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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
3
Bristol county police pursue a well dressed young man selling paste or polish the afternoon Miss Florence M. Copeland was found dead at her home. Mrs. Holland reported the stranger as tall light skinned about 35 with dark quality clothes.
Medical examiner and doctors conclude the fatal wound was inflicted by a heavy sharp instrument not an accident. The victim was seen at 3 10 shopping in town, found at 4 by her aunt with arms crossed, suggesting a pre struggle assault. Police note robbery as possible motive and report a stranger rumor during the investigation.
Hammond Indiana September 18 H C Garris a prominent local man employed in the Inland Steel Company office eloped yesterday evening with his companion Mrs Kittie Walters who is said to be the divorced wife of Peter Baker the German dialect comedian
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An explosion in a new gas oven at Fergusons Bakery on Albany Street seriously injures William Madden and Walter Sykes while James Griffin escapes with burns. Madden, a fireman, entered the oven room as the blast occurred. Sykes and Griffin were nearby. Madden and Sykes are hospitalized. Madden in critical condition with severe facial burns.
Dorchester figure Charles H. Robinson known as Pictureless Robinson declares his candidacy for mayor. He also says citizens of the 10th district should elect him to Congress. He is a perennial candidate who avoids publicity and never uses his portrait.
In the Ansonia Hotel, 13 year old daughter of Anna Held sits on the 10th floor learning English. The child, unseen by most friends of Held and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., leads a secluded life with a Paris maid and has visited the theater only once since arriving in the United States.
Mrs Bonita Swartzenberg halted on Main Street and struck Rev C H Worten with a horsewhip to head and shoulders. She claimed the minister had made remarks reflecting on her character.
Two Harvard men David H Howie and Gardner S Harding of the South Bay Union will walk from Boston to Providence starting at 6 o clock to hear William Jennings Bryan speak in Providence tonight. The stroll honors old time political walking stunts as a contrast to Taft and Bryan discussions, with Harding a Bryan admirer leading the effort.
Two Brookline youths identified as Andrew Sellon 18 and Patrick Weeks 19, both claiming Harvard and Yale affiliations, were arrested at the 125th Street station after clinging to a fast express car steps. Sellon is said to be not a Harvard student and Weeks not connected to Yale.
Harriet Newton a 32 year old woman was found dead in bed with bruises and scars. Raymond P. Hanks, her live-in partner, is detained as coroner orders an inquest to determine if murder or accident caused the death. Hanks says she was intoxicated Wednesday night and fell injuring herself.
Vienna dispatch reports the Count and Countess Szechenyi Miss Gladys Vanderbilt suffered minor bruises after their car hit a bridge pillar while returning from Hungarian maneuvers. In Massachusetts, Middleboro inmates John F. Elder and Harry Scott escaped from the State farm prison department.
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