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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1912
Page
6
Gilda Ken aged three of 36 High street Everett was struck and killed by an automobile owned and operated by George H Cross of 10 Glenrock circle Malden last night.
Witnesses say a little girl playing with others ran into the path of a slow automobile. Cross tried to steer away but struck her on the head, causing an instantaneous skull fracture. A physician attended the scene. Cross was arrested and later released on $1000 bail after a manslaughter charge was filed.
Police investigate an incendiary fire in the ell of a four story tenement at 49 Wall Street West End. Eighteen occupants fled to the street as flames confined to the ell caused about 1000 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the storeroom for blinds and sashes owned by A Kapolovitch. Families including Mastier Bostostin Gordon and Malaski were frightened by the smoke and escape routes.
Dr. Mary C. Couch, a Somerville young lady, has been named resident physician at the Northampton State Hospital after a long applicant list. She is the daughter of the late Dr. Joseph F. Couch and niece to Drs. John F. and William A. Couch. She resides with her mother Mrs. Ellen Couch at 42 Bow Street.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quick and harmless relief for sour belching gas and upset stomachs. It claims the remedy digests food in minutes and costs fifty cents for a large case at drug stores.
Co. A. Charles of Judson square Malden shows a 35 foot beanstalk grown on a trellis like a wireless mast. Pods measure five to seven inches with five to nine beans each. He plans to exhibit at agricultural shows this fall hoping for prize money.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh spent two hours at the Boston Custom House reviewing the tower plans costing over half a million dollars. He said the old building’s foundation is nearly done and orders were issued to rush the tower. He noted Boston landmark value and future convenience for growth, along with plans for a smaller paper money design to be authorized soon.
Magistrate Cornell sentenced 10 men to the workhouse for lingering after midnight around upper Broadway hotel entrances. The bench praised police for enforcing the proposed Broadway curfew and urged ongoing action so strangers can pass safely through the district without fear.
Lewiston Maine police reopen inquiry into the April 24 1908 murder of John W Bibber after a period of inactivity. Pinkerton detectives who worked the case left the city in May and no progress had been reported until fresh evidence prompted renewed investigation.
Investigators from the Burns agency and Lewiston police pursue fresh leads in the John W. Bibber murder case. Detective Leader and Mayor Morey travel for developments while a coroner's inquest remains unsettled five months after the crime. Rumors speak of encouraging evidence, yet no decisive breakthrough has been announced.
Governor Woodrow Wilson issued a flat denial that he assured Governor Dix of support during their talk at the New York State fair in Syracuse. He also said Dix did not solicit his backing. Wilson disclosed a busy campaign schedule, including a Western trip and speeches in Pittsburg, Chicago, Sioux City, St Paul, Minneapolis, Detroit, and Scranton, with Primaries at Princeton and plans for a New England swing.
Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pickett widow of the Confederate general arrived from Philadelphia yesterday with pneumonia and showed improvement today in Washington.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation headaches biliousness and stomach misery. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels of sour bile and foul gases and promises regularity and improved mood.
Colonel Roosevelt declared in Ogden Utah that Progressives will beat the bosses two to one at the polls next November. He predicted the movement would spread from the West to the East and urged Western voters to act.
Colonel Roosevelt concluded a long Northwest tour with a prophecy that pleased him greatly. He arrived in Utah from Boise Idaho and spoke at Blackfoot and Pocatello before a brief Ogden stop with delegates present.
In a Pocatello speech Roosevelt denounced delegates who claim to be bound by theft and praised honest differences before the convention. He cited the Chicago seating as dishonest and vowed to beat political bosses in November as he traveled toward Reno. The note adds cookery pages for next Sunday.
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