12 Oct 1906
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
1
The Americans defeated the Nationals with Walsh and Sullivan driving in runs while Pfeister and Kling held the mound. Scoring occurred in the late innings as Boston roughed up the Nationals after a tight start.
In the sixth inning Tannehill's error and a series of base on balls set the stage as Roche delivered the decisive hit. Walsh, O Neill, and Roche crossed the plate amid wild cheers while Donohue closed the game with a deep fly out to Evers.
Chicago fans hail Edward Walsh after a shutout victory that left the Cubs scoreless. Rohe delivers a bases loaded triple, and Walsh’s spit ball stymies hitters like Sheckard and Shulte. Sox need two of four to clinch the title while Cubs must win three to tie.
Four women remain in the golf championship with three from the Boston district in the hunt while Harvard introduces new rules in grand style during practice. Bowdoin and Dartmouth meet in intercollegiate finals and long shots place first through third at Belmont Park. Yale fielding kicking game as two major football games loom. Whitney purchases Eugenie Bureh.
Buy one of F Gray Co s overcoats at seven ninety covers everything. Fifteen overcoats five ninety. F Gray Co Washington and Han
District Attorney John B. Moran remains silent after returning from New York with no official declaration of his gubernatorial plans. Independence League leaders assume he will run but without a formal statement or signature from Moran. He stayed in his Navarre hotel room while rumors and expectations swirled.
Feeney waited for Moran to declare intent while others voiced certainty he would run and accept the nomination. MacFarland claimed Moran would accept and organize rallies, though Moran himself avoided direct comment despite press inquiries and district attorney’s active involvement.
Washington and Hanover firm F. Gray Co. advertises greatest overcoat sale with manufacturers samples. $40 overcoats offered for 14.90 dollars in a bold sale to attract customers.
Bargains at F. Gray Co. Washington and Han street offer boys' suits and overcoats valued at four dollars for sale at 1.90 dollars.
A Massachusetts bank chartered November 16, 1887 offers interest of 414 percent. Money deposited on or before October 17 will begin earning interest. Start with 1 to 25 dollars as the monthly saving amount. For particulars visit 120 Tremont Street, second floor.
Manuel Silveira, long allied with Ceballos & Co of New York, sails from Cuba with family and $1,000,000 in gold aboard a former cattle steamer. The firm suffers a $4,000,000 loss after he fails to appear. Federal authorities confront a pirate era style crisis as the bullion’s fate remains unknown.
Havana’s insurrection turmoil ties Silveira to a drifting treasure ship and a possible secret island empire scheme. Reports claim he led a cattle carrier toward southern seas while planning a return with wealth, family, and a new life. Cuban agent ties and delayed remittances spark suspicions of shady deals and a government rift.
Thousands suffer relief as poslam, an external remedy, is claimed to permanently restore skin. Dr. Cox, discoverer, with Emergency Laboratories offers free experimental treatment to eczema sufferers who write from 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York City.
Local ad promotes sample over coats priced at seven dollars ninety cents, down from eighteen to twenty dollars. The notice claims the store, F. Gray Co., at Washington and Marine, offers the greatest Boston selection. Also features eye remedy and cold prevention medicines with long-standing use.
Federal Chief Inspector Schell Immigration Inspector Billings and Treasury agents report satisfactory progress in rounding up ringleaders of a Chinese smuggling syndicate. The Providence outbreak centered on the Frolic seizure with 42 contraband Chinese aboard. Police in Fall River pursue three Chinese tied to the case, described by a white man and his chauffeur, as authorities await further developments tonight. Captain Colby of the Frolic and organizer John C Lehnemann remain at large.
Alfred Ames of South Boston pleads for leniency after surrendering to police and the federal building. He says he did not know smuggling Chinamen was illegal and details his dual trips aboard the Frolic and Bonita with Colby crew and Junkins. He acted as cook and accompanied a landings at Marblehead in August.
Five thousand pair advertised by F Gray Co Washington and Hanover offering pants at four dollars and ninety cents per pair.
In Huntigndon near Otter River Mrs Ira E Wood wife of a wealthy farmer was shot through a window while her husband worked in a barn nearby. The weapon was a heavily loaded shotgun. Harry Wood the husband’s brother is suspected and sought by police and farmers. he is alleged to have mental illness and once resided at Worcester asylum. The crime occurred about four miles from Winchendon in a lonely sparsely populated area.
Deputy Sheriff Callahan leads a night search through thickets and woods for Harry Wood after a murder at the Wood farm. Ira Wood and pedler Edward Hayden found Mrs Wood mortally shot. Harry Wood is missing, believed armed with a shotgun borrowed in Baldwinville. Police telegraphed a 20 mile radius description and plan to resume at dawn.
New York Oct 11 shows Mrs Jefferson Davis at the Majestic Hotel in better health after several days of illness. The update notes she was previously hospitalized and now shows marked improvement.
Washington reports New England will see fair weather Friday with some snow or rain in the far north and east. Saturday looks fair and somewhat warmer.
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