Relatives Sought for Two Men Who Died in Charlestown
Police seek possible relatives of Patrick Morgan seven found dead at 189 Main Street Charlestown and Matthew J Toomey who collapsed near Pleasant and Washington Streets and died at City Hospital. Morgan may have kin in Ireland and New England while Toomey’s kin are believed in Dorchester or Roxbury.
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Patrick Morgan
Main Street
Charlestown
Ireland
New England
Matthew J. Toomey
Pleasant
Washington Streets
City Hospital
Dorchester
Roxbury
Park From Backyards Shaped by Collective Effort
A vivid Sunday Post Magazine spread shows how a community transformed a cluster of private yards into a shared park. Residents row in ideas, reclaim space, and plant trees to create a welcoming green refuge for all neighbors.
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Next Sunday Post
Save Your Eyes With Simple Eye Health Prescription
Do you suffer eye troubles or wear glasses and want to avoid worsening vision? The ad promotes Optona tablets dissolved in warm water as a harmless at home eye rinse to reduce inflammation and improve clarity with two to four daily uses. It urges immediate action and thanks readers for following the prescription.
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Nat
Rivermouth Gunpowder Prank Ends With Bailey's Battery Boom
The narrator recalls a youthhood scheme in Rivermouth to fire off old War of 1812 cannon. One boy, Phil Adams, fixed fuses with Sailor Ben's help, and at midnight Bailey's Battery fired across Anchor Lane waking the town. Chaos followed as guns exploded, boats drifted, and the crew faced curious townsfolk.
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Rivermouth
Portsmouth
N. H
New Orleans
Tom Bailey
Bailey’s
Ben
Guy Fawkes
House of Lords
Phil Adams
Othou
Bailey
Abigail
Dan’el
Mr. Miller
Anchor Lane
Silas Trefethen
Sailor Ben
Jack Harris
Hakka Cream Ad Promotes Hay Fever Remedy
Hakka Cream for hay fever head colds and similar ailments. Price 50 cents. From Hakka Chemical Co. Grose Hall Station Boston.
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Hakka Chemical CO
Grose Hall Station
Oston
Continued in Tomorrow's Post
Excerpt indicates ongoing discussion or feature continued in the next issue. Copyright notice credits Mary Elizabeth Aldrich in 1911 with special arrangement from Houghton Mifflin Co. Published by authorization.
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Mary Elizabeth Aldrich
Houghton Mifflin Co
Back issues of The Story of a Bad Boy offered
Readers seeking back numbers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich should contact their newsdealer. If unavailable, apply to Circulation Department Boston Post in person or by mail. Mail requests require an extra cent per copy for postage in addition to the paper price. Supplies are limited. apply at once.
Jewish New Year Observances Begin in Greater Boston
Rosh Hashannah begins as the Jewish year 5676 observances start at sundown. Central Jewish Organization arranges services for inmates in area prisons. Rabbis Rubinevitz Israeli Jurman Sharfman lead services at multiple synagogues including Temple Mishka Tefila Roxbury and Temple Ohabei Sholem Union Park Street.
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Greater Boston
Central Jewish Organization
Moses L. Sedar
H. H. Rubinevitz
Mishka Tefila
Roxbury
Beth Israel Synagogue
Sharfman
North Russell Street
Abraham Alpert
The
Jewish American
Revere
Shoher
Otisfield Street
M. M. Eichler
Temple Ohabei Sholem
Union Park Street
Man of 77 Held on Non-Support Charge
Walter A. Gates of Marlboro aged 77 faced arraignment in Somerville Police Court on a neglect to support his 78 year old wife. The couple, separated about three years, live with his daughter. Gates said he could not live with his wife and works only intermittently as a carpenter. Mrs. Gates said he left her while she was ill with a broken hip in the hospital. The case was continued until Sept. 18 for disposition.
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Walter A. Gates
Marlboro
Somerville
A&a
Roxbury Janitor Ends Life in Willimantic Woman's Apartment
Joseph A. Boyd a 45 year old Roxbury janitor at New England Baptist Hospital shot himself in the Willimantic Conn apartment of Mrs Ida Emery about 11 PM Monday. Police say he was attentive to the woman who denies the relationship. Relatives say he was infatuated and he reportedly called Mrs Emery Miss Dexter when introducing her in Roxbury.
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Boston
Joseph A. Boyd
Parker Hill Avenue
Roxbury
New England Baptist Hospital
Boyd
Ida Emery
Ladd
Willimantic
Emery
Miss Dexter
Boston Hospital Clerk Shoots Self After Affair Revelation
Boyd a Roxbury resident, widower with two children, shot himself after confirming plans to marry Mrs. Emery of Willimantic following a months long acquaintance via his housekeeper Mrs. Ina Brooks. Mrs. Emery denies any intimacy and says Boyd acted distressed over life after his wife's death.
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Boyd
Emery
Roxbury
Ina Brooks
Boston
Charles A. Boyd
Meridian Street
Willimantic
Emery M
Clifford
Eva
Brooks
Ernest Emery
Burr Loses renomination bid in Back Bay ward race
Representative Arthur E. Burr of Ward 11 fails of renomination as a Republican for the House after a conflict with a new law barring candidates from seeking more than one office in a primary. Burr had filed for both the House seat and a Suffolk County district reapportionment post, but state officials ruled one nomination nullified the other, leaving Burr’s name off the primary ballot.
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Arthur E. Burr
Ward 11
Back Bay
Burr
Suffolk County
Secretary of State's Department
Attorney-General's Office
Reynolds sues railroad for 224000 in promissory notes
Thomas M. Reynolds of Boston sues the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Company for 224000, claiming 224 notes of 1000 each due May 1 1915 with 6 percent interest were issued April 28 1913 and not paid. The case was adjourned to Friday for fuller hearing after an injunction petition was read in the Superior Court before Judge Wait.
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United States
Thomas M. Reynolds
Boston
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Superior Court
Wait
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