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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1905
Page
7
Rain-in-the-Face, reputed personal slayer of General Custer, died at Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota on September 12. The passage recounts an old photograph’s inscription and vivid anecdotes about the Sioux leader's calm demeanor and dignified bearing.
A Western dressmakers' authority promotes sleeping on the face as healthy for some, claiming it helps the figure. Experts disagree, noting side sleeping as normal and back or stomach positions’ risks. a dressmaker endorses the method for reducing double chins and straightening the bust line.
Roy Parks faces six months in the work house unless he pays a 300 fine after a judge found him guilty of kissing and hugging Matilda Dunsford a 16 year old girl in a dark street. Dunsford testified she was followed after leaving a telephone office where she worked. Parks denied the charge.
Readers send in stamps for membership badges as a children drawing contest grows. Next Sunday's edition will publish a long list of names and many sketches, encouraging young artists to pursue their craft and await badges and inclusion in the issue.
Bankers discuss how to prosecute those who did not supply bonds under a new Massachusetts law for steamship and money transfer businesses. Some say the law is vague and likely unconstitutional on appeal, while others push for amendments to clarify its purpose. An associated bankers’ group plans a new bill to standardize banking practices in the state.
Monomoy September 19. Thousands of large bluefish moved into shore, driven by heavy naval firing. Fishermen harvested a rich catch as schools stayed along Monomoy for hours, with fish weighing 6 to 14 pounds, unusually cooperative for the tide rip area.
Hartford lawyer James B. Henry, returning from a 7000 mile West trip, uncovers two possible heirs to a $100,000 estate of Hiram Chase of Tonawanda New York. The dead man, who moved to Elko Nevada in 1870, left $9,000 cash and property valued at $100,000. George W. Chase and Emma Sherman, cousins, claim kinship amid questions. Henry doubts but expects further verification.
Postmaster Hibbard backs extending the pneumatic tube system to add Fenway station and two Cambridge sites. Boston tour by J M Masten and F W Mail reviewed current routes seven stations total including North South Essex Back Bay Station A Roxbury and Uphams Corner. Fenway at Boylston and Massachusetts avenue to open October 1 with Cambridge A at Cambridgeport and Cambridge at Harvard Square cited. American Pneumatic Tube Company runs the system at a $110000 government cost.
The battleship Alabama with a seriously damaged and immovable forward turret will arrive in Boston for a thorough navy yard overhaul to assess the injury. The ship withdrew from naval maneuvers off Cape Cod recently as the crew works to repair the turret.
Social shorthand recalls the Searses at their Pride's Crossing cottage and Brimmer estate while townsfolk attend autumn retreats from Manchester to the White Mountains. Notables such as Crane Jr and Whitehouse return from Chicago and Maine cruises as others pursuit mountain drives and Adirondack sojourns.
London reports a formal birth notice from William Roger Jones announcing the birth of a son at Cae Clawdd Sanderstead Surrey named Victor Rowland. He and his wife state the child is a divine gift and they intend to educate him for service as a medical missionary or similar vocation.
Mrs. John Johnson saved her son by pushing him aside as an automobile owned by John Farrell struck her car. She received serious injuries and was dragged by the gear after the front wheels passed over her, while alighting from the vehicle in South Manchester, Connecticut.
A young heiress Helen Stoner seeks Sherlock Holmes at an odd hour claiming danger and promising a reward upon marriage. Holmes revisits the Roylott estate case at Stoke Moran in Surrey, detailing the murdered twin sister, a deadly whistling sound, and the locked doors and barred chimney that frame a suspected crime.
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