Deborah Hill, vows support for his wife amid a tragedy at Castle Square Hotel. Mrs Slocomb, widow of Henry J. Slocomb who died by self infliction, remains at City Hospital as family and friends brace for a possible reconciliation attempt.
Information from the Post reveals three additional children of prominent Lincoln residents were attacks victims last week by a mysterious stranger. The assailant, described as resembling Robert J. Prout who is jailed in Concord for assaulting Ellen Connor of North Lincoln, is linked to the ongoing case.
Summoned by Constable Laird to appear against the man under arrest, Elizabeth Hutton five, Margaret Hutton seven, and Julia Riley nine testify. Parents erupt with anger with Mrs Hutton declaring she would kill the man if it cost her life as residents vow to shoot a prowler on sight.
In Findlay Ohio on October 8 a trial will begin in Probate Court before Judge Gideon Banker for Standard Oil Company of Ohio and Buckeye Pipe Line and Manhattan Oil Company charged with conspiracy against trade under state anti trust laws. Rockefeller named but to face separate trial. information claims formation of the Standard Oil Trust in 1882 and its ongoing domination of the state oil industry.
Ernest Carson of 151 Eliot Street was jailed by Inspectors Patterson and Norton for larceny of a dozen pairs of pants five suits and an overcoat valued over a hundred dollars. Police recovered the clothing from his room and traced a clue to a hiding place via a telephone number.
A violent rainstorm on Lake Superior wrecks the barge Pasadena in the tow of the Gladstone near Houghton Michigan. Three crew drown, seven reach shore after a fierce sea. Other vessels seek shelter in Lily Pond Harbor as anxiety grows for those still at sea. Pasadena carried ore from Two Harbors. Gladstone reached harbor safely.
The skiff tied to Edward Burns of Lexington Street East Boston, missing since Saturday night, was found beached on Snake Island by harbor police yesterday afternoon. It contained a cap, two car keys and empty bottles. Burns had rowed from Jeffries Point toward a distant yacht in a gale and is feared drowned.
In San Francisco the Trans Atlantic Fire Insurance Company loses the first Superior Court ruling on refusing dollar for dollar settlements after spring disaster. The court says the company has no legal excuse for repudiating policyholder claims.
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