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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1903

Page

7

Mayor vetoes hall licenses in Dorchester

Mayor Collins vetoed an order granting John F. Jackson a dance hall license at 4 Billet Street citing police character reports. No action followed. Alderman Stewart requested sewer data including contracts costs and personnel. The council resolution to appoint a resident physician for districts was approved.

Collins John F. Jackson Billet Street Police Department Jackson Stewart Dorchester

Septuagenarian to Give $1 Million to Young Bride

Chicago reports an ante nuptial agreement where bride to be Emily Hutchinson will receive 1 million dollars instead of dower. Richard T Crane, a septuagenarian and Crane Elevator Company president, faces family opposition from adult children but cites peers like Senators Depew and Platt as influence for marrying a younger wife.

Chicago Richard T. Crane Emily Hutchinson Crane Crane Elevator Company Mr. Crane Depew Platt

Knights of Columbus Hold Vesper Service at Cathedral

A solemn vesper service was held at the Cathedral under the Knights of Columbus with state officers and district deputies in attendance. State chaplain Rev James N Supple preached. other clergy and ushers from several parishes assisted. The event mirrors an October 12 observance by the order.

Knights OF Columbus Order James N. Supple Charlestown James A. Walsh J. M. Curtin Lynn T. J. McCormack Mgr. A. T. Teeling P. R N. R. Walsh Cathedral Louis S. Walsh Salem F. X. Dolan D. D Joseph G. Anderson St. Cecilia's Church Charles 8. McEvilla James J. Coughlin William A. O’kane Cornelius Doherty Charles F. Leahy Martin S. Carney

Annual meeting of Boston Dispensary managers held at Ash and Bennet

The annual meeting at the Boston Dispensary reported 29,438 new patients treated in dispensary departments and 11,341 new patients in city districts last year. The dispensary pharmacy issued 92,162 prescriptions. Since its founding in 1796, about 1,626,676 patients have been treated.

Boston Dispensary Ash and Bennet Streets

Sentences handed down in Medford court actions

Albert W. Hurd faced Judge Sherman for sentencing after claiming forged notes by another. The case was continued. Michael Sullivan and Joseph Whalen, ex-prisoners, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and were sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. Cunningham and McDevitt received 18 months and probation respectively. Dunham, Clark, and Noyes received terms in reformatories or related institutions for their offenses.

Albert W. Hurd Sherman Superior Court Fred C. Young Medford Michael Sullivan Joseph Whalen House of Correction John M. Cunningham Roger McDevitt Cunningham McDevitt M. F. Dunham Reformatory Rose Clark Sherborn Frederick R. Noyes

John H. Green Sentenced for Receiving Stolen Property

John H. Green appeared before Judge Sherman in the Superior Criminal Court for sentencing after a conviction for receiving stolen property. The record showed prior sentences totaling 12 years in the House of Correction. The judge stated he had narrowly avoided a harsher penalty and sentenced Green to 15 months in the House of Correction.

John H. Green Sherman Superior Criminal Court House of Correction Thomas J. English

Drunkenness judged by faculties and public safety

A judge remarks that drunkenness is a failure of natural faculties and discusses police fairness, public protection, and youth rehabilitation. The jury finds the defendant guilty on both counts, sending him to the reformatory with hope he learns a trade and returns as a productive citizen.

Tere Reformatory

Boston & Albany May Cut Force Amid Poor Business

The Boston and Albany line, allied with the New York Central, may lay off workers if business does not improve. Yesterday 200 Central employees were discharged due to weak demand. Officials avoided a timetable for departures, noting retrenchment depends on business. no changes planned for New York, New Haven and Hartford or Boston and Maine at present.

Cone Boston & Albany New York Central Railroad The Central van Neff New York, New Haven & Hartford Curtis Post Boston & Maine Railroad

Ranch Sold in Bad Lands Connection to Roosevelt

The Chimney Butte ranch near Bismarck was sold by the Northern Pacific to Ferris Bros of Medora. Known as Roosevelt’s base in early cattle days, the property hosted the president who penned Western sketches there before moving to the nearby Bikhorn ranch 40 miles south of Medora for outfitting mountain trips.

Bismarck N. D

Tunnel Complete for Christmas of 1904

The Hast Boston tunnel will be turned over to the people of Boston as a Christmas present. The tunnel itself will be complete before next December ends, and the work of wiring and laying rails, already under way, will take another year. The only unfinished part is the section between Scollay square and the Old State House.

Boston Scollay Square Old State House

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