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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1905
Page
12
The store advertises discounted damaged ladies Oxford shoes and slippers due to dampness from subway construction. Items include patent leather and kid finishes and will be offered at a large reduction on a special counter to clear stock. Regular prices are shown on tickets with marked reductions.
Nashua New Hampshire October 23 Judge M Wallace of the Superior Court granted a petition to close the New Ipswich Savings Bank of New Ipswich. Omas B Luke was named assignee. Bank officials requested the action due to the death of several officers. The bank is solvent and all claims will be paid. Deposits total about $40 000.
Harry Minskey of Chelsea pursued a thief who stole his trousers belt and a gold-hinged watch from a chair. The thief fled onto Spruce street where the missing items were later found dropped on the curb.
Police hunt the so called River Pirate Pat Jackson for numerous crimes across Taunton and coastal towns. Reports recount his daring escapes and aliases aboard shifting vessel names, with family members describing a violent temper and years of crime from Boston to Baltimore.
Newport Rhode Island October 23 armed keeper guards the Dorada a pirate sloop moored at City wharf joined by the Bessie owned by Charles I Burlingame of Providence. Officers seek two men who left Dorada while plunder reported aboard includes a motor chloroform nitroglycerine and other items. The Dorada once Taunton to Atlantic City or Greenport appeared under names Niobe and Falcon.
In a Boston tale, a shaggy Irish terrier named Bobs sticks to his master Dick O'Toole through a Saturday night arrest and court appearance. The dog wins officers and even Judge Parmeter over, leading to a minimum 10 day sentence for O'Toole at Deer Island. Bobs remains by his side and is cared for by friends after the sentencing.
Miss Ida M. Tarbell spoke at the Chan ning Club annual meeting in Hotel Vendome on Standard Oil methods shaping business and political morals. The club then elected Dudley R. Child president with George H. Ellis Parker B. Field as vice presidents and Henry C. Noble as treasurer Frederick W. Porter as secretary.
Count Witte has apparently won imperial favor and observers expect him to lead a liberal government as premier and head a responsible cabinet. Since returning from the United States he has openly aligned with the liberals.
A large derrick falls from a flat car onto a moving Boston and Maine freight train at Wakefield Junction. It knocks two freight cars, blocks the Western division tracks for two hours, and injures no one.
Richard Howard stabbed William Turner in the back after an insult at Lenox and Kendall streets. Turner was aided by bystanders, then taken to Station 10 and held as a witness for Howard’s court appearance. Both men are described as colored.
A thief drained water from a street show case at 235 Washington Street last night. The case, belonging to a perfumery firm, contained only water in the stolen bottles.
New York Oct 23 Herman Schultz killed himself during his son’s funeral service after his son died by suicide with illuminating gas last week. He fired a shot through the head while the reading continued and collapsed across the coffin. Mrs Schultz and her three daughters fainted and the son’s funeral was postponed so both could be buried together.
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