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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
2
In Cohasset, Mrs. Edith C. Nickerson sues Manuel S. Leonard, a Cohasset steamfitter, for $1000 over the alleged nighttime removal of an entire heating plant from her house. The suit details a strange theft of the heating equipment and seeks compensation.
Leonard faces charges of converting to his own use nine radiators fittings feed valves heater 100 feet of pipe expansion tank and other heating items property of Mrs Nickerson tied to Cohasset house project Leonard allegedly removed the heating plant from the under construction home while the contractor planned to abandon the job.
Louis E. Crosscup of Quincy and printer at 148 Pearl Street Boston filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the United States District Court revealing liabilities of 60888 dollars and assets of 8287 dollars yesterday.
Across the city, especially in the West and North Ends, Orthodox Jewish families erected tents and booths to observe Succoth. After synagogue services families dine in succahs during the festival begun at sundown Wednesday, recalling the Israelite exodus from Egypt.
Charles Markarian aged 46 of 54 Beaver Street Salem was fatally injured at 5 30 yesterday afternoon when his sleeve was caught in a tuning belt of a staking machine at Peter Fims Leather Factory. Fellow workers halted the machine but he died almost instantly.
Levi H. Colburn, 90, Webster’s oldest resident, fatally shot himself at his wife’s grave in East Village Cemetery at 11 am with a .32 caliber revolver. He died tonight at Webster City Hospital after being found with two bullet wounds.
Government orders the Clyde line steamer Seminole to Puerto Plata to evacuate foreigners and locals wishing to leave the republic before military action. A large force of troops has been sent from the capital to assault the rebels.
Advertisement asserts a product titled Cures a Cold in One Day Cures Grip in Two Days named by ER W Grove. Mentions a 24c price and claims a laxative bromide quinine variant for relief.
The article notes United Cigar Stores plans to enter retail drug trade using its organizational strength. It predicts limited store growth with expansion focused in New York City and parallel development by Riker-Hegeman, avoiding wide product interchange between cigar and drug outlets.
A French exchange professor from the Sorbonne and a German ward discuss a protest as the French participant refuses to wear a medal during a postwar ceremony. The incident unfolds this week reflecting tensions in academic exchange.
Exchange professors Ernst von Dobschutz and Fernand Baldensperger drew ire at Harvard when Dobschutz extolled German nationalism and Baldensperger refused the medal worn on red white and black ribbons. He departed after the recital of Deutschland, Deutschland aber Alles, amid apologies and confusion.
Announcement yesterday of the newest United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter in Boston. It includes 14 charter members who anticipate growth as nieces and daughters of Confederate veterans join, expanding the group in the city.
Boston despatch reports United Cigar Stores to gain controlling interest in Riker-Hegeman Jaynes drug stores. The merger would create a larger tobacco system, with Jaynes stores in New England joining Riker-Hegeman. Estimated yearly Riker-Hegeman business around 15 million dollars with profits near 1 to 1.5 million. United Cigar Stores annual business about 30 million from 1000 stores.
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