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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
Allen E iall the 14 year old who shot and killed his 16 year old sister with a double barreled shotgun at North Danville was discharged from custody and allowed to go home after a closed hearing. The court ruled the act was careless but not criminal.
The 1500 strong Colored Masons will parade through Boston led by Major George W. Braxton to mark the Prince Hall Grand Lodge centenary. Delegations from New York and Pennsylvania join a lineup including Blue Lodge and Knights Templars, with reviews by Acting Governor Draper and Mayor Hibbard at the State House and City Hall.
G Howard Bruce of Danville Kentucky died suddenly last night at a banquet held by Arnold Shoe Company for its North Abington salesmen at Parker House. His son George H Bruce Jr was notified at Martha's Vineyard. Bruce aged about 45 had served as Southern representative for Arnold Shoes for years.
John W. Riddle the American ambassador to Russia underwent another minor operation at Kislovodsk and will stay in bed for several days.
The advertisement touts possum as a new skin remedy discovered a year ago that allegedly cures eczema and disfiguring conditions, with itching stopped after the first application. It promotes 50 cent, 60 cent, and $2 jar packages sold in Boston and New York, including free samples by writing to Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
Worcester theater manager John F. Burke denounces Chief of Police David A. Matthews for censoring posters. Posters depicting whiskey, gladiator tights, and gun images are pasted over or covered with date slips before display. A four sheet Billy the Kid poster on Commercial Street shows five censored areas with covering stickers.
M. J. Mulroy and E. J. Gaughan will be the principal speakers at the Mayo men and women of Boston meet ing next Sunday night at 76 Francis Street Roxbury. Mulroy will discuss Irish county clubs and their work. Gaughan will speak on the Davitt Memorial building. Other speakers are Austin A. OMalley and James H. Curry.
Leading by hours the sixmaster Addie M. Lawrence arrived at Boston light as the overall winner of a coastal schooner race from the South to Boston. Davis Palmer placed second and Paul Palmer third while William L. Douglas rounded Cape May for fourth.
A fire in the row of cells linking the Alexander Nevsky Monastery churches threatened the historic cathedral. The municipal fire department responded in force and extinguished the flames.
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