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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1902

Page

4

Assault cases heard in Plymouth court over Scituate liquor raids

Scituate and Cohasset residents filled the Second District Court in Plymouth county to hear multiple assault cases tied to liquor seizure raids in Scituate. Defendants pleaded not guilty as cases were continued to next Friday. witnesses described pitchforks and injuries from incidents at and around Constable Lib a Litchfield’s Scituate barn.

Hingham Scituate Cohasset Second District Court Plymouth County Kelley Liba F. Litchfield W. B. Harreb Litchfield House Litchfield Harrah Aavarrel Tarrah Litcnfield Conjo Litenfield Barret Laura W. Litch- I Sylvia Ble Litehfield Willi John Steich

Free asthma treatment offer with referral ask

Dr Whetzel provides a time limited offer of a test course of treatment at no charge to applicants who describe their case briefly and help humane work by sending the names of two other asthma sufferers. Requests for a booklet with full particulars should be made in writing to the address provided.

Whetzel

New Officers Take Charge at Volunteers of America Posts

Regimental Secretary Thomas J. Noonan said no action on the Nellie Denman court-martial until Colonel Gardner returns from Chicago. Gardner represents New England at the grand field council. Capt Rose Monahan and Lt Myra Scannell now lead the Shawmut avenue post, while Aide-de-Camp Cora Anderson leads the Worcester post.

Volunteers of America Worcester Shawmut Avenue Nellie Denman R. C. Gardner Chicago Thomas J. Noonan Boston The Volunteers Gardner Grand Field Council New England Regam Philadelphia Cora Anderson Rose Monahan

Retail cigar dealers organize amid trust concerns

About 70 retailers met at Quincy House to counter a suspected company linked to the tobacco trust. Four stores already operate under the new concern with six more under fitout, as William Standcombe of Union 97 presided and Edward Cohen served as secretary. A 10‑member committee will nominate officers and a five‑person group will mobilize dealers.

Quincy House Tobacco Trust William Standcombe Cigarmakers’ Union 97 Edward Cohen Quincy House Navy

British prisoner freed after habeas corpus ruling

J C Taylor walks free in U S District Court after habeas corpus papers discharge the Transvaal suspect once held on theft charges. He says his innocence and long separation burdened his family, plans to return to work, detailing six years of marriage and a move from the Transvaal in 1900. He admits to losses from investments, not embezzlement, and explains patrol duties near Johannesburg led to the trouble.

J. Tavlor Lowell United States District Court Mr. Taylor Transvaal United States Supreme Court Taylor Joseph C. Taylor Johannesburg

Pneumatic Tube Service Contracts Signed in Boston and St Louis

Washington Oct 28 The Postmaster General has signed contracts for pneumatic tube service in Boston with the Boston Pneumatic Transit Company and in St Louis with the St Louis Pneumatic Tube Company.

Washington Postmaster-General Pneumatic Tube Boston Boston Pneumatic Transit Company St. Louis

President's sister Mrs. Robinson takes ill on voyage

Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of President Roosevelt, arrived from Europe and was reported very ill during the voyage. In New York she was described as a very sick woman under a physician's care, with her husband and an attendant aiding her. The ship's surgeon reportedly lanced a neck ball, and she was ill for most of six months abroad.

New York Douglas Robinson Roosevelt Europe Robinson

Suit Over Industrial Home Blockade Sparks Court Action

Bernard Goldstein sought an injunction against the Boston Industrial Home claiming disruption from its five story Davis Street frontage and plant that supplies labor to the homeless. He claimed 8000 damages and sought to restrain machinery use. Judge Fox visited the home, heard the case, and denied the petition.

Bernard Goldstein Boston Industrial Home Boston Davis Street Harrison Avenue Court of Equity

Diet Advice from a 19th Century Digestive Tablet Ad

The article extols balanced eating with grains vegetables and dairy, advises meat sparingly for most, and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe daily aid. It claims tablets supply missing pepsin and diastase, boost gastric secretions, and improve digestion, appetite, and nervous energy after a week.

Stuart

Molineux Ruling Reserved in New York Trial

Prosecution seeks to admit testimony from Mamie Melando and Detective Joseph Tarrell from a prior trial. The witnesses implicate Molineux through note paper and sightings. Handwriting experts test the poison package address and letters to link writing to Molineux as court debated admissibility.

New York Molineux New Jersey Mamie Melando Joseph Tarrell Newark Lambert

Stage Busy Boston Theatres Draw Large Audiences

The second week of The Old Homestead at the Foston Theatre proves more profitable with near record crowds. Bertha Galland shines at the Colonial in Notre Dame as crowds praise the young actress. The Shaw shows, Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, and The Wilderness by the Empire troupe headline a busy Boston theatre week.

Foston Theatre Bertha Galland Notre Dame William Gillette Boston Empire Theatre Company Winchester Grand Opera House Mars Museum Charles Hawtrey Young Bowdoin Square Utah Jeffie Tilbury Castle Square Music Hall Mascagni Opera Music Trail Joseph Murphy

WANT SAUGUS CAR LINES EX TENDED

People in Cliftondale and Saugus press for street car service extension beyond Cliftondale square toward East Saugus, including Morton avenue. A petition seeks extending the 5 cent limit to Morton avenue to serve riders who now go to Cliftondale square for Boston cars. Talk also of a Cliftondale to Saugus Centre line via Central or Elm street.

Saugus Cliftondale Cliftondale Square East Saugus Lynn Morton Avenue Boston Central Elm Street Saugus Centre

Exoneration Declares Shooting Accidental in Vermont

Justice L. T. Landman and Selectman William Shattuck concluded after an inquest in South Londonderry that Clifford Johnson was shot by his brother Melvin on Sunday morning and the incident was accidental.

South Londonderry L. T. Landman William Shattuck Clifford Johnson Melvin

Plan Agreed Upon for Paying Creditors of Castallane

In New York on October 28 Judge Lacombe signed an order confirming an agreement to pay Samuel Wertheimer 347,327.37 dollars in 4 000 dollars monthly payments from Oct 15, 1902, rising to 8 000 dollars from May 16, 1903, plus a 3 percent dividend to all creditors. Untermyer and Semple represented the European creditors. Gardiner for the Castellanes and Gould estate. The order ends Wertheimer litigation in London and Paris and withdraws the Ditmar suit.

New York Samuel Untermyer Asher Wertheimer London Lorenzo Semple Countess de Castellane Charles A. Gardiner Gould Lacombe United States Circuit Court Wertheimer Terest Untermyer Paris Ditmar Court of Appeals de Castellanes

Week of stage and concert offerings at local halls

Charles E Grapewin and Anna Chance headline at Keiths in The Awakening of Pipp while Eugene ORourke earns ovations at the Howard in Markham Grand Parlor A Captain Dumont and his whiskers headline Austin Stones and the Trocadero burlesquers roll at the Palace A popular music concert at the Boston Theatre features Frederick W Howers George L Tallman and a star lineup Raoul Pugno opens Chickering Hall season with Moonlight Sonata and Schumann numbers praised as among the best

Charles E. Grapewin Anna Chance Keith's Pipp Eugene O’rourke Howard Crder Markham Grand Sporting Goods Captain Dumont Austin’ & Stone the Palace Boston Theatre Frederick W. Howers George L. Tallman Misses Browning Mabel Maitland Charles Sandy) Chapman Herbert W. Treet First Regiment Raoul Pugno Chickering Hall

Skeptics Turn Believers and Are Cured

A testimonial from BL Egan of Easton Pa praising Dr Agnew s Catarrhal Powder for rapid relief of catarrh after a single puff through the blower. The account claims immediate relief from eye pain and cleared nasal passages, leaving the writer free from catarrh.

Peace for England, says Beresford in West Bromwich

In a West Bromwich speech Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford declares Britain entering a century of peace and urges closer union with the United States. He says the International Mercantile Marine Company is not a monopoly and will benefit England more than America.

London West Bromwich Staffordshire Lord Charles Beresford Great Britain United States International Mercantile Marine Company England America

British delegates sail for America

Eleven representatives of the British workmen's commission sailed from Liverpool aboard the Beaver Line Lake Champlain bound for Canada as part of a mission organized by Alfred Moseley to visit the United States.

Liverpool United States Alfred Moseley Beaver Line Lake Champlain Canada

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