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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1912
Page
2
The Dakota Dan cross examination reveals his memories of the Russell homestead up to 1886, detailing family tensions and a cradle of servants and neighbors. He describes his mother, alleged companionship with his brother William, and various local figures as the trial unfolds.
An advertisement touts Knowlton’s Danderine as a cheap miracle hair grower. It claims heavy, lustrous hair, dandruff elimination, and halted hair loss within days, with visible new growth after about two weeks. The hype urges trials with a small cloth test for silky, glossy results.
In a court session, questions about a grandfather and family Bible trigger interruptions as Dakota Dan confirms a Bible existed at home. The exchange prompts the judge to adjourn proceedings until 10 o clock this morning.
The story details the final hours of condemned inmate Spencer on death row. He shared farewell letters with his wife and mother, received visits from spiritual adviser Guy C. Perkins, and observed a final day routine including meals and a Christian Science service. He expressed remorse and faced execution with resignation.
The career of Bertram G. Spencer ends with his March 31, 1910, murder of Springfield teacher Miss Martha B. Blackstone. A famed night burglar, he led a double life as a devoted husband and steady worker until his capture after a spree across Springfield Greenfield and Brattleboro. He confessed to numerous break ins, was found with stolen loot, and sentenced to electrocution after a troubled trial.
A fragmented text references a spiritual adviser and a council with limited authority. It mentions Foss and Spencer in uncertain context and questions about who has the right to sentence or judge. The passage lacks a clear event or outcome.
Jordan the murderer of his wife and son awaits transfer to the death house at Stars this evening. Sheriff Fairbairn will not state when the condemned man will be moved but it is expected he will be taken promptly. Mrs Phineas Jordan and her two daughters visited him at Cambridge jail yesterday and he spoke calmly, clutching his mother as they parted and she wept beside the car.
An advertisement touts Adamson's Balsam as a cure for the common cold, urging readers not to trifles with illness and claiming the remedy will heal symptoms.
About five hundred handsome all wool fall suits for men and young men offered at seven dollars seventy five cents each, and none better at fifteen dollars. Har-Go store at 666 to 672 Nonatreet, Iner Beach.
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