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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
5
Royal Wilton regs and rugs from multiple mills offered in sizes 3x3 yards and 3x31 yards with sale prices. Linoleum and oil cloth four yards wide advertised as sanitary with seamless coverage and sale price per square yard.
The Curtis homestead once owned by the Boston mayoral family was auctioned yesterday by trustee M. Fickett. By six, no major property had sold apart from minor furnishings. The house itself drew bids to eleven thousand dollars but did not sell.
Early today the Winchendon postoffice was entered by dynamite, opening safes and stealing about 2500 in stamps 700 in cash and the postmaster’s personal effects. A jimmy was used and two revolvers fired to divert suspicion before the burglars fled by auto toward Gardner.
In Roy New Hampshire on October 15 thieves who hit a provision store before dawn then broke into the Winchendon postoffice and stole 400 dollars. Dumaimite was used at the postoffice.
Seven marriages will be solemnized in St. Francis de Sales Church Charles town today. The first at 9 o clock pairs Miss Catherine eating and Francis J Sweeney attorney of New York. At 10 o'clock John J Ducey Cambridge and Miss Julia F Leonard wed.
A Sunday report notes thieves entered a Bellevue residence while occupants were away. The incident involved theft of silver and other property, with police informed and investigations ongoing. Investigators seek clues about the two suspects observed in the area.
Willard Warren, a member of the Suf folk bar, faced trial in the Municipal Criminal Court on charges of assault and battery against Israel Karp. Evidence showed Warren acted as attorney for two lodging-house tenants on Montgomery Street and helped eject Earp after the lease ended. The judge ruled the complainant had peaceably entered under lease and withholding sentence was ordered until morning.
In Melrose on Orris street vandals entered Warren E. Mumford's home and scattered belongings after shutting off gas. They marked the door with a black hand and the word Beware. The family, returning from a call, believed burglars were at work and alerted police. The incident was attributed to local youths.
Mrs Maud G Clarke arrived in Boston with her five year old son Carleton whom she had spirited away from Dr C G Kremer the boy s legal guardian. Despatches from New York hinted Kremer might seek steps against the mother but Boston police had received no requests for her apprehension.
Mrs Clarke and a young boy vanished after arriving on the Harvard from New York. Newspaper photographers pursued them, contradicting sensational reports of a chase. At Dorchester Mrs Helen Buchanan denies location details and says the family seeks custody, with legal papers prepared.
In New York a plan to bring a boy to Dorchester is described. Forest Clarke, son of James C. Clarke of Federal Street and a Republican candidate, is connected to the affair. Mrs Clarke’s status is debated amid reports of divorce. A woman named May Bradley, or Georgia Gordon, faced assault charges in Yorkville, with bonds set at $500.
Patrick Conroy aged 30 of Brookline was convicted of assault on Mrs. Ann Skelton 75 of Vine Street Newton Centre and received a nine month term in the house of correction.
Quincy police say a gang of boys has been pulling off the trolley wheels of electric cars, and officers are on the warpath to stop the mischief.
Testimony on pink tickets and affidavits shown as Bartlett and Whitney factions clash. Ex mayor Barton named as potential mediator while counsel challenge commission rulings and plan further action before the Supreme Court.
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