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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
9
Thibeault denies involvement with the St. Jean girl on Saturday as police finish interviews with two men. Thibeault slept after police processing. Hill remained anxious overnight. Attorney Fuller defends Thibeault’s alibi, asserting it proves he could not have murdered the girl or disposed of her body.
A wary account blends medical claims about sciatica and Dr Williams Pink Pills with a complex Fall River murder case. Amelia St Jean’s disappearance triggers police inquiries into Wilfred Thibeault, her alleged lover and chauffeur, who is questioned about alibis and movements while a body is found and identified later as the missing young woman. The report details the suspect’s inconsistent timeline, family ties, and a dramatic hat identification that shifts the investigation.
Local shop cuts prices on girls suits and dresses with sizes 6 to 18 years and teens. Silk guimpes and wash dresses reduced from high figures to under five dollars. Coats, skirts, and undervests discounted, with clear postwar style references and a focus on woolens and silks.
Gilbert Clark aged 21 of Chelsea is dead after a staging collapse at a four story building under Carter Ink Co construction in East Cambridge. His brother Absalom Clark was severely injured with both legs fractured and placed on the dangerous list at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Newport News Oct 14 After dining with a young woman at the Chamberlain Hotel Old Point Comfort Lt Carl A Richter USN 28 chief engineer of the gun boat Marietta returned to his ship in Hampton Roads at midnight and was found hanging by a strap to the wall in his quarters He had been dead several hours Officers on the Marietta offer no statement The companion from the Chamberlain has not been identified and may know the cause of the death by his own action.
In Malden on October 14, Mrs. Henrietta Smith, 60, of 84 Warren Avenue, became suddenly ill from a hemorrhage while returning home from an entertainment on Ferry Street. She died after being taken to Dr. George Fulton’s office. The cause of the hemorrhage is unknown.
A taxi with one passenger veered into the closed gates of the Charlestown draw last night and stopped short of the harbor. Passenger Phillip Leschi, of 59 Phalen Street, Charlestown, suffered a broken knee cap as the bridge crowd watched in darkness, believing the car would plunge into the water.
New York report details Acting Aero Club of America president COLD BOTHERED FORBES IN AIR. He and Max C. Fleischman completed a St Louis to Richmond voyage in a balloon, averaging about 38 mph. Cold, frozen ballast, thawing water, and a mistaken landfall near the ocean colored the trip.
London Oct 14 The Right Hon Gerald FitzGibbon lord justice of appeal in Ireland died today He was born in 1837 and served in the Irish judiciary with distinction This obituary notes his long career and exact birth year while recording the sudden passing in London
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a powerful but safe digestive and antacid. It claims rapid relief from indigestion, gas, sour stomach, belching, and headaches, with a 50 cent case available from pharmacists and widespread benefits for meals and digestion.
In Manhattan and Brooklyn campaigns William J. Gaynor former Supreme Court justice and Democratic nominee spoke at Carnegie Hall and addressed charges over betting and reform. Otto T Barnard Republican nominee spoke in Brooklyn while Hearst supporters held a mass meeting at Cooper Union.
Muriel Lowande recalls touring Old Mexico and sharing a home made eye tonic using dissolved crystal to brighten eyes. She claims the tonic relieves tired eyes and strengthens weak eyes, stating she personally uses it.
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