24 Oct 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1911
Page
1
Philadelphia on October 23 reports fair weather and eager crowds as the Giants and Athletics prepare for the fourth World Series game. Ground crews battled two inches of water, sweeping out the outfield while sawdust filled the infield to ready Shibe Park for a 2 p.m. start.
In Aberdeen on October 23 President Taft defended his Supreme Court selections and rejected the claim that he sought to emasulate the Sherman Antitrust Act. He reiterated his stance on enforcing the act stringently.
New York Oct 23 Booth Tarkington novelist and playwright told reporters at the Princeton Club he will not place any difficulties in the way of his wife winning the divorce suit she has brought in Indianapolis.
A compact note lists astronomical times and day length for the 297th day of Day's decrease, autumn's 32nd day, with lamp times and sunrise sunset. It records anniversaries: Isaac Rich born 1801, the Erie Canal opening between Utica and Rome in 1825, Spain ceding Florida to the United States in 1820, and a reference to X in 1809.
Washington reports for New England a forecast of fair weather with cooler conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday. Moderate west winds are expected in the latter part of the period. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from the mid forties to the low sixties with an average around 60.
Report notes fair weather for the upcoming fourth game of the world series in Philadelphia. Mentions Mathewson and Bender as likely pitchers and hints at manager changes and college football ties. Also references boxing gossip and touring teams with event notes from the era.
The body of Martin J. Walsh, a fugitive gambler, who died Sunday night in Louis Snell’s apartments in New York, reached Boston with Mrs. Walsh. Eastman the undertaker met the body at Back Bay station and moved it to 251 Tremont street for burial preparations.
New York prepares for a ten day naval display as 102 ships including battleships Connecticut Michigan Louisiana and Minnesota arrive. The mobilization runs Oct 30 to Nov 1 with 24 battleships 22 destroyers 16 torpedo boats and other vessels under Secretary Meyer and aides Wainwright Potter Nicholson and Frank Fletcher.
Daily chicken dinners served from 12 noon to 11 PM in the Ladies Cafe Gentlemen's Cafe and Fountain Cafe with menus including Roast Stuffed Chicken Giblet Gravy Cranberry Sauce Fried Hominy Boston Market Celery Stewed Tomatoes Boiled or Mashed Potatoes Native Hubbard Squash and beverages. Fish dinners and Rocky Point Clam Chowder offered from all cafes 12 noon to 8 PM for 50 cents.
Coroner confirms body from 1730 Broadway is Walsh amid doubts due to an assumed name. Boston investigator and police sought the accomplice in the Cambridge National City Bank theft. A betting figure asserts the deceased is Martin J. Walsh, noting hiding in Snell’s apartment with a Boston lawyer involved.
Two mining companies in which Julian Hawthorne held a direct financial interest and two others are under federal grand jury investigation. Assistant U S District Attorney Thompson confirmed the panel has taken up the matter.
Federal officers report subpoenas issued for officers of Hawthorne Silver and Iron Mines and related companies. Al bert Freeman and Josiah Quincy promise to appear. Quincy, ex mayor of Boston and former assistant secretary of state, is general counsel. Senator Elihu Root linked to the inquiry, with MeIntire Porcupine Mines and United Mining Company of Cobalt also under scrutiny.
Former Boston mayor Josiah Quincy denying reports he promoted the Hawthorne enterprises now under federal grand jury scrutiny. Quincy says his role was solely legal and as counsel, not director or stock promoter, noting the company’s cash in treasury and noting defense by Wellman Gooch Smythe of New York.
In New York on Oct 23 leading roasters hiked packaged coffee by 1 cent a pound to 8 1/2 cents. Meanwhile households using sugar in beverages will welcome a cut in that commodity’s price.
Fragmentary text mentions a Sunset Roll and a numeric code 363 Wapeh. No clear event date person or organization identifiable.
Detectives from the Burns agency were sent to another state to probe a man linked to Avis Linnell. The defense aims to show the former admirer knew Linnell’s condition and had motive and opportunity to provide poison, echoing a Middlesex county murder defense.
Passengers on the Priscilla of the Tall River Line discovered a month old girl in a stateroom after arrival in New York. A note with the name Helen Meredith was found on the bedding. Records show a man named J C Bennett of Brockton Massachusetts occupied the room with a frail young woman believed to be about seventeen. The infant was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Brief notice states Burdett College accepts new students every Monday in Boston. The message mentions free tuition for the 18 year old applicant and references joining the institution.
Christ Church on Salem Street known as the Old North Church will shut for several months to address fire danger from old and defective furnaces. Built in 1728, the church is the citys oldest edifice and famed for the lantern signal from its belfry used by Paul Revere.
Four year old Dorothy Burnham, daughter of Mr and Mrs Le Roy Burnham of 936 Broadway, Ips, died at Frostval Chelsea from serious burns received days earlier while playing with matches at the home of Joseph Jeffrey, 28 Stockton Street.
Avis Linnell is to be buried today by order of District Attorney Pelletier after a motion to exhume the body. Officials expect the exhumation to reveal damning evidence regarding the cyanide receptacle in the bathrobe at her feet and to support an indictment of Clarence V. T. Richeson. The DA, Chief Inspector Dugan and Deputy Superintendent Watts hope the findings justify a grand jury indictment set for Oct. 26 and eventual conviction.
Police struggle to piece together testimony surrounding a girl’s death on October 24. Witnesses discuss dining with Richeson and alleged poison use, while relationships between Avis Linnell Lucille Ler and a minister emerge as central factors amid circulating rumors and ongoing investigations.
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