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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
4
A large pile of stolen suitcases and carry bags, including dress suits and silverware, is laid out at the police rogues gallery after a South End pawnshop raid. The haul, from express and transfer firms and hotels, totals many items worth up to ten dollars each. Authorities plan to notify railroad and express companies to aid owners in reclaiming belongings.
Old Bridge New Jersey October 11 Lester Scobey age 67 from Old Bridge boasts he can walk farther run faster jump higher and dance better than any man his age in the country. He wagered to walk 30 miles to Lakewood in 10 hours stopping at every bridge to dance a jig. judges telegraphed that he won the bet arriving before time ran out. He plans to walk back with them. He says health comes from hard work and exercise.
The New York Herald report claims John B Nelson shot Mrs Louise H Carroll in bed and killed himself before her eyes in a Brooklyn bedroom. The incident centers on the suspected double tragedy as investigators pursue motives and timelines.
Lillian Florence longtime private secretary and traveling companion of Maude Adams died in New York last Wednesday after a lingering illness. She bore a striking facial resemblance to Adams and was often mistaken for a sister. She was the daughter of the late Katherine Rogers and leaves three sisters Eleanor Moretti Katherine Florence and Violet Rand. Katherine Florence was summoned to New York but arrived too late to see her sister alive.
Creditors at the United States District Office name Isaac Tops for 8000 dollars and Caroline Buxbaum with a note. Klous holds a note. They allege Mrs Apraken while insolvent transferred property to hinder and delay creditors.
In Brooklyn, Mrs. Louise H. Carroll lies critically wounded while John B. Nelson lies dead at an undertaker’s. Police question her account as Nelson, a seafarer and friend of her husband, apparently shot himself by her bedside at 4 am. Her family home at 76 South Elliott Place is described in detail.
Tremont Temple hosts a November fair to raise funds for repairing the Constitution. Lt Gov Bates to give opening address. The event runs through November 21 with a children's afternoon and evening concert. The Kearsarge Navals Veterans assist. Silk flags by Miss Sarah Wilson and Betsy Ross lineage will be sold. Paul Jones Chapter DIA R operates flag table.
Boston and Maine announces a special excursion to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition. On Thursday October 17 tickets are $7.60 for round trip travel in coach seating on regular trains, with return validity through October 22. Tickets available at 322 Washington Street Boston Ma.
The Herrick shoe by Herrick Co. received the gold medal as the top product among all competitors at the Buffalo fair. This marks the third medal award for the shoe within a year, following Paris and Boston and earlier Chicago 1892, underscoring its claimed superior quality.
A burlesque trial in Chelsea at Pythian rink mocked Admiral Schley and Admiral Sampson with local alumni group sponsors. Judge Carter and a all-female defense led by Miss Almira Fuller among others. verdict found the defendant’s right arm guilty, six cents damages, crowd of hundreds including officials, dancing to close the evening.
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