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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1912
Page
3
Arctic explorer Stefansson told scientists at the American Museum of Natural History about discovering a strange tribe in the far north. Asked if the blond Eskimos were Norse, he replied he would not phrase it that way and said the group was of mixed Eskimo and Newfoundland stock.
S. H. Harrison Co offers wholesale stock from last season with suits priced at 9.75 dollars each. Choose any suit, half price, in the sale located at 666 to 672 Washington Street corner Beach.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on September 16 John N Pearson a prominent fruit and candy shop owner announced that his wife Mollie Pearson had eloped with Fred L Trask a married man and chief clerk in the navy yard equipment department causing a sensational local scene.
Pearson recounts quiet meetings with Trask revealing a room provided for the wife and her 9 year old daughter. Trask proclaimed he would take Pearson’s wife as they could not stay apart. Mrs Pearson admits a love affair and they depart by train for the north. Trask, known in social circles, had served as commander in chief of the Sons of Veterans of the State.
Harrison’s wholesale stock offers genuine blue serge suits at $9.75 each. The deal applies to a large shipment from S. H. Harrison Company located at 666 to 672 Washington Street, corner Beach.
Patrick J. Reardon, 28, of Cambridge in East Cambridge Superior Court pleaded guilty to feloniously assaulting Mrs. De Rose, an aged Cambridge woman, on May 29. Judge Chase sentenced him to five years in the house of correction.
Washington reports the gunboat Wheeling has been ordered to Santo Domingo. It left Guanatanamo, Cuba, Saturday and should reach Santo Domingo soon. The cruiser Des Moines now en route to Mexican ports from Boston will proceed to Tampico unless needed in Dominican waters.
The tax commissioner plans to prosecute city and town tax collectors where taxes remain unpaid after three years. The attorney general may sue on the bond of the collector, per the new law and lists of delinquent towns.
Harrison Co. advertises last season's fall overcoats at $9.75, half of the regular $18 price. Men's unfinished worsted and thibet, silk lined to edge, black overcoats available at the reduced price. Location listed as 666 to 672 Washington Street, corner Beach.
In Haverhill on September 16 a girl attempting suicide after seeing her sweetheart with another woman jumped from a guard rail into the Merrimac River. She was rescued twice by bystanders, but remains critically ill after a second plunge. A shoe worker, Joseph Albanese, saved a child earlier, and police recovered the girl from the water after the second incident.
Norfolk suits offered at nine seventy five in a winter weight line. Made from fine Scotches and rough cheviots in grays and browns. Advertisement notes original price eighteen dollars and half price discount.
A deathbed confession ties a murder at Lewiston on April 24 to a related robbery at Wallace H. White Jr.'s home on April 27. If true, the confession upends earlier theories and casts the Bibber case as a robbery where the victim resisted and was killed.
A convicted criminal fatally injured in a train wreck allegedly confessed before dying that he killed John Bibber for his money and, with an accomplice three nights later, robbed the White home. The man had a long police record across major New England cities.
S. H. Harrison Co. advertises worsteds serges cheviots and ailk mixtures suits in sizes and fabrics. Any $18, $20, $22 or $2 suit available for $9.75. Great values at 666 to 672 Washington Street near Beach Street.
In Belfast on September 16 sectarian clashes flared at the Queen's Island shipyard. Several artisans were badly mauled, one escorted out unconscious, as violence renewed in the yard.
Excitement rises at Harland and Wolff and a rival Belfast yard as workers abstain en masse amid sectarian tension. A manager advised Catholics to stay away, while Protestant hostility keeps most Catholics from returning. The military is deployed after Saturday’s Celtic Park riot left 60 injured to restore order.
Hank O'Day's Reds sit in fourth place, a high achievement for Cincinnati and a creditable position for a manager in his first year.
In Newburyport on September 16 a city treasurer safe would not open, preventing workers drivers and police from receiving pay. A Boston expert arrived to work on the safe, attempting to resolve the blockage and restore payroll access.
In Philadelphia a rapid experiment with a new pay as you go system is described. Ticket sellers from the Rievated were reassigned as doctors to trial the scheme. Management declined to detail findings but indicated the experiment involved divisions labeled Twelfth and Sixteenth.
An old newspaper ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick remedy for sour stomach gas indigestion and heartburn. It claims relief within five minutes and promotes eating comfortably again with a regulated stomach and millions of yearly sales.
Gilchrist's store opens soon with a major one day sale on fall coats dresses and accessories. Sherman era items include rubber coats serge dresses percale dresses and assorted ribbons and notions. The event promises New England shoppers deep discounts to clear stock before the new Gilchrist store fills up. No mail orders.
Readable catalog style notes large sale items across floors on Washington Street side. Includes school apparel for boys and girls, curtains, lace, notables like Cluny lace, tafetta, veils, linens, towels, and accessories with prices and sizes.
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