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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1910
Page
6
Four year old Margaret Kelly of East Cambridge attracts painters with a remarkable memory for long poems. She has yellow curls a pretty duplicate chin and converses with maturity beyond years. She won a beauty prize during a regent visit to a Canadian city and has posed for several paintings of children.
Charles W. Searles of this town reads newspapers and magazines upside down to avoid nervousness from classmates peering over his shoulder. He recalls as a boy near sighted and impoverished families lacking books forced sharing, and a school whipping when he refused to let others look on.
Two 22 year old men Alfred LeRoy and William J Dunn were captured by Patrolman Frank Merritt after attempting to rob a tailor shop and break through the floor to reach a jewelry store at 106 Court Street. Clothing worth 400 dollars found in their suitcases.Police believe both have prior records.
Engineer Jed Whitney of the Sus sex express was stricken with paralysis while driving at 48 miles an hour and could not stop the train. Fireman Jack Odell shifted to control, brought the train to a stop after Bloomfield, but Whitney died in Sussex after being removed to a house.
J Raynor Storrs Wells son of Fairbanks Scales Company president and Irene Dabney were granted an absolute divorce by Justice Greenbaum after Wells accused his wife of indiscretions during Paris visits in 1909 and in New York in 1910. Armand Kalier named as co respondent.
In a letter to the Post Alice Stone Blackwell argues Boston spends under 14 percent of municipal funds on schools while New York City allocates 19 percent and Denver 35 percent. She notes Colorado has mothers and teachers share in school appropriations.
Judge Hans Gmelin of Stuttgart assistant justice of the Supreme Court of Wurtemberg praises the American juvenile and probation systems as exemplary while concluding American courts are swifter than German ones. He notes the value of volunteer workers who bridge youths and the courts and praises their dedicated service.
The Prospect Union of Cambridge announces a month of lectures by well known figures. Waterman and J A S Woodrow will appear, with Louis K Rourke presenting an illustrated talk on the Panama Canal on Nov 5. Lectures follow by Samuel J Elder on Fisheries Dispute, Dr Charles Elliott on National Resources, Walter S Sears on Unemployment Its Remedy, Bliss Perry, Charles Gettemy, and an illustrated Snake Dance talk by Dr W C Farabee on Nov 20.
Shortly after 11 yesterday morning Edward T MecGibbin aged 49 a single lodger at a Warren venue was found dead in bed from alcoholism.
The municipal and metropolitan committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce unanimously endorses reorganizing the street department and consolidating water and engineering with it. The plan, urged by Louis K. Rourke and backed by Mayor Fitzgerald, aims for greater efficiency without reducing staff, using the same funds more effectively.
Dr. Canwright of West China told an audience at Robinson Methodist Church on Fairmont Street that China will become the greatest nation in the world within years. He argued the Chinese nation is progressing faster than others realize.
Twenty five eligible men in Sylvia Kansas organized a Tightwad Club after an Anti Tightwad group formed by local women. The men claim the girls do not entertain or hold their interest and set rules requiring churchgoing partners to recite half a sermon and sing all hymns.
Claus H Rosenberg, a Kaiserin Auguste Victoria second cabin passenger, startled an immigration doctor by revealing bundles of cash sewn into his coat seams. The doctor found five thousand dollars hidden on his back and chest, prompting Rosenberg to explain plans to move to Oregon and farm near his children.
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