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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1915
Page
5
Mrs. Gertrude Seeley of Hopkinton attaches property valued at 10000 in a Boston and Hopkinton divorce suit against Walter J. Seeley. She alleges assault hair pulling and threats of serious injury and seeks custody of their two children. Married in Boston in 1805.
Alexander Borstel of Vaughn Avenue Dorchester aged 16 is charged with maliciously setting fire to the dwelling at 96 Olney Street Dorchester. He will be tried in the juvenile session of the Dorchester District Court this morning.
A terrier guided 75 searchers to Louis A. Stiles who was found dead with a bullet through his heart in Westfield woods. He had been missing since Saturday after going coon hunting. The dog led authorities to the body as investigators suspected an accidental discharge while Stiles forced through dense undergrowth.
In Cambridge a man with a police record snatched Florence Gardiner's watch near Dover Street transfer station and struck her. After passing the watch to a confederate he was pursued by Policeman Timothy W. Kelliher and captured.
Miss Gardiner and companion Ma mie Connolley were robbed of a watch by a man who struck her face as a large crowd left nearby motion picture theaters. The thief passed the watch to another man, George Doran, then fled. Rogers was chased by bystanders and cornered by Officer Kelliher with assistance from Officer King. Gardiner identified both suspects at East Dedham Street station.
A fragment from a listing notes a request for a door at 58 Corn-199 by Weacu Company with unclear context and missing details. The brief entry provides little readable information beyond the address and company name.
The report identifies a man who took the watch and alleges Doran acted as his confederate. In the commotion Doran allegedly discarded the watch, which has not been found after searches across the district.
Government announces annual examination for a stenographer and typewriter in Boston on Oct 26 with openings across departmental service and Panama Canal. Vacancies include mechanical trades at Watertown arsenal and an exam for surveyor and transit men in the general land office with monthly salaries from 100 to 150 dollars.
Associate gas engineer sought in the Bureau of Standards at two thousand dollars yearly. Requires college degree and at least three years practical experience in design construction or operation of gas plants. Apply to United States Civil Service Commission Room 145 Postoffice Building Boskon Mass at once.
Protests against Alfred L. Cutting as Middlesex county commissioner candidate and against James H. Shea as the Democratic candidate for Senate in the first Norfolk district will be filed with the State Ballot Law Commission. The protests involve party substitutions after a Middlesex county Republican convention and an opposition by Senator Louis F. Langelier to Mrs Shea.
In Roslindale on October 18 Doris M infant daughter of William F and Flossie M Reardon nee Daly. Funeral from parents home 54 Philbrick Street Wednesday October 20 at 2 pm. Relatives and friends invited.
In the Supreme Judicial Court a cross bill seeks to determine who controls the $400,000 from the Bromfield Street Church sale. Alvah G. Sleeper and others push for a final decree aligning with a prior bench opinion. The bill argues the post consolidation trustees are entitled and that the full bench erred in considering court-appointed trustees as under a trust.
Albert Calvert, a Brookline schoolboy, sent to the Mycological Club exhibition in Agricultural Hall three market baskets of mushrooms gathered near Chestnut Hill. It marked the season's first fungi and drew interest amid the other displays.
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