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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
7
A bank safe is broken into at night but no valuable papers are taken. An Italian suspect uses dynamite and a broken glass entry. A sick boy holds the missing papers under his bed and is later helped by Reed, with no arrest.
In New York on September 12 a provisional Intercollegiate Socialistic Society was formed to spread socialist ideas among college men. About 250 likely members joined, with organizers including J. G. Phelps Stokes Thomas Wentworth Higginson Charlotte Perkins Gilman Clarence S. Darrow Oscar Lovell Triggs B O Flower William English Walling Leonard B Abbott Jack London and Upton Sinclair awaiting referendum approval.
James J. Hill argues that postwar railroad expansion creates more chances for youths to lead, while noting only a few reach top roles. The piece includes numerous reader-submitted art praises and personal notes from Mass. addresses along with brief critiques of each work.
The bureau of labor reports that workers have shorter hours and slightly higher pay, but higher prices for necessities push living costs up. Despite being scientists’ data, these wage and food statistics have been kept out of political debate.
A letter from L. Cc praises young artists, promises to name more children with fine work, notes tomorrow will include a longer letter, and signs off as a friend.
The column traces Mrs. William Hooper's health recovery and outings with husband at various resorts. Edward T. Stotesbury and daughter tour New York by auto from West Manchester. Notables attend Newport lectures at Oakwood Terrace. Boston visitors, club members, and summer residents are listed with brief movements to and from resorts and cottages. The piece also mentions the upcoming Mary Head and William Russell wedding at Manchester.
In lighthearted chatter, the term Soubrette is humorously tied to eggs, highlighting a playful, punny association between a theatre role and a breakfast staple. The remark reflects light social banter rather than a serious claim.
Fragmentary column captures a playful exchange with a narrator addressing a child and a girl saying she is a girl. It reads like a clipped street scene or column note in a historical paper.
A Boston man James A Binney of 120 Boylston Street in the Walker Building was arrested on a charge of receiving obscene picture post cards through the mail. Deputy Waters brought him before Commissioner Fiske who set a hearing for today at 10 o clock and held Binney in 500 bail. The cards are described as Parisian importations. Counsel William Cobb says his client will be exonerated. Post office officials vow to stop promiscuous mailing.
In Leominster Mrs. Permetier Ann Rugg, 72, a Spiritualist, refused medical help and died after a months long illness. Her husband watched beside her as a nurse while a clairvoyant advised on debility and exhaustion. No worsening noted before death.
In Tilton New Hampshire on September 12 reports of a Vine street ghost were clarified when a local woman recalled pulling her cloak tighter in the rain and rushing home. Men who had seen the specter noted the sightings likely refer to the same evening.
Warren report states Miss May Harwood resigns from a printing office position to take a job at a fishing rod factory in West Brookfield.
Holmes and Watson piece together a jewelled theft linked from a goose to Henry Baker. An ad in the evening papers triggers Baker’s pursuit while Inspector Bradstreet and Horner face deception and arrest. The blue carbuncle stone drives the case toward a clever, unfolding clue system.
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