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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
2
Knicker Continental invites you to their opening sale of Good Clothes with the best styles in men s wear. The shop boasts correct style accepted by top dressers and imitated by others, offering a wide variety of exclusive patterns and artistic garments in Boston with a satisfaction guarantee and courteous service. Suits priced from 12.75 to 25 dollars.
An alleged kleptomaniac, a young Lynn woman named Annie Stone, is held after confessing thefts in several upscale residences. She admits to breaking into the Hotel Winthrop and the homes of Mary Nelson J A Goodwin and others, netting about $1000 in jewelry and watches. She claims impulse drove the deeds while police plan further inquiries and possible alienist examination.
London Oct 8 James M Barrie author and playwright may marry Pauline Chase American actress if he wins his divorce suit from his wife gossip says Barrie and Chase have long been close friends and Chase known as the girl in the pink pajamas She appeared in The Liberty Bell and The School Girl Barrie wrote The Pantaloon for her
Mrs. E. Dornhoefer of New York, a delegate to the German American Alliance in Cincinnati, argues German women favor personal liberty because they trust husbands and sons. She says laws cannot prevent drunkenness and condemns prohibitionist women while affirming temperance support.
Charles T. How of Boston died today at Prangins after being hospitalized. The death was reported from Lausanne as a brief international obituary noting his origin and passing in Switzerland.
Mayor Hibbard sent a letter to Chairman John J. Murphy of the Board of Assessors demanding an explanation for the board’s failure to collect taxes on the old Art Museum property held by the Copley Square Trust. The missive seeks all board information and calls for immediate justification of alleged neglect in allowing a multi million real estate investment to avoid city revenue. Ward 11’s former chairman led the Back Bay district at the time. No Mayor appointees were in office then. The mayor is troubled by perceived assessor carelessness and reports that high salaried officials approved actions without proper reading or investigation.
The Mayor's demand for facts targets Chair man John J Murphy and Principal Assessors Edward B Daily and Frederick Temple. The late George R Comins of the city is mentioned in relation to the inquiry.
Armande Pisoni, 17, once famed for beauty, shot herself in the head with painter Daniel Ridgway Knight’s shotgun after a public insult in Rolleboise. Knight found her body next morning. A coroner’s verdict cited death by own action in a temporary madness. Fortune, her former lover, attempted suicide upon hearing the news. Funeral drew large village turnout. Knight covered expenses and praised her beauty as he valued his portraits at $50,000, including one for John H. Converse of Baldwin Locomotive Works.
In Templeton on the Athol and Templeton street railway line an electric car struck a damp cart tonight. A laborer, Antonio A. Dipreto, died when piles on the cart were thrown upon the horse, which crushed him. Pietro Diligo remains at Henry Haywood Memorial Hospital in Gardner in critical condition from internal injuries.
The Panama Canal Commission submitted to the Secretary of War an estimate totaling $48,063,524 for canal work in the fiscal year starting July 1, 1910. Of this, $15,504,086 is for labor and $20,218,983 for materials and supplies used in construction.
The Rev Alexander Mann D D rector of Trinity Church had a comfortable day yesterday and his condition suggests no serious outcome from the appendicitis operation performed late Thursday night.
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