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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
2
Miss Lucy Page Gaston founder of the Anti Cigarette League joins the Chicago police force after receiving commission from Chief McWeeney. She vows to arrest those who sell cigarettes to minors using sleuth tactics rather than a standard uniform in a war against underage smoking.
Warm weather hindered 29 fox hounds in the all-age stake from Hamilton place today. The pack followed a scent to a swamp where the fox escaped and baffled the hounds for the afternoon, leaving six dogs eliminated.
The club tonight decided to hold its annual business meetings next year in Barre during the hunt instead of Boston. Trials of hounds will be held alongside the derby and all-age stakes, extending future hunts by a week and attracting packs from across the country.
Orville Wright and his party are at Kill Devil Hill Camp awaiting tomorrow’s arrival of the Wright flying machine to be tested by the inventor in seclusion along the Carolina coast. Light breezes off the water favor soaring despite a reported disagreement with landowner Bob Westcott that could affect the flights.
General Canova orders swift action as 22,000 Italian troops guard the coast. Described reconnaissance shows Turkish center near Tripoli with field guns. Additional transports arrive, landing 15,000 troops to reinforce Benghazi Derna Tobruk Bomba and other coast points amid cholera.
Berlin reports deny any armistice with Turkey while Italian forces under Rear Admiral Borea d'Olmo push toward Tripoli. Turkish commander Munhir Pasha reportedly ordered to resist. Maltese tied to old regime expelled. Massacre reports of 30 Italian railroad workers near Kerak emerge as Tripoli grows with soldiers and sailors, and politicians anticipate Parliament debates on Tripoli’s conquest.
A parade float named Innocence carried several girls when Miss Rosalind Carbone nearly toppled to the pavement. Contractor Archie of Solari Archie caught the girl, preventing injury, and the lily was quickly repaired before continuing the march.
Dr Catherine W Castle of Malden faces illegal surgery charges in the death of Edna May Bancroft of Reading. Samuel A Morrison 24 of Reading is arrested as accessory after the fact and held on 4000 bail. Morrison allegedly kept company with Bancroft and may have secretly married her.
Morrison spoke freely about the case, revealing a sequence of events police will not yet disclose. Officials hinted at more arrests to come while Dr. Castle, recently moved into Malden society, received many visitors and appeared cheerful despite the arrest.
In Milwaukee on October 12 representatives from 44 midwestern firms met to plan actions against the American Tobacco Company reorganization. The meeting aimed to coordinate preliminary measures to resist the changes.
Obituaries list multiple deaths with dates October and addresses across Malden Reading Roslindale Roxbury South Boston East Boston Jamaica Plain and Melrose. Included are Bancroft Cadigan Campbell Carr Clune Crowley Davis Doherty Eldredge Hooaney Ingalls Kroetlenger with funeral details and church services.
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