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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1898
Page
8
Eva Borstman, 64, arrives on the steamer Lahn with railroad tickets to Clinton Massachusetts and her fiancé’s address. She explains fate kept them apart since youth, but after decades of devotion he earned and sent $2000 for her travel to join him, and she proceeds to meet her devoted sweetheart.
In West Fifty-fourth Street Police Court Magistrate Pool ruled that kissing and hugging soldiers in uniform after camp does not violate the peace. Nellie Anderson of 213 West Forty-second Street was charged with disorderly conduct after police say she kissed two men at Sixth Avenue and Thirty-first Street early today.
A woman about 45 identified as Mrs Bessie Cushing Cambridge Mass died by self strangulation with gas at Crawford House. Her body was found in Room 94 as police and medical examiner investigate the case, noting a life of ease from her fine clothing and jewelry.
Crowds line the harbor front to witness the Massachusetts and its gunboats with Marietta and Oregon in escort. Flags and decorations festoon wharves and ships including Yamuri New York and Philadelphia steamers. Captain Wyman’s Merom wedding noted amid the naval display.
F H Stevens for the Weld estate reports building damage may not exceed 1200 dollars. The frame withstood the blaze, but interior fittings suffered extensive damage.
Boston announces a new transfer system for subway cars entering at Boylston and Public Garden entrances. Through cars will serve Union Station and transfer at Park Street for destinations beyond. Dorchester and Neponset lines shift routes to Union Station via Shawmut Avenue and subway.
In Saint John New Brunswick authorities identified a drowned man as Franklin Weld a wealthy railroad and bank official from New York and Falmouth Massachusetts. The body was found near Loch Lomond and recognized by attorney E S Griffing who noted Weld had used the name Frank T Allen to avoid attention during a health tour with his wife.
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