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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1900
Page
7
A defendant was acquitted amid doubt over the prosecution's case. Circumstantial evidence indicated the defendant could plausibly be in two locations at the time, leading to reasonable doubt about guilt. The ruling ends the immediate trial on these charges.
Citizens claimed a midnight burglar haunted the town while hotel boarders described the intruder as lingering in rooms. The suspect admitted sitting up all night, bolstering fears of a prowler slipping through quiet hours.
A man in a brown suit reflects on a bank robbery case in Indiana from years ago. He explains how mixed testimony and supposed sightings led to his arrest, then release, and reveals how his alibi centered on a night with a landlord’s daughter and mosquitoes. He warns jurors not to be swayed by circumstantial evidence.
A caller asks which club to use when a goat swallows a ball, framed as a playful query about golf gear and animal antics. The line reads like a humorous, oddity-based exchange typical of a light local column.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt Mrs. Ferguson asks George to tell Benny, gently, that he has too much sugar in his coffee. Mr. Ferguson adds a remark about Benny not mixing enough coffee with his sugar, reflecting a light family dinner moment.
A Teddy Cinb of the Thirty-sixth Ward rented a hall and ordered a giant Full Dinner Pail mounted on the platform. A sleeping tramp who haunted the hall reappeared from inside the pail and warned that a workingman who eats him will not be happy, as told by Jim and others during the event reported by the Chicago News.
An excited woman on the beach asks why no action is taken for a ship in distress. The chief coastguard replies that all can be done and has sent a line to the crew to come ashore. The moment ends as the lady agrees.
The Boston Post announces a weekly photo contest with $10, $5, and $3 prizes for photographs chosen for publication. Submit photos with title, name, address, and a brief note on any compelling circumstances. deliver to Editor Photograph Contest, the Post, Boston.
A fragment from Glasgow Evening Times notes that the group called the fellows were waiting for a formal invitation to an event. The cheeky line captures a playful mood and local newspaper voice.
Spokesman and angry parent clash over a boy’s misdeeds from school hockey to jam, furniture damage, and a basement window break. The parent condemns government as a theory without consent, while the spokesman pushes for discipline and control. Chicago Post is cited.
A Detroit Free Press quip frames a son’s literary path as soliciting subscribers and writing for the periodicals their payments fund. The exchange notes the practical side of earning through journalism and the nonglamorous view of literary work.
In a tense meeting a man named John Larf interrupted Speaker Mr Gladstone with loud guffaws and dog howl imitations. After being asked who he was, Larf attacked a nearby man, later learning the assaulted individual was Goldsmith, not the intended target.
Puck quotes a scene where a kind woman gives a dime to Thomas and asks him to avoid the saloon across the street. Thomas jokes about patronage while promising restraint, reflecting local color and humor.
Charles R. Eastman arrived in Cambridge after a two month West absence and was served a summons to appear before the Middlesex land jury next Monday as a witness in the investigation of the July 4 shooting of Richard H. Grogan Jr. No charge is currently against him. The case was set to go before the grand jury.
Edwin Fletcher fell seventy two feet from a chimney at the Attleboro Steam and Electric Company power station in Farmer's Village this afternoon and was probably fatally injured. He was moved to Rhode Island Hospital.
An OCR readout lists pieces and performers in today's Sousa programme with sections labeled by numbers and titles. Highlights include overtures from Tannhauser and The Holy Grail, scenes from Parsifal, a Stars and Stripes Forever march, and solos by Herbert L. Clarke and Arthur Pryor, among others.
About 4000 visitors from the North Shore joined a 10 000 strong audience at Mechanics Hall as Sousa performed. The Exposition showcased free shines and leather pocketbooks and shoe accessories samples by Emperson Shoe Co to be distributed 5000 times. An automobile parade was arranged for Monday in Boston with nearly 200 designs including ambulances and fire engines along Huntington to Congress and Tremont.
An elderly ad copy extols Postum Food Coffee as a cure for years of sickness including constipation dizziness and headaches after switching from coffee. The Tremont Theatre showcases Mrs Fiske in Becky Sharp with strong reviews for the cast and staging while Boston venues present The Ambassador The Maneuvres of Jane Wheels Within Wheels Lady St Orbyn and more as theaters start next week long runs and matinees draw crowds.
The list covers morning prayers and services at Brae Tremont Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Lorimer and Rev. H P Smith, plus gospel and temperance meetings in Lorimer Hall. Several other churches including Berkeley Temple and Old South Church schedule sermons, Sunday schools, and musical offerings, with diverse pastors from Fiske University to Wales and Boston groups.
The Christian with Lilla Vane as Giory Quayle will tour the New England circuit and play Chelsea next Friday evening Oct 19. Sardou's Theodora shown at Boston Theatre next Monday week. Cast led by Clarence M Brune, Melbourne Mac Dowell, 200 in cast. seat sales start Monday.
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