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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
2
A Brookline officer chasing burglars in Coolidge Corner slipped and fell. He discovered a parrot in a cage behind the open window, ending the chase and prompting a swift apology to the householder.
On October 2 at the Brophy Bros. shoe factory in Lynn two strike breakers, Harry Kiz an Armenian and John Cnizh a Lithuanian, were seriously wounded after Italian assailants attacked them on streets near the plant and railroad tracks. Both attackers fled.
Essex Junction Vermont October 25 17 year old How ard French was shot in the back by an accidental discharge from a gun carried by his companion Harry Yendow. French likely fatally wounded Yendow fell and the weapon discharged during a deer hunting outing.
In a rare term case William H. Harrison vs Emily B. the judge granted the wife custody of the children and ordered $12 monthly alimony for the wife and kids. The court did not rule on the divorce petition, but the husband’s request for divorce was denied.
Annie Eaton won a $20,000 verdict against the city of Boston in Superior Court for land damages caused by widening the square near City Hall in Charlestown. The plaintiff contended that the project reduced the value of the rest of her property.
An 8-year-old boy, Samuel Nelson True, visiting his aunt Mrs Edward C Robinson at 24 Winthrop Road Brookline, was crushed to death in a basement accident when a stack of radiator frames toppled while he attempted to lift the top unit. He had recently come from Portland for a visit.
Chuck Connors known as the Mayor of Chinatown mourns his wife Nellie who died yesterday. The husky celebrity broke down crying and said she was better than him and tried to keep him straight.
Inspectors Knox and Appleton arrested George Hart aged 87 for alleged larceny of an overcoat in a large uptown store. Hart, released from State prison last July after a three year term for pocket theft, is to appear in court today.
My Dear Little Artist Friends It seems an age since I have met you through the columns of the Daily ost I have missed you more than you can imagine I have been so busy that it has been impossible to get your work out in the No 1 Florence Biglow 121 Oakdale avenue East Dedham Your picture is very clever and finely executed Your name for it is also good He Found a Boston Post Against a Crooked Stile
A YMCA page letter thanks members for their art submissions and graceful acceptance of prize discontinuation. The writer notes future drawings will be judged for artistic talent with published remarks and criticism. Sunday letter promised to discuss progress toward becoming real artists.
In Grafton on October 2 the case of Mrs. Ernest R. Houghton and Dr. Robert Adair Pierce was heard. Mrs. Houghton was fined $15 for using the horsewhip after a quarrel over a cat. The doctor and Mr. Houghton also fought when the dispute escalated.
The Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society approved a committee recommendation that Baptist and Free Baptist denominations unite. The Free Baptists have accepted, and the proposal now moves to national bodies for final action. Afternoon speakers included Rev. Herbert S. John and Rev. C S. Pease.
An advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with laxative bromide and quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears B. W. Grove’s signature and costs 25 cents.
The merit and superiority of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood medicine are urged with claims of physician and public endorsement. It cites 40,366 testimonials and asserts the remedy treats blood diseases and signs of impure blood, listing conditions such as scrofula eruptions skin diseases ulcers and rheumatism.
This remedy claims to purify blood from all impurities and expel disease germs. It asserts relief from diphtheria scarlet fever pneumonia and the grip and promotes strength, with endorsements from many cured people.
Marblehead Oct 25 Mrs Lillian Fuller heir to a large fortune left by her mother expressed charity as her first aim after learning of her eligibility She had been in the Little Wanderers Home in Boston and prior to inheriting learned she was the baby sister sought by the city police She plans charitable work and a trip abroad after congratulations from across the state Born in Cohasset and raised in Marblehead she is a former stage performer with substantial foster mother estate and timberlands.
Greenport, L. I. Oct. 2. Frederick Tabor of Orient, 40, one leg, cut out his son Russell 16 from his affections of Abbie Tuthill 14, a school chum of the boy, and the wedding was celebrated today. Tabor installed the girl as Russell’s stepmother and left home.
In Lynn Oct 25 Thomas McIntosh, a 28 year old widower with a six year old daughter, seeks a sensible wife through newspaper ads. He describes good family background, home life, Protestant faith, and farming means and asks for letters from women to join his home and become a mother to his child. His inbox fills rapidly with responses.
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