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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1909

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Adams Holds Tigers as Pirates gain 1 game lead

Adams pitched well holding the Tigers to six hits while D Jones Crawford and Clarke homered. Clarke drove in two with a bases loaded shot. Wagner had two errors but added a hit and two steals. Attendance reached 21 706 as Pittsburgh beat Detroit 8 to 4 to go one game ahead in the world series.

Adams Tigers D. Jones Crawford Clarke Felding Detroit Schmidt Wagner Pittsburg Pirates Jennings Donovan Ban Johnson Straits

Chauffeur Survives 40 Foot Fall At Park Square Garage

Edward R. Paul a 30 year old chauffeur plunged 40 feet down an elevator shaft at the Motor Mart garage Park Square yesterday. He escaped death and was taken to Grace Hospital with a brain concussion. He lives at 43 Appleton Street and his future is considered hopeful despite the miracle escape.

Edward R. Paul Motor Mart Park Square Grace Hospital Appleton Street Paul

Pittsburg Wins Fifth World Series Game To Take Lead

Pittsburgh takes the fifth game securing a 4 0 win for the series while the Red Sox defeat the Giants 2 0 with Matheson pitching for the visitors. Harvard varsity shows poor form as freshmen score against them. Captain Coy to start in Yale West Point game Saturday. Brookline High coach injured in practice. Princeton narrowly escapes Virginia Polytechnic. Policeman averts riot in Faverett High Haverhill game. Sherman wins five first prizes in Dartmouth interclass events.

Pittsburg Red Sox Giants Mathewson Harvard Coy Brookline High Princeton Virginia Polytechnic Faverett High-Haverhill Haver- Sherman Dartmouth

Car falls three stories in garage elevator accident

Paul operated a White steamer 21069 in a garage when he backed into an elevator shaft. The car wedged as cables attached, Paul was crushed and unconscious. Elevator attendant Thomas Powers escaped unharmed. owner George A. Jordan of Nantasket Avenue Hull offered no comment.

Paul Thomas Powers Pleasant Street George A. Jordan Nantasket Avenue Hull Jordan

Crane Fails to Hear From Taft on Resignation

Washington October 13 Charles R Crane United States minister designated to China sent his resignation to President Taft yesterday morning. By midnight no reply had been received and Crane said Taft had probably been too busy to consider the matter. He would not say where he might go next or when he would leave Washington.

Washington Charles R. Crane Taft United States China Crane

Fair Forecast for Boston and Vicinity

Fair weather is predicted for Boston and surrounding areas with clear skies Thursday and Friday. Light west to northwest winds are expected, followed by unsettled conditions Friday with a moderate southwest wind.

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Temperature readings from Thompson's Spa on Washington Street

The thermometer at Thompson's Spa 219 Washington Street recorded yesterday's temperatures with hourly values and an average of 49.1 degrees. It notes the previous year’s yesterday average as 50.6 degrees and provides related temperature figures for the day.

Thompson's S B . Spa Washington Street Ikon

Librarian Edith Williams Unmasked as Elizabeth G Johnson

Miss Elizabeth G Johnson, librarian in Physics at Technology and niece of Professor Thomas E Pope, identified in Deer Island Hospital observation ward after going missing since August 12. She is recovering from a nervous breakdown and under observation as to her sanity.

Edith Williams Elizabeth G. Johnson Technology Thomas E. Pope Deer Island Deer Island Hospital

Ex-Senate Leader Charged With Mishandling Funds Suit

Annie Stanley of New York sues Suffolk County court for 100000 against George R. Jones former Massachusetts Senate president and corporate lawyer. She alleges he mishandled 75000 estate funds and misrepresented to induce a will in his favor on the eve of a canceled marriage.

Chickering George R. Jones Massachusetts Senate New York Annie Stanley New York City Suffolk County

Long search ends as missing Miss Johnson is found

Since August 20 a fruitless search stretched from St Louis to Maine. Miss Johnson was found yesterday after Dr Charles G Dewey recognized her from a Boston Post photo and alerted Professor Pope. She spoke with her sister and is kept under city care with plans to move her to Professor Pope’s home by week’s end.

St. Louis Maine Miss Johnson Charles G. Dewey Institutions Registration Department Court Square Boston Post Professor Pope

Jones Delays Answer in Melrose Case

Mr. Jones has not yet filed his answer to the charges but expects to do so later, aiming to shed true light. He has 30 days to respond and retains H. Huestis Newton and Samuel K. Hamilton, while Mrs. Stanley, visiting New York, engages Charles R. Darling. She and Jones are tightly connected by friendship and marriage, and she claims a 1891 estate of 75,000 dollars was entrusted to him after her husband died.

Jones Melrose H. Huestis Newton Samuel K. Hamilton Stanley New York Charles R. Darling

WANTS 10 SEE HUSBAND DIE IN WILKESBARRE

Mrs Mary Nazarko wife of condemned Stanley Nazarko to be hanged tomorrow visited the county jail with Michael Mazroski her planned husband and asked to witness the hanging. Sheriff Rodda refused noting the law forbids it. Nazarko left a will leaving $1000 to his wife and her future husband. He killed a woman he lived with in the United States and will die by hanging.

Rodda Nazarko

Neal Quits In Ward 15 Race For House Seat

In Ward 15 South Boston the GOP named Michael J. Reidy after Dexter R. Neal withdrew. Reidy, who had won the Republican nomination, faced a razor thin contest as recounts shifted results, giving Collins a small lead while Colpoys moved up, altering the early victory outlook.

House of Representatives Ward 15 South Boston Dexter R. Neal Republican Ward Committee Michael J. Reidy Reidy Secretary of State Collins Colpoys

Boston Man Dies in Chili on Timacene Farm

Charles I. Ward of Boston, a long time Chile resident and descendant of General Artemas Ward, died on his Timacene farm in Valparaiso Chili. He founded the Haywards home in Alameda County and joined the California pioneers society after settling in 1876, having married a Chilean woman.

Valparaiso Chili Charles I. Ward Boston Timacene Artemas Ward Haywards Alameda County Cal Society of California Pioneers Ward

Chew tobacco advice in Piper Heidsieck ad fragment

An OCR fragment urges tobacco users to consider Piper Heidsieck as a mild sweet pleasing option, implying benefits as a selling point and inviting purchase without clear factual context or full claims.

Piper Heidsieck

Execution of Ferrer sparks riots in Europe

Paris reports riotous scenes near the Spanish embassy following the execution of Professor Ferrer in Barcelona. The event drew protests across Europe as observers doubted King Alfonso would approve the act. The Pope had interceded without success. Dire consequences are foreseen.

Paris Ferrer Barcelona Europe Alfonso Pope Professor Ferrer

Ferrer Executed in Montjuich Prison by Firing Squad

Barcelona October 13 Professor Francisco Ferrer executed by firing squad at Montjuich prison after a court martial sentence of death. He faced the volley without flinching. Appeals to King Alfonso for a commutation were refused.

Barcelona Francisco Ferrer Montjuich Ferrer Alfonso

Ferrer Anarchist Professor Sentenced to Death in Spain

Spanish cabinet approved the death sentence for Francis Ferrer former director of the Modern School of Barcelona accused of instigating riot and anarchist activities. Ferrer had been previously involved in a 1906 plot against King Alfonso but was acquitted. His execution was to proceed despite appeals from his daughter and international protests.

Francisco Ferrer Modern School of Barcelona Ferrer Manuel Morales Alfonso

Boy Killed Under Car In East Dedham Street Play

August Danner eight was struck by an electric car while playing tag on Bussey street near Thomas street East Dedham. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Henry F Danner of 10 Greenwood street and attended the Avery Grammar school.

Dedham Danner Bussey Street Thomas Street East Henry F. Danner Greenwood Street Avery Grammar

Autopsy Details Linked To Brutal Tiverton Slaying Case

Autopsy by Drs Stimson Ecroyd and Sherman establishes that the victim’s throat was cut by the killer and the body dismembered before death. The recovered remains near Bulgermarsh road are identified as a young woman, likely under 25 and possibly as young as 17.

Tiverton R. I Bulgermarsh Road Stimson Henry D. Ecroyd Newport William A. Sherman

Autopsy Findings Refute Identity in Tiverton Slaying Case

The heart and blood vessel condition indicate the murderer slashed the victim’s throat. Autopsy shows the neck nearly severed and blood loss before coagulation stopped further bleeding. Investigations reveal the victim is not Miss Gertrude Edwards of South Scituate. Medical staff and detectives warn that distinct body characteristics differ from Edwards, suggesting a misidentification.

Post Gertrude Edwards South Scituate

Foils 2 Men in Hold-Up at Newburyport

Two men tonight attempted to rob John M. Woodman a fish dealer returning from Merrimac with a large sum of money. It is believed they are the same assailants who knocked out George FE Taylor a Boston and Maine brakeman Monday night and left him in the path of an express train.

Newburyport John M. Woodman Merrimac George FE. Taylor Boston & Maine

Carriage Robbery Near Bridge Suspects Sought

Mr Woodman narrowly escaped two highwaymen as they leaped from the roadside and tried to seize him. A struggle ended with the attacker in the carriage knocked headfirst into the street and the horse bolting toward Newburyport. Police pressed a thorough search but found no trace of the men.

Mr. Woodman Newburyport Wing's Island Captain Ross Mr. Taylor Sin

Wind Stops Wright College Flights at Park

A wind of 10 to 20 miles per hour swept across the government training ground in Park Maryland all day preventing Wilbur Wright the instructor from making any flights.

College Park Wilbur Wright

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